The Ashton Marriage Plot Repeats a Family Ruse
In a brownstone district the wealth of the Ashton family frames a muddled courtship. Jack and Priscilla grapple with a misread confession and a meddling mother as truth and love finally align after a comic reveal and stinging pride.
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He Ashtons
Wristone
Jack
Jack Ashton
Priscilla Higgins
Daugher Jeremiah Higgins
Illa
Ilia
Acilla
Priscilla
Lady Ashton
York
Ita
Ashton
Prisa
Pris la
Mamma
Strather
Mrs. Ashton
The Mighty Whale Size and Feeding Habits Described
The article explains the whale’s enormous size comparing it to elephants and men. It notes a 75 foot long whale weighing about 100 tons and a tongue yielding a ton of oil, while highlights the creature’s diet of jellyfish and tiny marine life.
Sicilian Wedding Custom Reverses Groom and Bride Roles
A Sicilian tradition sets the groom shopping for the bride’s trousseau while she buys his wedding outfit. Typically wed at fifteen, a maiden may not meet a man’s gaze before marriage and wears a face veil. Fathers with unmarried daughters avoid hosting friends, guiding them to a cafe.
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Sicily
Music as a Life Necessity and Industry Trend
Ubert Urquhart tells a convention that music remains a life essential alongside food shelter and clothing. He notes historical periods reflect in popular music and observes jazz fades as national temperament normalizes, urging attention to incoming trends to gauge public mood.
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Ubert Urquhart
Bedwen and May Day Pranks in Welsh Tradition
The piece notes a Welsh custom where a birch branch from a bedwen symbolized acceptance between lovers. It describes the May pole as a birch on village greens and mentions the bedwell theft as a festive village game. It links these practices to Walpurgis night superstitions about witches and warlocks.
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Wales
Walpurgis
Legend of Mount Adams Prints In Stone
Yakima Indians recall 1386 human footprints on Mount Adams in Washington where tradition says the great canoe landed after the flood and footprints were preserved as stone marks.
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Mount Adams
Washington
Look in the Glass Farm Life admonition
A terse admonition urges self control by inward reflection. The speaker warns that only the individual can manage his own misdeeds, urging firm resolve to hold oneself to account until improve behavior is achieved.
Old Fashioned Matinee Brings Dancers New Look
In a vivid show review a matinee audience recalls a bygone charm while noting a modern revival. The piece contrasts past elegance with current trends and hints at evolving stage styling and personal grooming among performers.
The Teacher and Willie Exchange About Animal Life
The teacher asks Willie for the highest form of animal life. Willie responds with mountain oat as the peak, prompting a classroom moment.
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Willie
Noiseless Typewriter Exchange in Boston Evening Transcript
In a playful exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript an old fashioned typewriter is asked for silence and humorously replies it chats noisily with a dealer’s quip about a “coodeal” machine.
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Boeton Evening Transcript
Andrew S Rowan and the Message to Garcia
A historical account recounts Lieut. Col. Andrew S. Rowan delivering the Message to Garcia during the 1898 Cuban campaign. It covers his journey from Kingston Jamaica to Cuba, the perilous crossing, and the postwar recognition including a note from Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Elbert Hubbard’s celebrated editorial praising Rowan’s duty and daring.
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Garcia
Andy Rowan
War Department
Rowan
Andrew S. Rowan
San Francisco
Maine
Havana
Weyler
Uncle Sam
Spain
Cuba
United States
Stars and Stripes
Lee
Lord Lee
Fareham
San Juan Hill
Europe
Manila
Santiago
Philippines
Porto Rico
Sam
Calixto Iniguez Garcia
Office of Military Information
Washington, D. C
Wagner
McKinley
Alger
Oriente
Kingston
Jamaica
St. Ann’s Bay
Caribbean
Sierra Maestra
Bayamo
Collago
Hernandez
Vieta
Cauto
Manat
Doctor Vieta
Key
Nassau
New Providence
Washington
Russel A. Alger
Nelson A. Miles
Secretary of War
Andrew 8. Rowan
U. S. Army
Elbert Hubbard
the Philistine
The
Philistine
Hubbard
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Leviathan
Assender
Alas
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