The Red and the White Rose
Beatrice Martindale faces a New Year’s eve dilemma as Simon Munger proposes and Tom Oakley, in disguise, meddles with a red rose symbol of acceptance. At midnight a white rose signals Munger, but Oakley’s red rose swap aims to win her heart.
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Eatrice Martindale
Martindale
Simon Munger
Miss Martindale
Mr. Munger
Tom Oakley
Munger
Tom
Beatrice
Mr. Oakley
Why Jan 1 Stands as New Year and Whale Breath Fact
The piece explains how January 1 became New Year by Roman legend linked to King Numa Pompilius who founded Janus temple and other institutions. It also debunks sailors’ belief that whales spout water from blowholes, citing Professor Willy Kukenthal and Dr Kuenthal on whale breath, lungs, and the nonappearance of young whales blowing on hot days.
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Numa
Rome
Numa Pompilius
Janus
Romulus
Egerta
Willy Kukenthal
Breslau
Pr. Kakenthal
Kuenthal
Comet Scare and Lalande’s Probable Destruction Claim
Joseph Jerome Lafrancais de Lalande, famed eighteenth century French astronomer, argued Earth comets were highly unlikely to collide with Earth, a view sparked panic when his 1778 Paris academy lecture was crowded out and later published to reassure the public. authorities feared unrest as reports persisted that the paper was toned down, with cornet plates circulating for decades.
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Joseph Jerome Lafrancais de Lalaude
Newton
Providence
French Academy
Lalande
The Appian Way Queen of Roads and Roman links
The Appian Way, called Regina Viarum, is the oldest and most celebrated Roman highway connecting the capital with southern centers. It cites construction under Appius Claudius Caecus in 313 B.C. and notes the massive costs and sturdy foundation, with hexagonal Dusaltic Inva pavement laid precisely to keep joints tight. The text closes with a brief, unrelated Boston Transcript quote about Sapleigh and a job.
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Italy
Appius Claudius Caecus
Where the Apostles Fished and Granite Bedrock
A compressed survey of ancient fishing in the Sea of Galilee and geology notes on granite. It discusses Syrian fishing nets, the abundance of fish despite Jordan River silt, and Granite as Earth’s bedrock with no life signs, alongside a few literary quotations and aphorisms.
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Sea of Galilee
Jordan
Sea of Lot
London
The Wrong Way to Riches from Boston Globe and London Tatler
A quoted exchange contrasts spending on personal endeavors with funding others to gain wealth. The London Tatler remarks on costly band reads and derides reliance on others for wealth, echoing a skeptical view of riches and self reliance reported by the Boston Globe.
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Ricb
Boston Globe
Epitaph for a Kindly Man in Pleayune Eulogy
The piece titled Epitaphy presents a brief memorial note about a man whose head failed yet his bond and heart endured. It quotes a line about a brain that faded but a steadfast heart remaining, attributed to the New Orleans Pleayune.
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New Orleans
Not So Easy Credit Dilemmas Probe Saving Moral
A dialogue excerpt contrasts Dibble urging thrift with a man’s effort to save amid relentless creditors. The exchange hints at financial pressure and the tension between prudence and immediate needs in a strained economy.
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Dibble
A Close Father Consent Dilemma
A dialogue fragment centers on a daughter seeking her father’s consent. He refuses, claiming a life of withholding and secrecy. The exchange hints at trust, autonomy, and the limits of parental authority in shaping futures.
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JA Edgerton
American Press Association
Jhen
Winga
Mercury Kid
Johnnie Merc
Mercury
Passay
F. A. Mitchel
Griggs
Sapleigh
Briggs
Boston Transcript
Turkey
E. M. Colton
Rockwell Avenue
Long Branch
Ned
J.C. Disbrow
Broadway
TEL
Edison
Wordsworth
Charles Lamb
Pall Mall Gazette
Albert
Gordon Cass Butcher
Truax's Hardware Store
Cenis
C. B. Deaver
Rockwell Ave
W. G. Eisele
Cedar Avenue
WM. Bryan Elberon
Reason
Koops & Abels
Dic Ib
R. M. Harris Shoe Store
Westfield Steam Laundry
O. F. Bennett Grocer
B'way, Cor, Rockwell Ave
Doz
Hecker’s
London Tatler
A.& P. Store
Sunrise
Goldberg’s
New York
Bargain Store
Florida
A. C. Bennett Co
Branchport Ave
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