Domestic Felicity and Political Shuffle in a Ward Boss Tale
Butch, a political handyman, recounts Dan Horigan the ward boss and Kate Kernall. Dan rises through influence, then schemes to marry Kate while the Madams views politics as vulgar. A tea meeting ends with Kate declaring domestic felicity, masking political manipulation behind marriage.
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Kate Kernall
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Kate Kervall
Man‘ner Avenue
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Fido
Lawrence Dugan
Mr. Dugan
Li Horigan
Horigan
Lawrence
Gossip and the loaded talk of working women at home
Mrs Gabby visits a hostess overwhelmed by household chores as they swap stories about husbands children and the pressures on young women from matrons and neighbors. The talk covers rising expectations social cliques and plans for Laura's dress while critiquing married life and dressmaking.
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Laura
Mrs. Tawky
Sander
Mr. Gabby
Johnny
Mr. Ga
Milly Armstrong
Beans
Mrs. Gabby
Miss Constance
Nince
Mr. Tawky
Deary
Angel Without Wings in Chicago News
A young applicant faces the old broker for an office boy position in Chicago. The broker questions habits from smoking to sports as he evaluates fit, noting the date as the twenty-ninth and implying the job may require higher duties.
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Angel Without
Chicago News
The Rose in Myth and Legend Across Cultures
A survey of rose symbolism from Greek myth to Christian tradition. The article traces how red and white roses signified love and secrecy, their roles in folklore, heraldry, religion, and literature, and how roses tied to May festivals and the Wars of the Roses.
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Adonis
Ced
Olympus
Venus
Cupid
Harpocrates
Earth
Holda
Marien Rochen
Italy
Dominic
Our Lady's
Bethlehem
Omar Khayyam
Persia
Sadi
Greece
Orient
Jhir
Sultana Dan
Freyjane
Germany
Berkley
England
Scotland
Rome
York and
Lanare
Henry VII
Elizabeth of York
Wiltshire
Village Lawyer Weighs Run For Congress
The village lawyer says he is thinking of running for Congress. Farmer Corntessel declines to support him, favoring leaving the current congressmen in place. He argues that frequent turnover leads to idleness and bringing men back home.
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Washington Evening Star
Congress
Farmer Corntessel
Arizona Admission Becomes Battleship Name Rumor
A Philadelphia Ledger item quotes a Arizona speaker confident that statehood will come, noting prior rejections, and jokes that the pending name will be used for a battleship. The remark reflects political sentiment and naval naming chatter of the time.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Arizona
Fading Paths by George Tromas of Epsom
A reflective verse recalling youth and vanished byways. The poem contrasts fading paths with enduring memory, noting children once trod fields and meadows, now replaced by briars, while memory's flowers keep the journey alive across meadows and woods.
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Ayon
George Tromas Epsom
Pioneer of the Church J N Reavis Remembered in Missouri
John Newton Reavis of Paris Missouri, the oldest living follower of Alexander Campbell's church, is in his ninety second year. A longtime stock raiser from Boone County, his son Judge J C Reavis presides on the Supreme Court of Washington.
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J. N. Reavis
Absandery Campbell
Alexander Campbell
John Newton Reavis
Paris
Reavis
Missouri
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Boone County
J. 3 Reavis
Supreme Court
State of
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