Won by a Story and a White House Plea
Private John Allen tells President Cleveland a tale about a troublesome estate case to urge a United States marshal appointment for a constituent in Mississippi. The president delays again but grants no decisive action, leaving Allen with no result and a memorable anecdote.
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John Allen
United States
Mississippi
An Allen
White House
Allen
Detroit Free Press
Change Prompts Patient to Seek New Doctor
A patient claims improvement after following advice and says he changed doctors. The doctor asks where the patient went and the patient replies he consulted another physician in Boston.
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Boston Courier
Bees in Battle Describe Hive Warfare Tactics
The Chautauquan details bee combat as two defenders attack an intruder to block entry. If the attacker enters, more bees join, the target curls its abdomen to sting, and the swarm fights to corral the foe. Some bees defect to the attackers while others fight to the last.
Forgiveness on the City Street Poem
A narrator observes a rough young boy and a sisterly girl quarrel on a streetscape. After the lad wounds the girl’s cheek with anger, the speaker urges forgiveness saying Let me forgive oo dear and the mood softens. The line ends with a moral of charity echoing a divine whisper to a man on the street.
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Peir
The Old Office Devil and the Gasoline Trick
A Chicago tramp printer corrupts a small town office tale where the editor Jack Hill recalls the old days of printing. The tramp convinces the editor the gasol ine can be made, profits surge, and prohibition stirs as Gasoline roams the office asking for sustenance before a drunken outburst ends with ministers leaving town.
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Chicago
Jack Hill
Jack
Chicago Times-Herald
Locust Cloud Destroys Sail for Two Captains
Two American captains recount March 2 sightings of locust swarms at sea. One describes a cloud large enough to strip all canvas from yards, while the other notes locusts briefly appeared with every insect wearing a No. 1 canvas trouser.
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Pierce
J. W. Hightower
Barnesville
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