Singing School at Brownsville Sparks Rivalry and Hope
In frontier Brownsville fifty years ago, Nannie Boone, a pretty schoolteacher, falls for Dick Brayton while a handsome singing teacher from down below arrives to start a school at the log schoolhouse. Dick doubts the newcomer yet they both attend the meeting as village life stirs with romance and rumor.
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Brownsville
Solomon Boone
Nannie Boone
Nannie
Adam
Eden
Sabe
Dick Brayton
Deacon Snyder
Brayton
Ezekiel
Mr. Boone
Nance
Mis’ Jones
Nance Boone
Zekiel
Napaie
D.k
Singing
Barbara Alles
The Girl of Today Faces a New Life at Thirty
A London World feature argues that modern women no longer retire from life at 30. It portrays 30 as a starting point for renewed plans and possibilities, noting women marry later, return to romance at 40, and even wed again at 50 or beyond, challenging old notions of aging and suitability.
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London
Vegetarian Shoes and Eye Differences in Reading Speeds
A London bootmaker claims a vegetarian boot with no animal materials yet longer wear and supple upper. The article also notes eye differences in visual force and accommodation and warns readers to consider eye balance when selecting glasses. It closes with reflections on John Swift the rapid reader and related aphorisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Opticians
John Swift
Berman
Jeanie Peet
Georgie's Gab Pa and the Fortune Teller at the Fair
A family attends a church fair where a fortune teller in a corner offers readings for charity. Paw eyes the fanciest wares, Maw scolds his flirtations, and the reading leads to a humorous, morally pointed end about charity and temptation. The tale preserves dialect and a hometown newspaper voice.
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Maw
Paw
Fingels
Manny
Anserd
Pritty
Ennybuddy
Wurst
Bizzy Lissenen
Pop Corp
Chicago Times-Herald
Not Hurt but Mad and the Christian Science Child
A story contrasts native logic with indoctrinated belief. A 3 to 4 year old girl hurt from a fall, raised in Christian science, refuses to admit pain. Her aunt asks if she is hurt, she says no, she is mad because she cannot feel that she is not hurt. The piece ends with a quip about a queen never washing dishes.
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the Swamp Secret
Namnne
Kentry
Girl
Georgie
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