Boxing as a path to peace and self restraint
The essay argues that boxing trains humility and discipline, showing humans should rely on their bodies for defense. It contrasts animal weapons with human fists, warning against other combat, and suggests a peaceful future through practiced self control and measured violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Thiatt
Jessons
Theo Vhordakines
Bowen Mace
Piscots
Mike Geo
Eveluly
Almoet
Odd Creature Tales and Odd World Facts
A collage of curious natural history notes and a humorous Liverpool restaurant anecdote. The piece discusses a fish with large gill cavities and dorsal eyes, its unique breathing and movement, and a mollusk with peculiar eyes, followed by a farmer’s breakfast misadventure leading to soapy, scented children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Sensational bathing not seen at San Sebastian
A London Chronicle style note from San Sebastian describes local beach attire as modest and non sensational. Spanish women of high standing avoid showy fashions, with bathing dresses similar to English seaside styles in dark blue or crimson serge trimmed with white braid. Mornings see crowded sands, but there is no opera-glass scrutiny rivaling Trouville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Sebastian
Trouville
London Chronicle
Going Fishing With The Family In A Rustic Morning
A poetic reminiscence from a Frouston Post writer describing a morning fishing trip. The speaker lists chores and activities at home such as wood chopping, creamery tasks, feeding livestock, hoeing onions, transplanting cabbages, and tending fruit trees. The poem hints at a childlike anticipation of fishing with Peanuts Fink Spider Brown and Bricktop, and ends with plans for tomorrow at an old fishing hole.
Liberality and Prices Test Dr Sawyer Tather Visit
Fragmentary notes show a conversation about Dr Sawyer Tather and spending during evenings. Mentions Mrs Jayo and Mrs Kaye in uncertain context with comments on prices and generosity.
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Jayo
Dr. Sawyer
Kaye
Sid
Worai
Rome
Wife Declines Offer of Help as Telegraph Mention Emerges
In a coded exchange the wife complains of every cook while the husband insists the issue lies in finding the right one. The couple notes a telegram to the wife’s mother offering ten dollars weekly, which was declined.
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Dehn
Fisherman Traps Blue Jay While Casting In Pinebrook
An unusual fishing mishap in Pinebrook ends with a line tangled in a tree thirty five feet high. Montclair officials recount a man and a boy recovering gear, discovering the lure captured a blue jay instead of a fish.
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Arthur Duntington
Mtecorder
Henry L. Yost
Montclair N. J
Pinebrook
Confession of Love for a Portrait in a Magazine
A speaker praises a portrait described in Lippincott's Magazine as a beloved image, claiming it reflects a wife he does not know while admiring the face’s lines, hair, lips, and timeless beauty. The verse treats the portrait as a private treasure guiding his fortune and imagination.
Proposal to draw lots at Wei's Home Companion meeting
A late meeting proposes drawing lots to settle a dispute referenced as settling TT. Dortors-Gentlemen discuss inability to reach agreement as time grows short.
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Wei
Price it to your refrigerator and save half the ice
A comical exchange in Chicago News shows an agent touting a device that can cut ice usage by half when priced for a refrigerator, with a practical response asking for two to ensure full ice savings.
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Piadani
Chicago News
Wanderer tale echoes heedless youth and family ties
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press depicts a youth labeled a roustabout tramp fleeing after family tragedy. He explains his mother’s death and a forced escape, saying he could not go farther, noting only a stepmother remained.
Flattering Exchange On Beach Sparks Dialogue
A woman in a trim blue bathing suit sits on white sand as she and a man exchange lines about beauty and intellect. He admits she is not intellectual, prompting her playful rebuke Flatterer in a short social vignette from the New York Press.
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New York Press
Courtship to Divorce: Man Seeks Separation After Marriage
A dialogue fragment notes Coreen courting a widow, a marriage follows, and now the husband seeks a divorce claiming impossibility of living together. The exchange includes a lawyer questioning the strategy and the other lawyer replying that the client’s means are exhausted.
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Smith
Coreen
Jones
Detroit Tribune
Old Roman Names and Their Nomenclature
The piece explains Roman naming conventions including the pravnomwen souien and compoisen, with examples like Aulus and Anpites. It notes feminine forms retained after marriage, with Cornelia Major and Minor and a system using Prima Secunda Tertia for multiple daughters. It also mentions titles like Atviecianus and ceraunicus for distinguished actions or wars.
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Cliraccer
Scipio
Atviecanus
Carthage
Ceraunicus
With and Without
A rheumatic patient complains of hand and feet pain to a doctor who replies by noting the convenience of having them and suggesting appreciation for their use.
Watt Gils Advice Spawns Family Cooking Lesson
A humorous quote recalls Watt Gils advising his wife on cooking. He suggested lessons she then pursued by inviting her mother to provide a three months course. The anecdote highlights domestic wit and practical humor.
Cynical quote on loss felt by individuals not nations
A quoted philosopher argues that the average person would feel the loss of a finger more deeply than the destruction of China by a natural convulsion. The remark reflects on scales of personal impact versus global catastrophe.
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England
China
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Don Sunolly
Minivirce Maeterlines
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Lonmin Mat
Liverpool
Cheshire
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Coreoustela
Kitcheen
Poe
Frouston Post
William Henry
Yyos
Maria
Chicvago
Detroit Free Press
Blue Jay
John
Herman
Wesley Episcopal Church
Sykesville
Mab
Nathan Piascell Bole
Lippincod'e Magazine
Via
Louisville&nashvillerr
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Mexico
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
KF. D. Bush
P. A
Cincinnati
H.C. Bailey
W. P. AL
Chicago
J. KE. Davenport
Po Aw
St. Louis
JH. Milliken
Louisville
C.L. Stone
Louisville, Ny
H. E. Longacre
Covington, Ind
Berg
V.S
American Spectator
Ise
Watt Gils
Treveley Railway
Vevine
AQAMS
St.chifard
Noss
Mat
Nour
Vaatiad
Miiland
Golo West
Melt
Womeiband
U.U
St. L
Big Four
Pe Nas
Kaufman. Ag
ARS
Attica
Covington
Vecine North
Richardson
Sally Vou
Vany
New Dally
No &Alue
Ot Louis
New York Covington
Gotag
Gotage
Yew
Heron
Monon
Crawfordsville
Paw Frank J Reed
Humston
Lafayette
CH Wasson
Ind
Veedes
SBURG
M. Toth Jono
LeWautz
San Do
Toledo
St. Frig
Republican Office
Maple City West
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Ilinois
G. W. Martin
Liberty and 4Th Sts
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