Frontier Ranch Blues Opened By a Sudden Bond
Irene Elden arrives at a mountain ranch with her father to find a crude home and a broken family. A night of accident and a doctor brings Dave, a brave boy, into close contact with Irene. In dawn light, she weighs a new life amid foothill beauty and rough edge of harsh realities.
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Reenie
Dave
Mr.Elden
Elden
Trene
Great Plains
Daddykins
Dave Miden
Irene
Rockies
Mr. Hardy
Ranch Country
Mr. Elden
He's a Wonderful Boy synopsis
Dave Elden, son of a drunken ranchman, shoots at a car with a pistol from his cayusa when the first automobile arrives, breaks Doctor Hardy's leg but spares his daughter Irene. He carries the injured doctor to safety and heads toward the nearest physician, forty miles away.
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Dave Elden
Cayusa
Doctor Hardy
Irene
Dave
Bad Men and Women Challenge in Early Narrative Beliefs
A fragmented essay discusses why "bad men" attract women, suggesting primitive appeal and personality. It notes women’s tendency toward self sacrifice and reform fantasies, cites Victorian views, and references urban lumbering as a current city affair linked to street widening and wood sale for fuel.
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City
Minneapolis
Mary Place
Minneapolis Tribune
Sweet Studio
Heal Mental Discipline and Precision in Thought
A. G. Keller argues that mental discipline comes from confronting difficult tasks with intrepidity and using proven methods. Quality instruction and applied practice matter more than sheer quantity of material, and a few well-chosen subjects in capable hands suffice to start.
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A. G. Keller
Revie
No Hurry
A boy leaning against a post encounters a man who asks about his activity. The man offers a job, but payment starts after the second week. The boy agrees to come round the second week for pay.
A Philosopher Loving the World As He Finds It
Charles Dudley Warner portrays a philosopher who is content with the world as he finds it and seeks only what he truly needs. He is an exotic figure, misunderstood by neighbors who share none of his daily anxieties about getting by.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Place Names Confuse Britons On Baltic Sojourn
The Boston Globe recalls British sailors joking about American and European place names near the battleship Ohio in an English port. They admit many U S state names are unfamiliar to Europeans, likening them to Choctaw. A violinist jokes he buys tickets by manager, not geography, as locals admit translation is hard.
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Balkans
Boston Globe
Allcit Music Quiz Cites Meyerbeer at Club Diquor
A Boston Evening Transcript line notes a dry club evening with remarks about the orchestra and a Meyerbeer piece, reflecting light banter between speakers and a nod to operatic repertoire.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Aged Tybalt Totter Reflects On 1854 Attitudes
Tybalt Totter, age eighty three, muses on age and respect, noting that elders in 1854 faced civility not disdain. He recalls weather, profiteering, and general indifference to daily events, contrasting youth foibles with his quieter outlook as reported by Kangas City Star.
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Kangas City
Meek and Opponents Clash Over Trick Decision
A cryptic exchange from the Boston Transcript shows Mr Meek, Mrs Meelick, and Meeek arguing over a card play. The dialogue hints at a disputed trick with one player claiming the other would have caused a loss.
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Mr. Meek
Meek
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