I Wish I Were a Boy Again
A man dreams of returning to boyhood and learns that life cannot be relived. He recalls school days, the ease of past lessons, and the shift in perspective as age brings new cautions. The tale ends with the lesson that boyhood suits boys and manhood suits men.
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Fate
White Hall Times
Brooklyn Times
Boston Courier
Blackstone
Chicago Ledger
Norristown Herald
Dio Lewis
Arkansaw
New York
Ireland
Mesage Sandard
England
Texas
Love Across Oceans Wins The Ontario Farm
A Devon carpenter's son, Dick Hawkins, recounts his voyage to Canada, his bold rise to Indian Creek Farm, and his rescue of Miss Winny Branscome during the Antarctic disaster. After ten years apart, their perilous night at sea ends in a marriage in Montreal and a peaceful life at Indian Creek with their child.
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Canada
Ontario
Indian Creek
England
Winny Branscome
London
Mr. Loftus
Squire
Dick Hawkins
Indian Creek Farm
Liverpool
Devonshire
Mr. Branscome
Miss Winny
Liverpool Express
Antarctic
Winny
Alkaloids in Flour and Venetian Gondolier Income
Mons Ballaud reports flour stored long becomes unwholesome as gluten ferments old flour yields alkaloids. Traces appear in flour a year and a half old and rise in two to three year ground flour. A Venetian gondolier earns about four francs daily year round, enough to marry and raise a family.
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Mons. Ballaud
Women and the ballot a nation’s duty and reason
The piece argues for woman suffrage as essential for the country’s future. It contrasts domestic governance with political responsibility, claims women’s votes would educate and temper politics, and cites Massachusetts teachers as example of women’s public role. It urges women to participate to improve primary meetings and government for the greatest good.
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Massachusetts
Land of Flowers in South Australia and Nature Notes
A survey of Adelaide Gardens under curator Dr. Schomburgh highlights South Australia’s flora and markets. It covers native trees and crops, spring timing, fruit varieties, large cauliflower and cabbage crops, wheat quality, and a note on trees dying from the top or bottom.
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South Australia
Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Schomburgh
Adelaide
Castile
Spain
Jonathan Swift
St. Patrick’s
Australia
London Telegraph
When the Old Elephant Came and the Little Boy Died
A narrative from Aianta Constitution about Colonel Millbank a cold businessman loved by his son. The tale follows the boy’s anticipation of seeing an elephant, the father’s hidden tenderness, and the family’s grief as the child dies, with the elephant’s passing noted outside the home.
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Millbank
Emmet
Aianta
Miss De Silva's Voice Draws Shunning Remarks
In a New York Graphic exchange Auger notes Miss De Silva has a harsh voice. Gimlet calls her eccentric and says she will not be harmed because she never attempts to sing.
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New York Graphic
Woman Deserted Mormon Elder Denounces Mormonism
A former Mormon elder’s wife, who recently left him and went east, recounts in an interview her conversion scams. She condemns Mormonism as a civilization disgrace and says she was misled about polygamy.
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East
Frohange
Perils of Society for Young Women in Washington
From Gail Hamilton, the piece notes society in Washington tempts with distinguished men and endless entertainments. It warns that many eligible young men are elsewhere, leaving girls to face shallow conversation, and the danger of overindulgent teas. Society offers refreshment rather than steady work.
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Washington
United States
Gail Hamilton
Woman and the State and the Pups The Shakspearean Note
The piece cites Reverend James Freeman Clarke defending women suffrage and urging female influence in law and society. It critiques male promises to deliver pups, using humorous anecdotes about unfulfilled promises and dog ownership to illustrate broader social fault lines. It ends with a Peck's Sun attribution.
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James Freeman Clarke
New York Home Journal
A Confab in the Nursery Over Doll Repair
In a playful nursery exchange Lucy notes her doll’s head cracked after a fall from a bathroom window. Bess mispronounces brain surgery terms, joking about trepanning as a pun, reflecting light chatter in a Philadelphia Call item.
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Lucy
Bess
Philadelphia
OUR FIDE PRESIDENTS
A compact history of United States vice presidents highlighting key figures and transitions from John Adams to John Breckinridge. It notes resignations deaths and acting vice presidents, including Jefferson Burr Clinton Calhoun and Tyler, with references to Madison Monroe Jackson Polk and Pierce administrations.
