Regatta Scandal In A College After Women Admission
A long past campus tale recounts how male students opposed women in a New Mingland college. After women won a vote to enter the regatta, misfortune struck the crew as sickness and discipline issues eroded the team. In the end the women cheered for votes, while the alma mater faded from memory.
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New Mingland
Poughkeepsie
Perkins
Bow
Stanford
Selcoted
Bowers
Tomkins
Charnley
Bach
Eich
Ethel
Louise
van’ Winkle
Trew
Gils
Briton Taxi Driver and American Heiress Unite in Love
Miss Laura Bainbridge of Philadelphia rediscovers her past with Hon Ralph Scarborough after a London affair. He works as a taxi driver in New York, then rises by a remote family title, and they marry in Philadelphia after a shared Central Park ride and a London ball reunion.
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Oxford Street
Strand
London
Rottendon
United States
Laura Bainbridge
Philadelphia
New York
Miss Bainbridge
Winnipeg
Canada
Central Park
Ralph Friar
Borough
The Tramp Reflects On Wickedness Of World
A travelling tramp named Willie laments human deceit and hypocrisy observed during sixteen years on the road. He recalls families urging him to lie, a constable’s bias, and a farmer’s wife’s scorn, ending with a tale of a lynch threat after he helped three children and faced mob anger.
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Willie
Achoo
Henry Willie
An Unregretted Mistake In a Chatsworth Mystery
Frank Emerson travels from Victoria to Chatsworth after a misdirected telegram. he meets Miss Carter who is to play a role in a secret arrangement linked to Barbara Martin and Edith Cloverlie. The confusion shields a developing romance as mistaken identity alters plans for a private engagement.
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Chatsworth
N. Y
F. R. Emerson
Victoria
South Prospect Street
Barbara
Edith C
Francis Robert Emerson
Edith Cloverlie
Barbara Stewart
Miss Carter
Helth Cloverlie
Barbara Martin
Marbara Martin
Fred Emerson
Frank Emerson
Fred
Emerson
Fred Hmerson
Sintor
Tred Emerson
Miss Carter Way
Romance of war and the thrill that soldiers seek
A G A R veteran argues modern war lacks romance while recounting his Civil War rescue ride. He recalls a daring locomotive mission to save a river bridge, fending off unseen dangers and bullets, defining romance as aggressive action and risk. The piece contrasts past adventure with present European slaughter.
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Europe
G. A
Chicago
Tennee- Bee
Loreno
Tennessee River
Ontla
Cnab
Bridget
Lsteler
Honest defense through a rogue note and a stagecoach robbery
Thomas Ilech recalls defending men accused of a stagecoach robbery after a London trip. A jokey favor letter he wrote to a client allowed a highwayman to pass without robbing him. Months later a jailed associate offered a shooting case in lieu of legal fees, proving the judge’s mercy and craft of defense.
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Thomas Ilech
London
Gronch
Heanla
Iesa
Critics debate decay of slang in road signs
A Brooklyn man letters the Manhat tan morning paper arguing against purging language as modernists seek to replace slow with an adverb in automobile warnings. He cites Milton and Shakespeare to defend evolving usage and warns against strict reform.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Milton
Byron
Thackeray
Edinburgh Review
Johnson
Donne
Pope
Kor
Brooklyn Standard Union
Marat’s Deadly Prescription Debated by Historians
Accounts recount that Marat, during the terror era, may have been a veterinary surgeon or fashionable physician. A papal envoy noted Marat prescribed a medicine that would have killed him, calling the doctor mad and saying the drug was meant for a horse, implying a misidentification of a patient at a stable.
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Marat
Jacob
The Modeat Model and Howe’s Mercy Request
A Button painter recalls Julia Ward Howe as a modest woman who once posed but initially hesitated. When urged, she deflects the demand by saying she seeks mercy, not justice, from the artist.
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Julia Ward Howe
Botton
In and Out in Baseball Confounds Fans
The New York Post notes a baseball player proves the adage wrong by being out at home, despite royal fans' disapproval, showing a man can indeed be in two places at the same time in effect.
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Dame Ame
New York Post
Getting What You Pay For In New York Theaters
A note on theater seating in New York where church seats in venues cost more than street seats yet offer a guaranteed seat and reliable purchase satisfaction. Mentions Yonkers.
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New York
Gotham
Yonkers
Gowns and a Sense of Honor in Domestic Economy
The scene centers on Mira buying a new gown as Grammerey-What prepares for a societal event on domestic economy. A judge remarks on the chastity of honor, noting it wounds when natal inness is tested, adding a sharp social edge to the dialogue.
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Mira
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