The Europe Trip That Left a Bird Center Coal Dealer Broadened
A Bird Center coal dealer dreams of Europe on a six week budget of about $500. He learns basic phrases, endures costly London lodging, and misreads cosmopolitan etiquette. After voyaging from Rotterdam to Venice, he grows homesick, struggles with bills, and returns wary, vowing to mock Europe less and value home. The piece closes with a moral urging humility, cross cultural learning, and reverence for all faiths.
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Europe
Sam
Marco Polo
East
Bird Center
Deca
Rome
Florence
McKinley
Marseilles
Lottie Leee
Kaiser Bill
Pope
Great Britain
Continent
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Hague
Albion
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Pariff
America
London
Court House
Bill
Grand Canal
Venice
Mont Blanc
Sandy Hook
New York
Dooley Explores Editor Duties in Whimsical Monologue
Mr Dooley muses on the life of an editor balancing duties with curiosity about neighbors and current events. He jokes about press work from reporting fights to covering foreign affairs and social quirks, praising editors while noting the burdens and broad remit of modern journalism.
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Mr. Dooley
Mr. Hennessy
Clancy
Schwartzmeister
Flannigan
Manny
Reading Between the Lines at the Midway Sermon
Reverend Jerry Brounder urged his Butte congregation to view the city Midway as a miniature version of world cultures. He argued religious wars are past and urged unity among diverse faiths, citing Hadji Le Cherif the Whirling Dervish and the shared belief of Muslims and Christians in truth.
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Confucius
Moses
Midway
Butte
Europe
Holy Land
Hadji le Cherif
To Revive Irish Tongue in North America
The Irish language revival spans from Atlantic to Pacific with classes formed from Boston to New Orleans. It highlights Gaelic literature, publishing delays in New York, and nationalist papel sources, tied to religion and patriotism as England’s conquest of Ireland is recalled.
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North America
Atlantic
Pacific
Lake Saskatchewan
Gulf of Mexico
Boston
Patrick Donahue
New York
Ireland
Cromwell
England
Odd Stories of Daily Life in Montana in Deer Lodge
The Deer Lodge murder trial verdicts provoke humor and civic oddities. A German juror balks at the case, Teddy Fisher mocks jury duty, and Deer Lodge enacts a bovine curfew with Marshal Swift pursuing town milks. Havre train platform scene features uniformed Black soldiers arriving in a crowd of amused travelers.
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Dotson
Deer Lodge
Teddy Fisher
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Mecca
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Oscar O'Callaghan
Rayport
Alfonso Schumacher
George Jefferson
Germany
Aooshia
Spain
Portugal
Nice
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Wan Mingit
Clarence Dudley
New Jarsey
Jerry Rounder
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Pius Tiss
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Townsend
Binal
Marshal Swift
Napoleon
Waterloo
Sherman
Atlanta
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Brindle
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Broadway
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Flyer
Anaconda
Mills River
Abyssinia
Jim Hill
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