Kenilworth Tempest Amid Elizabeth I Court Intrigue
A retrospective summary of Walter Scott's Kenilworth notes its Elizabethan setting Full of alchemists lovers and plots The tale centers on Amy Robsart Leicester Varney and Tressilian and climaxes at Kenilworth with staged pageantry and tragic deaths. The piece traces key scenes from Amy's captivity to the final Revelations and deaths in a morally charged historical drama.
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England
Elizabeth
Robert Dudley
Earl of Leicester
Amy Robsart
Richard Varney
Abingdon Manor
Scott
Cumnor
Lambourne
Tressilian
Foster
Leicester
Amy
Armr
Wayland Smith
Sussex
Amy Retsart
Forvai
Varney
Kenilworth
Demetrius
Wayland
Mervyn
Seicester
Raleigh
Tressillan
Plaisance
Earl
Lord Burleigh
Cunnea
Tony Foster
Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
Iowa City and State News Roundup
Iowa City reports include the death of Mrs Lydia Kimball aged 96. a Waterloo arrest for Roy Welch with confessed wholesale thefts. a Washington state family noting higher living costs than Iowa. several injuries from accidents. audits and legal matters in Sioux City and Mason City. a war casualty funeral in Mason City. a coroner verdict on the Wilma Myers case in Winterset. the Iowa Supreme Court upholding a 15 year indeterminate sentence for Andrew Long. grand jury actions against Roscoe Satterlee and F R Hutchinson. drainage district litigation in Iowa City. arm amputation of Joe Andrews in France. a dry cell link in a Mason City death case. a $20,000 breach of promise suit in Lincoln. a road accident at Eagle Grove. the Iowa State Fair successes and exhibits. Judge Thomas Arthur named for the Supreme Court. Greater Iowa Week announced for Oct 3-9. civic duties urged for clergy and manufacturers to participate.
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Lydia Kimball
Iowa City
Roy C. Welch
Waterloo
Washington State
Iowa
Joseph Kadlee
Richard Wood
Constant Pickering
August C. Jansen
Mason City
American Legion
Wilma Myers
Winterset
Myers
Iowa Supreme Court
Andrew Long
Anamosa
Roscoe Satterlee
F. R. Hutchinson
Boone
J. E. Piper
Board of Supervisors
Charles Young
Board of Appraisers
Joe Andrews
Shenandoah
United States Army
France
Mike Baldizar
Nick Grba
Smith & Paine
Eagle Grove
Robert Hirt
Woolstock
Wallen
Standard Oil Service
Thomas Arthur
Logan
Republican State Committee
State Supreme Court
Arthur
Frank Gaynor
Greater Lowa
Iowa Chamber of Commerce
The Concert of Fairies and Forest Creatures
A lyrical nocturnal scene describes blue and red house settings on hills, cloud and mountain fairies, and a bungalow with asters and goldenrods. Creatures from crickets to grasshoppers join a grand September concert led by nature's chorus.
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Daddy
Thistle
Red House
Mr. Wind
Woodchuck
Scout's oath and cliffside courage in London tale
An elderly passerby questions a seaside lad in scouts' attire about his future. He declares he will be a soldier for the king and, when faced with a runaway coach at a cliff, answers he would shut his eyes and sing God Save the King. The exchange reflects playful patriotism in London Answers’ note.
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King
London
Bearings Gone and a Stranger’s Quiet Advice
While driving I found the rear bearings missing and had to stop. A shabby man in a noisy car offered help after a sly wink, telling me to keep quiet to find bearings nearby.
Howells Jokes on Latest Styles in Sermon Text
An editor recalls William Dean Howells joking about the latest styles. The anecdote centers on a New York young woman and a minister who chose a sermon text from Revelations, prompting Howells to remark on the fashion of scripture.
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William Dean Howells
Celebration and Yeast Cake Joke
A light moment where Knicker asks about candles and Becker replies that the birthday cake was a cake of yeast with cot lit up, highlighting a humorous exchange.
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Becker
Taking the Sunny Side Highlight of Two Sides
A Bulwer-Lytton quote discusses how two men split by temperament choose the sunny or shady side of life. It reflects on youth versus age in social interactions and the value of optimism.
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Mark Whig
Bulwer-Lytton
Freshen a Heavy Skin with Talcum Powder Ady Advertisement
An antique ad promotes Cutt curt Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and scented option for face skin and baby use. It claims economical dusting powder and that it renders other perfumes superfluous as part of the Gutiura Tolle Trio with Boap Ointment.
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Ady
Zags and zigzags in wartime humor
A medical corps officer jokes with a black acquaintance in France about dodging German fire by zigzagging. The man later ends up in a hospital, quipping he should have zigged when he thought he should have zagged, reflecting wartime humor from Americas Legion Weekly.
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France
Mose
Cap'n
Not as She Expected
A 35 year old town society matron underwent an operation this spring and, on recovery, friends said the procedure took ten years off her appearance. She quipped to the doctor that three hours made her look younger, asking for five more to become a girl, to which the surgeon replied five hours would have made her an angel.
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Indianapolis News
Gloomy Prospect for Thomas Ends with Teary Wit
A widow laments Thomas's future after his death. A sympathetic friend assures him he was good, then the widow quips that he would keep butting in, adding a darkly humorous twist to the grave topic.
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Thomas
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