Daddy’s Good Night Stories and Arkville Tales
A fragment reads children’s stories narrated by parents Pablo Smith and Dinah. It includes Dinah’s pants puzzle and Mr Noah’s Arkville gathering with animals and musical instruments. Sonny’s crooked dream ends with time and punctuality themes, followed by a wartime hospital note.
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Palmer Smith
Noah
Arkville
Ark
Ethel
Mr. Noah
Mr. Woah
Frontier romance ends in massacre at the Mexican camp
Grace Thatcher, beloved by William Wallace and Len Hurst, faces a dramatic fate as a Mexican trap awaits near San Carlos. The two rivals duel for her hand, then choose to face death together when a black bean lottery assigns execution. Wallace and Hurst die defending honor, with Grace named in a grave inscription years later.
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Peabner Tota
Tate Place
Eidorado
Grace Thatcher
San Carlos
William Wallace
Len Hurst
Grace
Wallace
Hurst
Frontieramen
Sho
Willace
Reat
Texas
Hind Hurst
Jake Bennett
Rick
Dilhemma
Paler
Will
Leonard Hurst
Deacon Barker’s Pride of Wealth in Vermont Town
In a Vermont village a Deacon Barker accumulates wealth from his nation store and grows vain, believing himself the town’s central figure. A visiting neighbor notes the townspeople look up to him, but the deacon declares he only looks up to God.
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Harpers Weekly
Vermont
Deacon Barker
Nation
USS
The Negro Property Holder
In a recent lecture Booker T. Washington cited Virginia records showing one twenty sixth of soil owned by negroes. He compared literacy rates, noting higher literacy gains for blacks after freedom and quoted Georgia taxes on black property as $16,700,000 with a call that value could exceed $30,000,000.
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New York World
Booker T. Washington
Virginia
Georgia
Washington
Census figures show small rise in women with brains noted
Mr Cutting notes a puzzle about women who have distinguished themselves by brains. Mrs Cutting asks what it is. Census figures reveal a modest increase in a list of able women over the past eight years, suggesting only a small gain.
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Mr. Cutting
Mrs. Cutting
Famous Gems of Prose Speech on Modern Schools and Industry
In a Senate address from September 10, 1890, a claim is made that great education shifts from dead languages to workshops and machines. Industry leaders become the new scholars, and the workshop is the true academy guiding invention and civilization.
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United States Senate
Waltham
Josophy
Hector
Ajax
Alexander
Caesar
Scott and Burns
George F. Hoar recalls Scott and Burns in a Tremont temple address from March 28, 1901. He evokes vivid Scottish legends and figures, praising Scott and Burns for shaping a nation's romantic history and linking its people to every hill and lake.
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Burns Memorial Association
Tremont Temple
Boston
Stirling Brig
Wallace
Monteith
Randolph
James of Douglas
the Bruce
Carrick
Robert
Edinburgh Castle
Douglas Castle
Bannockburn
Edward
Henry de Bohun
Douglas
Spain
Bruce
Dunfermline
Jamies
Mary
England
Fotheringay
Bothwell Brig
Claverhouse
John
Duke of Argyle
Caroline
Scotland
Montrose
Scott
Burns
Greece
Athens
Freedom of Worship Speech by Archbishop O Connell at 1906 banquet
Archbishop O Connell urges freedom to worship according to conscience at the A and H A company banquet in Faneuil Hall. He extols the Catholic church’s role in law, charity, and patriotism, calling for patience and study of causes before judging.
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A. and H. A. Company
Faneuil Hall
Lowell
Church
Columbus
Catholic Church
Church of God
United States
Commonwealth
Tan
I Am a Believer in Fashion and Beauty
Robert G. Ingersoll advocates women’s duty to be attractive through well dressed appearances and jewelry. He argues adornment reflects nature and desire for beauty, urging daughters and wives to be loved by being beautiful and stylish.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
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Mal
Pantoleg
Othel
Dinah
Enny
Vane Wipides
Beat
Sonny
Mr. Pantsley
Long Pants
Remy
Kenanel
Eat
Gould
Benny
Father
Bonny
Custosan
Pune
By John P. Jor
Archbishop O'Connell