Gems in Verse An Old Wedding Ring
Poem reflects on an elderly wedding ring linked to a grandmother's past love. The speaker recalls oral vows by the sea and the enduring memory of a life filled with joys and regrets. An Annie G. Murray verse about memory, love, and loss.
If I Were Death
A dialogue between Death and Life imagines how each would act if in the other's role. Death contemplates comforting the sorrowing and easing the weary world, while Life rejects coercion and seeks mercy for the living. The verse echoes themes of mercy, freedom, and the tension between fear and solace.
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A Lyrical Tale of Seasons and Regret
A reflective ballad traces a man fearing happiness with a loved one and chooses not to wed. Josy Spring leads Summer toward her land as seasons move from joy to memory, with Autumn and Winter following. Memory’s tender note and scattered visions color the farewell.
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Flowers and Forgiveness in a Lamp Lit Garden
A literary fragment noting Susan Simpson Slocum and a Boston Globe Conservatory work. The speaker recalls taking her hand and forgiving her, while questioning who sent the flowers as they wandered through lamp lit bowers, with a New York Herald frame.
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Confession Placed In Tidbits on Miss Sharpe Date
The quote from Tit-Bits features a playful note on a sonnet addressed to Miss Mary Sharpe. It suggests replacing the vague title with a dated line and mentions a pen and ink on the writer's escri toire. The exchange reads like a light literary aside.
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History of the Week Highlights From July 20
A sweeping roundup notes Brooklyn street car strikes and riots, fires in the Grace hotel Milwaukee and Grand Union hotel Brooklyn, maritime patrols, Samoa clashes, Alaska and Transvaal questions, Deputy Dewey tours, and multiple U.S. and overseas incidents. It reports deaths, wrecks, battles, political resignations, and impending trials across continents with many named places and people.
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Choices That Good Part Mary at Jesus Feet
Article discusses Luke 10 38 42 urging spiritual priority over bustle. It contrasts Mary and Martha noting Mary chose to listen to Jesus while Martha kept house. It cites duty balanced with devotion and references Henrietta Lawton Fisher poem about keepers of the treasures of faith.
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Power and sanctification in Christian life theme
The passage argues the age tends to exalt man over God and asserts the church must teach holiness through sanctification, powered by the Holy Ghost. It stresses that God equips all endeavors with power, notes Christianity as a living system needing divine touch, and warns the devil's workshop is the human heart.
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Wit and curiosities from Buckland on White of Selborne
Frank Buckland notes in The Argonaut recounting an old lady who claimed to have seen White of Selborne as a white-haired man strolling with a crocodile. Buckland wonders if it could have been a tortoise or a foreign bird, and the lady concedes it might have been one of them.
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Ostrich Farm Owner Hatches Eggs in Cal with Incubator
Edwin Clawston, owner of an ostrich farm in South Pasadena, California, reports success hatching ostrich eggs using an incubator. The process requires 40 days from set to hatch.
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SIDE ISSUES AND CHURCHLY HUMOR IN PRINT
The writer mocks editors who capitalize devil and notes readers’ tolerance for flattery. It ponders why some spell Christmas as Xmas and jokes about the harmlessness of a high five versus the more social seven up.
That Good Part in Bethany Sermon by Epworth League
Epworth League offers a meditation on choosing the "that good part" from Luke 10 38-42. The piece contrasts Martha and Mary at Bethany and cites church writers to urge a life centered on Jesus amid daily duties.
Jesus Teaches on Kingdom and Trust on the Mount
A midsummer sermon recalls Jesus and disciples on a mountain west of the Sea of Galilee. It urges readers to seek God’s kingdom first, trust the Father to provide needs, and lessons lie in natural beauty rather than earthly wealth. The speaker cites Luke 12 and urges faith over anxiety.
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Modern Proverbs on Society and Romance
A collection of witty lines on gender, marriage, and money. The quips lampoon social climbers, political smiles, and the foibles of modern courtship. Each saying offers a sharp, humorous observation about relationships and expectations.
COA Bears the Pot The Kind You Have Bought
A local court case centers on a container described as the pot bought by a party named in the filing. The dispute involves ownership and rightful possession under prevailing property and contract rules. Officials document a hearing date and the judge presiding over the matter.
Postal Cards and Domestic Jests From Towne to Town
A collage of short quips and anecdotes from Canonsburg and Atchison notes, farmer lore, and comic bits. Items include marriage musings, holiday jests, a Dreyfus tie‑in, luck and horseshoes, a seven‑dollar stenographer quip, a punny Irishman tale, misdirected egg throwing, a child’s take on the Good Samaritan, new telegraph printing ideas, and a cautionary borrowing tale ending in a fire moral.
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Gospel Truth About Obituaries and Newspaper Labor
An Oil City Blizzard reflection on how writers are asked to perform endless tasks for free or low pay. It notes obituaries, wedding notices, concert puff pieces, resolutions, posters, and even legal documents are foisted on reporters. Writing is the craft and market for a newspaperman.
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