In Memory of Robert Emmet Anniversary Reflections
The piece honors Robert Emmet born 1778, recalling his defiance before death and his role as a symbol for liberty. It links Emmet’s courage to ongoing struggles against perceived oppression and tyranny, urging readers to remember his epitaph and the idea that a real man dies for an idea.
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Robert Emmet
Ireland
Lincoln
Robert
Emmet
Emimet
England
Robat Exnmet
Nerve the Monk Watch Gone in Cleveland Leader
The Cleveland Leader notes a tense moment with a quip about a watch failing and the accompanying remark Nerve the Monk suggests a sharp response. The fragment hints at a humorous or sharp exchange in a courtroom or public setting.
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Cleveland Leader
Judge Faces First Criminal Case In Southern Town
A newly qualified southern judge presides over a robbery case involving an accused man nicknamed Tom. The defendant recalls past acquittal, claims this time he will tell the truth without a lawyer in a tale reflecting era norms.
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Darky
Tom
Soaked Time Confusion Sparks Wet Weather Joke
A brief quip captures a moment of confusion as someone asks the time and the other replies they do not know, followed by a lighthearted exchange about the rain and the clock.
Real Trouble: Huckster Arrest Stirs Town Talk
Mr Byera laments a former con artist has been arrested. Mrs Neaghor notes the man is now in a peck of trouble, hoping the charge is not a short measure, reflecting local concern over deceptive practices.
Keats Named Immortal Poet Despite Harsh Critics
An obituary style tribute recalls John Keats as a doomed yet enduring genius. It notes Shelley’s prophecy and Keats’s tomb inscription “here lies one whose name was writ in water.” The piece traces his early failures, bold strikes with Endymion and Hyperion, his death at 26, and the eventual elevation to immortality.
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Lord Norbury
Patridge
Waterloo
Guy’s Hospital
London
Stephens
Stephen
John Keats
Shelley
Keats
Endymion
Albret
Courtship Made Too Easy Says Modern Woman Lacks Suitors
A columnist argues modern women lack courtship skills as grandmothers did. She blames freedom, constant companionship, and the pursuer vs pursued dynamic for fewer marriage offers, noting elders built fences and enforced coyness to keep suitors at bay.
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Grandmammia
Barkis
After the Turn-down by Sy Kennett Harris
The speaker recalls a failed romance with strong emotional cost. He admits misjudgment of the partner’s intelligence, laments wasted time and money, and ends with a perplexing, ironic tone about who deserves pity.
The Downs
The poem speaks of brown lands and pleasant downs as divine, eternal observers. It contrasts rustic peace with life in human marts and asks Cairn hills to grant rest to weary hearts. The speaker, a generation, seeks solace in the downs and credits the Maker of Days.
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Willis S. Thompson
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New York
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Third National Bank
St. Louis
Association of American Advertisers
New York City
NAT. Bank
Igents
MR. Nervo
By, T. E. Powers
New York Evening Journal Publishing Company
Toraiundre
Dorothy DIX
Sy Kennett Harris
Caesar
John Drinkwater
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