Oratory, incentives, and college athletics debated in 1910s editorials
A synthesis of editorial opinions touches on respectable careers for princes, Japanese settlements in San Francisco, and the moral role of oratory. It cites comments from The Baltimore American and The New York Post on athletics, science, law, and anti pistol legislation, plus Founders' Day remarks by Senator Knox at the Jacob Tome Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
New York
Baltimore American
Jacob Tome Institute
Port Deposit
Knox
Alabama
Birmingham News
New York Post
Eliot
Greece
Prayer for Me in the Quiet Tree
A lyrical meditation on seeking mercy from unseen companions as the speaker trails a path by a free magnanimous tree. The speaker asserts a duty to name fellow lives of glad degree and ask for prayers, reflecting on innocence and truth beneath the sea’s horizon.
Helping a Bashful Lover in a Moonlit Garden
Jamie Gray, a shy suitor, confesses his love to Mary Deans during a winter moonlit garden visit. They share a tense, tender exchange as she tests his resolve, finally accepting his declaration and promising a Christmas gift, while the scene ends with a quiet, hopeful pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamie Gray
Mary Deans
Walter Deans
Gray
Jamie
James
Mary
Ava
Lass
Souvenir Craze Produces Thieves and Misplaced Valor
A Western girl in New York steals a pewter cream pot from a cafe and is shocked to read Stolen from M. on its bottom. A Pittsburg bachelor joining a luncheon with two ladies pays the extra charges for spoons tucked in handbags, the first time he meets the ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
Balzac Laughs At Burglar In Moonlit Theft
A Balzac tale recounts a burglar entering the novelist’s house and rifling a secretaire while Balzac slept. The intruder’s laughter upon catching the writer awake leads Balzac to quip he laughs at a night raid for money when daylight finds none in broad daylight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balzac
Pere Goriot
Westminster Gazette
One Name Wedding At Fingest Davis Pact
A wedding at Fingest Buckinghamshire solemnized by a clergyman with all signatories of the register sharing the surname Davis. The bride and bridegroom also bore the name Davis in the register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fingest
Buckinghamshire
Davis
Pall Mall Gezette
Old World Humour Bits From A Dunlin Page
A roundup of light quips and cartoons from various papers. Jokes poke at partisan publications editors and editors’ woes with puns about newspapers and staff morale.
Editor touts paying scheme for magazine profits
The Kansas City Journal quotes an editor saying he accepts all first contributions and that the plan is profitable. He explains that authors buy many copies and nearly always frame the check sent, indicating a biased circulation and payment dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
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Detriot
Christian Register
The
New York Journal
Louise Imogen Guiney
McClure’s Magazine
Frank D. Somers
Boson
Indianapolis News
Balzac and the Thief
Bertie
Reginald
Jove
Puck
Washington Star
Tommy
Cleverton
Chicago Tribune
Punch
Philadelphia Record
Farmer Greene
Josh Medders
Farmer Jones
Egypt
Senator Sorghum
Joakley
Samson
Skye
Coakley
Philadelphia Press
Garlicks
Mrs. Lapsling
Mr. Garlick
Rubetown “Weekly Intelligencer
Hike’s Corners
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