Right Use of Adjectives in Literary Style
Philip Hale discusses Cobbett and other writers to ponder how adjectives shape meaning. He cites Cobbett’s sharp phrases and notes writers like Kinglake Daudet Poe Coleridge and Whitman using strong descriptive language to achieve effect.
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Cobbett
Scotland
Globe Newspaper
Denman
Broughhams
Greys
John Walter
The
London Times
Kinglake
Crimea
Daudet
Poe
Coleridge
Walt Whitman
Philip Hale
Boston Herald
Chinese Student Defends Women First in Peril
C H Chu of Columbia writes the New York Sun to rebut Titanic era reports that Chinese in danger favor self preservation. He cites Confucian teachings urging self sacrifice and helping others, noting that in China women and children are often saved first and men are criticized for choosing self over duty.
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C. H. Chu
Columbia University
New York
New York Sun
Chu
Mr. Chu
China
Sea Mowing Machine Introduced Off San Diego
A new sea mowing machine was launched at San Diego to harvest kelp and seaweed along the coast. The gasoline launch carries a horizontal jack shaft and two vertical shaft blades ten feet below the surface to cut the kelp, which is dried and later hauled to a factory to be turned into fertilizer.
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San Diego
Uncle Ike Stephenson the aging Wisconsin senator
Wisconsin's Isaac Stephenson known as Uncle Ike or Dr Ike defies age and heat in the capital. He recalls tending the sick in 1850s Lake Superior logging camps without doctors or anesthetics, binding numerous wounds and sending men back to work quickly. He says a simple life and long life go hand in hand. He describes crossing snow and felling trees as a young man, living on crackers, pork, and snow water.
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Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Congress
Stephenson
Ike
Wvat
Senate
Lake Superior
Yoshihito Named New Japanese Emperor After Father’s Death
Yoshihito, the third son of Emperor Matsuhito, becomes Japan’s new Mikado after his father’s death from a prolonged illness. A seasoned military officer with strong education and modern ideas, he was proclaimed crown prince in 1888 and faces a nation governed by a constitutional assembly. The aged emperor’s passing marks a pivotal transition in a revered lineage believed to descend from the gods.
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Japan
Mikado Yoshihito
Matsuhito
Yoshihito
Beres Teo
Senger
Europe
Birthday Surprise Delights Doctor On Patient Visit
A servant arranges a rare early visit with Herr Doktor as the doctor’s birthday approaches. The patient inquires if the doctor is present, and the servant explains the aim to surprise him the next day.
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Herr Doktor
Fliegende Blaetter
German Educator Finds Strong Link Between Heredity and School Marks
A German educator reports a statistical study of 354 families with full school records across three generations, concluding that the connection between heredity and school marks is very close.
Mandarins and Their Ranks And Symbols in China
A Harper's Weekly description outlines the Chinese mandarin hierarchy from ninth rank to first class, detailing silver gold and crystal buttons, rank progression through exams, and the ceremonial hat insignia, with notes on official duties and the emperor’s doctrine to deter lawsuits.
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Mandalin
Kang-bi
Ekunc-hi
Harper’s Weekly
Study in Still Life During Smoot Tariff Speech
The scene shows two large brogans on a chair in an open senate gallery during Senator Smoot’s three day tariff address. A Republican senator instructs a floor official to move the doorkeeper’s feet politely noting the old soldier’s service.
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Senate
Smoot
The
Blank Gallery
Washington Star
The Old School Letter From Rastus
A short vignette shows a young attorney asked to write a letter for a Black man named Rastus. The writer jokes about spelling and penmanship while the lawyer ends the request with a polite closing. The anecdote reflects language and attitudes from a past era.
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