The Elder's Sermon and a Studio Tale of Delaporte
A narrator recalls an elder sermon on pardon and love stirring inward Amen cheers, then shifts to Denis O Har a recounting his fellow artist Musette Delaporte. The tale follows Delaporte's rise in a Cornwall studio, her secret, a forbidden romance, Spirited art, and a sudden departure that leaves questions about love, ambition, and the solitary painter Maurice.
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Silas Fitz
W. Foss
Yankee Blade
Denis O'dara
Trenoweth
Jasper
Finn
Seth
M. Delaporte
Mr. Trenoweth
Delaporte
Musette Delaporte
Trenewlyn
Mary
Magdalen
Marietta
Maurice
Malcom
Mortimer
Trenweth
Nee
Cornwall
Chare
Academy
Jasper Trenoweth
Denis O'Hara
Add
Denis
Donis
London
Language of the Coastline Rhyme and Rural Wit
A fragmented dialectic passage presents folksy maxims about knowledge and practice. The speaker laments idle men, extols practical learning, and humorously notes domestic tasks, animal traits, and a stubborn hen deemed capable of hatching eggs while others manage distant duties. The tone resembles a rustic proverb sketch.
Repudiating Cleveland in the coming Congress struggle
The piece argues the 52nd Congress would decide the next president if no electoral vote is cast, with 238 Democrats, 87 Republicans, and 7 Farmers' Alliance in the House versus a Republican Senate. It contends Democrats repudiating Cleveland signals a shift from campaign pledges and frames tariff policy as the pivotal issue shaping the 1900 political contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
South
Fifty-first Congress
Bland
Springer
Ways and Means
Chicago Graphic
Congress
Republican Party
Farmers’ Alliance
Senate
House
Democrats
Cleveland
McKinley
Campbell
Ohio
Democratic Congress
Ingenious scheme sparks cross party debate in press
A collection of editorials attacks the Hill plan to let New York's legislature choose presidential electors, arguing it weakens the people’s role and benefits political machines. Articles defend or condemn gerrymander reforms and the rising call for income tax amid Democratic and Republican tensions.
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New York
East
Michigan
Hill
Detroit Journal
Republican Party
Tammany
Crisp
Democracy
Mills
Gibson
Louisiana
Internal Revenue Bureau
N, Y, Mail and Express
The Moon Folks and the Tales of Moon Inhabitants
Frederick Myron Colby surveys beliefs from diverse cultures about who or what lives in the full moon. He catalogues medieval European figures, Norse, Swedish, Icelandic, Ceylonese, and North American legends, noting how varied images reflect local lore and moral tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadia Armatiales Oy Dle Theale
Europe
Dante
Cain
Chaucer
Edward II
Norwich
Swabia
Bohemia
Ceylon
Buddha
Ajauin
Ne-she-kay-be-na
Frederick Myron Colby
Examiner
Canine Reasoning Narrates a Spaniel's Bold Choice
A Harper's Young People tale recalls Dr W s boys hiding a puppy and a clever spaniel rescuing it by guiding a hen into a nest. The dog’s plan to warm the pup and the father’s shift from opposition lead to the pup joining the family. Narrative relies on an eye witness and a church superintendent’s authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's
Methodist Church of Canada
J. M. Oxley
Harpers Young People
Republicans and Lotteries in Louisiana Politics
A Chicago Inter Ocean reprint argues Republicans in Louisiana should oppose the lottery, uniting with anti lottery Democrats to end gambling. It warns that in a bitter split both sides will court Republican votes, urging the party to uphold morals over offices and wait for the right political moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Republican Party
Chicago
Inter Ocean
If I Could Fly and Sing A Daisy Poem
A George Cooper poem in Sunday School Times reflects a daisy cricket and a small voice wishing to fly or sing. The daisy desires to delight hearts, while a sparrow and cricket accept their places. A merry wind notes contentment as God places every creature in its proper sphere.
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George Cooper
Sunday School Times
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Gov
Minneapolis Tribune
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bardaire
JOR Young Readers
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