Ramsey Milholland Faces Classroom Contest and Parade
In a hometown setting with his grandfather, Ramsey Milholland watches a Decoration Day parade as a Civil War veteran shares wisdom he hopes to imprint on the boy. Years later Ramsey struggles in school with arithmetic and recitations while Dora Yocum is labeled Teacher's Pet. In high school Ramsey sees Dora as a rival and Miss Mikia Rust becomes a new focal point at a class picnic.
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Synopats
Ramsey Milholland
Impresa
Rameey
Ramsey
Dora
Rampey
Mikia Rust
Mita
Milla
Milla Rust
Floy Wiliams
Dora Yocum
Miss Yocum
Herdea
Elas
Wesley
Bender
First Love at Picnic Ends in Disbelief and Wonder
Ramsey, a shy student, fears social scrutiny after Milla Rust’s near drowning incident during a class picnic. He remains unable to meet others openly, fixates on Milla, and experiences a growing, transformative attraction as she shows him kindness and offers companionship back home.
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Milla
Bila
United States
Ramsey
Milla Rust
Milli
Mila
Dora Yocum
Smm‘sey
Johnnie’ Fiske
Telephone satire on embezzlement case and printing history
A humorous tale describes a detective's case where a telephone helps catch a thief. It also comments on the rise of printed newspapers and early type formation in Europe and China, noting Durer and Wolgemuth at Nuremberg and the world’s first printed paper.
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New York Detective
Chfyts
Sts Louis
Rome
Chronicle
Nuremburg
Columbus
New World
Durer
Wolgemuth
Pleydendorf
China
B. C
Walt
Europe
Old Newspaper Narrative of Nuremberg Chronicle Features
The piece recalls the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1423 with sections on book reviews and dramatic depictions. It notes portraits of prominent men, contentious depictions of women, and a pioneering precept that informs modern paper practice.
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Nuremburg Chronicle
Netic
It May Provoke Opinion On Reputation And Progress
A Chicago Daily News quote notes progress may be motion and reputations for probity fade as a handicap. An Indiana note adds sentimentality about farming and work, while Mrs Florence Coop of Kokomo endorses Dr Pierce remedies praising Favorite Prescription and Lotion Tablets for cleansing and vitality.
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Doodie
Chicago Daily News
Kokomo
Ind
Doctor Pierce
N. Market St
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Invalids' Hotel
Buffalo
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Good Dodd
New York
St. Louis
Raemesy
Mille
Mastin’s Yeast
Mastin
Selem Oy
Mrs. Florence Coop
N. U
Fort Wayne
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