British and American prison life contrasted in Contemporary Review
Miss Chesser contrasts British prisons for women with American facilities, noting lack of prison industries, education, and health care in Britain. The piece praises American efforts to teach reading and domestic skills, while criticizing English conditions and oversight. The poem sections describe pastoral imagery and a monarch quiz among young girls, ending with a humorous exchange about not knowing great rulers.
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London
Miss Chesser
M. B
America
Mise Cheaser
England
Moore and
Okum Plcking
Boli
Christendom
Immense Rome Playground Aims to Host All Sports
Rome plans an immediate public playground along the Cam pag e Tomine’s western outskirts with twelve fields for ball games football track and field events. The project envisions separate enclosures connected by shaded paths and free access for spectators as Rome competes with Milan and Turin in sports enthusiasm.
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Italy
Milan
Turin
Parks
Wethwest
Dada
Aneriod
The Childish Set In A Quirk Of Expression
A cryptic reflection describes a woman viewing masculine things as infantile and needing soothing, expressing a satirical or exaggerated stance on gender roles and behavior. The text reads as a fragmentary, provocative aside rather than a structured argument.
Poem Fragment From Byron on Loving Thee
A brief excerpt in verse form expresses deep affection and guilt for loving too well. The speaker declares the beloved dear to the heart and invokes longing and emotional conflict. The lines imitate a Romantic flaring within a classical émulation of Byron.
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Byron
Actor Arthur Ellaworth Reveals Byron Manuscript in Album
Arthur Ellaworth once a Lane Park office boy now acts in Via Wireless at Liberty theater. He showed Frederick Thompson an old family album claiming it contains an original Byron poem in the poet’s handwriting. The album belonged to Ellaworth’s mother and grandmother.
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New York
Arthur Ellaworth
Lane Park
Liberty Theater
Frederick Thompson
Leward
Lord Byron
Ellaworth
Germany
Mr. Thompson
New Amaterian Theatre
Harbury
Lean
Love
Byron
Lincoln tales a smile amid emancipation pressures
A reminiscence attributed to Adlai Stevenson recalls Lincoln in deep depression over emancipation, his joke about schooling, and a humorous misread of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego. The scene shifts to a view of Sumner, Wilson, and Stevens approaching the White House.
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Linccoln
America
Adlai Stevenson
Woman's World
Senator Henderson
Missouri
White House
Lincoln
Auld
Sumner
Stevens
Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Henderson
Shadrack
Meshach
Abed-the-go
Shadrach
Sumner, Wilson
Thaddeum Stevens
Diplomatic Triumph in Balkan Peace Talks
New York Evening Fest lauds diplomacy easing Balkan tensions. A conference is planned to review the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a potential step toward compensation or guarantees for Turkey. Baron von Aehrenthal aligns with Anglo-Russian understandings.
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New York
Audden
Turkey
Austria
Bulgaria
Servia
Hosnia
Herzegovina
Baron von Aehrenthal
Tumse
England
Avolaky
Paria
Arma
Polite Politics in a Web of Conflicting Claims
Bilkins and Filking exchange sharp barbs over actor observations and prior statements. Each accuses the other of falsehoods while naming colleagues and dubious terms, creating a tangle of misstatements and insinuations about truth and deceit.
Muddled Quote Debates Divorce At Frigid Hall
The text records Bishop Greer of New York speaking against divorce in a chilly hall. A mother asks about the sermon text and a child responds that “Many are cold, but few are frog on,” illustrating garbled speech and a failing memory in a domestic moment.
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Greer
New York
France
Would Others From the Deflamator Little Freddie Tale
A fragment notes Freddie learning from a nurse that a stork delivered a baby during the night. Freddie asks to see the stork, while the nurse remarks she does not care about the baby. Freddie expresses curiosity to see the stork.
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Freddie
Nurme
Alster
New York City Depositors Exceed Half Population
In New York City considerably more than one half of all the people, about 5000000, have deposited in the savings banks.
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New York City
Boy Invents An Aeroplane That Sails Well
Washington Special reports Milton Smith of this city built a glider style aeroplane inspired by German designer Otto Lilienthal. He Jumped from an embankment of 1 feet and glided a notable distance, though unaware of Lilienthal or the original craft.
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Washington, Special
Port Meyer
Eayrth
Em Smith
Washington
Prince's Joke Provokes Madrid Newspaper Dispute
A Madrid cable dispute involves Spanish papers lampooning King Alfonso by joking about the infant prince's military rank during a dress rehearsal. The baby, dressed in uniform with medals, is teased as potentially becoming a regiment captain, prompting wry retorts about motherhood and the nursery. Australia mines employ 120,000 men.
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Madrid
Spaniel Republicat
Alfonso
Marne
Comets Shaping Universe Roles Highlighted by Scientists
A series of scientists describe comets as accidental dust conglomerates that seed stellar systems and extend Earth's warm lifespan. They explain two formation paths from stellar debris and note comets rarely enter Earth’s orbit, with Jupiter and Saturn receiving more material.
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Viammarion
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
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Arthur Ellsworth
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