In Pursuit of a Lover in Alldale
Josephine Henry schemes to win her uncle Bennett Henry’s favor by hobbling Ellen Beck and pairing him with her rival Jim Ashdown. Her plan unfolds at church socials and in public with careful maneuvering to thwart Ellen. A revealing confrontation with Ellen exposes Josephine’s misconceptions about her mother and reveals the true family entanglements.
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Bennett Henry
Alldale
New York Art school
Josephine
Josie
Uncle Ben
Jol
Dennett Henry
Jane
uele
Airdale
Dave
Ben
Ben‘ Beck
DLrlen Beck
Jim
Ashdown
Mr. Henry
Elen Beck
Ellen
ello
unele
Mrs. Brown
Ellon Beck
Jim Ashdown
New York
Ellen Boeck
Ellen Deck
Bennett I Henry
Josephine Henry
jis
plazaa
Ellen Beck
Ife
Jim Aghdown
euither Jim
angela of Alldale
Jogle
Jesse Henry
mamma
Elien
Henry
Aldale
Legends Explain Why February Has Twenty Eight Days
The passage outlines four old tales about February’s short length. An old woman mocked February for leniency, leading to a leap day and a cold day borrowed from March. A Norman legend claims February once had equal days but February lost a domino to January and March. An Egyptian story narrates February’s god wagering with the moon and roses days.
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domino
Egypt
Public Works Applicant Confuses Punic Wars Story
An applicant in a civil service exam for a city public works post confuses Punic Wars with a joke about Hannibal and Tiannibal. The examiner tests knowledge of history and mentions Scipio. The exchange ends with a quip about Mark Twain.
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public works department
Scipio
Hannibal
Tiannibal
Mark Twain
The Evil Eye in Shakespeare's Richard III
Notes and Queries examines Elizabethan belief in the evil eye and argues Shakespeare hints that Richard III uses fascination. It cites passages from Gloucester and Ann, Margaret, and others to show how terms like infection and devil reflect a supernatural power linked to Satan and the cockatrice myth. Strong entities include Shakespeare, Richard III, Ann Neville, Queen Margaret, Duchess of York, and Satan.
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Shakespeare
Richard III
England
Elizabeth
continent
Richard
Ann
Ann Nevil
Gloucester
Satan
Margaret
Duchess of York
A Mountain Humorist Tale From Kentucky
Two explorers in a Kentucky bill county reach a quiet cabin where a lean man with clay colored clothes sits by a tree. They try conversation and get terse, laconic answers hinting at a life spent in the land with little else to do.
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bill
Kentucky
Old Workmen and a General Gatacre Anecdote
An English employer argues that younger workers suffer more accidents than older ones and would rather assign dangerous jobs to men over fifty. The piece also recounts Major General Sir William Gatacre visiting Sudan sentries and a sharpsighted reply about recognizing him by behavior rather than appearance.
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William Gatacre
Sudan
Gatacre
General Gatacre
Boy Refuses to Sew at Chicago School
In a Chicago school a ten-year-old boy refused to sew deeming it beneath him. The principal cited George Washington sewing as a soldierly duty and pressed the boy, who replied with a sober, time will tell, remark.
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Chicago
George Washington
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HE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK
Caroline
HARVEY L. COOPER
A. Kk. WRIGHT
ERNEST G. COOPER
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Law Building
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North British and Mercantile Insurance Co
M. K. FRAN IZ
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Mary J. Vosinus
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Mary J. Vosmus
JOHN F. DAWSON
J. CLAN CLARK
WILLIAM H. DEEN
ROBT. J. JUMP
Register of Wills
Harvey L. Sospers
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Samuel R. Patrick
Circuit Court
Harvey L
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BORRS
BAUGH
UL ST
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BALTIMORE
DOLLY MADISON SHOES
Millington
Kent county
Maryland
John
Walters
Nice
LEWIS
Denton, Md
DENTON NATIONAL
Capital
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
T. C. WEST
Mattings
SMITH & WALLS
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