Harold Carrington Hopkins Jr. Suffers Hatred Of Mother Then Finds Comfort
In a quiet October morning a boy named Harold Carrington Hopkins Jr. broods on the front steps over a fate he deems cruel. He clings to a nose guard and resents being kept from football by his mother. After a day of spiraling anger and fear, a trunk of truth arrives: Uncle Ted’s injury in a football game and the mother’s anxious love. He confesses hatred aloud, then the mother reveals Uncle Ted is injured but recovering, and Harold vows not to hate her. They reconcile, sharing a moment of mutual worry and affection as a family.
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Harold Carrington Hopkins, Jr
Dauntless Eleven
Ted
Mother
Harold Carrington Hopking, Jr
Hira Singh
Paulet
Surajpore
Garth Sahib
Rasalu
Sahib
Ali
India
The Ivory Flute in Mirza Ahmet’s Bazaar
Thomaasin, Paulet, and Hira Singh explore a bazaar where a mysterious ivory flute captivates a boy and a gray cloaked man. A stolen ring mystery unfolds, leading to a pursuit and capture of the flute players, revealing a clever theft scheme and a lesson on Indian deception.
Chinese Fan Industry Details from Pengchow Swatow Area
The American consul at Swatow describes Pengchow village near Swatow as the origin of southern China’s fan trade. Families in Pengchow craft open fans using split bamboo ribs, thread joints, shell-like tops, silk gauze faces, and paper backs. Handles use bamboo, wood, bone or ivory with hand painting often remarkable.
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China
Swatow
Pengchow
Ampow
Chaochowfu
Milwaukee man blamed for trolley miscue on Grand avenue
A Milwaukee man, frustrated after missing an owl car on Grand avenue, asks a passerby for help. The man across the street responds that he is doing well to stay where he is, ending the exchange with a sharp retort.
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Milwaukee
Grand Avenue
Second and
Plankinton House
Shay
Funerals in China Show Riches in Ostentatious Rites
Wide World Magazine notes that Chinese elites uphold lavish funerals as a display of status. Heirs oppose simple burials and insist on grand processions with many pallbearers, spirit chairs, gods’ offerings, and oddly fashioned idols to honor the dead and appease deities.
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China
Croesus
Wide World Magazine
Universal language debate ends with English as sole survivor
Albany commentary argues past attempts like Volapuk Esperanto Ro and Ido failed as universal interchanges. It contends artificial languages are doomed by complex endings and limited practicality, while only a living language can endure. English is presented as the destined universal business medium.
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Albany
N. Y
Lfe
Planning for farm courses in Illinois schools
The University of Illinois announces a conference at the state college of agriculture on March 24 25 and 26 to introduce agriculture as a study in rural schools. Prof Fred D L Charles urges close cooperation among teachers administrators journals and agencies to plan practical concrete topics with ample round table time and no expense to attendees. The aim is to unify efforts and stimulate statewide interest for practical agricultural education.
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Chicago
Ife
University of
Ilinois
Fred DL. Charies
State University At
Urbana
State College of Agriculture
Charles
State Normal School
Quinn Surrenders to Prison After Forger Conviction
Charles B. Quinn, an inmate of the penitentiary, was convicted of forgery in Clark county and sentenced to one year. He moved to Cleveland to work in real estate, learned the supreme court mandate arrived, and arranged with the Clark county sheriff to surrender. He went to the Neil Hauge hotel, then visited the penitentiary, and with the sheriff’s help, turned himself in to begin his sentence.
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Columbus, O
Charles B. Quinn
Quinn
Clark County
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Springfield
Neil Hauge
Pupils Smash Slate Policy At McKeesport School
McKeesport Pennsylvania pupils smashed slates in a state school, following a health board decree that abolished slates and replaced them with pade and pennells, arguing slates bred germs.
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McKeesport
Board of Health
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Short Stories ‘Co
Lta
Mirza’ Achmnet
Thomaasin
Philip Thomassin
Magsin
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Mirza Ahmet
Cushing
Mark Paulet
Lahore Gate
Granty
Lahore
Mirza Achmet
Suripore
Paulet Sahib
Abdallah
Thomagsin
Surajpare
Anthony Garth
The
Red
Garth
England
Naples
Arno
Chinese Center OF Industry
University Oflinois
Ohio
Penitentiary
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