Tales From The Pen The Art Of Story Telling Remains Timeless
A long reading feature surveys the craft of storytelling, praising George Henry Lowes and others for engaging audiences. It notes how natural ease, self forgetfulness, and rhythmic fluency elevate narrators beyond self-consciousness. The piece recounts anecdotes on performance, pacing, and the surprising power of voice and manner in delivering tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Henry Lowes
Anthony Trollope
London ‘Globe
Tha Sweet Singer of the Sierras Screenplay Teases New Cabins
A fragmented report describes a singer and local figures in the Sierra region. It mentions Josquin Miller and Tene Ant preferring a log cabin home, with references to a city and primeval gossip. The text remains garbled but hints at a local cultural scene and community figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierras
Tiroctiya
Josquin
Ona
Mr. Miller
New Zeeks
The Author of My Maryland in Washington Letter
James Z. Randall, author of the song Maryland My Maryland, is praised as a gentle yet far reaching figure in Washington. The letter notes the wartime lyric later biased by rhymes and implies he no longer composes such songs, though copies circulate in newspapers. He may publish a volume compiling many of his other lyrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Washington
Philadelphia Record
James Z. Randall
Hu Wen
Seling
Randall
Great Success in the Taffy Lins
A fragment from Abe Womaryilie Journal shows a late arrival scene. Kin argues with a woman about a car and a lamplight moment reference to Matthew Arnold as a postulate figure. The dialogue hints at embarrassment and tension.
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Abe Womaryilie Journal
Kin
Jnap
Matthaw Arnold
Matthew Arnold
Awentinusa
Daughters as Medicina A nocturnal mischance in a sick ward
Two patients, one with brain fever and another with tonsillitis, lay in a single room under care. A sleeping watcher and nurse slept through dosing times, and a patient struck the watcher with a pillow to wake them. The doctor arrived to find both patients improved and the mix up forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saeed
Hemnan
The Art of Hiding at the Riding Academy
A New York Mall and Express report describes a riding academy scene with a quadrille performance. Managers explain occupancies by private claimants, and they discuss park style riding versus cross country, with lessons from English, French, and German teachers.
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New York Mall and Express
Academy
Amooth Fonda
Ainst
England
Han
Ano
Dupuiner
One Meal a Day Regimen At Dolly's Chop-House
A Norwich Bulletin correspondent notes Dr George Fordyce, renowned anatomist and chemist, lived on a strict one meal daily for years at Dolly's chop-house in Paternoster Row. His routine featured ale, port, brandy, and varied delicacies, then coffee houses before lectures in Essex Street. The item also mentions Alvin Jawatt Johnson, associate of Horace Greeley, dying at 57 in New York and recalls his career in publishing notable works.
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Nowenatia Yen
George Fordyce
Dolly
Quean
Hho
Chapter
Paternoster Row
London
Oxford
Essex Street
Dolly's
Alvin Jawatt Tohunon
Horace Greeley
New York
Want South
Johnson
Guysot
Farmore
Dutroit
Spoonogle
Indy
Lafayette
Willie
Epoonpale
Farm and Home Hints and Agricultural Notes
A column of practical farming advice covers poultry care and breed safety, root and fruit storage tips, crop rotation benefits, and beekeeping lore. It discusses feeding fowls, curing hog worms, carrot cultivation, and the value of rotating crops to reduce soil fungus, with additional notes on sun baths, domestic economy, and travel trends for wealthy Americans toward Europe.
The New Dynamite Gun Revolution in Warfare
The Secretary of War has assigned Lt. L. Zalinsky to overs ee experiments at Fort Hamilton with a large dynamite gun. It can fire 100 to 125 pounds of dynamite up to a mile and a half, piercing iron armor, and reloading in one minute. Tests fired blank rounds at Fort Wadsworth landed within five feet of a 2,214 foot distant target, described as very successful for a first trial.
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Robinson Orutso
Ana
Sarrocks Kird Reifs
Ua Larbor Targor Ceurt
Herat
Af Wrwerdt
Pitcairn
Banker
Willian Wrigh
Tahiti
Font
Nina
Tyelre Promien
Pitcairn Island
Bligh
Folger
Drrtialand
Hieuith
Sinone
Lofty -Peak
Isler
Mate
Wiedeland
England
Norfolk
Pialy
St Louis
Nortal
New York
Wimes
Joseph Harisives
Lanl
Chao
Harria Saya
Bessey Hha
Germany
Chicago
Porkopolis
West
Messrs
Moran & Healy
Bremen
Russia
Europe
Boston Herald
Leiutenant
L. Zalinsky
Birth Artillery
Fort Hamilton
Zalinsky
Tom
Touma
Adem
Prominent Philadelphian Bride Mystery Arises
A Philadelphia man uncovers his intended bride used four eggs in a pie causing suspicion of deceit. He faces worry about work and a potential ruinous financial loss, with the tale hinting at a drastic turn toward bankruptcy.
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Aman
Bat
Ela
Wil
Souitarias
Norwich Bulletin
W. Hankn
Mansfield
Conn
Seaman's Friend Society
Boston
Wohich
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mr. Hanks
Hanks
Abe
Doumtaces
John Hug
M.C.P
Nantonin
Tower
Howola
Conrae
Mra. E. BR. A
Paaca
Mwniki
Fiavaya
Asture
Mothara
Parenta
Ely Cottusel
New Yorker
Havin
Talwaya
Ayaten
Long Branch
Saratoga
Fimism Steamship Line
Fifth Avenue
Wasna Cowny
Michigan
Nasheen
Marquette
Carp River
Wil Trai
G. A. Stockwell
Popular Science Monthly
Racine College
P. H. Bigelow
Concord
Mass
Flite
Tiglelow Ia
Harvard College
Lux
Loving Been
Astronomi
Cal Observatory
Cordoba
Argentina
Republic
South America
B. A. Gould
U.S. Naval Observatory
Simon Newcomb
Fiat
Henry le Tehnwon
Biltimoraks
Harriet Tans
Buchanan
Layling
Freeman Clarke
Tuulonter
Grant & Ward
Grant
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