The Wild Geese Returns to Morristown
Colonel John Sullivan arrives from Sweden and lodges at Morristown with Uncle Ulick Sullivan and Flavia. The gathering hints at family ties, implied will disputes, and a guarded welcome as business waits while tempers flare in the Irish country scene.
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Morristown
Ulick
Faith
John Sullivan
Alick
Flavia
Ulick Sullivan
Sweden
Colonel Sullivan
Sir Michael
Old’ Darby
Darby
Colons
Maloney
Squire Crosby
Tralee
Unusual Pardon Plea Arrives From Kansas Prisoner
Governor Stubbs in Topeka received a unique letter from a Kansas penitentiary inmate. The prisoner admits guilt and asks mercy, noting loneliness and a desire to reform, hoping clemency might be granted. The governor withheld the name, acknowledging potential action based on the plea and reform evidence. AN UNFINISHED COURSE.
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Topeka
Kan
Stubbs
Kansas Penitentiary
Cedar for Pencils in Tennessee Patch
Thomas Green of Nashville describes a 25 mile square cedar belt near Franklin battle site that supplies lead pencil stock. He notes cedar grows only there in the state, provides jobs in Murfreesboro, and that regional groves will persist, fueling pencil factories in the East and Europe for a century.
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Washington Post
Franklin
United States
Thomas Green
Nashville
Europe
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Dramatic humor in China and tea imports noted
A Shanghai Mercury piece recalls theatricals in small towns with loud bands and long performances. It describes a staged punishment scene with buckets of water and farcical grimaces as the crowd laughs. The article closes by stating the United States ranks third in tea importation.
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China
Shanghai
United States
What Is Success Prize Definition From Live Wire
A Boston publisher awarded a prize for the best definition of success to a Lincoln Nebraska resident. The winning definition extols living well laughing often and loving much respected by intelligent people beloved by children, leaving the world better through art or kindness and expressing appreciation for earth’s beauty.
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Boston
Lincoln, Neb
Earth
Shakespeare Statue Sighting Sparks Leg Debate in Central Park
An American and Munich art friends argued whether the Shakespeare statue rests on the right or left leg in Central Park. A bystander corrected them, noting the statue is Shakespeare, not Lincoln, ending the dispute with courtesy.
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Hy. Mayer
Success Magazine
Munich
New York
Central Park
Nein
Lincoln
Shakespeare
Through Children's Eyes from The Living Church
British schoolchildren reveal humor and misinterpretations about English terms and history. They redefine vacuum optimistically misstate fort and fortress and joke about the Great Fire of London burning 89 churches. They compare ancient Greek marriage to monotony in a playful quiz.
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Atlantic
London
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous column notes the paradox of planning happiness as a man and the risk of a woman choosing another suitor. It argues women may follow heart over head and jokes about brothers warning girls away, reflecting early 20th century manners and attitudes.
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New York Press
Europe Must Be Americanized Says British-German Patriot
In a Contemporary Review piece, Sir Max Waechter argues Europe will be absorbed by American ideas unless it unites. He cites American influence from Robert College in Bulgaria to an international parliament of agriculture in Rome and urges federation leagues to form the United States of Europe. He warns Europe must embrace Americanization to avoid being eclipsed by others.
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Ulick
Uncle Ulick
Michael
Wm. T. Stead
New York
Bosphorus
Europe
St. Petersburg
Bulgaria
United States
Robert College
International Parliament of Agriculture
Rome
Lubin
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
Federation of Europe
Meteoritic Messengers From the Solar System
The smallest solar system members, meteoritic stones and iron fragments, reveal cosmic history. Widmanstatten patterns indicate a origin in a once molten body near the sun, now scattered as relics from a primordial nebula and preserved as silent witnesses of a great cosmic cataclysm.
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Pervical Lowell
Earth
Love as a Shrine of Hope and Immortal Glory
Poem-like verse by Charles Swain extols love as the creation of a shrine built from human thoughts. It describes hope personified, youth, life, and the heart as the finest gift, praising love as steadfast, immortal, and the sweetest boon.
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Charles Swain
Pigeon Purchase Derailed by Distance Talk
In a bird store a prospective purchaser jokes with a bird fancier about buying pigeons from home and the birds possibly not arriving if sent far away. The exchange hints at logistical concerns over transporting birds long distances.
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