Child’s trust and a grown man’s reflection at sunset
The narrator recalls a child’s dependence while walking with faith and protection, then contrasts it with adult independence. He experiences sunset splendor over a sea and black sand, feeling humble before workers in the factories and pondering wealth, leisure, and a steady crown of certainty. He ends with a prosaic return home as news of a steel spoon order arrives.
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Orton
Tom
Chicago
Harvard
Holess
Creighton
Cambridge
Contented Woman Embraces Quiet Crown of Heart
A reflective journal entry from Sarah Rogers vows to seek contentment despite discontent. She weighs imagined siblings and places Cambridge versus Orton, envisioning a seacoast life, sunset swims, and a personal crown worn figuratively upon her heart. The tone blends literary allusion with commonplace domestic musings.
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Sarah Rogers
Btery Pub
Shakespeare
Cocoa Bean Production in Venezuela and Chocolate Making
A government publication notes the cocoa bean reaches its finest form in the republic of Venezuela. Other Central and South American regions also grow and export large quantities. Two harvests occur yearly and chocolate is made by grinding beans into meal, adding sugar and arrowroot, flavoring with vanilla or cinnamon, moistening the mass, and molding into shapes.
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Republic of Venezuela
Central
South America
Haloce Reaches 38000 Feet in Record Balloon Flight
Teisserene de Bort, a French aeronaut, achieves the lowest recorded temperature of minus 72 Celsius on a thermometer attached to a balloon that ascended to 38 000 feet. The record altitude and extreme cold mark highlight the daring flight.
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Teisserene de Bort
Daughters Delightful Score Finished by De Koven
Reginald de Koven completes the score for The Daughters Delightful. George V. Hobart wrote the libretto for the comic opera, pairing the composer with the famed lyricist.
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Reginald de Koven
George V. Hobart
New Word Coinage: Cognostic Emerges in Denver Encounter
An amusing Denver Times scene shows a comic exchange at a shop window where a thickly accented man seeks information in broken speech. A clerk pretends to understand, while Uncle Jerry notes the joke that the terms agnostic and cognostic differ little.
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Jerry
Marine View Sailor Refutes Boarding House Rights
A ship anchored in the lower bay faced a boarding house runner who threatened violence to board. The owner’s tug arrives and the captain learns the law: a ship is a yard, not a home, and cabin quarters are part of the crew’s area.
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New York Tribune
Lost in the Crowd On Street Exchange
Tess meets Jess on the street and learns he has lost something. He recalls it was a small Mr. Snipp who was with him, and Tess concludes it was nothing after all. This short dialogue captures a moment of mislaid memory in urban life.
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Tess
Jess
Mr. Snipp
Philadelphia Press
Making Things Plea by Herbert Confesses Sale of Diamond Pin
Herbert tells his mother he sold her diamond pin to a peddler for 30 cents and spent the money on fireworks, admitting the deception and its financial misstep.
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Herbert
The Youths Companion tale of Uncle Jerry Ardhead
Uncle Jerry Ardhead hosts two controversial neighbors in a lively evening debate about knowledge proof and certainty. A long argument unfolds on topics of doubt and dogma, reflecting the era's fascination with reason and belief.
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Jerry Ardhead
Coupled in the Betting Arrests of Two Colored Boys
A barber and police captain discuss a judge refusing to release two colored youths. They were arrested together and fined tea and coats each. The judge stated he could not release either, suggesting their coupling in betting influenced the decision.
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A dialogue excerpt contrasts wealth and family duty with references to a man named Gilders and his brother Jack who works as an elevator man. The exchange notes past dependence and frequent visits by the children to their father’s office in the building where Jack works.
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Jack
Philadelphia Press
Quotable Snippets From Gag Columns and Jests
A collage of witticisms and jokes from various papers includes quips about Jenkins authoring a self help book, small time burglars, a boy who whistled before thinking, hat fashion in physical culture, an umbrella thief test, and a Chicago heiress choosing a baron then a count, reflecting light humor and social cartoons of the era.
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Tess
Chicago
Jess
Philadelphia
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Shevenin
Shay
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Allus
Puck
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Stickney
Pickney
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