Trains on Time and Quiet Towns Across Europe
Observations praise British rail punctuality highlighting schedules that run with clocklike precision at major terminals and Finsbury Park where trains run every two minutes. Comparisons extend to Russian villages at 10 p.m. and Kiev noting quiet streets and restrained behavior after dark in various European places.
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British Isles
England
Finsbury Park
Tondon
Ray Morris
Atlantic
Blackwood's Magazine
Presidential Coincidences and Curious Proportions
A column of quirky anecdotes lists presidential ages and death dates, noting Adams, Jefferson and Monroe connections, a NY rector claiming age and family jokes, and a mock geometry on facial features. The piece mixes whimsy with historical nods and light humorous reflections.
Would De More Careful Yeary Father
Fragmentary dialogue presents a father scolding Molly over flirting with young Dovecot in a conservatory. A bystander quotes a maxim on greatness, quoting Schreiner. The text preserves dated diction and character names while conveying a domestic, moral scene.
An Old Genius in a Young Body On Hamlet Night
A veteran actor MacMicken misses his last performance and an understudy seizes his chance. The understudy imitates MacMicken and wins roaring applause, then learns Mac Micken inspired him to play Hamlet with his feigned youth. Mac reveals he mentored the understudy to prove the power of inspiration.
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MacMicken
The
Standard
Mac Mickey
Imanager
Mae
Flamler
Mac
Mare. Micken
Auiance
Hud
MacMicker
Heaven
Earth
Horatia
Hamlet
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Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
AVING
Upham
Maple City
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China
Marshfield Times
New York
Tolan Adams
Thomas Teiferson
James Madigon
James Mourcoe
John Q. Adams
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Tey
James Mindison
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
Totm Adams
Jind Monroe
Ilis
Bogeles
Jasper
Runsus Clo Journal
Schreiner
Sam
Ater
Sam Jy
United States
Hayner
Ariz
Cal
Col
Moho
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N. Mex
Ore
Quarte
the Hayner Distilling Company
ST. Paul
Minn
Dayton
Oid
ST. Louis
Troy, O
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Royalty Patent
Marshfield
Upham Manufacturing Co
Sexton Brothers
C. B. Edwards
AM. Nat. Bank Building
Dr. King
Klal. Dniss
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