A Friend’s Song on Friendship’s Enduring Tie
Poem extols enduring friendship beyond dawn and dusk. It reflects on joy and melancholy, arguing that true connection lies in the shared life between two people across oceans and time, authored by J. Bradford Sears and cited from the New York Press.
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J. Bradford Sears
N. Y
Roaming Pete the bear turns shepherd in Vermont tale
In Hrewsbury Vermont Sim S Burbank reports Roaming Pete a spike tailed bear now tending sheep near Jockey Cap peak causing village excitement. Abe Winslow and four miles away plan to hire Bill Cummins hounds to pursue the supposedly clever bear who eludes capture and even appears to grin at onlookers.
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Bear drives off pig herd and a tale of Pete missing
In a rural pursuit near Smuggler's Caves Sim and Abe chase a bear that has driven away Sim's eight pigs. They discover seven pigs alive in a cave lit by a forest chimney while Roaming Pete peers from above, then Pete vanishes as Sim fires at him.
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Pete
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Nightly misadventure at a frontier camp
A Montana officer recalls a bitter winter at Tongue River camp now Miles City. Soldiers with rough log huts confuse residents and visitors leading to a string of door errors as an old bachelor officer and others seek their proper houses amid heavy drink and cold. Brown’s house becomes the target as befuddled men ask whose home it is and stumble through the night.
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Senator Clark
Montana
Tongue River
Miles City
John Barleycorn
Brown
Jones
Italian Doctors Link American Bars to Apoplexy Spike
Italian physicians assert that the American bars established in their cities in recent years contribute to more serious apoplexy cases in hot weather due to their iced drinks.
Gettysburg Veterans Share War Tales at Local G A R Campfire
Washington Star reports a Green Mountain veteran recounts amputation after a saber wound and a water-quieting sip, followed by a moonlit bivouac memory. Other comrades describe a fiddler in a makeshift Gettysburg hospital and a grim night in a tavern hostelry infirmary.
Cadets at West Point face strict finances and duty
A Washington Star source notes West Point cadets receive 500 dollars yearly plus ration commutation and must live frugally. An anecdote shows a cadet denied four shirts, told to wear a fatigue jacket until debt is paid, reflecting disciplined provisioning and austere student life.
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Military Academy
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Washington Star
More Effective Than Whisky in the Wilderness Battle
An old veteran recalls the Civil War moment when rain soaked troops before a dawn assault. He notes toothache and anger from wet clothes, claiming it sharpened their fighting and could have earned Congress thanks if kept up. The Denver Times recording adds a humorous contrast to whiskey.
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Washington Star
Gettysburg
Green Mountain
Bugles
Vermont
Little Company
Grant
Lee
Congress
Denver Times
Grant General’s Joke At West Post Details Wake Up Call
General Frederick Grant recounts a night at a western post after taps when a detachment was sent to fetch a domestic abuser. First Sergeant Mulligan orders Corporal Needham and Privates Clancy and Moore to the guardhouse. Clancy, half asleep, protests and asks why wake someone who is not asleep.
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Frederick Grant
Sergt
Mulligan
Needham
Clancy
Moore
Kansas City Journal
Homeward Dream in Mountains Ends in Welcome Return
A poet reflects on escaping mountain peace but finds no place like home. The speaker cherishes familiar comforts from chairs and beds to the scent of home baked bread and a longtime companion, a gray haired girl, whose presence anchors his pledge to return home. Thomas Holmes, in Trenton State Gazette.
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Hell
Earth
Brooks
Thomas Holmes
Trenton State Gazette
Sunset Road and Lovers’ Notes from a Magazine Poem Set
A collage of poetry notices and verse fragments from The NE Magazine and Cosmopolitan. James Owen Tryon’s To a Satsuma Cup by Jessie Storrs Ferris and Richard Le Gallienne appear beside a lover’s note about travel, love, and renewal.
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Jessie Storrs Ferris
The Absent Lover's Plaint
A speaker laments inability to see a loved one, claiming absence causes endless ache. The poet warns others of the torment of perpetual separation and underscores the acute pain of not beholding a sweet face.
For me Romance The Golden Lie and Dedalian Gods
A compact line from Gelett Burgess in McClure's Magazine reflects a conflict between personal longing and unknowable divine or fate. The speaker acknowledges a dread secret’s price, suggesting an inaccessible truth guarded by higher powers.
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Gelett Burgers
McClure’s
Disfiguring humor and medical cures in old notices
A compilation of testimonial snippets and promotional lines. Mrs Emma White claims Cuticura cleansed eczema. Lord Kelvin quote on education appears. Ward Seminary offers education at cost. Minneapolis Journal quips on salaries. Red Cross Ball Blue ad promotes cheap detergent. Mrs Thos Robbins credits Piso's Cure for Consumption.
No Marry Left Behind Over Pie Spark at Lone West Stop
A New Englander boasting country charm declares he will marry the cook after praising a station pie in a Western train stop. The joke escalates when the waiter brings in a Chinaman cook, leaving fellow passengers roaring as he flees back to the train.
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New York Times
Kansan compares Atlantic storm to Kansas cyclones at sea
A Kansan crossing the Atlantic in a gale goes on deck to compare waves with Kansas cyclones. A giant wave breaks over the deck. he is rescued with a broken leg, a twisted shoulder, and a sprained wrist. He and the captain remark that the sea reminded him of home, though wetter.
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Atlantic
Kansas City Journal
Kansas
Honest Physician Says Coffee Drove Him to Nature’s Postum
A California physician credits giving up coffee and tea for a happier, healthier life. He tried milk and tea, then Postum Food Coffee, reporting relief from nervousness, heart pains, and the blues after adopting Postum and recommending it to patients.
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Europe
Postum
Fpostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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