Bonded Prisoner in a Childish War of Play
In a Cleveland neighborhood on autumn Saturdays, boys Penrod Schofield and Samuel Williams stage a lively mock war called bonded prisoner. Verman, Roddy Bitts, and others join as captors and captives through wooden sabers, hiding in closets and yards until Roddy ends the bout with a playful swing that restores peace among rivals.
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Schofield
Penrod Schofield
Samuel Williams
Roddy Bitts
Sam Willams
Herman
Vertian
Verman
Maurice Levy
Georgie Bassett
Sam
Williams
Penrod
Pris'ner
Pris
Penred
Roddy
Pris’ners
Old Editor Dreams Of Return To Simpler Days
A nostalgic editor longs for rural charms and family scenes, recalling apple orchards, a cider mill, the old blackberry tree, and a gatepost boyhood. The piece wanders through memories and a mock digression on pergolas, bricks, and garden architecture from the Kansas City Star.
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Dad
Willer Creek
Piffiegilder
Pursley Pouch
Squantum
Bronze tablet on St Pauls chapel fence near Broadway
A bronze tablet with queer letters stands on the iron fence of St Pauls chapel at Broadway and Fulton street. It is six feet high and ten feet north of Fulton street. Only legible marking is 29 Vesey Street, tied to a Sunday school for Gainese. The tablet’s placement targets Chinese travelers heading to Jersey City via Fulton street.
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Broadway
St. Paul’s Chapel
Fulton Street
Vesey Street
St. Paul's Chapel
Gainese
Fesey Street
Jersey City
Hudson Tubes
Poetry by the Fest Prompts a Canadian School Letter
An indignant mother writes to a continuation school principal in Canada complaining her son Alyson is overworked. She alleges he endures excessive Latin study, claiming three hexameters per day is far more poetry than expected.
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Canada
Alyson
Doctrines of Nietzsche The Two Doctrines
The text discusses Nietzschean doctrines notably the Superman and eternal recurrence. It notes the Superman as an evolving justification of individual will and power, described variably as mythic or higher species. Eternal recurrence is framed as a notion that repeats events within an infinite cycle, influencing art and social reform discussions.
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Nietzsche
Ethi
Bumao Sim Gie
Amone
Tramp Vessel Terms Shape Passenger Rate Talk
A discussion defines a tramp vessel as one on a regular route with no fixed sailing schedule and irregular trips, contrasting it with a liner. It notes that tramp traffic can keep passenger rates low, likening it to a motor car using right of way to offer cheaper service than regular routes.
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Sam
Verman
Vermar
Penrod
Pat
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Italy
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