That Friend of Sylvia's Chapter 101
A quarrel over Hugh Ampton reveals class barriers as Sylvia proclaims love for Mr Ampton. The father condemns him, but a clue about Hugh’s true background clarifies misunderstandings. Sylvia and Hugh prepare to marry at Ifield Hall with the author narrating from the couple’s future home.
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Sylvia
Papa
Hugh
Salle-A-Manger
Mr.Ampton
Ampton
Ighfield
Thackerey
Jeannes de la Pluche
Ifield Hall
Oxford
Sussex
The Face at the Window and a Wise Toast to Gladstone
A reminiscence recalls a Maine revival where a peering face at a schoolhouse window disrupts a prayer with humor, as deacons and children react. The second portion speculates that Gladstone might visit the United States, drawing parallels to Grant’s Windsor dinner and royal tact in hosting a leading citizen.
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Maine
Elder Smith
Deacon Jones
Satan
Rascal
Deacon Stetson
Grant
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Lafayette
France
Holland
Belgium
English Channel
Atlantic
Windsor
United States
Adam Badeau
New York Press
Washington Crank's Hugging Spree Provokes Anger
A Washington man plagued by a compulsion to hug unprotected women on the street has drawn harsh reactions from victims. One incident saw him drag a woman to a lamp but release her after a brief embrace, sparking widespread anger among others humiliated by his conduct. The episode highlights the challenge of pleasing the ladies in public spaces.
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Cannes
Duc de l’Ester
Washington
Sapeara
The Liquor Traffic And Its Global Reach
The piece condemns alcohol use, arguing its social costs and urging temperance. It cites figures from The Statist on yearly spendings for wine and spirits, discusses poverty linked to drinking, and notes broad anti liquor endorsements from groups and churches. It includes petitions, endorsements totaling over a million signatures, and relevant statements by officials and organizations.
True Americans in the Provinces Preserve the Republic
Scribner's Magazine lauds country communities as true American heartlands where fathers and grandfathers upheld liberty. It praises plain livers and high thinkers in small towns, silent yet powerful in shaping politics and virtue, with women cherishing relics of past service and men passing sturdy values to their sons.
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Republic
Scribner's Magazine
Emerson
Diphtheria Causes and Spread Across Regions
The article links diphtheria to cold wet weather and damp living conditions especially on England's eastern coast and Welsh mountains. It notes sore throats precede many cases, crowded school rooms promote transmission, and excusing children with acute throat ailments from school can reduce spread. It mentions possible animal sources but rare.
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England
Wales
Great Britain
Remedy warns of tooth decay linked to civilization
Dentists warn that decay rises with modern life as culinary refinement reduces chewing. They urge brown wholemeal bread for fluorine and teeth health, while noting cross fertilization has bred thousands of rose varieties in the last fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Cookery
Science makes beauty rival the great inventions
A St Louis Republic quotation notes that human effort yields many failures as hundreds of rose varieties are tried and discarded. Yet twenty or thirty roses rise to surpassing beauty, proving science can elevate the arts to the level of the steam engine telegraph and electric motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis Republic
Who Owns the Eyes Party Game Described
The article outlines a game for youths where players guess who owns the eyes by using a paper mask improvised from a wrapping sheet or newspaper. A shawl mask hides faces while one performer shows only eyes, and contestants guess who the eyes belong to, with correct guesses triggering claps and lineup rotation.
Napoleon as an English Officer at Brienne School
A noted anecdote cited by Lord Wenlock recounts Napoleon's attempt to join the English navy while at Brienne. He explained religion might bar him, given his Ramolini mother's rigid faith, and the letter to the admiralty remained in archives. The tale contrasts with later views of him as a military genius.
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Eaton
Christchurch
Miss Worthiston
Maria
Sylvia
Hampton
Papa
Hugh
Napoleon
Lord Wenlock
Brienne
Rascal
Ramolini
Admiralty
Cardinal Theodoli
St. Peter's
Rome
Trivulsi
Frosinone
St. Angelo
St. Peter’s
What She Would Be
A brief vignette where schoolgirls discuss future careers. A quiet girl responds she will be a rich widow when grown, provoking reflections on ambitions and social expectations amid musings on American life and European nabobs.
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Grant Len
Hampton‘a
Hugh Ampton
United Universities Club
St. James
Ifield
Philadelphia
The
Authors’ Alliance
Australia
Burmah
Chile
Denmark
Ireland
Jamaica
Madeira Islands
Mexico
Natal
Norway
Spain
South African Republic
Bahama Islands
Bulgaria
Canada
Ceylon
China
Egypt
Finland
Hawaiian Islands
India
Japan
Martinique
New Zealand
Siam
Salvation Army
Washington State ‘Temperance Alliance
Universal Peace Union
Synod
Mich
Evangelical Lutherans of Kansas
Men of Ceylon
Nashua
N. H
Ilinois
Kentucky Christian Missionary Convention
Friends’ Meeting
Kansas
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Baptist Young People’s Union of the United States
Bissell
Freemont
Neb
St. Petersburg
Archbishopp Ireland
Christian Endeavor Societies
Montreal
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Kaist Ebing
Madagascar
Eveur
Central Illinois Teachers’ Association
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