Wealth, sports and moral duty in American life
A columnist critiques public betting in racing and compares sports like yachting and auto racing. The piece cites John E Madden on betting as non vital, discusses wealthy elites’ influence, moral turpitude among the rich, and calls for better conscience among inheritors of wealth. It addresses social crisis, education, and the idle rich in colleges. It notes Town Topics on college boy pranks and the role of wealth in provoking unrest.
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John E. Madden
The
New York Times
United States
Cambridge
Boston
Apples Growing by Will Carleton
An elderly woman under an apple tree reflects on love and marriage. She recalls youthful vows and hardship yet finds meaning in selfless caregiving as her infant plays nearby. The poem centers on endurance, family, and the resilience of happiness through sacrifice.
Island Fable of Sir Harry on a South Seas Isle
A narrator recalls a voyage with Sir Harry aboard the Firefly traveling from San Francisco toward pitcairn and Valparaiso. They discover a native isle where two youths pursue marriage with Amy Martin, leading to danger, a fatal arrow, and the death of Marigold Thomson before the narrator muses on future introductions.
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Fijis
Sir Harry
Valparaiso
Pitcairn Island
Harry
Amy
Marigold Thomson
Henry
London
Martin
Marigold
John Thomson
Magellan
Sir Francis Drake
South Seas
Argonaut
Russian social life shines with light and decor
Excerpt from The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill describes Russian houses as brilliantly lit with candles and electric light, lavish stairways, and flower decorations. The note contrasts Russian taste with Paris and London, noting warmth, airlessness, and crowding.
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Paris
London
Lady Randolph Churchill
Quick-Witted Jests From Papers Across The Country
A collection of humorous quotes and quips from various newspapers. Entries include remarks on money talk patience and masterful men. A New York man builds a boat in a hotel and a Chicago lawyer questions a defendant.
Digging Bait Soap Suds Bring Fresh Worms
A boy failed to find worms on a shaded knoll after fifteen minutes. An old angler gave him soapsuds to wet the ground. The suds drew worms from the soil, enabling the man to dig them up in dozens. The lesson: wet soil to lure worms.
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Sonny
Providence Journal
Unlucky No 13 Omitted in Berlin Hotels and Baths
In Berlin the numeral 13 is tabooed reserved by superstition. Hotels lack room 13 and bath houses also omit the number 13, reflecting a citywide avoidance of the digit in public spaces.
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Berlin
Rural Misadventure in Wild Romance
Poem fragment recounts a rural scene where a man exclaims about birds and sky and expresses longing as a woman replies with a cold "No" The man walks east while she goes west and his wrath grows as the search for union continues The piece cites Thomas R Ybarra in the New York Times.
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Thomas R. Ybarra
New York Times
Marriage Customs in India Extend Honeymoon to a Year
The Near East notes that Moslem marriages in India involve long cycles of visits between the bride’s and groom’s families. After four days at the father’s house the bride returns to the husband for ten days, then stays twenty days with the wife’s family and repeats such exchanges for nearly a year.
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India
Near East
Massachusetts man acquires estate from widowed beneficiary
A Massachusetts man dominated a charitable bid to seize property from a woman who had bequeathed her estate valued at about $500,000. The victory section notes the will and the transfer of the estate to the suitor.
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Massachusetts
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Invita
Edward IV
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John Bruer
John Marten
Thomas Flud
Fleming
John Gripe
John Mariner
Gregory Rayment
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Uncle Eben
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