Tribute to Jane Austen as Greater Artist Than Sand
Winifred Kirkland argues in Atlantic Monthly that Jane Austen surpasses George Sand as a novelist. She praises Austen's detachment and identification with surroundings, noting her universal humanity, enduring artistry, and enduring appeal as “everybody's aunt” while recognizing Sand’s masculine gaze differently.
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George Bani
Jane Austen
Bhelley
Wordsworth
Keata
Winifred Kirkland
Atlantic Monthly
Dickens Fellowship Activity and New York Branch Charity
The Dickens Fellowship centers in London with branches in major English speaking cities. It reads papers presents brief plays and music at annual dinners on Dickens birthday. The New York branch supports a child’s hospital provides Christmas treats to children and undertakes other benevolent acts.
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Dickens Fellowship
London
Engilab
Dickens
Boner
New York
Fellowsdo
How Clever Plants Are
A quirky natural history note discusses plant behavior with errors in wording. It describes a plant resisting objects and showing selective movement toward items it can use, though a strawman test reveals it can reevaluate targets. The piece highlights plant curiosity and mechanical interaction with surroundings.
Fragmentary Review Note on Theatres and Machines
The readable fragments compare bills and plays to panoramic art of pleasure. The passage imagines a single private moving picture device delivering varied experiences, with a calm, secure, private user perspective. It mentions mechanized control of rivers and beams, suggesting a speculative tech mood.
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Cue
Weedy Le and Ivan Bop Tease This Teaser
A fragment reads as a garbled note about a tease or tease scene involving two figures named Weedy Le and Ivan Bop, with unclear context and missing details. The readable text hints at a prank or social setup but provides no verifiable facts.
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Weedy le
Ivan Bop
Happenings of the week cross global turmoil and tragedy
A scattered digest notes multiple deaths and crimes from Utah to Oklahoma. Paul Lee Pratt and Beattie Hank are described as killed by Mrs. Sobel who then killed herself. A Franklin Work dies in a Utah highway crash. Don Bassett dies when trains strike his car near Riverdale. Elephants and other distant items touch on politics, violence, and war, with Russia Germany seeking peace and British naval losses. The roundup includes blackmail attempts, suffrage signals, and various international crises.
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Lee G. Pratt
Union Pacific
Riverdale
Oden
Utah
el Paso
Texas
David ©. Eccles
Ogden
Riverdale Bridge
National American Suffrage
ITO
Congress
Peter Boyarsky
Sed Tah
Chicago
Jewiah Cir
Clea
Ikekellar
Hugo Muensterbers
Paychology Polley Club
Russia
Germany
Lake Mohomb
Gulf Coast
Georgia
Alabama
Robvers
Bear Hills
Okla
Normag
Elizabeth Adams
Mae
Detroit
Harold
Ten
Beraide Wiliam Thaw
Yale Ste
Aviation Corps
Preach Army
Kew Haven
Greece Ordered to Transfer Army and War Material
The entente presented Greece with demands including moving troops from Thessaly to the south and turning over war materiel destined for Thessalian forces. King Constantine received the terms via the French military attaché. Additional requests were noted but not specified.
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Constantine
London
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Thessaly
Meros
Dell
Socialists claim Vienna premier shot for political reasons
In Vienna Count Karl Stuerkh was shot by Dr. Friedrich Adler who admits the act was political for not convening parliament. Adler, editor of Der Kampf, is described as a radical socialist. Two men were wounded when they rushed Adler after he fired before officers subdued him.
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France
Galicia
Dobrudja
Rumania
Bremen
Ebete
Lloyd's
Alaunia
Newler
Roope
Transylvenian
Predeal
Grilieh
House of Commons
Irian
Une
Meary
Turktab
Kesehame
Wer
Vienna
Karl Stuergkh
Friedrich Adler
Adler
Liebknecht
Austria
der Kampf
Count Stuergkh
Kaiser Talks To Soldiers On Western Front
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports Emperor William addressing German troops after commemorating the dead. He urged continued fighting to defend German honor and liberty and expressed hope that God would be with the German forces in the ongoing war.
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London
Amsterdam
William
Japanese Form Unions Plan West Coast Affiliate
Japanese form unions to affiliate into a separate Japanese labor council,aimed to extend through California Oregon and Washington. The movement is described as the largest of its kind ever undertaken. Lloyd Bopp, 33, sentenced to hange for murder of Herman Malew motorcycle policeman four months ago. He said he would never be called to go through an ordeal if he became a judge.
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Japanese Labor Council
California
Oregon
Washington
Lloyd Bopp
Herman Malew
Scouts Advance Beyond El Valle Threatened Move
Report states American punitive expedition forces have penetrated south of El Valle only for protection with no additional troop movements beyond that advance.
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el Valle
Columbus
Norwegians Seek Credit in America for War Material
Four Norwegian explorers aboard the Bergenfjord arrived in New York to arrange payment terms for U S material orders, including 200 million for steamships built in American yards. They denied being a commission, while others said they formed one. Banker William Ros Heaton urged quick establishment of Norwegian credit banks. The voyage included seven Norwegian captains planning to take over major freighters and two 7,000 and 9,000 ton ships built for Pacific trade.
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New York
United States
William Ros
Heaton
Norway
Bergenetjord
Hjarman T Bryde
Balt Neilsen Company
Christianiste
Seattle
T Woven
San Francisco
Iie
Bandits Make Waterhaul on Louisiana Train
Five robbers held a passenger train near Rayville Louisiana Sunday night threatening the engineer to stop the train after it began moving. They attempted to open the coach and break into the express car but were frightened off by passengers, reportedly obtaining nothing.
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Louisiana
Shreveport
Rayville
Old Goldiers Win Test of Mountain Path in Haiti
Kingston leads 116 soldiers aged 4 to 63 through an eight mile ascent on a Meep mountain path in Haiti to test endurance and field equipment. Eighty four completed within two hours, with around twenty percent aged forty four or older and veterans among the finishers.
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Kingston
United States
Ia Times
Haiti
Rancher Confesses Murder of Wife and Stepson
A rancher confessed to killing his wife and her stepson, alleging he buried the bodies and later burped them. Police said they were mystified by the case as investigations continued Sunday.
Wanderer theory gains traction amid troubled business clues
Report notes growing acceptance that the missing man may have wandered away while distressed by business pressures and internal conflicts. Officials cite unsettled conditions and inconsistent accounts as key factors in shaping the investigation.
Worse Than the Slipper Tale of Indian Abuse and Fasting
The narrator recalls cruel childhood rituals imposed by uncles and elders, including forced fasting for wood, tying, and water immersions near a Missar river, with punishments involving rope, cross poles, and naked cold in winter. The abuse was framed as tradition, with themes of fire offerings, tobacco, feathers, and control by elders over siblings.
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Gremdfother
Missar
Dandelion Roots Sourced Abroad Speed Limits Local Supply
A Providence Journal letter notes that most annual dandelion root imports come from Germany Austria and France. The writer questions why local growers do not cultivate and exploit available land to reduce reliance on imports and suggests economic and agricultural considerations behind the supply chain.
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Germany
Austria
France
Eindili Vane
Raropet Prinlc Bay
Naltave Tees
Europe
Providence Journal
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