The Young Reporter’s Dilemma in the Daily Argus
Sheridan wrestles with an interview assignment about Miss Winterton’s engagement to an English duke. He resists exposing his former love, but the city editor insists on neutrality. Ultimately Miss Winterton confirms the engagement, and Sheridan must report only after she allows an exclusive later.
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Sheridan
Russias
Daily Argus
The
Argus
Wall Street
Winterton
Mr. Sheridan
Tom
Miss Winterton
Marius
Old Fashioned Boy and a Cake-Hungry Lion Tale
The piece from a Chicago Register feature describes a baby described as an old fashioned boy with dimples and playful nature. A lion in the story delivers mail and, after seeing cake on a sidewalk, chooses to guard the letters before snatching the cake and eating it.
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Lion
Diogenes the Wise and the Two Boys Conundrums
A compact miscellany reflecting on Diogenes and contrasting views of wisdom and excess. Includes short moral vignettes about two boys gathering grapes, convalescents, weather, and other brief contrasts. Ends with a school scene showing a boy entering a new classroom.
John Boyle Refused as Juror for Knowledge of Case
Detroit man John Boyle, once rejected for juror service in 1873 for knowing too much about a murder, avoided full reports to remain eligible. He was again rejected recently, this time due to his age, when called for a major trial.
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Athens
Diogenes the Wise
Nie
Diogenes
Plato
St. Nicholas
John Boyle
Detroit
First Day at School According to a Youths Companion Tale
A seven year old starts his school day with fear then curiosity. He learns simple words, shows off spelling and counting, and returns to his mother claiming the class did not teach anything new while recounting his cow spelling mishap.
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Apother Boy
Animals Swim Knowledge and Philippine Farming Realities
An animal study notes most species swim when needed while birds lack such instinct. A domestic cat thrives in water, hunting fish, until a stranger shoots it. A second piece argues American farmers lack presence in the Philippines, urging apprenticeship abroad before tropical farming, warning many would fail without formal training.
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United States
Philippines
Wonderful Starch Origins and Kept Ruff Histories
A learned grocer recounts starch history from Flanders to Elizabethan England. He notes early stiffening ruffs, colored starches, and a 1564 London school run by Frau Van der Plasse, with recipes from wheat flour bran and roots. He adds notes on noble fashion colors and starch’s nourishment value.
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Flanders
England
Elizabeth
Holland
Frau van der Plasse
London
Philadelphia Record
Quaint and Curious Global Facts From The Era
A collage of oddities from the era notes the world’s largest wheat field in Argentina owned by an Italian named Guazone, major shoe production in Lynn Brockton and Haverhill, and a telegram loop from British Columbia to New Zealand. It also reports on a New Albany teen’s drastic growth, a Russian draft law punishing university disorder, and a Livingston elk horn fence.
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British Columbia
New Zealand
Globe
The Tenor Urges Silence Amid Theatre Fire
A fiery moment inside a theatre ends with the singer ordered to perform despite a fire. The manager directs the cast to keep quiet about the blaze and finish the show, highlighting dramatic stagecraft and quick decision making.
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Creacor
Burden
Bo Geaige
East of Asia Magazine
A. J. Edmunda
Tom Sheridan
Tiffany's
Pita
Fis
Bia
Hoa
Chicago Register
Maid of Orleans
Cupid
Long Island
San Francisco Chronicle
Java
Federated Malay States
Ceylon
Medias Res
Sui Generis
W. 8. Lyon
Philippine Bureau of Agriculture
Menila
Lynn
Mass
Brockton
Haverhill
Joseph Powell
New Albany
Ind
Hani Ying
Russia
Livingston, Mont
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