The Dead Child Poem by Ernest Dowson
A elegiac verse depicts a parent bidding a dead child a peaceful slumber with violet on the brow and quiet breast. The speaker confesses weariness and a desire to join the child in rest, expressing sorrow and acceptance without overt grief. The excerpt credits Dowson and cites Atalanta as context.
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Ernest Dowson
Atalanta
Revenge, Runaway Train, and a Wedding Day Miracle
Milly Harman pretends engagement to engineer Bastable who assaults her. Bastable’s violence is answered when Arthur Munro chases, commandeers a London express runaway, and steers it to safety at Bentham Bank. Bastable receives severe punishment. Milly and Arthur marry amid danger and relief.
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Worston
Bastable
Milly Harman
Arthur Munro
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Mr. Bastable
Litford
Munro
Stoker
Bill
Lifford
Bentham
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Thornley Tunnel
London Express
Bastabie
New York
New Cure for Consumption Reported from Japan
Dr Kitasato, who studied under Koch in Berlin and discovered the tetanus bacillus, is said to have cured consumption in advanced stages using a modified tuberculine treatment. Government funding totals 75 000 to pursue cholera typhus diphtheria and consumption research and treatment in Tokyo.
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Japan
Kitasato
Koch
Berlin
Clay McCauley
Tokio
San Francisco
Koch’s
Germany
JOKERS' BUDGET OF LIGHT VERSE AND QUOTES
A collage of comic quips and brief gags from several papers. Lines feature jokes about marriages, fashion, and social foibles, with witty exchanges and punchy one-liners. Notable snippets include playful banter about love, money, and manners amid a parade of anonymous writers.
Alligators Nests Like Haycocks And Their Care
Alligator nests are four feet high and five feet wide made of grass with 100 to 200 eggs stacked layer by layer. Mothers beat down surrounding vegetation to hide the nest and guard the eggs until hatchlings emerge. Dr Lutzemburg once shipped nests to St Petersburg but the young hatched beforehand and wandered the premises.
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Doctor Lutzemburg
New Orleans
St. Petersburg
New York News
Influence of Imitation Across Society
A reflection on conformity noting one third follow another third in beliefs and actions. Observes people attend church and theatres to fit in, yielding countless trivial acts as social mimicry. Argues the Rome adage, while prudent, highlights a shallow, compromised world.
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Rome
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
The Power of Telescope and Eye Over Light
A curious note discusses how telescope size increases apparent brightness of stars, with specific gains from 2 inch to 36 inch optics. It estimates magnification limits and asserts that even large lunar details would be invisible to the naked eye, while suggesting life on the moon could only be inferred indirectly if present.
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H. 8. Holden
Cope
Visiz
Hydra
Case
California
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