Give Me the Baby Poem Fragment by James Riley
A fragmented poem voice pleads to hold and love a baby, cherishing imagined warmth and caresses. The speaker imagines the baby near a grave site with a maple tree and a hill, referencing a deceased infant and Riley as the author.
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James Lesicacent
Riley
Winter Night of War and Guilt at Grandpre Chateau
Blanche faces a difficult night as a German officer survives a sniper’s wound and a dangerous emotional toll unfolds. Dr Huet diagnoses cerebral fever in Blanche while the German reveals the chevalier’s death and Blanche’s father’s fate. The wounded officer Hartmann reunites with Borgfeldt as Huet contemplates mercy and memory.
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Huet
Chateau
Monsieur
Mademoiselle de Gavrolles
Dieppe
Uhlans
Chateau of
Grandpre
Hubert
Borgfeldt
Hartmann
Haremann
Not a Waning Star Eccentric Yet Cherished by Society
The piece profiles Mrs. Brown Potter in a harsh touring season of one night stands and exhausting travel. Despite thin frame and lingering beauty, she remains a refined presence with bronze hair and dreamy eyes. It contrasts her potential Broadway prospects with the public embrace of the Trees and other stars of the era.
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Mademoiselle
Blanche
Wil
Ndong
Fevau
Pasteur
France
Monsieur
Brown Potter
Potter
Bellew
Broadway
Patagonia
Mrs. Potter
Mr. Bellew
New York
Otlund Beats Johnson in 1500 Meters at Normannia
Peter Otlund, Europe’s champion, defeated John S. Johnson by less than two feet in 2 53 1 5 at Normannia rink Minneapolis. Weather made ice poor but the race was stylish, as Johnson faded near the finish.
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John S. Johnson
Normannia
Minneapolis
Peter Otlund
Europe
Johnson
Otlund
Otland
Montelbano Mint a Pacific Coast Counterfeit Hub
The Pacific coast housed major counterfeit operations with Montelbano's cave mint near Fairfield Salona county. He produced silver dollars dimes and quarters using isinglass and other metals, working at night in a candlelit chamber hidden under sod. Authorities traced his hideaway after a hunter spooked him. about 70 silver dollars, unfinished coins and tooling were found in the cave a barn and the hut nearby.
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Pacific Coast
Giovanno Montelbano
Montelbano
Fairfield
Salona
Robinson Crusoe
Vallejo
Harris
Paris
German Occupation Quietly Proceeds Around Etretat
In the chateau area the district remains in a panic of excitement as German troops approach. Experience shows that enemy ferocity is exaggerated and peasants are punished only for armed resistance. Some spies are eliminated while Germans pay for goods and align with locals in clear cases of soldier brutality. Etretat is quietly occupied.
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Etretat
Sponges that Destroy Oysters Demonstrated
Sponges of the genus Cliona bore into oyster shells and shells of mussels and scallops, causing crumble. In the American coast Cliona sulphurea penetrates marble by mechanical action, not chemical solvent. M Latellier of the French academy showed mechanical action suffices.
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M. Latellier
French Academy
Dramatic Author Seeks Acceptance as Manager Reviews Play
The author asks if the three act play is accepted. The manager explains the reading committee wants to strike one act, and each member wants a different act removed. The scene highlights conflicting judgments among the three committee members.
Traveling duties split oddly in a Detroit Tribune quote
The head of the family laments travel tasks, claiming he did all the real work while his wife packed trunks dressed children and handled routine chores. He notes he personally attended to every timetable detail.
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Enoch Arden
Enoch
Saleratus
Detroit Tribune
Ancient Greeks Paid Fare to Charon at Death
A mythic custom placed a coin under the tongue of the dead to pay the ferryman Charon for passage across the river Acheron to the underworld, reflecting beliefs about afterlife travel in ancient Greece.
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Greece
Charon
Acheron
Setonia Athletic Association Names Officers for Year
The Setonia Athletic Association of Seton Hall College elected officers for the year with J. J. McDonough as president Eugene Kinkead as vice president Banks M. Moore as secretary. In a Cleveland wrestling match Tom Morton of Detroit sustained a serious injury after colliding with scenery and Ed Atherton of Belfast N Y won the match.
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W. J. Kelley
Philadelphia
L. A. W. Racing Board
Fordham College Athletic Association
John C. McCarthy
Waverly
N. Y
C. E. Malone
Lancaster
J. G. Gaynor
Syracuse
J. D. Delaney
New York City
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth-Williams-Amherst
Setonia Athletic Association
Seton Hall College
J. J. McDonough
Eugene Kinkead
Banks M. Moore
Cleveland
Tom Morton
Detroit
Ed Atherton
Belfast
Atherton
Make Their Own K Knives
Civilization advances in South Africa while the bushman forges his own knives from scraps. They dig iron, repurpose a broken hatchet or ram barrel hoop to craft axes adzes hammers and more. The crude tools satisfy needs despite crude quality and the native’s patience outweighs the cost of imported goods and rum.
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South Africa
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Chevalier
Gavrolles
Dr. Huet
Huct
Mrs. James Brown Potter
Jobenson
Mile. Thiers
Mlle. Thiers
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Athletic