Corneille lineage and old laws mingle in odd notes
The article surveys diverse items from a Corneille family death in Normandy to Icelandic kissing penalties and Roman remnants at Caersws. It notes a hunter’s cherry stones, odd schoolroom definitions, and U S Port Rico trade with a May total of 22 million dollars, Hawaii following.
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Unorthodox Observations From an Early 20th Century Dispatch
A scattered review covers improvements in animal treatment abroad, social pretensions in America, labor practices in Italy, notable anecdotes about public figures, and assorted global statistics on insurance profits, rice production, and real estate in Buenos Aires. The tone blends satire with brief factual notes.
Connecting City and Sky Seer Visionary Essay
Hudson Maxim urges linking city and sky as aviation reshapes urban design and travel. He foresees aeroplane hubs atop skyscrapers, roof gardens, and vast garages transforming land values and city scope around Hopatcong. He predicts aerial dining trips and a World prize race to San Francisco within five years.
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Metropolitan Tower
New York
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Love in the Outcast's Light by Phillips Brooks
A poignant excerpt of verse where lovers dream beyond poverty and scorn. The speaker calls for unity and shared joy despite harsh gazes and social exclusion, urging restraint and faith as the world passes. It centers on enduring affection, heavenly ideals, and critique of inequality.
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Phillips Brooks
Then He Got Off From Ideas
A tramcar scene unfolds with a truculent lady and a small gray gentleman. The woman mocks penny rides and fixes the man with a discolored eye, while an ad on a soap poster distracts them. Their banter turns sharp as she jokes about a cemetery and a hospital with a visitor’s ticket.
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Gone for Good from the Public Ledger
A Philadelphia Public Ledger column reflects on immigrant perspectives in resettlement, describing a German butter dish as a symbol and noting how lingering customs influence judgments about becoming Americanized. The piece closes with a personal, anecdotal observation.
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German Butter Dishes Lose Favor in America Return
A German relative laments a family rift as a granddaughter in America is told she will never return. Han reports she has forsaken cherished German butter dishes for typical American plates, signaling cultural estrangement and longing.
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Where are the women going to vote in 1920 parade
In a vivid Life magazine piece Carolyn Wells recalls a patriotic parade where women in bold outfits such as violet voile taupe chiffon and pink pique gather to cast ballots. Police praise the new voters as brave and stylish, framing suffrage as a public display of civic progress led by Mrs Mackay, Mrs Catt, Mrs Belmont, and Miss Milholland.
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Old Time Sponge Cake Recipe From National Magazine
Tested receipts for old time sponge cake with full method. Ingredients include eggs sugar flour lemon rind and juice, and folded whipped whites. Instructions cover mixing beating oven temperature and gradual heating after rise. Also notes a method to cool gelatine quickly using cold water and rock salt.
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Wise Bullet Ends Threat At The Courthouse
Cooper drew his revolver in a tense encounter at the courthouse and fired two shots. One bullet struck the assailant in the forehead, sending him to the cement walk, while the second assailant escaped.
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Mining scheme collapse leaves Gillie buried deep
Answered from Puck Willis explains skinner's mining scheme failed and Gillie reflects on being buried deep when it fell in. The exchange hints at ground floor involvement and the disastrous result.
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Dickens Testimonial Proposal For An International Tribute
From Strand Magazine a proposal for a Dickens international testimonial to honor his memory without charity. It argues for a stamped royalty scheme on copies of Dickens works, aiming to raise about 600000 dollars by certifying deferred royalties on volumes.
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Norma and Dick Voyager in a secret Dayton marriage
Norma Andrews and Dick Travers secretly wed with a special license to end Norma's aunt Emma Kavanaugh tyranny. Lena Kavanaugh schemes to claim the Travers fortune but discovers Dick is already heir. Uncle Richard Travers dies, leaving wealth to Dick and Norma, who share it with the Kavanaghs amid moral reckonings.
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Valley Forge park plan honors patriotism and hardship
The Park at Valley Forge movement seeks to preserve the Valley Forge encampment as a state park. Modern research dispels some myths while affirming Washington and the troops' steadfastness in the winter of 1777-78. Diary notes from Dr. Alligence Waldo describe bare feet, food scarcity, and grit amid snow and cold as officers and soldiers endured. The proposed park along the Schuylkill ties to enduring patriotism and its historic battlefields.
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Local Playhouse Star Recalled as First Citizen
Irvingbooth Hamm questions a broken paper label calling a citizen a leader. Jefferson McCullough recalls the figure as having played First Citizen in a past production of Julius Caesar, describing his prominence in a one night stand event.
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Mistaken Idea Public Ledger Quote on Control
A fragment quotes a debate about government and industry control. It notes too many people seek a middle ground between governance and industrial power, presenting a New Composer remark about hearing a beautiful piece of music by request without knowing its name.
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Ode to the incubator hen in modern farming
A poetical tribute to the incubator hen and the farming age praising abundance and progress. The speaker extols the incubator as a benefactor shaping modern agriculture, with servants reading papers and ready hands to honor the bird’s influence on eggs and wealth.
The Two Misses Bonney
Gertrude Bonney, praised for beauty, rejects Jack Willet as she accepts an engagement to Horace Richards. Years later, Willet learns his feelings were mistaken. Rose Kenney, elder Bonney, proves kindness and strength while caring for the needy, and Willet shifts admiration to Rose as their lives unfold.
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Miss Gertrude
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