Bulls of Fighting Blood in Mexico Feature Bulls and Matadors
The article describes the Mexican bullfight as a valued spectacle with government sanction and public acclaim. It details the selection process of bulls, from ranch to arena, the use of capes and ropes, and the grading of twenty five bulls to find a dozen fit for town meat and the fight.
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Mexico
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California
Teds
Cade
Tie
Ti le
Jules
Golden and Gray Nursery Rhyme Reflection
A Louis Globe-Democrat poem contrasts a granddaughter with golden hair and youth with a grandmother facing aging. It reflects on time passing, with imagery of December snow, May blossoms, and tales of nursery lore as the grandmother nears life’s end.
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Two Shoes
Jack Horner
Granddaughter
Louis Globe-Democrat
Mistress Marget and the Night-Ladder Escape
A daring suitor plots to steal Mistress Marget with help from the gardener and Parson Dabney. After arranging a moonlit ascent, a quick marriage is celebrated before the lover rides to war with Sir Reginald’s forces, hopeful his fortune and her heart improve.
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Mistress Marget
Thomas Dantry
Miscree
Charles God
England
Simeon
Reginald
Eleanor Blewett
Old Simeon
Marget
Chirurgeon
Marge
Eleanor
Parson Dabney
Sir Reginald
Reginald Lovea
Fly on the cheek riles inebriated barber customer
A barber recalls a Saturday evening shave where a drunken patron swore a fly sat on his cheek. The man eyed the mirror, insisting the insect touched him, while the barber explained no fly existed on the man, only on the mirror and in the tale’s humor.
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New York World
Chinese Deficiencies in Public Spirit and Patriotism
The author asserts Chinese lack a word for public spirit or patriotism. The passage notes that children and fools readily use unanswerable arguments, implying cultural or linguistic gaps in civic virtue expressions.
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Marghet E. Sangster
Ladies’ Home Journal
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Totland
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