Letter from Hiram Wight and a Grandmother’s Love
A long letter prompts Emma Gordon to recall her friend Caroline Richings and the intertwined loves of Carrie and Hiram Wight. Carrie’s return from a year abroad leads to a marriage proposal from Hiram after years apart, as Grandma Gordon and Amy witness the heartfelt moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Wight
Sam
Grandma Gordon
Caroline
Caroline Richings
Grandma
Ueband
England
Henry
Carrie
Hiram
Mary
Amy
Angelus and harvest prayer amid a French cakewalk note
A fragment from The Angelus poem by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson appears alongside brief notes about Paris cakewalk popularity and a child prodigy Torquato Tasso. The text weaves poetic imagery with scattered cultural references, including a Servian cabinet list remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nouveau Cirque
Marie Antoinette
New Orleans
Europe
When Bedtime Comes Poem by Mary Marshall Parks
A child imagines hunting imaginary animals as dusk falls and toys lie about. His mother calls him to bedtime while he reflects on a red sky and a sun that has gone to bed, never to see fireflies, rockets, or stars. Copyright note appended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Tom McNair
Tom
Mamma
Signal Hill
Mary Marshall Parks
New York
Mas
Pooxnan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alrard
St. Ann’s Ave
New York City
Adelaide Prahl
Trick with a pea and hidden needle illusion tale
A Louisville Courier Journal note describes a simple magic trick using a pea and a thin needle or wire to make the pea hop to a piano tune, with care to conceal the needle. It also mentions a Syracuse grocer, a cat and four newborn kittens moved to a brewery, and a note about cement butt foundations and a company making them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Syracuse
Cat Adopts Wolf in Illinois Farm Oddity
A two weeks old wolf whelp found after a wolf den raid near Byron in Ogle County is adopted by a farm cat owned by J. G. Blanchard. The cat nurses the pup with a kitten, while local bounty records note many wolf scalps and varied gaits of a tame timber wolf named Teddy. The Chicago Daily News reports Roosevelt declined a gift of Teddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Ogle County
Chicago
St. Paul
J. G. Blanchard
Teddy
Roosevelt
Chicago Daily News
Peepers From the Swamps Impress a Boy Naturalist
A young observer named Dick and his little brother encounter a peeper in a swamp. Dick traps a tiny amber frog about an inch long with a vocal sac and netted enclosure. The creature escapes overnight while his brother hopes the others return, as the peeper remains a mysterious summer resident.
Fragmented Local Anecdotes and Sparse Town Topics
A garbled column mixes stray stories from Platteburg and Abilene about gunplay, hotel observations, and social quips. It references a G A Clay county man, preacher with a gun, and a hotel bath anecdote, ending with pithy town topics and humorous asides.
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Clay County
Platteburg
Levey
Bunting
Trey
Kaneana City
Sta
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Pyright
Dal
Marion's
Angelus
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Chambers’ ' Journal
Torquato Tasso
Italy
Urbino
Alexander
Rie
Cat
P Ceper
Byers
E-H-Smith
Sather Husbean
N. Y
Chicago Tribune
Abilene Democrat
Jeter
F. Wright
Oelwein, Iown
Bromo-Seltzer
U.M.C
Ier Sod Bey
Thousar
Desouk
W. H. May
M. D
Pine Street
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