Kaomao and the Leper Lover of Molokai
In Nuuanu Valley Kaomao clings to pledged love for Paliopaleke despite his three week absence and a leperward fate. After his death sentence is revealed, she sails to Molokai, confronts danger and loneliness, then returns to the lover, defying island priests to live and die with him.
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Umanunuu
Kaomao
Umanunu
Paliopaleke
Paliop
Paliopsieke
Love
Panopaleke
Kalhni Hospital
Kilauea
Kalihi
Kilauea Hou
Amarunn
Tmanunu
Molokai
Nuuanu
Kaomaoe
San Francisco
Lord Avebury's Secret
The piece notes Lord Avebury's uniform dignity urbanity and broad outlook. It cites a remark that his secret is self management as if he were someone else a rule that could profit others and oneself.
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Lord Avebury
Color bearer recounts Missionary Ridge fight by Eightieth Ohio
Jacob Darst recalls serving as color bearer for Company C Eightieth Ohio during the November 25 1863 Missionary Ridge assault. He describes carrying the stars and stripes, being wounded, and passing the colors to Joseph Persing as he fell back, with captains and other guards wounded or captured. The flag was presented by New Philadelphia Ohio ladies. Darst enlisted 1861 and was discharged 1865.
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Eightieth Ohio
E. Smith
Fifteenth Corps
Missionary Ridge
Company C
James Burton
Tenth Iowa
Leutenant
George T Robinson
George Mananet
Simon Durst
Joseph Persing
Tenth
Iowa
Jacob Darst
National Tribune
Walking Lead Mine Hero of the War of 1861
A Chicago resident described as a walking lead mine recalls his Civil War exploits. He claims countless bullets struck him while saving comrades, recounting escapes, saber combat, and a daring river swim after being jailed in a barrel. The tale emphasizes his scars and fearless front-line acts.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Jeff Davis
Tennessee River
Nervous at altar joke in Columbus Dispatch anecdote
The dialogue recalls nerves before a wedding altar with a punchline about pressing Tom's trousers. Eva and Ernestine share a light moment showing humor in nerves and domestic chores. The exchange reflects newspaper cartoon or column style from the Columbus Dispatch.
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Ernestine
Tom
Columbus Dispatch
Action and Reaction in a Sharp Exchange
A brief standup between barber and customer at a New Yorker moment as the customer admits pressure and seeks relief with a blunt exchange about a difficult shave and life pressures.
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Barber
No Need to Move Along Civil War Rail Trip Story
A St Louis Republic tale recalls General Grant during the Civil War riding a railroad car with his staff. An old passenger refuses to shift seats, telling the general he can sit beside him and hang his staff out the window.
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Gen. Grant
Grant
St. Louis Republic
Wishington Faces Trial as Tightrope Claim Arises
Willie Wishington proclaims readiness to stand on merits while Miss Cayenne questions his experience. The exchange highlights a contest of credibility amid Stray Stories’ publication context.
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Willie Wishington
Miss Cayenne
Mr. Wishington
A Man Builds House Missing Chimney
An unnamed man in Cincinnati rushed to erect a house with his savings, but forgot to include a chimney. Neighbors now mock the odd omission as the project proceeds without proper venting.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Proverbial Love Changes With Time in Poesy
In a Chicago Record Herald piece Mrs. M. L. Rayne notes lovers in youth seek home via the long path, while married couples weather daily struggles and drift from romance to practicality. They adapt the proverb to “Let us cut home” as they roam less together.
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M. L. Rayne
Chicago Record- Herald
It All Will Come Right In a Lonesome Night
Poem fragment by F. L. Stanton printed in the Atlania Constitution. It speaks of endurance and hopeful assurance that amid toil and sorrow relief will arrive as sun returns and life finds light.
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F. L. Stanton
Atlania
Laughing Through Time and Trials in Summer Light
A reflective verse notes that laughter comes after storms and troubles. It suggests looking back to heal past heartaches, balancing mountains and valleys, and finding sunshine in future summers with faith and time’s healing. Floyd D. Rae in Chicago Inter Ocean.
Apron of blue by the sand-heap and the afternoon girl
A lyrical silhouette of a girl named Alix Thorn in St. Nicholas. The piece contrasts a pie making, breezy morning with a prim afternoon attire and a lingered, slow day. It evokes a childlike, nostalgic mood centered on daily rhythms and appearance.
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Alix Thorn
St. Nicholas
Would you do it if your mother knew
A Chicago Record-Herald poem fragment urges self restraint before temptation. It questions if one would heed Conscience and moral risk if a mother knew of the act. The piece warns that pride in strength may crumble under remorse and public judgment.
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Sik. Kiser
Chicago
Nature's fee and fates of roadside greens
A compilation of poetic excerpts reflecting on nature's abandonment of its beauty and the toll of modern toil, paired with sentimental elegies. Clinton Dangertied contrasts nature and road loss, Hossee Seymour Keller laments a mother's death, and Arthur Macy offers moral contrasts between ways of living.
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Aomao
Lord Avebury's
Tore Fbee
Lead Mine
Illinois
Slim Foundation
Poesy
Floyd D. Raze
Inter Ovean
Clinton
Sharow
Hossee Seymour Keller
N. Y. Sun
Arthur Macy
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