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United States
John Adams
Washington
Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Jefferson
George Clinton
New York
Madison
William H. Crawford
Georgia
Senate
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
John Gilliard
South Carolina
Daniel D. Tompkins
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
John C. Calhoun
Secon
Jackson
Hugh L. White
Tennessee
Martin van Buren
Richard M. Johnson
Kentucky
John Tyler
Harrison
Tyler
Samuel L. Southard
New Jersey
Willie P. Mangum
North Carolina
Polk
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
William King
Alabama
Franklin Pierce
King
David R. Atchinson
Missouri
Jesse D. Bright
Indiana
Bright
United States Senate
John ©. Breckinridge
Buchanan
Home-Nest of a Million Aires Wife Boudoir Preview
The Flood mansion second floor hallway opens into a new 26 by 25 foot boudoir for Mrs Flood. It will feature tapestry lined walls blue silk, an oval coffered ceiling with fresco garden scene and intricate tellis work under an Italian sky, promising unmatched beauty and roominess.
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Flood
Dogs Outpace Men In Intelligence Claim Sparks Rift
In Teras Siftings a lively exchange unfolds where Gus De Smith asserts dogs surpass humans in many cases. Judge Penny bunker challenges him as the discussion reveals a widening social gulf between the two men.
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Gus de Smith
Penny Bunker
Gus
Teras
Peorte Opinion Happiness Paradox
A brief note suggests people with unpopular views are not happier than those with unpopular beliefs about cross babies, highlighting a puzzling link between opinion stance and well being.
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Peorte
The Telephone Tit Willow
A Minnesota Tribune poem recounts a man seized by a strangled cry held in his throat. He shouts Hello and collapses, the line framed by a chorus of anxious calls and a haunting echo. The piece centers on futile longing and tragic fate.
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Minneapolis Tribune
The Manufacture of Screws in Automatic Machinery
A description of screw production from rough wire through drawing, cutting, heads forming, cooling, dusting, shaving, threading, and final drying. A remarkable pick-up device moves one screw at a time, enabling speeds of thirty one screws per minute. one machine can produce ninety three gross per day.
Sensible Child Declines to Say Thank You for Jam
A San Francisco scene shows a mother prompting her baby with polite phrases after a spoonful of jam. The child does not respond with gratitude, instead asking for more jam in a cute two-armed plate request. The piece highlights a playful lapse in manners from a proud parent’s perspective.
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Missy
San Franciscan
Propesston At Doctor Dialogue Sparks Alarm
The exchange features the First Doctor expressing concern over a patient who is self-prescribing. The Second Doctor admits to treating himself, prompting the First Doctor to warn that this could be deadly. The scene involves Puck observing the perilous situation.
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Propesston
Scott
Puck
Quote on possession and effort emphasizes value of retention
A terse reflection notes that true worth lies not in what one gains but in the ability to keep it. The line contrasts acquisition with lasting grip, suggesting perseverance defines value more than accumulation.
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Egypt
Devil
Jud Lafagan
Chicago Ledger
Yellowstone
Old Faithful
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Biss Ietettigencer
ensonomaaRe
Eee
Ames
Chicago and North- Western
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Official Directory
C. G. McCarthy
Smiru
J. A. Minus
BR. Bames
O. O. Roy
R. H. Mitchett
Ee Sontveyor
Board OF Supervisors
Anfen Ersland
Ee Erase Union
J. Q. Burgess
Lincoln
Anthony Hate
Collins
Methodist Episcopal
Unday
H. J. Everly
Baptist
Ervices
G. H. Starring
E. C. Moulton
Masonic
Acadia Lodge NO
A. F
A A. Masons
M. C. Jones
W. M. Cav GippIns
United Workmen
J. 5S. Brooks
M. W
M. Soper
MES Lodge
Pillsworth Post
A. R
G. A. R. Hall
T. J. Miller
J. ©. Duncan
H. Wilson, Jr
M. J. Smith
Atlaw
Mrs. Daniel’s
Geo. A. Underwood
Law
U. S
District of Iowa
Union National Bank
Pforney
D. McCarthy
J. L. Stevens
H. M. Templeton
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City Drug Store
G. A. Meredith
South Side
C. A. Beverly
M. E. Church
Story County
E. B. Cramslit
Raynor
Chas. E. Hunt
West House
T. C. McCall
Ngevada
Kiss Estate and Loan Agent
Hm. L. Carrell
Nevada
F&p
Insurance
Co. M
LA Crosse
LIFE
Northwest
J. L. Walla la Crosse
Wis
John Glidden
Susie
Heart’s Mint
James Freman Clark
Mollie
Ned
Advanta
Burlington
Free Press
the Land OF Flowers
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Illinois
Andrew Johnson
Lafayette
Foster
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Ohio
Schuyler Colfax
Gen. Grant
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Thomas W. Ferry
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William A. Wheeler
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Garfield
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David Davis
Ilinois
Edmunds
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Hendricks
Inter Ocean
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Milbank
Eiver
S& Paul Herald
Women and the Star
Shakspeare
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Alaska
Moeris
Herodotus
Pyramids of
Gizeh
Nile
Cope Whitehouse
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