The Principle That Lives in Our Time
An editorial extols George Washington as a figure of truth, honor, and justice whose guiding principle endures beyond contested histories. It emphasizes that belief in right conduct sustains effort, and that in all work the principle dominates and triumphs, guiding the page’s mission for the coming week.
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Historiins
George Weaeh_ington
Sweet and Low Poem Fragment Improvised Lyrics
Fragmentary OCR style lines imitate a lullaby with imagery of wind, sea, moonlight, and a departing father. The text repeats sleep themes and evokes a mother, babe, and silver sails under a western moon, echoing Tennyson.
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Tennyson
The Woman in the Middle and the Grandfamily
A feature on the emotional and practical strain on women aged forty nine and middle aged, juggling three generations. The piece follows a modern mother caring for children while supporting an aging grandmother, detailing kitchen frictions, temperament, and the need for patience, tact, and love to keep the family united.
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Little James
Aithe James
Grandpa
Maarjorie
Gramima
Marjorie
Ivy
Adma
Grandma
James Sady
Peraps
Serenity
East and West romance on a liner sparks a moral tale
Barbara Lee recounts an Atlantic crossing where a Western husband meets a beautiful East Indian wife and an English husband is drawn to another woman. The piece contrasts East and West notions of marriage, duty, and desire while detailing the voyage and the impulsive kiss before reconciliation and memory.
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Barbara Lee
Cuxhaven
England
Far East
Tropics
New York
East Indies
Java
English Channel
Henry
Southampton
Diana
Susy and the Mills Story of an Old Playground Bond
Cynthia Agnes McConomy recalls Susy, a friend from kindergarten who helped the narrator after a fall and whose later life in the mills remains a distant, unresolved memory. The piece reflects class distinctions and lost childhood, ending with a wistful farewell to Susy.
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Susy
kidJergarten
Fanny
Cynthia Agnes M'Conomy
The Theatre Fire Sparks a Bold Escape for Two
Billy Bowen wins a chance to sit with a stranger during a matinee. A fire alarm erupts as the asbestos curtain drops, sending crowds rushing for exits. The pair escape together over the railing and share a thrilling moment amid the chaos.
Debut Duet Sparks Return to Stage in Wandering Orchestra
In a chaotic scene, a girl musician crashes a piano and charms the crowd with Suwanee River. Billy consoles the audience, then forms a bond with the girl as they plan rehearsals and celebrate an anniversary. A theater check and faded violet note reveal a lucky number and a clue to Dayton theater life.
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Suwanee River
Billy
Fee
Jove
Orchestra Circle
Billy Dorothy Marx
The Tenographer's Fate and Rising Standards
A veteran stenographer recalls burnout against injustice and prejudice, rising from poverty to lead eight trainees. She laments that many colleagues lack training, while she questions why the profession's standard sinks as she notes her own late success.
Love Drives Debt Each Day in Silent Bind
A poetic fragment describes love as a force that compels giving and paying, leaving the beloved financially drained and exhausted by daily demands. The speaker presents love as an unyielding debt, bankrupting through constant affection.
Birthday of the wc-4 blooms as rainbow showers fall
Fragmentary lines describe earth blooming with light and perfume as rainbow showers become blossoms. References to crime on buds and towers hint at a surreal birth scene, with the earth sown anew.
Reading Shakespeare as a measure of mind and reader insight
The text argues that Shakespeare's meaning expands with the reader not the author and suggests readers may drift from text to broader mental states like music. It notes the difference between a child’s reading and a scholar’s, and that even dull readers may glimpse vast spiritual possibilities in Shakespeare.
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Childs
Shakespeare
Coleridge
Schlegels
Mruen
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