War Time Echoes On Peace And Duty In A Soldier Tale
A Philadelphia speech by H Love of the Universal Peace union contrasts peaceful ideals with wartime reality. A Philippine veteran, Calhoun, challenges patriotism and government loyalty, claiming personal life outweighs national duty and questioning the morality of war.
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H. Love
Universal Pogce Union
Philadelphia
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Philippines
Calhoun
Revered Rev T B Gregory Attracting Belfast Audience
The New York preacher Rev T B Gregory once served the Universalist church in Belfast Maine and drew large crowds with his unorthodox sermons. An elderly neighbor John Wesle Maxwell heard him and quipped that the sermon was clever with little traditional religion.
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T. B. Gregory
New York
Sunday World
Universalist
Belfast
Jergyvman
John Wesle Maxwell
Mr. Gregory
Tragic Philadelphia Boy Ends Life in Cellar
An 11 year old, Charles Smith, hanged himself in a Philadelphia cellar after attaching a rope to a rafter and leaping from a table. His younger brother Raymond assisted and watched in distress, believing the scene was pretend until authorities were summoned.
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Philadelphia
Charles Smith
Raymond
Charles
Women to Their Rescue in Queensland Reform
A Queensland writer argues women catalyzed reform after widespread blacklisting and job bans. With husbands unemployed, women turned to dressmaking and cooking, sustaining families as a labor movement built momentum, overturning entrenched rule and bringing the Labor Party to govern Queensland.
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Queensland
Everybody’s Magazine
George Ryland
Queenstown
Labor Party
Berlin introduces district messenger boys in jaunty uniforms
In Berlin the new district messenger service uses blue coats with red piping and six button groups. Boys wear leather chin straps and carry a cartouche case for letters, serving as social helpers and servants. Crowds watch as they are drilled in manners while performing errands for women and families.
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Berlin
Walked Far for Nothing in a Concentration Tale
Dr Blank of Northampton Massachusetts was famed for intense concentration. He walked over a mile to reach a Florence patient and, absorbed in treatment, wandered into the Florence stage route, ending up two hours later realizing he had walked far from his path.
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Blank
Northampton
Mass
Florence
Shy
Telephone Kiss Sparks Boarding House Banter
A chron ic kicker laments an unsatisfactory meal at the boarding house. A sentimental youth counters by noting a kiss from his best girl delivered by telephone, sparking a lighthearted exchange.
A Dwindeled Celebrity Dialogue Echoes Wealth
In a sharp exchange a friend envies a modern magnate’s riches comparing him to Monte Cristo. The boastful reply underscores the vast wealth difference between past fiction and present real power.
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Monte Carlo
Monte Cristo
Mr. Dustin Stax
Boston Man Cultus tale in Oregon Indians lore
A well known Oregon frontier tale explains how Boston speculators near Portland earned the label Boston man from local Indians. An old Indian calls them cultus bad and thievish, provoking a Boston man to remark on the Indians’ recognition of white culture.
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Oregon
Hudson Bay Company
Portland
Columbia River
Boston
Bostonian
Spoons from 1529 found on Pembroke estate in Netherhampton
A laborer cleaning an oilhouse at Netherhampton Wilton England unearthed seven silver gilt spoons dated 1529, worth about £50 each. This follows a previous antiquarian find nearby this year of two urns with Roman coins.
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Netherhampton
Wilton
England
Earl of Pembroke
Returned Home to Die in Paris Flat
Mme Droz found her Paris flat door ajar and a burglar alarm. The concierge and officer entered to find a man hanging from a hook. Police cut the cord and Mme Droz fainted. She later learned the hanged man was her former husband who vanished 15 years ago.
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Mme. Droz
Paris
Doctor and patient debate appendicitis diagnosis
A patient questions a doctor's brusque diagnosis of appendicitis. The physician insists on appendicitis, while the patient balks at surgical treatment due to cost, prompting a tense exchange.
Notice to trespassers on Clifton farm by Mrs S Terrell
The public is warned against hunting on a farm near Clifton and pasture on Neils creek. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Mrs S Terrell raises a clear private property protection notice.
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Clifton
Neils Creek
Massachusetts Governor and Fishermen Play Seven Up
A story recalls Governor Russell of Massachusetts boating at Ponkapoag pond with William G. Brown and friends. After a long day without a bite they start a game of seven up, notice another boat approaching, and Brown jokes he has “begged on the ace and high” with trumps, claiming a winning hand.
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Gov. Russell
Massachusetts
Cedar Grove Lodge
Ponkapoag Pond
William G. Brown
Randolph
Brown
The Good Conversationalist Remembered Advice
A Success Magazine excerpt urges the good conversationalist to be spontaneous buoyant and sympathetic with a spirit of goodwill. It stresses broad tolerance open mindedness and responsive listening to win attention and draw others into heartfelt dialogue.
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Success Magazine
Keeps Tabs On The Books By A Generous Collector
A kind library owner maintains a lending album where borrowers sign their names and dates when borrowing titles. On return, they comment on the book and initial it, creating a record that discourages delays and ensures timely returns without reminders.
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Loas
Rollin stock mentioned in newspaper musings
Dialogue hints at a newspaper reference to rollin stock and watered railroad stock, with Mrs Haymow-Si unsure what it means and Si Haymow noting a railroad man spoke of a large roll in water stock. The exchange suggests concern over stock watering practices.
Ovahconfidence in My Lais Creates Trouble
Dialogue shows a character lamenting overconfidence. Rastus notes a failure to escape after calling a man a liar. The exchange highlights a sly, comedic misstep and a lesson in humility.
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Rastus
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George Pearson
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O. K
Iam
First Nationa Bank
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S. J. Tennison
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Larsen
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