Sunny South reflects on readers and Southern fiction shifts
The Sunny South reviews its role and readers’ interests as it profiles the current issue. It praises Joel’s Sister Jane and James Whitcomb Riley’s humor and pathos, notes Roberts The Lead Coins and Hurd Hillyer, and emphasizes nurturing new Southern writers while delivering ongoing entertainment.
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Atlanta
False Prophet Epidemics Across London and America
A survey mocks Messiah claimants like Mr Pigott, noting public uproar in London and later echoed in America. Reports describe crowds, police interjections, and devout followers who sell possessions in anticipation of apotheosis. The piece links divine healers to mass credulity and warns such fads fade quickly.
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London
Mr. Pigott
Dickens
Pigott
Metropolitan Police
America
Europe
Prize Story Contest Winners to Be Printed October 18
The Sunny South announces prize winners and special mention stories for future publication in its October 18 issue. Editors report deep progress in selecting major prize winners while many lesser prizes are already settled. Some rejected stories are returned to authors and batches are mailed. a few letters accompanying manuscripts were accidentally enclosed.
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The Child of Today and the Question of Future Citizens
A 1902 column laments declining youth morals seen at the Chicago Midway. The writer condemns crude language and conduct by boys, urges parental responsibility, and questions what laws future generations will make if their character remains degraded. He warns the home is the heart of civilization and condemns the New Woman while urging love and duty to children.
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Chicago
Killings
Paradise
Calling for equal pity for all animals and ending cruel practices
The author laments animal cruelty worldwide and questions selective compassion toward horses, dogs, and pets while condemning fishing, poultry, and hunting. He notes Belgium, France, and international societies decry abuses, but argues rights of all animals are simple and universal, urging restraint from killing and a shift from war to humane treatment.
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Ostende
Pédar
France
Europe
Paris
Society For Prevention of Cruelty
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The Philosophy of Content By Opie Read in Take County
A tale of Jeff Jefferson who endures misfortune with a refrain it might have been worse. Through a string of marital woes crop failure cyclone and a fatal tree accident the farmer clings to the philosophy that worse outcomes could occur. Strong local figures and a rural setting punctuate the narrator’s wry verdicts on fortune.
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Take County
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Jerr
Crossroads
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Andy
One Whale Worth a Fortune in Ambergris Discovery
Captain James Earle of New Bedford, visiting Honolulu in 1883, earned over 100000 from a record sperm whale. The key fortune came from a 760 pound ambergris mass inside the whale, the largest ever found, valued at about 25000 pounds sterling. The whale's 90 barrels of oil and ambergris supported vast wealth for the Splendid voyage participants.
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James Earle
New Bedford
Honolulu
New Zealand
Earle
Aropa
Splendid
Chatham Islands
Littleton Port
New Zea
Giqgo Whaling Company
London
Ambergria
Zola Dies in Paris After Suspected Gas Inhalation
Milestone novelist Mile Zola is dead after a Paris apartment tragedy. His wife was gravely ill, the cause suspected as an escape of coal gas. Zola known for Germinal and Paris fueled a defense of Dreyfus. The death follows a storm of international recognition.
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Paris
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Rome
Lourdes
Dreyfus
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