Bright Little Elsie by George Elmer Cobb
Nine year old Elsie Danvers inspires Miss Hyde to mail a doll and letter to a cold hearted uncle. The parcels post triggers a stranger’s guilt and a burglary, revealing Eunice Ross’s attempted fraud. Old John Marsh is moved to kindness as the Danvers family reconciles, with the uncle reclaiming happiness and fortune through a child’s simple act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elmer Cobb
Hlele Danvers
Hyde
Susan
Miss Hyde
Danvers
Elsie
Newton
Mamma
Pepa
Mias Hyde
Grandpa
Papa
John Marale
Rushville
Hisie
John Marsh
Nellie Danvers
Eunice Ross
Albert Danvers
Nellie
Hunteea
Rushvilfe
Eunice
Nel- Ye
W. G. Chapman
Hotel manners and a Vermont court ruling blend in one row
A Century Magazine piece notes Americans abroad are the harshest hotel critics while German and Norwegian travelers differ in frugality. Vermont’s supreme court backs a conductor after a passenger was injured when an emergency brake stopped a moving train, ruling the conductor acted to fulfill an imperative duty and no negligence is attribution.
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Europe
America
Maurice Francis Wyan
Supreme Court of Vermont
Sees Black Peril in Africa in Rider Haggard Note
A London Times excerpt reflects on Southern Africa's future with race as a core issue. It critiques imperial dominance debates and imagines ancient Zulu perspective amid colonial spectacles and liquor imagery. The piece contrasts white and black futures through historical echoes.
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Africa
Bour
Chata
Dingaan
Ealf
Taan
Sir H. Rider ‘Haggard
London Times
Anecdotes of Bill Terriss and Sir Henry Irving at the Lyceum
Forbes-Robertson recalls tales from London theater days. He highlights William Terriss as the era’s handsomest actor and Irving’s fondness for him. A witty wings scene ends with Terriss inviting Irving to supper and Irving agreeing to a same night visit.
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Lyceum Theater
London
Sir Henry Irving
Forbes-Robertson
William Terriss
Irving
Bill Terriss
Terriss
Toom
Beefateak Club
Guy-Nor
Wiles and Whims of a Dinner Party
A collage of social quips from a New York Times piece and humor columns. The dialog contrasts a woman's self doubt about appearance with a waiter’s practical seating critique. It includes light sketches of vanity, a mother and daughter in a beauty ritual, a farmer’s stock tale, and a musician dreaming of fame with a divorce march twist.
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Walter
New York Times
Horses Chivalry and Conflicts Between Genders
Horses display chivalry toward mares, rarely attacking them. Mares can be aggressive toward stallions, especially when hindering work. Mischievous male horses unable to cooperate in harness may still cause trouble when paired with a man.
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Rider Haggard
Farmer
Loyeligas
Dustin Stax
Clymer Motor Car Company
P, RR
Q. Cody
Chandler
Studebaker
Cadilac
Empire
Franklin
PENNA
Brody
the Moore
Indiana, Pa
Ae Reet
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