The Car Ride Photo That Brought Me a Wife
On a train I lose a photo and meet a striking traveling companion who becomes the wife after a playful turn of fate. A letter from a rival suitor and a clever reunion at a Brookline party reveal the photo's true owner. The rival learns his chance faded as I marry the woman.
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Teres
Cust
Amd
West
Ned
East Os
Boston
Tive
Ned Loscmid
Strietes
Bostonians
Clarley
Charley
Brookline
Vendettas of the Present Across Regions and Times
The piece argues vendettas persist as social practice in places from Sicily and Corsica to Kentucky and other U.S. states and even in England Ireland and France. It notes incidents from Albania to the Turkish vizier and discusses vendetta origins with blood revenge as collective responsibility.
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Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Kkentucky
England
Ireland
France
Italy
Arabia
New York
Hairy Clerk Rejected by Ex Governor Banker
Phineas T Lounsbury ex governor of Connecticut and New York bank president interviewed applicants for a bank clerk post. He rejected the chosen man claiming opposition to the applicant's football style hair. News notes that several dandies then altered their hair, boosting Harlem barber business.
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Phineas ‘F T. Lounsbury
Connecticut
Merchants’ Exchange National Bank
New York
Mr. Lou
Not a General's Egg and Other Brief Humors
A compact selection of light passages noting British India egg etiquette with Wellington at Calcutta, a German railway sign showing bicycle carrying trains, a social quip about a man with a woman in a rain skirt, and a wry line on male Christmas ire.
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India
Arthur Wellesley
Duke of Wellington
Calcutta
Europe’s Emigrants and the American Transformation
A Revue Bleue writer argues American success converts European emigrants to American, while failure leaves them European. Chicago’s immigrant pockets keep national marks, yet success spreads American ideas and youth, shaping a unique, rapid cultural fusion unseen in prior generations. The piece ponders how this shifts how Europeans view the United States.
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Revue Bleue
Monument to Bill Anthony Erected in Evergreen Cemetery
C M Travis of Nyack has a contract to build a monument over the grave of Bill Anthony, hailed as a Maine hero, in Evergreen cemetery. The project honors Anthony's memory and dedication.
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Bill
C. M. Travis
Nyack
Bill Anthony
Maine
Everegreen
Monu
Monument Planned to Honor Ship Sinking Hero
A granite four by three foot monument is funded by a wealthy New York donor. It features oak sprays and an anchor, with a raised panel bearing the inscription about the ship blowing up and sinking, plus the hero’s name and birth and death dates. Completion is slated for February.
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New York
New York World
The Biter Bit
A detective attends an auction of fake jewelry where cheap watches pass as solid gold. A con man buys them for two dollars and fifteen cents, then reveals his scam to the detective. He hires a room and acts as an old man posting found watch ads to fleece thieves who pay ten dollars for costs.
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Elgin Works
Caricature of Kipling Explains Extreme Heat
A humorous piece notes the human body’s limits in heat. It states the skin’s poor conductivity and perspiration cooling allow a person to endure up to 300 degrees for several minutes, far beyond the 212 degree boiling point.
Pardons in Alabama Tied to Consumption Claim
An Alabama newspaper asserts that about half of the state pardons are granted because convicts suffer from consumption illness. The claim highlights medical reasons influencing clemency decisions.
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Alabama
Dry District in Liverpool Town
A district in Liverpool with about 60 000 residents bans the sale of intoxicating liquor. The measure restricts alcohol availability within the area, creating a dry zone amid the city.
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Liverpool
Sleep as divine mercy in Talmage's sermon on rest
A religious discourse extols sleep as a divine gift and moral focus. It contrasts natural rest with insomnia, cites biblical figures, lauds laborers and ministers for sacrifices, and urges moderation to prevent burnout while promising ultimate heavenly rest.
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Jonah
Mediterranean
Columbus
St. Thomas
Sluggard
Solomon
Napoleon
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Nebuchadnezzar
Asaph
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heaven
Earth
Thomas Moore
Copernicus
Galilei
Herschel
Lord Brougham
Justinian
Wall Street
Albert Barnes
Philadelphia
God
Paul
Amanuenses
Jesus
Washington
Martin Luther
Stephen H. Tyng
Horace Greeley
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