Sweetheart I Never Have Seen by James N. Matthews
A poetic display in New Bohemian by James N. Matthews extols an idealized beloved. The speaker laments lacking a true, living muse while praising a vision of beauty drawn from myth and distant lands, comparing her to Egypt and Greece and measuring longing against unattainable perfection.
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Chers
Egypt
Atheny
Rome
Earth
Greece
James N. Matthews
New Bohemian
Sanger Island Light Murder Mystery Tigers Strike
Captain William Brown leads a relief party to Sanger Island light station and discovers a massacre of 12 staff. A tiger and cubs killed the guards and the infant, Nora, is found with the mother in a tragic scene. Donald, a loyal soldier, mourns the girl as the group buries the victims and burns the tiger remains.
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Donald
Kedgeree
Tamjan
Sahib
Ramjan
Raimjan
Fen
Nana Sahib
Cawnpore
Nora
William BrOwn
Notable Figures and Wa rldly Tales in a Transcribed Chronicle
Massachusetts governor appoints E B Haskell to Metropolitan Park board. The piece notes Haskell born in Missouri in 1937, editor of the Boston Herald, and a series of biographical vignettes. It references Simon Bolivar in Central Park, Washington images in Caracas, and profiles of Ellen Phillips of Maine, Crespo of Venezuela, and James Harvey Partridge, a New York educator who died at 85.
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E. B. Haskell
Massachusetts
Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Liveratore
Boston Herald
Simon Moliver
Venezuela
Central Park
New York
George Washington
Caracas
Washington
Hartland
Maine
Ellen Phillips
George
Wendell Phillips
Harvard College
O. W. Holmes
James Freeman Clarke
W. D. Howells
Deston
Howella
Metropolia
Crespo
Venezeula
James Harvey Partridge
Cranford
N. J
Partridge
Henry VI and His Wives Rivalry in Royal Marriages
The piece notes Henry VI’s six marriages and the bold drive of consorts to become queen. It cites a Milanese duchess who refused him saying she had only one head and could not lose it. The column adds that ancient cities sit near seas or rivers and that slow rivers run three to seven miles per hour.
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Mutlah
Shickatee
Henry
Henry VI
Milan
Humorous Quotations From 19th Century Papers
A collage of wry quips and jokes from various papers including the Atchison Globe Waterbury Chicago Tribune Le Figaro Puck and Washington Star. Lighter observations cover manners jokes about ladies and horses and a barbed quip about a political economist. Strong writers and dated humor collide in a playful clip.
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Atchison Globe
Waterbury
Chicago Tribune
Dumas
le Figaro
Banks
Rivers
Mim
Hooyer
Josiah
Mrs. Chugwater
Washington Star
Track farming fortunes in Norfolk rise with shipping gains
General Grover notes Norfolk track farmers earn about 2 million dollars yearly while one man clears 25 thousand from kale and spinach shipped to northern markets. City growth continues with Southern Railway recognizing Norfolk’s advantages and adding Atlantic terminal operations and a new boat line to boost port shipping.
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Norfolk
Gen. & D. Grover
Southern Railway
N. S. Tribune
Home Hints and Helps From Rural Publications
A collage of kitchen tips and recipes from Prairie Farmer Boston Budget Liverpool Mercury and Chicago Record includes methods for caked onions roast with butter and salt bake times for pumpkin pies mince pies boiled potatoes and a buttered yolk frosting for snow cake, presented in a period tone and practical home-use style.
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Boston
Lake Well
Liverpool Mercury
Chicago
Fashionable Muffs Adapt for Modern Wear
Furriers and modistes champion stylish muffs as must have accessories for couture outfits. from fur capes to matching wraps, new carrying methods with pearl beads or ribbons around the neck appear, with varied shapes from round to flat, often trimmed with lace or fur. a nyc world note credits evolving style and practical pockets for kerchiefs or purses.
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N. Y. World
Philanthropist Keeps Seat Near Stove in Train Readings
A kind-hearted man, while soliloquizing on safety, vows to stay seated near the stove to spare a standing lady from danger. He continues reading as the carriage speeds on, demonstrating selfless restraint in a railway car incident described by the China Tribune.
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China
Tribune
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the Weekly
CALL
Troy
MY Sweetheart
Sanger Island
Capt. Brown
Tiger
Mother
Bubo
Allahabad
Calcutta
Sunderland
Delhi
Diamond Harbor
Warringutta
Eause
Halliday
Sanger
Setterle
Weighland
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