Lost in loving memory of a devoted sister
The poem laments a sister's passing from a Boston author Isidor D. French. It honors her constant care and cheerful service to family with a prayer for heavenly peace while the speaker longs for her light. The verse juxtaposes grief with gratitude for a life of selfless love.
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Isidor D. French
Boston ‘Transcript
Wild Georgia rafting duel ends in whistleblower reveal
Rossiter and Becraft return from Blue Creek trek after spotting a smoldering campfire and traces of vagabonds. Parmelee warns of a hairy hobo and hints at hidden dangers while the pair report the find to Merton’s manager and vow to keep watch.
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Rossiter
Parmelee
Dick Whittlesey
Jove
Develish
Waterbury
Parmetee
Becraft
Worth
Blue Creek
Jack Parmelee
Merton
Gulf
Frost
Hoppickin
Illica
Joe
Gistal
Merton Farm
Last Stand at the Blue Creek Dip Rescue
Rossiter races to aid Mr. Merton as Whiskers and Simpson close in near the dip. Miriam Densmore flags Parmelee’s plan and Miss Densmore fights to control the reins while Rossiter confronts the attackers to shield the buggy in a tense confrontation.
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Merton
Jack Parmelee
Miss Densmore
Rossiter
Miss Merton
Jack
Simpson
Parmelee
Miriam
Father
Hintonville
Blue Creek Road
Ezra Merriman
Eternal
Arces Merton
Dick Whittlesey
Merriman’s
Blue Creek
Becraft
Sylvia
Mr. Merton
Densmore
Rossi
His Idea of a Beautiful Woman
A Detroit Free Press quote recalls a famed state he associates with beauty. He says the greatest type is the woman who is beautiful and unaware, and the homely woman whose intelligence and graceful bearing make you forget looks.
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Detroit Free Press
Witty Quotations and Snippets From 19th Century Papers
A collage of quips and humorous exchanges from Chicago Daily News Punch Boston Transcript Philadelphia Press Cleveland Plain Dealer Town Topics and Washington Star. Includes jests about estate agents jealous lovers mistaken burglars and poets with witty verdicts.
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Chicago Daily News
Tommy
Willie
Boston Transcript
Philadelphia Press
New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sam
Stringtown
Wes
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Philadelphia Ledger
Yale Professor Tours U S for Dialect Samples
Professor Scripture of Yale University travels across the country in a phonographic carriage to collect dialects. He first visits Indian tribes, then poorer white southerners and foreign-born populations for linguistic study.
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United States
Scripture
Yale University
Man of Simple Tastes
A traveler, Mr. Cumrox, returns from abroad and laments missing familiar cooking. He notes his mother and the girls did not learn French for pork and beans, implying ordinary comforts trump exotic fare.
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Mr. Cumrox
Washington Star
Old Age of Americans Reported in United States
The Chicago Chronicle notes there are 3 435 centenarians in the United States with two men, an Indian and a Negro, aged past 150, described as the most aged individuals in the nation.
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United States
Chicago Chronicle
Industrial and technological highlights from around the world
The report notes United States Steel’s earnings roughly equal to federal gross revenue, 12 000 cars produced by 70 French firms, and 180 000 workers earning on average 360 annually. It also cites new lithographic stone in Thessaly, rising quartz glass industry in Germany, and a record UMWA membership of 264 439. Peat fuel trials in Sweden mix with coal to haul freight, and rectilinear rudder shapes show efficiency gains in Scottish experiments.
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Thessaly
Europe
United Mine Workers of America
Sweden
Scotland
J. Foster King
Oldest Family in Bell County Ky
B F Creech praises the Green family as the world’s oldest living relatives in Bell County Kentucky. Lewis Green is 93 and Virginia Green 92. married 73 years they live on a farm beside the Cumberland river. Ten children, no deaths, and they still occupy their wedding home near Pineville.
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Bell County
B. F. Creech
Four Mile
Lewis Green
Virginia Green
Bingham’s Creek
Cumberland River
Pineville
Louisville Courier-Journal
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the Tribune Farmer
the Mail
Warren
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