Waiting for a Story Golden Hair Keeps Duty and Truth
A poem from Home and Country in a reflective verse asks what tale the maiden Golden Hair will live. It envisions a journey through giants and dangers to a prince and a lasting, dutiful life. The piece emphasizes steadfastness, fidelity, and fulfillment of duties beyond romance.
Collaboration ends in a domestic literary split
A story from New Budget recalls Jones a man who entices his wife into writing a joint novel. The scheme unravels as pride, wit, and a writing table push the couple toward conflict culminating in a costly, comic fallout and a successful solo publication.
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Boswell Ranked Among Great Biographers in London Standard
The London Standard praises Boswell in a leader on his death a century ago and argues he deserves a life worthy of his stature. It notes his fame rivals Shakespeare for biographers, compares Lockhart’s Scott to Johnson, and calls for Boswell’s own life to be written in fitting form.
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The Two Turkeys Fable and Its Moral
A Buffalo Commercial reprints a fable about two turkeys in a granary. One turkey is prudent, the other indulgent. As Thanksgiving nears, the farmer slaughters both, placing a rock to spare the prudent turkey, delivering a moral about living wisely on life’s road.
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Buffalo Commercial
Fish Diets and Brain Health Debate in Texas Siftings
A humorous Cordial exchange from Texas Siftings discusses whether a fish rich diet benefits the brain. Presumptive science Aliss Sbaz questions the claim while Miss Sharpgirl notes possible merit, with playful banter framing the topic.
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Old Friends Lament of Time and Youth
Poem recalling childhood friends fading with age. Speaker contrasts old friends with the newer generation, noting aging, memory, and impending separation. Reflections on youth, cherished bonds, and the inevitability of loss as life nears its end.
The Iconoclast in Mulberry Bend
Journalist Broughton witnesses an Italian plaster image vendor toppled by a passerby. The crowd, including bootblacks, relieves the distraught seller with a modest coin collection while Broughton contemplates the fragility of material goods and urban life.
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Iconoclast in a Dirty Alley Ends Up in Custody
Reporter follows Italian suspect after assault on a vendor. Police locate the man by tracing to a doorway where the Nerapolitan crafts a living mending plaster images. The wife Marianna and four children watch as Pietro explains their scam and the reporter and Broughton reflect on social problems.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sanguine Expedition to Malta and French Invasion at Alexandria
An excerpt recalls Bonaparte’s rapid advance to Malta and Alexandria, noting corrupt military monks, French agents, and the strategic opening of fortress gates to the French. It describes the landing at Alexandria on June 30 with minimal casualties and French aims to establish administration while British resistance waned.
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Rain and Railbray Tracks
Locomotive engineers favor occasional heavy rain to water tracks so wheels gain grip after a dry spell, likened to a knife grinder’s wheel needing moisture. The piece includes a dialogue line about a supreme test and trout season, attributed to the Detroit Tribune.
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Detroit Tribune
Tionesta Valley R R Time Table May Day 1901
Tionesta Valley R R timetable shows multiple trains from Sheffield, Barnes, Brookston, and Howland with departure and arrival times. No. 2 runs mornings and evenings, No. 6 evening, No. 8 morning, and Train 2 from Brookston late morning. all lines connect at Sheffield with the P and ad and Rand at Sheffield Junction with P and RR. Jerry Orary, Supt.
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