Two Kinds of a Hero
Lieutenant Wessell earns frontier fame after a bold Checauba gulch charge but faces an emotional reveal when a drunken musician claims kinship. Jeanne McDermont confronts pride and gossip, then embraces John Weisell as her brother. The crowd, the violin, and a parading parade echo a town's hero worship and buried ties.
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George
Jeanne
Weisell
Janine
Harvey
West Point
John
Beer Gardens
Checauba
Wessell
Jeanne MecDermont
Miss McDermont
Lin
Lieutenant Wessell
Robin Adair
John Weisoll
Sunlight in the Mind: Beauty and Character Amid Adversity
A meditation on superb personalities who find beauty in darkness and cultivate finer soul qualities from early life. It argues that attitude and disciplined thinking create happiness, grace, and divinity of service, transforming prosaic life into poetry and light.
Two Collie Brothers Split by Fight Across Fences
Dandy and Laddie, collie brothers owned by New Hampshire farmers, lived on adjacent farms and shared stock. A kitten incident triggered a fierce clash that ended their tolerance for each other. After the fight, they kept to their own zones, each guiding their flocks separately at day and night.
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Dandy
Laddie
New Hampshire
Unique Monthly
King George I Transforms Hampton Court Hall Into a Theater
In 1718 George I ordered Hampton Court Great Hall converted into a theatre with seven performances directed by Steele. Cast included Colley Cibber Pinketh nan Johnson Thurmond Booth Mills Mrs Porter and Mrs Younger. Payments totaled £350 to actors, £200 to managers, plus usual wages and travel expenses, with a day’s notice required for acting.
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George It
George I
Hampton Court
Steele
Hamlet
Volpone
Colley Cibber
Pinketh
Nan
Johnson
Thurmond
Booth
Mills
Mrs. Porter
Mra. Younger
Whitehall
King George
Remarkable Umbrella of Glenville Sparks Village Rupture
In Glenville Mrs. Josiah Peabody and Mrs. Levi Cantwell quarrel over a treasured colonial umbrella that witnesses to independence. A hungry cow swallows the umbrella, repairs fail, and neighbors feud until a comic window accident unites them again as a preacher caps the affair with a biblical quip.
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Josiah Peabody
Deacon Peabody
Glenville
Levi Cantwell
Deacon Cantwell
Peabody
Mrs. Cantwell
Rawsonville
Mrs. Peabody
Brella
Peabody Garret
Silas Goodheart
Glenville Forevermore
Decadence in manners debated as honesty over politeness
The Atlanta Journal notes that modern conduct appears less courteous yet argues the change stems from a wish for honesty and avoidance of shams. It claims rudeness and blunt speech reflect frankness rather than selfishness, and offers indulgence for excessive candor.
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The
Atlanta Journal
Ife
Tried to Improve His Name in a Broadway Office
A Broadway office boy, tired of Mulligan, borrows a name from financial statements. When asked his name he gives William Recapitulation and learns it sounds odd to clerks. He cites General Recapitulation from Wall Street reports, illustrating his attempt to reinvent himself.
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Mesopotamia
Broadway
Mulligan
William
Blank & Co
Wall Street
New York Times
Humorous Wedding Tales From a Century Ago
A Boston contributor recalls brides blush not proving health or nerves as a pale bride reddens after a pinching bridesmaid. An old Virginia ad lists selling a wife for five shillings, praising her strength and potential, with comic warnings about her headstrong nature and clothes failing with her.
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Boston
Jane Heeband
N. B
Virginia
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Mporia
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Lyon
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Iowa
DR. L. Miller
Chicago
Chariton, Iowa
Wednes, Bec
DR. Miller
Miller
Dexond
Drexel State Bank
L. Miller
M. D
Oakwood Boul
Chicago, Ill
Butler Co
Kans
Walnut River
Prineat
Stromeoker
L N. Ruark
J. H. Robbins & Co
N. Ruark
Lucas County
Des Moines
Munger’s
Fourth St
W. E. Ballard
United States Depository
Chariton
S. H. Mallory
F- R- Crocker
W. P. Beem
Ass’t
Griffith
Real Estate’ Agents
Lyon, Chase and
Greenwood
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