Elizabeth Warner and the red car romance at Glen CHIT
Elizabeth Warner, a young Glen CHIT station agent, keeps a meticulous station. She adores Billy Linny Linnechson, the owner of a red wheeled car she watches daily, and after a playful prank on his car, their relationship deepens. Linny asks to take her home and he longs to become responsible for both Elizabeth and “Lizzie” the car soon.
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Elizabeth Warner
Ledward Wathen
Elizabeth
Tike Gnammer
Long
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das
torniog
Hs bachelor
Battle
Ely
Linus
Linniechson
Billy Linniechson
Linny
Vino Linnickson
Linntekson
Glen CHIT
Eliabeth
Lizzie
Linnickson
Soul of Soldiery militia group in Boston's early history
The Boston Globe recounts the 1820 era non commissioned militia body known as the Soul of Soldier y. It cites its slogan prepare for war in time of peace and notes prominent members like Edward Everett and Gen John S Tyttler while detailing dues, fines, and annual parades. The article links the group to wider military tradition and to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
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Boston
Baron Steuben
Mexico
Ancient and Honorable Artillery company
Tyne
Edward Everett
John S. Tytler
the
Ancients
Boston Globe
Regular life keys to steady productive work
Orison Swett Marden argues in Chicago Daily News that good work stems from strong physical and mental condition. Insufficient sleep, little exercise, and irregular living sap energy and hinder achievement in any field, from books to teaching.
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Orison Swett Marden
Chicago Daily News
A Pound of Cheese in Brookville
Beth Browning, after circling the village three times, enters David Prescott's store to buy cheese. A flirtatious pace with Gertrude and gossip about Beth's affair with Sam Trimmer create tension. A mishap topples the cheese, but Beth's tears reveal her feelings. David forgives, offers to carry the cheese home, and hints at a wedding trip in a Boll er car as they plan supper with Beth’s mother.
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Beth Browning
ViHage squire
David
Beth
Captain Benn
Mrs. Browning
Dasid
Brookville
cobbler’s
Gloria Ice cream
Star Dry Goods company
stationer’s
Davy
Pavid
Davy Prescott
Stella
Gert
Gertrude
Daniel Browning
Sam Trimmer
Sam
Boller
Dave
Sam Tr rimmer
The Empty Stage and the Fear of Death
Excerpt reflects Yeats on youth and old age viewing death differently. It contrasts the young’s denial with the old’s confrontation, likening time to a scythe and an hour-glass, where youth crowd the stage and elders await death’s inevitable act.
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John Butler Yeats
Chimney sweeps and charcoal boy parade Charleston
In Charleston the chimney sweeps sing as their young faces appear, while a tiny black boy drives a donkey cart through the street, the eerie call “Cher-coats” rising above the day’s sounds. The scene evokes a somber, lingering image of labor and color in the city.
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Charleston
Charleston News and Courier
Oldest Confection in the World Likely Spain Roots
The piece explains black licorice comes mainly from Spain, made from juice of the licorice plant with starch to prevent melting in heat. The shrub grows to about three feet and thrives near water, especially along the Tigris and Euphrates banks, suggesting licorice is among the oldest confections known to civilization.
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Spain
Tigris
Euphrates
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Armenian language links to Priam and Hector in epic roots
Ernest Bartwitz notes in Asia Magazine that the Armenian tongue descended from the language of Priam and Hector though evolved over centuries. He traces Armenian civilization to Thrace and its incorporation into the Byzantine empire. Erzerum, capital of Armenia, keeps the Rome name and was founded in 415 by Theodosius I as Theodosiopolis.
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Priam
Hector
Thrace
Erzerum
Armenia
Rome
Theodoaius
sebastos
Theodosiopolis
Ererum
Ernest Bartwitz
Asia Magazine
An Awful Fix Over Anonymous Letters Before Marriage
A wife pleads in a dialogue where her husband received an anonymous letter about a pre marriage action. She fears confession but cannot see the letter or determine what to reveal. The husband urges confession as the remedy.
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Lass
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NTTLE HARDWARE COMPANY
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Jewnam
RA RAS AS
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Life Man
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Warner
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Western Newspaper Union
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