The Two West Points and the West Point Spirit
The Jasper News discusses Gen. Fortis Schaff’s Atlantic Monthly insight on two West Points. The immediate cadet experience sits with the physical climb and institutional power, while a higher, spiritual West Point shapes a graduate’s destiny after four years. Time cannot erase the sense of inexorable authority felt by every graduate returning home. The piece argues for a space where boastful lineage and unchecked commercial leadership lose influence.
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West Point
Iader
Gen
Fortis Schaff
Atlantic Monthly
Iso
Vanty
Behill
Stuyvesants in America and naval aging in a changing world
An obituary notes a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant and links him to the city’s past, while the piece surveys shifting fortunes from naval tech to American securities. It highlights Japan’s submarine concept, U S shipbuilding focus, and French interest in U S gilt edges as evidence of a confident economy and prepared nation.
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Stuyvesants
America
Ao Ineal
Peter Stuyvesant
Robert Stuyvesar
New Amsterdam
Japan
United States
France
New Shakespeare Authorship Debate Sparks Public Skepticism
The article notes a shift from Weacon to a new author theory as writers challenge Shakespeare’s authorship yet the public largely credits Shakespeare himself. It mentions a Tennessee woman disguising as male attire to enlist in cavalry, rise to sergeant, and mute gender suspicions with weapons and profane language.
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Shakespeare
Weacon
Tennessee
Insects Reminiscences Theme Litelligghee Note
Fragmentary OCR hints a feature titled Insects Reminiscences with a reference to Litelligghee. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear events or names to anchor a full summary.
Insects and Ink: A Captain and the Montgomery Fly
Captain and 81 Wother Spoons recount odd insect studies by Wellington Montgomery near a Naval bungalow. A stennygraph fly signs its own name to a cheque, prompting punishment, a failed essay on tumble-bugs, and a tale of a junebug drafted to aid writing. The narrator recalls Montgomery’s experiments and a life tied to insects and odd scientific humor.
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United States
Wotherspoon
Sahara
Kittery
Wellington Montgomery
Navy
Montgomery
Certan
Yale
Harvard
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Derwick Military ‘Academy
Brenny
Fakira
Kennebunk
Insecta
Willing to Take a Chance, Freckle Dreamer Ethel Sings
A playful Yonkers tale follows a girl named Ethel who asks her father for ten cents to buy ice cream on a sunny day. She believes the treat will help her freckles multiply, a humorous line reflecting lighthearted childhood logic.
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Ethel
Yonkers Stutoaman
Scuttling a Ship Inquiring Boy Pa
Inquiring reader questions the meaning of a line about scuttling a ship and a whipping term. The fragmentary text references a boy, a father, and a phrase tied to Linch and a made statement, but the source text is garbled and unclear.
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