The Recluse of Fifth Avenue
Peter Milman faces ruin after Hazen Brewer’s failure and a mortgage on his Fifth Avenue home. In a desolate New York, Milman weighs selling his beloved house while lawyer Herman Loddon gloats over Milman’s dwindling fortune. Sneed, the loyal butler, watches a life collapse into isolation and distant rumor.
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Peter Miman
Lfe
Fifth Avenue
Peter Milman
Jazen Brewer
Brewer
Milman
Tom
Are
Lawry
Hazen Brewer
Peter Iman
Heron Loddon
Loddon
Milmans
Fittimant
Erman ‘Ddon
Hasr
Peter ‘Iman
Trecer
Pilman
Odden
Fizeu
Blazen Brewer
Seddon
Italy
Laddon
Liu
Mliman
Miiman
New York
Affiman
Peter Millman
Perhe
Nerman Loddon
Lower Fifth Avenue
Fone
Peter Aitman
Mity
Sneed
Hazen Lrewer
Mr. Milman
Ile
South Carolina
Heppelwhite
van Sluster
van Sluyter
Song Origins of Home Sweet Home by John Howard Payne
The Kansas City Star recalls that John Howard Payne wrote Home Sweet Home amid loneliness and hard times or while in debtors prison. He later claimed he was a successful playwright with money and prospects, though he admitted a low mood from a dull October day. He remembered his childhood in a humble cottage at London and imagined an Italian tune that composer Harry B. Bishop then shaped to fit the lyrics.
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John Howard Payne
Lome
London
Payne
Ife
Asthamptoo
Fields
Italy
Harry B. Bishop
Kansas City
Folly of Fashion and Yellowstone Park Oddities
Frederick Tisdale notes in Liberty how padded garments of Henry VIII era caused benches near Parliament for exhausted nobles. The article also states Yellowstone Park spans 3,443 square miles, with each American allocated an 80 by 20 foot area.
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England
Henry the Eighth
Frederick Tisdale
Liberty
Yellowstone Park
Revenue From Hobos Revealed by Rail Line Profits
The Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad collected over 18000 in fares from 5233 head end passengers and freight riders last year. Special agents arrested nearly 28500 men in this class and instructed those with money to buy tickets at the ticket office.
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Denver & Rilo Grande Western Railroad
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Minute Jelly Free of Mess and Season Dependence
A new product called minute Jelly concentrates fruit juice with added pectin to form jelly. Mix four squee pans with water and sugar per bottle directions, boil briefly, then set in glasses for quick, pure fruit jelly. Buyers can select flavors or get four bottles different for fifty cents by sending twenty five or fifty cents to General Packing Corp Cranford New Jersey.
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WAI
General Packing Corp
Cranford
New Jersey
Atly
Aren't I or Ain't I Why Shaw Objects to Aren't I
The excerpt discusses George Bernard Shaw criticizing modern English writers for using aren’t I instead of am I not. It notes Shaw’s preference for ain’t as the archaic, homely contraction derived from am not and questions the correctness of plural forms in the contraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nernard Shaw
Early Abolitionists and Plight of Fathers in Liberty Note
A 1683 Quaker protest against slavery in Germantown, Pennsylvania marks early abolitionist action cited in Liberty. The piece contrasts parental happiness, noting the father of one child is often happier than the father of twins. It also hints at people shunning plain tasks in favor of more attractive pursuits.
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United States
Society of Friends
Germantown
Old Folks Take Vacations For Rest
An observation notes older residents seek breaks for rest while younger travelers require recuperation after returning home. The tone reflects a community newspaper snippet on leisure and health.
Read the classics for fifteen minutes each day
A brief nudge to readers to devote a quarter hour daily to classic literature. The line emphasizes steady habit and personal growth through regular reading.
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Chapter
Wyndham Martyn
Mr. Peter
Peter
Millman
Benjamin Atlman
Aaron Burr
Hamilton
S Xoepilon
LeRexs
P.C. Ina
Postum Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Abure
Art Ginas
Isolidated Music Company
Main
Salt Lake City
Utah
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