Ideals Shape Great Speakers and Everyday Courage
A long reflection on how ideals form leaders and ordinary people. It cites Nordica and famous figures, argues that success comes from zeal and persistent effort, and notes that ideals are learned from social surroundings, literature, and role models. It urges teachers to cultivate lofty, universal virtues in students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu Thhose
Russia
James
Washington
Lincoln
Webster
Grant
Morton
Milwaukee
Fire Department
Corot’s bohemian life and choosing art over wealth
The quote presents Corot as a model of bohemian life. When his father offered either £80 a year and a place at the table to be a painter or £4,000 to start a shop, he chose painting and remained faithful to bohemian principles valuing leisure and artistic freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corot
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Beauty Doctor Quip Sparks Forehead Harm Hinge
A playful exchange in the New York American stories a beauty doctor offered cosmetic help to a madam. The client fears the procedure might remove more than wrinkles, even the forehead itself, highlighting tension between appearance and risk in cosmetic services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henriette
New York American
Cure for Cussing Fails Lightheartedly in Scotland
A Scottish clergyman helps a swearing parishioner quit by using a pebble bag. Each curse fills the bag. at month’s end the man brings it in. The minister grimly notes pebbles, while the man explains the heavy load mainly lies in another bag, with the devils at the dikeside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Excelsior
Dutch Ironclad Finis Belli at Antwerp Siege
Authorities note the Dutch built an early ironclad during the 1585 siege of Antwerp. The flat bottomed vessel, armored with heavy iron plates, was named Finis Belli and intended as an impregnable battery but grounded and captured. It remained a curiosity, never used in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Alexander of
Parma
Stormy Stage Sparks Thunderclapping Applause
In Norris Town Pa an onstage storm scene is described as a rare failure. The dialogue notes that thunderclapping often misleads observers, turning the moment into a noisy misfire rather than genuine applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tompkins
Funnibone
Norristown
Grocers Agree On Full Weight Bread
A large grocers meeting approved full weight bread standards for white bread at one pound and rye at eighteen ounces under the city ordinance. They aim to stop underweight loaves, arguing prices stay fair and customers get value. Secretary Harry Taggart notes the group pursues fair pricing and not higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocers’ Association
Harry Taggert
Taggart
Mystery Shrouds River Tragedy In Chicago
Miss Jennie L. Stevens a 40 year old organist and friend of victim Bessie Hollister was found dead in the north branch of the Chicago river near North Halsted. Police debate whether suicide or assault led to her death as the case echoes the Hollister tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jennie L. Stevens
Langley Avenue
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Bessie Hollister
Richard G. Ivens
North Halsted Street
The Honeymoon Mistake Reminders Forever Harbor Difference
A reflective line notes that a wife recalling how different her husband was during their honeymoon can linger as a lifetime reminder. The remark frames memory as a quiet, persistent pressure in marriage.
The Lord Helps Only Those Who Try to Rise
A compact reflection on effort and self-improvement, urging personal initiative and perseverance as the path to progress. The saying contrasts passive belief with active striving, underscoring the need to take steps toward growth regardless of circumstance.
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LA Crosse
Tiue Hat Works
Main St
LA Crosse Hat Works
THE
LA Crosse Hat & Haberdashery
A. A. Graef
Cary
Bovee
Farmingham
Maine
Paris
Madame Nordica
Buxton
Lowell
Earth
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Harris
Education
National Educational Association
Marden
Phillips Brooks
Carlyle
Thorvaldsen
Christ
the Eternal
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