Memorial Service at Gem Theatre Sunday Afternoon
The Will Hold Service at the Gem Theatre will be held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Open to the public, the memorial address will be delivered by Judge Willis of St. Paul, among the state's best speakers. The program includes a vocal solo, closing ceremonies, Miss Lucy Thomas as accompanist, and the hymn Home Sweet Home. Bendelitvion vase.
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Gem Theatre
Austin Lodge
B. P.O. Rk
Willis
St. Paul
Wheat Hospital Improves Damaged Grain Through Treatment
The Buffalo Express reports on wheat hospitals where smut infected grain is washed dried scoured and brushed to restore quality. Mills say polished grains reflect drastic processing and the result is flour with minimal black specks and a fresher appearance.
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Itar
Buffalo Express
Astrologer's Letter Warns of 1840 Election Fate
The New York Post profiles an astrologer’s forecast to President Van Buren and General Harrison. The text claims horoscopes predicted illness and political danger, noting Harrison died a month after his inauguration and suggesting forewarned peril came from trusted allies.
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van Buren
Library Congress
Mars
Tharrison
Harrison
New York Post
A Nice Bird Mentioned At The Table
A London Telegraph quip recalls a host and guest debating a canary joke. The exchange includes a suggestion to visit the sister with a prized canary and ends with a playful line about sandwich choices.
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London Telegraph
A Multiplicity of Fathers
Ardyce was learning to sing America at school and tried to share it with Brother Wayne. A morning interruption reveals confusion over a family line and a misheard lyric about a land where a father died. Wayne reacts with surprised gravitas as the moment shifts to a deeper, reflective note.
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Ardyce
America
Wayne
Wryne
Way Men Have and Luck in Prosperity
A brief quotation from Washington Ker notes how luck is often claimed as credit for success. Eben suggests most prosperity is viewed as personal cleverness rather than chance.
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Washington
Ker
They Were Strangers in a Letter of Retrofrnction
A fragment recalls Powell and Rowell in a terse scene about a distant New York visitor and a request for a letter to his wife. The text hints at strained relations and minimal communication.
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Towel—Rowell
Powell
New York Pass
Ciruses Then And Now The Great Drawing Card
A historical view traces circus evolution from the mountebank to modern Hippodrome. The piece notes the larger tented shows, vast crowds, and extensive support logistics including hospital and post office. It contrasts thrill acts with traditional acts, highlighting changing public tastes and enduring draw of danger.
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Hippodrome
William Alice Johnston
Harper’s Weekly
Remark on coronation earns prize in blunders in emphasis
The note of praise from Miss Gunning to George II wins the prize for blunders in emphasis. She told the king she would love to see a coronation. A working class admirer told the dean of Windsor there is nothing of the gentleman about you.
The Planet Mercury and Its Weighing Problems
Mercury lies closest to the sun and is difficult to observe. Le Verrier proposed a method to weigh Mercury by its gravitational attraction on Earth, estimating the planet’s mass at about one fifteenth that of Earth, as described in Story of the Heavens.
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Mercury
Earth
Moon
Jupiter
le Verrier
The Sailor's Hands
A New Yorker and a friend discuss how a sailor walks with hands turned behind and backs forward, claiming hands and gait reveal seafaring habit. They note no known reason, suggesting it may be balance in rough weather or an unaccounted trait, from a New York Press column.
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Fiat Iron
Becaus
New York Press
The Spinning Machine of a Spider
A spider’s spinning organ lies beneath its abdomen as a slight depression. It contains six tubelike structures, four filled with thousands of openings that release a viscous fluid forming 4,000 silk threads. These threads unite into a single filament so fine that 4,000,000 such strands could fit on a human hair. The extreme slenderness defies ordinary imagination and compares to astronomic distances.
The Difference Quote From Chicago Record Herald
A brief Chicago Record-Herald reflection contrasts stubbornness and strength of purpose in pursuing desires. The writing frames stubbornness as resisting sharing and strength as seeking the most convenient path to obtain what you want.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Psychic ideas and gender roles in historical essays
A fragmentary excerpt discusses Chinese notions of p o and hun as parts of the self and cites a tale of a girl who elopes, leaves her body, and later reunites with her spirted self. It then comments on women as naturally emotional and powerful but warns they may become tyrannical when passion dominates reason.
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Theosophical Review
John Stuart
Curious boundary post marks three nations and three languages
A boundary directing post near Herseaux at a crossroads from Oudenarde to Roubaix signifies the France Belgium border. It lies amid three provinces Le Nord western Flanders and Hainault, three bishoprics Cambrai Burges and Tournai, and serves three communes Wattrelos Herseaux Estaimplus with French Flemish and Wallon spoken locally.
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Herseaux
Oudenarde
Roubaix
Tournai
Mouseton
France
Belgium
le Nord
Flanders
Hainault
Cambrai
Burges
Wallon
Wattrelos
Estaimplus
London Globe
There was a time when that property sold for a song
A Washington Star column quotes an old habitant recalling a past sale of property at a low price and a grand opera prima donna reacting with surprise at the present value.
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Grand Opera
Washington Star
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