French sports culture lacks a national game in New York view
New York correspondent recalls Parisian sport and fencing as national focus, notes French emphasis on discipline via military training rather than broad competitive games. Describes swimming houses on the Seine, aristocratic pastimes, hare and hounds, bolted Bismarck head pounding, greased pig contests, and government driven drills in schools.
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New York
Bleecker Street Station
Sixth Avenue Road
France
America
Monsieur Alphonse Dumont
Paris
Seine
Clichy
War Department
General Boulanger
Chrystal
Perrier
Regnier
M. Dumont
Harlem
Tuileries
George Frost
Bismarck
Monsieur
Kamp Meeting Memoir From Putnam County Sideshow
A first person recollection of a Seopyr Point camp meeting in Putnam County. The narrator attends a rustic gathering near a lake speaks of meeting Ant Beky and Uncle Jo, a singing girl, and a sermon by a stern homilist. Jumbled dialect details a dreamlike night then return home with a ten dollar bill and a longing for home.
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Ery
Indore
Indores
Hevin bin
Weni Kum
Ole Lake
The Weak Feature in Labor Unions
A brief quotation discusses labor aims and wages, urging higher education for workers and asserting the laborer is worthy of better pay, reflecting early 20th century labor sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Burdette
Wasps Remember Nest Locality Ninety Six Hours
G W Peckham and E G Peckham report that two naturists observed wasps recall nest locality for ninety six hours. The finding notes short term spatial memory in the insects. They recorded the behavior during observation sessions and relate it to navigation tendencies.
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Durie
G. W
E. G. Peckham
Gentle Annie Shave Hint From Burdette Quip
A Burdette quip contrasts the mills of the gods with a barber chase, noting the last car paradox in a humorous aside about getting a shave. The remark targets an unnamed Annie and uses vivid metaphor to lampoon slow justice against everyday delay.
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Annie
Burdette
Universe Run Contends with Limited Shortsighted Grasp
A reflective assessment argues the vast workings of the cosmos exceed the aims of narrow planners who seek immediate gain and single benefits, suggesting broader perspective is needed to govern the universe effectively.
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Prench Sports
Sephyr Point
W. H.S. Atkinson
Farey Land
Langwidge
Swyne
Ownley
Azi
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