Human Nature and Two Sides of People in New York and Brooklyn
A Times New York writer recalls a cold midnight encounter with poor street children and a hunchbacked boy in Park Row. He shifts to a Brooklyn street tale where a gang of youths torments an old man until mercy and shame turn them toward compassion, ending with a softened view of humanity.
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Quote Exchange Sparks Disagreeable Debate
A Washington Star line features a sharp interlude between a disagreeable man and Senator Sorghum. The man praises the senator while Sorghum responds with complacent glee and a quip about believing in giving the devil his due.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Proposal Rejected By Signed Envelope Note
A woman recalls how she rejected a proposal from Mr Waxem by returning the letter with "Opened by mistake" written across the envelope and her signature. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes her recounting the action and its tone.
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Waxem
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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