Taft Eulogizes Major Archibald Butt Hero of Titanic
President Taft paid a tearful tribute to Major Archibald W Butt, hero of the Titanic and his loyal military aide. He praised Butt's self sacrifice, loyalty, humor, and simple character, noting how his death left a void yet affirmed the value of his life.
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President Taft
Major Archibald W. Butt
Archibald W. Butt
Taft
Major Butt
Archie
Archie Butt
Butt
The City Editor’s Southward Reporting Assignment
A Boston newspaper recruit takes a southward assignment to report on educational and social conditions. Palmer, a young reporter, battles doubt after a strict editor demands truthful, tangible scenes of white communities and old regimens rather than editorials. He journeys through Maryland, Georgia, and the pine belt, collecting impressions for vivid portraits.
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R. Palmer
South
Boston
Harvard
Washington
Tmne
Capitol
Blue Ridge
Atlanta
New England
Savannah
Train Ride Through Georgia Reveals Prewar Plantations
A narrator travels by rail through piney backcountry toward Oglethorpe, observing decaying fences and unkempt gardens. At stations, laughing youths and wagons fill the scene as Ellens and colonels mingle, while an old planter discusses mortgage foreclosures and local debt with a curious stranger.
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Ellen
Squire Hawkins
Jim Wadley
Hollyhurst
Ben
Bud
Eilen
Oglethorpe Station
Atlanta
Georgia
Bill Hollins
A Definition of a Diplomat Says Judge
A Judge defines a diplomat as a man with two boys and a dog who can live in the name block a year without a quarrel. The remark frames diplomacy as harmony within a family and a modest domestic circle.
Too Much Watermelon and Other Innocent Fears
A Kansas City Journal excerpt recounts a plantation dialect note where a doctor calls overeating watermelon a case of indigestion, and a Mammy quips about never having too much watermillion while correcting a child’s misperception. The piece then follows Thelma Smith as she worries about catching diseases from shared grooming items and asks what she might catch from her father’s shaving brush.
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Thelma Smith
Thelma
Kansas City Journal
The Politician's Daughter and Family Consent
Dialogue hints at family assent under unit rule amid social satire. A prize distribution at Bundagerhool prompts Johnny to report a “horrible mention” rather than a prize, illustrating comic misfortune in a literary fragment.
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Puck
Bundagerhool
Johnny
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J. B. Lippincott Company
Nin Weatega
Wien We Uianates
Palmer
Jeveriah
Maltimore
Mies
eSay
Een
C. B
Denver Broadway
Rockwell Ave
Ridgeway
A.& P. Store
Broadway
Long Branch
Hick’s
Hicks Manufacturing CO
N, J
BLACK
New Orleans
A. C. Bennett Co
Branchport Ave
Koops & Abels
Enterprise Market
Broadway Telephone
Henry S. Meyer
Mgr
R. M. Harris Shoe Store
Tortoise
Ac” Shed
Fulton
WM. Bryan Elberon
Reason
West End
W. G. Eisele
Cedar Ave
J.C. Disbrow
Broadway Long Branch
New York
Harry Goldstein
Bradway
J. Hill
New Goldstein Bldg
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