The Marching of the Grass in Joyful Verse
A lyrical celebration of spring and nature describes the Grass marching across hills and rivers, overtaking winter and renewing life. Vivid lines invoke armored green banners, triumphal movement, and the revival of sunlit days for people of all ages.
Cronins Daughter: A Maine Ore Town Tale Of Courage
In Katahdin Maine a devoted farm girl Mary Cronin endures a harsh night of top-house duty to save her drunken father and the works. Her vigil amid heat and danger leads to his recovery and promotion, and the family finds hope in a new home and a future tied to Cronin’s Daughter.
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Maine Woods
Mary Cronin
Mounmtain Road
Mary
Molly
John Cronin
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Newark
Catskill Mountains
Penobscot
Katahdin
Maine
Boston
Bangor
Works
Beautiea
Silver Lake
Star of the East
Cronin
Boston Common
Cronins
Top
Father
Ienil
Siu
Brownsville
Jim Brennan
Jim
Joan Cronin
Mary Blessed
M UN
John
Red Bridge
Katahdin Woods
Proof and Poetry in a Sunday Supplement
A space writer rushes a poetic parody to print while a manuscript rushes through the composing room. The note to Miss Marie Cortland Van Clifton reveals a tender, possibly unrequited affection as the two lovers are described as never gauged now.
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Claus
Marie
Marie Cortland van Clifton
Miss McKie
Ortlandt van Cifton
Curious and Quirky Items From Across the Ages
A gold brick reentry from Yuma to San Francisco valued at 1000 dollars. brick homes would cost more than most can pay. West Virginia hailstorms shattered windows and ripped tin roofs. Indian Hindu elites collect clocks as ornaments rather than timepieces. Indian police stations mark time via a copper pot in water that leaks, then strikes a gong when the pot vanishes. Harper’s Young People.
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Yuma
Arizona
San Francisco
West Virginia
India
Harper's
Writing With the Left Hand in St Louis Globe-Democrat
The piece argues left hand writing is rare in America and cites Sir Edwin Arnold on Japanese schooling. It notes writer’s cramp and suggests learning to write with either hand eases fatigue. It claims a child can learn left handed writing quickly and achieve parity with age.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Edwin Arnold
St. Louis
Japan
Charles Reade
Origin of Wall Coverings and Decorative Arts
Origins of tapestry trace to Byzantium with high weaving skill and costly silver leaf stamped leather panels. Wall paper spread in Europe with monastery usage since the seventh century for church wall decoration.
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Byzantium
Europe
Dangers of a Meat Diet Compels City Elites to Add Fruits
The piece discusses the evils of a meat heavy diet for the well to do in cities. It notes excessive meat consumption in winter and links rheumatic and gout temperaments to the habit. It mentions lime water as a countermeasure and cites the Pittsburgh Dispatch as the source.
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Pittsbure
Mrs Hawzey UiHaPMAN Survives Tullet Wound Near Heart
Mrs Hawzey UiHaPMAN, wife of actor Chapman, survived a tullet wound that nearly pierced her heart. She endured exposure to fire while fighting for life and was stricken with pneumonia afterward, but she recovered.
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Hawzey Uihapman
Chapman
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