Poem Wins Prize From Cosmopolitan and Literary Society
A committee of Bayard Taylor Richard Storrs Willis and H Fuller awarded the poem O Greek by Augustin Duane the one hundred dollar prize offered by the Cosmopolitan and Literary Association. The verses describe a radiant thought freed from fetters and the marble prison of a perfected beauty, pondering light purity and angelic influence.
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Richard Storrs Willis
H- Fuller
Cosmopolitan and Literary Association
The Tragic Tale of George Winthrop and Mary Howard
In a seaside town a rich Captain Winthrop arranges his son George's European year with Mary Howard, his ward. Mary wed George's rival, provoking a cruel twist that leaves George insane, then aged and gentle, living in an alms house where memory slowly returns and sorrow deepens.
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George
Europe
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Icelandic travel notes in Nordufari by Phinny Miles
The review highlights Phinny Miles's Iceland volume Nordufari Rambles in Teeland. It extols Iceland’s pure air green fields and lava huts, contrasts barren resources with rich history and culture, and praises Icelanders for hospitality and learning while noting scarcity of crops and coal.
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Teeland
Phinny Miles
New York
Charles B. Norton
Boston Post
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England
Dentist Finds Composite Teeth in Ancient Mummies
Mr Finney, a dentist from Alexandria, Egypt, reports finding a stuffed tooth in a mummy and several other teeth bearing filling marks. If confirmed, this would rank among the most remarkable discoveries modern perseverance has yielded about ancient crafts.
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Mr. Finney
Alexandria
Egypt
An Irishman’s death test and grog challenge
A sick Irishman lies near death and repeatedly awakens. Patrick asks how they will know when he is dead. Jemmy replies that a glass of grog and the phrase here’s till ye, Jemmy will prove it. if he does not rise and drink, bury him.
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Jemmy
Storing Tips for Potatoes and Cabbage
ABZ explains that sweet potatoes keep well when dug and stored in a dry cellar covered with dry dirt. Cabbage is kept finely by setting heads on the ground and covering a few inches with dirt, leaving roots exposed for easy lifting later.
LP Moderation as the silken string of virtue chain
A reflective meditation on moderation described as a guiding thread weaving through all virtues, likened to a silken string threading a pearl chain of moral behavior.
Remarkable Beatings of Hunger and Thirst Across History
The excerpt recalls a woman condemned to death who survived forty days without food or drink under Richard III. It notes a 16 year old in Edin burgh Medical Essays who endured fifty four days of tetanus and inability to swallow after his father’s death. It also mentions a man who after fever never tasted anything but water for eighteen years.
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Cove
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Edinburgh
English Traveller Misreads Directions At Ford
A dialogue between Tim Ricur Roap and Jonathan has a traveller asking for the road to a ford. The guide jokes that turning back might require ten miles, but continuing forward could require about eight thousand miles.
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Hame
Unfortunate wight laments bachelor fate as Somerset
A missive from Somerset, a miserable bachelor, laments his inability to marry. He mocks the idea that any young lady with modesty would consent to wed a Somerset while revealing his own humbling self view.
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Somerset
Scribe Rules for Handling the Editor’s Exchanges
Instructional verse warns readers not to remove the editor’s exchanges while he works. It forbids talking to him during writing or when he reads proof to avoid anger and possible expulsion from the sanctum. The fragment underscores respect for editorial process.
The Lost Senses Theme At Rochester University
At Rochester University commencement, R C Fenn, a blind graduate from Rochester, spoke on The Lost Senses. President Anderson noted his prior accident from a private chemical explosion and praised his perseverance with his brother's support as the audience cheered.
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The Eternal Train of the Departed and a Funeral Hire Joke
An essay on memory of the dead depicts relatives in eternity outlasting those in time and memory as a living gallery. A humor note recounts a funeral horse and buggy hire, Paddy asking for three dollars, and Pat’s quip that the rent is the object, not the horse.
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The General Zaremba and the King’s Long Name Jest
A tale of General Zaremba whose lengthy Polish name drew the king’s quip about a devil’s long name. The general replies with wit, noting the devil was no relation to him.
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Zaremba
Chinatown Street Parade Sparks Suspicion on Dupont Street
Police log notes two Chinese individuals seen on Dupont Street making loud gestures and exclamations, reportedly not seeking harm. The scene prompts street residents to seek clarification amid tensions and questions about conduct.
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San Francisco Sun
Dupont Street
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