The English Speech Poem Celebrates Our Tongue
A short verse tribute by W. J. Herbert Hogan printed in the New York Sun extols the English tongue as a universal, powerful instrument of justice and freedom. It praises its clarity, masterful force in wartime and peacetime, and calls it the mother tongue of freemen and nature’s kings.
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W. J. Herbert Hogan
New York Sun
Bells of Folly and a Revel of Laughter in the Meadow
Miranda meets a merry youth in a sunlit meadow. He extols perpetual laughter and worldly pleasure, while she warns that life contains sorrow and sin. Their exchange tests love, youth, and the pull between gaiety and deeper emotion as they part with unresolved tension. The piece ends noting horses cheaper due to bicycles and advising quick adaptation for livery stables.
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Miranda
Mirenda
Hfe
Mirands
H. B. Marriott-Watson
Speed on Railways Curves and Grade Crossings
A Washington Star reader account cites a senior railroad engineer praising elevated tracks and grade-crossing removal to boost Chicago New York speeds to 30 miles per hour, with German and British feats cited alongside United States limits. He notes costs, woes of profitability for fast trains, and how such services discipline crews, raise wages, and spur promotions through strict schedules and penalties.
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Washington Star
Ancient churning methods among Arabs and Huns described
The article explains traditional churning practices: Arabs used leather skins shaken to separate butter, while Huns churned by tying milk in a bag to a saddle and riding at speed to produce butter after several miles.
Kidney and Backache Cure Praised by Patient
Stockton New York July 3 1894 Dr M M Fewxer Fredonia NY reports a patient with long rheumatic hip disease who could not walk without a limp. After using the Kidney and Backache Cure the first bottle brought relief enabling walking without a crutch and restoring strength and appetite.
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N. Y
M. M. Fewxer
Fredonia
Deer
Paradoxical Opinion on Marriage Among Cousins
A London Tit-Bits exchange presents Maud arguing against marriages between cousins and Marie countering with a paradoxical claim that children would be only second cousins to a married couple, illustrating a humorous take on kinship and social norms.
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Maud
Marie
London
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