GEMS IN VERSE by Emma Lazarus
A reflective verse showing humanity’s dream of travel wealth beauty and power across eras. It contrasts futuristic visions with ancient pride and downfall, ending with Emma Lazarus’s meditation on the cost of earthly dominion and the impermanence of empires.
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Rome
Emma Lazarus
Rainbow Land as a moral fable of hope and toil
A poem fragment from James Jeffery Roche in the Boston Pilot contrasts the glittering ideal of Rainbow Land with the hard ascent of time. It warns that the hoped for land demands costly effort, and true wealth lies in giving love and aid to others.
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Morn
James Jeffery Roche
Boston Pilot
Black Sheep Wandering From Folded Mates
A compact portrait of misfit youths drifting away from their groups chasing a doomed star. The piece evokes harsh hallmarks of wild paths and dreamlike temptations, framing a social drift without explicit outcomes.
The Dandelion as Youth’s Companion of Spring
A poem praising the dandelion as a brave modest flower that blooms amid gardens and meadows. It compares it to Jeanne d Arc and Galahad, notes its sunlike growth in spring, and describes the seed head as a silvery graceful column symbolizing the flower’s immortal spirit.
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Red Cross
Jeanne d’Arc
History of the Week highlights from June 15 21
The weekly digest traces battles in the Philippines along the Zapote river with rebels driven from entrenchments and Allied naval support aiding U S forces. It notes famines in Russia, diplomatic moves in Venezuela and Bermuda, riots in Jamaica and Cuba, and multiple ship collisions plus weather disasters across North America. It also reports political shifts in France, Alaska travel, and looming peace conference outcomes at The Hague.
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Epworth League on Growth and Sanctification
Wm K Fisher presents a sermon for Epworth League members urging spiritual growth through sowing the gospel and relying on the Spirit. He contrasts the mustard seed and seed growing parables, emphasizes entire sanctification, Wesleyan zeal, and the obligation of members to grow and help others grow in grace.
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League
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Amos R. Wells
Growth in Grace and Knowledge After New Birth
A sermon-style discussion urges Christians to grow in grace after rebirth, likening believers to branches on the Vine. It cites scriptural calls to faith, repentance, obedience, and labor, comparing spiritual growth to physical development and farmer’s cultivation.
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Lord
Jesus
God
Christ
Moses
Amos R. Wells
Parable of the Vineyard Reflects Jewish History and Prophets
The passage uses the vineyard image to teach religious lessons. It identifies Jehovah as the householder, the Jewish nation as the husbandman, and prophets as servants who were mistreated. It points to Jesus as the son who would be killed and notes blessings misused and given to others.
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Jesus
Hat becomes groom in Singapore wedding
The bridegroom Hat, a European government servant, married a native woman in Samarang by Mohammedan rite. The ceremony, held at the mesjid and conducted by the penghulu, proceeded with the groom's absence. He had mailed written notice he would not attend, sending his hat instead, which native custom deemed sufficient. She married the hat.
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Samarang
Singapore Free Press
Suburban trolley line sparks value debate
In a folklore exchange, Farmer Greene notes property values rise with a trolley line while a cartoonish remark about Ole Bill Gosslyn’s fate shifts to a financial tally of five thousand dollars, reflecting a local humor beat.
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Bill Gosslyn
Bridgeport
Puck
Smart mule learns quick in Detroit cart tale
A Detroit Free Press anecdote features a mule owner praising his animal’s cleverness. The proprietor insists the mule understands every command, claiming the mule never misses and even backs up on cues while deflecting a patron’s skepticism.
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Detroit Free Press
Strange animal on Devil's Island named the coati
A strange creature unique to Devil's Island prison lore is the coati. Described as cat sized with a pyramid shaped head and a long nose, it feeds by using its forepaws like primates and has carnivorous mammalian traits.
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Devil’s Island
Dreyfus
Earth
Nothing can call them back the years
Poem fragment reflecting on lost moments and fate, contrasting regret with the limits of memory. It invokes biblical and operatic imagery, noting that error is punished and individuals confront loss alone, seeking deliverance in a higher voice.
Mica Mines in Bengal Supplying Wide Trade
The main mica supply comes from ancient Bengal mines opened in decomposed granite. Workers build large fires to aid extraction and shift to new sites when solid rock is reached. Output fell from about 8,700 tons in 1849 to 1,000 tons in 1895 while prices ranged from $5 to 3 to 4 cents per pound.
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Bengal
A. Mervin Smith
No More Sleep Walking Device Reported
An article describes a metal sheet placed beside a bed to stop sleep walking. When the somnambulist steps onto the cold surface the leg is drawn back to bed, and after a few attempts the sleeper yields and returns to sleep.
Evidence of Affection Topic fragment dialogue
A brief exchange shows Geraldine noting Geraldine says he was sick with a mild fever. Geraldine teases that his only comforting thought was not facing harsher illness.
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Geraldine
Gerald
Miscellany of wits and wedding slips from Kansas
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes covers topics from farmers in Pratt county raising goats to the ministerial missteps at a Kansas City wedding. Jokes touch on theology, marriage, law, suffrage, and social foibles with regional flavor and light irony.
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