An Able Champion and a Just Critic in Crisis
A Harper’s Weekly tribute to William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson notes Bryan’s resignation as principled, impersonal devotion to non political ideals. It contrasts editorials that maligned Bryan with Hapgood’s fair treatment, praising both leaders as teachers shaping America and the world.
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Norman Hapgood
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Conductors urged to call street names on approaching stops
A writer argues conductors should loudly announce every street as a streetcar nears each stop. The plea notes riders press their faces to windows to see destinations and suggests shared rules would reduce harm, while acknowledging some already ignore such orders.
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Peter
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles
The poem portrays starving men craving light and love as they drift in dusk and winter, contrasting hunger with a lamp of paradise. A narrator recalls cold streets and a brother’s hungry gaze seeking warmth within a lighted room, highlighting shared human longing.
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Paradise
Dana Burnet
Harper's Magazine
Country Cousins Swap Simple Life Tales in Rural Visit
A city man, a country cousin, and a farmer compare leisure plans in a humorous exchange. The city guest boasts golf and dancing, the country cousin recalls baseball and poker, and the farmer adds stories of farming routines and evening rituals.
Hamlet Curtain Falls in Silent Farewell
The curtain fell as Hamlet died a beautiful death and was carried out shoulder high by loyal friends. The audience held a reverent silence, so intense a heart beat could be heard, before a shrill whisper broke the moment with a casual remark.
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Hamlet
Irishman Fails in Muskets Duel with Sparrow
An Irishman attempted to shoot a sparrow using a very old musket. He fired and the bird flew away unscathed, while Pat collapsed to the ground. He gathered himself and pressed on with the odd, feeble venture.
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Pat
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement From La Crosse Resident
Mrs. H Hermanson of 1125 S Third St testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured her dizzy and nervous spells and weak kidneys. She notes a family member also improved and urges others to use the product when signs of disordered kidneys appear. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Be jabbers, ye wouldn’t a chirruped at this end
A man curses the bird he faced, shaking his fist and claiming the foe would not have chirped if positioned at the gun’s end. The colorful outburst captures a tense moment and regional dialect.
Alice Weeps Over Adenoids Rivalry at Home
A mother consoles her daughter Alice who returns crying and claims Mabel Jones has adenoids while she says she has none. The scene reveals a child’s distress over a perceived medical difference at home.
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Alice
Mabel Jones
Creditors Eye Jones Over Loans
A conversation notes that Jones lives beyond his means while creditors expect to recover what he owes. The exchange highlights financial strain and potential action from lenders.
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Jones
Delegates clash as asylum papers are produced
At a political convention two rival delegates argued fiercely. One accused the other of madness and the accused pulled discharge papers from an asylum to prove he was not crazy.
Invent a Time Clock for Husbands and Other Quests
A list of improbable ambitions including perpetual motion, a homecoming punch clock for late husbands, a bold presidential bid, a $160 million university gift, Pacific air travel, a non rolling collar button, a nocturnal excuses catalog, a great American novel, and a pearl shirt stud that can be found on demand.
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Pacific Ocean
Jeffers Guilty Of Pand... Milwaukee Jurors Find Man Guilty
A Milwaukee circuit court jury took ten minutes to convict George Jeffers of pandering. The defendant allegedly obtained illicit earnings from Grace Steele, his claimed wife, who testified she was married to him in Racine last February but feared arrest for bigamy.
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Milwaukee
George Jeffers
Grace Steele
Jeffers
Racine
German Spy Muller Shot in Tower of London
London reports the German spy Muller was executed yesterday in the Tower of London after conviction. Rosenthal, his companion, will face trial at a later date.
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Muller
Tower of London
Rosenthal
Fiery cross country romance ends with hotel betrayal
Minot, swept up in a desperate romance on a dusty road, reaches San Marco with the girl he loves yet discovers her engagement plans to another man. A hotel misfortune and a shift to a Florida lodging reveal new twists as the couple’s future hangs in the balance.
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Tom Stacy
Manhattan
Mr. Stacy
Florida
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