The Drum Poem Recalls the Drumbeat of War
A fragmentary verse evokes Rataplan and marching drums at the front lines. The rhythm centers on a beardless drummer boy leading veterans and soldiers in a shared memory of battle, with drumbeats described as bullets and rifles in motion.
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Rataplan
Hatevlan
Batte
The Duchess Chapter VII Crisis of a Return
In a tense drawing room scene Maud mourns a presumed death while Dick Penruddock returns alive to confront his own family. Penruddock plans a serious talk with his father as a mysterious woman named Esther confronts him reminding of a fifteen year past encounter and locking a door to halt pursuit.
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Costinueo
Mimi
Maud
Dick Penruddock
Mrs. Neville
Penruddock
Miss Neville
Wilding
Claridge
Fate
Replis
Esther
A True Lover Faces a Father's Veiled Threats
Dick Penruddock defies his father George Penruddock over an engagement to Maud Neville. The elder warns of ruin yet Dick asserts his resolve to marry, while Maud weeps over a loving letter and an uncertain future. The scene dwells on class, pride, and destined affection.
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Penruddock
Miss Neville
George Penruddock
Dickr
Maud
Dick Penruddock
Jove
Biliet Doux
Royal Baking Powder Claims Highest Award for Strength
Royal Baking Powder announces it won the top award for strength and purity at a World’s Fair, with leavening power of 160 cubic inches per ounce, 20 percent above the nearest competitor and 44 percent above the average. The ad notes superior taste, fineness, delicacy, and wholesomeness driving sales ahead of all rivals.
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Royal Baking Powder
Paris
Vienna
Chemical Division
Agricultural Department of
Washington
Facts on Early Inventions and Discoveries
A compact survey lists dates and origins of inventions and sciences from 1569 bookkeeping in Italy and 177 signals at sea by the Duke of York to 1747 piano debut in London and 1455 silk dress in Europe. It notes Assyrian astronomy, Egyptian ink, Egypt rubber erasing marks, Cravats from Croats, and Washington era flag design.
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Italy
Assyria
India
England
Duke of York
James II
Europe
Pacificus
Verona
Boethius
Covent Garden Theater
London
Henry II
France
General Washington
Beaded Beads and the Beadle of Cornwall
An eccentric Cornwall clergyman amuses a crowded parish by naming late arrivals during a service to curb interruptions. He struggles through a long list of parishioners, mispronouncing names and sparking surprised reactions as the ceremony proceeds with halted interruptions and comic misreads.
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Cornwall
Farmer Stubbins
Sam Curtis
William Diggla
Symons
Red Lion
Simple Pasteurizing Milk from Household Method
A Swiss dairy conference prompts a practical pasteurizing method. Place milk in a clean bottle inside a metal vessel with cold water, cover the cotton plug, elevate the bottle, heat water to 155 degrees F, then off the heat keep it covered for 30 minutes. Cool and store. do not remove the cotton.
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