Desert imagery and prophetic visions in Scollard poem
Clinton Scollard’s verse from Century magazine paints a desert landscape with pyramids and minarets at dusk. The speaker recalls the Sphinx, bats, a flamingo, and a gaunt fellaheen chorus, then meditates on scent, sand, and a veiled, vast mystic desert.
The Iron Brigade
A 1902 publication by G. W. Dillingham Co. titled The Iron Brigade likely a historical or military narrative. Copyright notice appears on the work, format resembles a literary edition from the early 20th century.
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G. W. Dillingham Co
Reunion Sparks In Cold Rappahannock Camp
Lt Fred Benton spots a wheeled ambulance and bursts into the rear to find Paul Ladue alive, lifting a fog of fear and hope as prisoners stream by. Jennings identifies Benton to a general, revealing past lines crossed and loyalties tested near the Virginia front.
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Bearding the Lion in His Den at Gettysburg Front
During the Gettysburg dawns a veteran Wolverine brigade steadies under fire while Benton faces friction with a harsh division commander. Paul Ladue’s perilous war history unfolds as Stanton tightens control, and Benton awaits orders amid prison escapes and swift bureaucratic moves.
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One Thing Left For Him
A London Tit-Bits anecdote features a fretful old man railing at supposed infringements on personal liberty. He lists daily annoyances from pedestrians to cyclists and police, then the burly navvy quips that the only fearless act might be dying.
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Indian chief saves his mother over his wife
An Indian chief swims to shore with his elderly mother after their canoe capsizes, leaving his wife to drown per the mother's urging. Witnesses question his judgment, but the chief replies in blunt humor that he can never replace a mother or gain another one.
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J. D. Anderson
Antiquated Furniture Loss Reveals Wealth Decline
In a Tit-Bits exchange Mrs Wood and Mrs Illuck discuss the collapse of a fortune. They lament the loss of their antique wealth and the new furniture that feels comfortable yet reminds them the riches are gone.
Porter Declines to Board Train After Passenger’s Demands
A stern, rich passenger commands a sleeping car porter at Pennsylvania Station to dust him, provide comfort, and move another berth. The porter accepts the money but refuses to board, telling the passenger he won’t travel with him while the man insists on giving the talking orders.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Porter
St. Louis
Dinner Etiquette Exchange From Newrich Dinner
A brief quip shows Mrs. Newrich praising fine politeness at a dinner as she recalls using a fork for pie to avoid revealing a misstep. The remark captures a light social moment reported by the New York Sun.
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Shouting Their Praises of Odd's Kidney Pills
Kirkland Illinois January 2 Special Richard R Greenhow a longtime resident reports severe rheumatic pain left him crippled for years. The man credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with rapid relief and claims after fourteen boxes his rheumatism vanished and he feels better than in twenty five years.
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Kirkland
Richard R. Greenhow
Odd
Pocketbook loss and hat search echo in daily life
A Baltimore American line notes a man finding it foolish for a woman to misplace her pocketbook yet forgetting how often she helps him locate his collar button and recalls where his hat sits for him.
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Baltimore American
Ulcers For Thirty Years Cure Reported By Gainesville Man
A Texas reader, M. C. Moss of Gainesville, declares Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills cured his ulcers after over thirty years of pain. He notes relief began with the first use and attributes his six month recovery to the products. Also included is a Michigan editor's mishap with a failed bed-rail frame as he prepared to enter a new $10,000 car.
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M. C. Moss
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Michigan
Florida and New Orleans trip tickets offered from Chicago offices
Tickets on sale via Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway to Florida and New Orleans with reduced return rates good through May 1, 1905. Also variable route tickets to Florida and Cuba via Atlanta and Asheville. Rates and info from W A Beckler Chicago Nl D P Brown Detroit W W Dunnavant Warren and W C Rinearson Cincinnati.
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New Orleans
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Cuba
Atlanta
Asheville
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Adams Street
Chicago
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Fort Street
Detroit
Mich
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Remedy Ad
Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promise to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee if failure. E. W. Grove signs each box. Quotations praise Piso's Cure for Consumption and remark on financial independence for women and boys headed to college as a measure of usefulness.
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E. W. Grove
Shiloh
Guaranteed Piles Cure Claim Fades Under Scrutiny
An advertisement touts a "Guaranteed Cure for Piles" with a refund promise if Pazo OxTMENT fails in 6 to 14 days. It notes itching bleeding and protruding piles and ends with a quip about people fearing loss of grace for failing to grumble.
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