Oldest Church in the United States Defense of Santa Fe Edifice
The Santa Fe church in New Mexico is claimed to be the oldest house of worship in the United States by the Christian Brothers. Construction used Spanish artisans and forced labor by Indians, with walls three to five feet thick and adobe bricks surviving nearly 400 years. The interior was updated over time with plastered exterior walls, a remodeled belfry, and a bell cast in 1856 that Roosevelt rang in 1902.
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Santa Fe
N. M
United States
Christian Brothers
David
San Navier
Tucson
Ariz
Coronado
Spain
Roosevelt
Pueblo
My Lady of the Snows Described in Kipling’s Ottawa Vision
Rudyard Kipling recalls a tall woman seen in Canada describing her flaxen hair under a black astrachan toque with a red maple leaf pin. He notes her grave eyes calm breathing and poised posture as a vivid Canadian portrait to be hung in Parliament.
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Auy Lo
Rudyard Kipling
Collier's
Dominion
Gudrun
Aslanga
Canadian
Ottawa
Infatuation at the British Museum Reading Room
A narrator recalls months of near work with Eunice Frith, a diligent but restless reader. After a bus mischance reveals her purse loss, their acquaintance grows through shared labor and small kindnesses, culminating in a fragile, silent hope for more.
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British Museum
House of Commons
Joe
Charing Cross Road
Ares
Oime
Hichard Athelstane
Athelstane
Tron Funice Frith
Eunice Frith
Shaddee
England
Herring Pond
Lord Bluffe
Sir John Bounder
Cicerone
The British Museum Encounter and a Fateful Reunion
A narrator recounts his return to England after wealth from a South African brother and a failed romance with Eunice Frith. He rescues Eunice and her mother from hardship, funds recovery and healing, and plans a Norfolk stay with a potential village wedding on his horizon.
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Jess
Richard Athelstane
Utopia
England
British Museum
Eunice
Eunice Frith
Norfolk
King’s Cross
Russell Square
Vermonter Farmer’s Lumbering Tale and Pressed Need for Newsman
In a Vermont farming scene a 17 year old assistant survives a log pile mishap after refusing to run for ten dollars a month. Hetty Green endorses marrying a lively newspaper man over royalty, signaling social chatter about nuptial publicity.
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Hetty Green
Shakespeare and Macbeth A Tragic Viewpoints Compared
A reader disputes Tommaso Salvini's Putnam's Monthly interpretation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. He argues Macbeth should not feature the sleep walking scene for Lady Macbeth and suggests Shakespere kept characters consistent from start to finish. He praises Macbeth as a sublime display of tragic passion and fate overpowering good.
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Tommaso Salvini
Putnam's Monthly
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
Shakespere
A Farmer's Wife Died From A Life Of Grief And Labor
The speaker recalls Milldy a worn farmer's wife who endured relentless work and poverty. Her life is described as crucible like a clock running down, her forty six years marked by fourteen hour days and sickly children. She dies from lack of air and sun, a silent tragedy reflected in many similar lives.
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Joe
Hamlin Garland
How He Made It Up
Clark Williams, New York's new superintendent of banks, described a bankrupt by saying the man offered worthless securities and then new bundles less valuable. He likened the tale to a waiter who overcharged for oysters by supplying more than ordered.
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Indianapolis News
Clark Williams
New York
Mr. Williams
Boy Refuses Vices In Parental Interview
A girl’s father questions a young man about drinking, smoking, gambling, and swearing. He insists he never touches liquor or tobacco and has never used an oath. The exchange ends with an invitation for candy.
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Jim
Student Says He Lectures With His Father’s Notes
A professor at a large eastern university confronts a front-row student who never takes notes. The student replies that he uses his father’s notes instead, explaining his method of studying without recording his own notes.
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Eastern University
Panama as health resort in tropical frontier plan
A historical report claims the canal zone shows lower death rates than Baltimore and New Orleans, crediting American sanitation efforts. It argues successful tropical sanitation could invite northern immigrants, boost white settlement in Amazon and Congo valleys, and spur study by South American nations seeking safer, prosperous living in the tropics.
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Washington
Speta
Vania Canada
United States
Baltimore
New Orleans
Trench
Canal
Tropics
Strickien
Brazil
Venezuela
Peru
Eucnadeer
Canal Zone
Amazon
Congo
United Statts
Burdette's bear story told around campfire in Louisiana canebrake
President regales guides with Bob Burdette bear story at campfire parlor tale. A bull charges two men in a field, one climbs a tree, the other hides in a hole. The man in the tree mocks the hole as bear den. Owl hoots, log thumps, and the group remains dubious of nature fakery.
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Bob Burdette
Guide Lénnolds
Bob
Bear
Waiter Clarifies Menu Options for Sandwich and Steak
Hiram Hayrick asks for both hot plate and table service options. The waiter confirms offering a la carte or table hot entrees and promises meals prepared well.
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Hiram Hayrick
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Cape
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