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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1885
Page
11
A poem recalls a garden stroll and a flower gifted by a child. The speaker mourns a mother who planted morning glory seeds and finds solace in a white robed child presenting a violet morning glory blossom. The scene links memory, loss, and gentle solace through feminine care.
A female narrator recounts posing as a man to rent a room in a house that bans women. Her cousin Tom orchestrates the ruse with Mrs. Smith the landlady, sparking clashes over gender roles. The tale ends with the landlady allowing the lodger to stay, then resuming the old rule after a wedding alters the household dynamics.
The Wisconsin items recount Ella Wheeler Wilcox advising aspiring authors on paths to success. She notes the burden of reviewing MSS, the limits of editor acceptance, and offers rules: keep prose brief, save your strongest idea for the climax, and persist until the world notices. She emphasizes realism about fame and the need to endure public interest in private life.
From the Utica Press, the article traces the clepsydra or water clock to ancient Assyria before 759 B C, describing brass vessels with small holes that filled and emptied as two and a half hour watches. It notes the Nineveh time offices, watchmen, and clerks, plus later EgyptianDial improvements around 580 B C, leading to clearer time division and later wheel mechanisms.
A Brooklyn lecturer urges modern culture to feed the American mind with solid, energetic work and enduring truth. In San Francisco, Crocker’s fence tale shows determination in asserting property rights and shaping a grand residence on California Street despite a pushback from a neighbor.
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