The Wandering Duke and the Wilna Offer
In Weyman's tale Francis Cludde the narrator recalls perilous travels from London to Islington then Highgate and on to Wilna. A fortuitous invitation from Polish royalty offers aid for the duchess and Master Bertie as they seek refuge from English persecution during Queen Mary’s reign.
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Stanley J. Weyman
Bertie
Carey
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Dymphna
Bee Girl
Master Bertie
Lindstroms
Anthony
Petronilla
Santon
Wesel
St. Willibrod
Peregrine
England
Winchester
Stephen Gardiner
Mary
Spain
Otherlands
Arras
Cleves Gnust
Sigismund
Podad
Wilna
John Alasco
Warwickshire
Cracovy
Katherine Suffolk
Lowestoft
Hamburg
London
Good-night to a host of peerless things
Poem fragment by Thomas Bailey Aldrich imagines farewell and longing. The speaker bids good-night to a beloved, praising the hands and eyes and hair before noting future stars may keep them apart. A reminiscence of a past year and a plea for timing.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
What property to attach when debtor dies
A Kansas City man asked a state lawyer about attaching assets of a debtor in another town. The lawyer replied that the debtor died a year ago and left nothing subject to attachment except a widow.
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The
Sacred Heart Review
Kansas City
A Subtle Difference
A Woman's Home Companion passage notes Mrs Blank in Boston employing a colored cook and a remark about her Scotch husband liking oatmeal. The piece pivots to a factual stat about England’s tobacco consumption: 30 ounces per person per year.
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England
Explorer Meyer Returns with Bamboo Finds from Asia
Frank N. Meyer, former agriculture department explorer, arrived on the Ashtabula with tales of Asia’s untrodden forests and a collection of bamboo and ornamental trees. He warned of a coming U S lumber famine and described bamboo as a multi use, rapid growing resource. He recounted encounters with Japanese officials in Manchuria and Corea and a violent clash with outlaws in Siberia before reaching Vladivostok exhausted after weeks living on boiled oats.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Far East
Ashtabula
Frank N. Meyer
Department of Agriculture
Asia
Uncle Sam
America
United States
Meyer
China
Pekin
Zoological Gardens
Washington
Manchuria
Corea
Tie
Port Arthur
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Vladivostok
Best That Could Be Said From the St Louis Republic
Senator Gore recounts an anecdote from Jamestown’s James family about registering births and deaths in the city registry. A baby born abroad during a honeymoon is entered as born February 28 1905 during the temporary absence of his parents, illustrating the limits of official records.
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Bertie
St. Albans
Jenkin
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Faneuil Hall
James
Jamestown
Thomas James
Jimmie James
Jimmie
The Man Who Wouldn’t Worry
Hezekiah Doolittle a cheerful optimist refuses to worry even as poverty grows. Annie Warner bears burdens, debts, and hard work until she dies from overwork leaving Hezekiah to drift, musing that providence is inscrutable and his wife would worry.
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Hezekiah Doolittle
Annie Warner
Hezekiah
Nine
Annie
Anna
Boy’s dinner etiquette tale from Princeton home
A small boy attends dinner with a professor in Princeton. His mother fears etiquette breaches and questions him on politeness. He recalls the moment the meat fell, and his quip about tough meat saved the scene.
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Princeton
Harold
Considerate. Nageger Helps Ailing Man On Feet
A weary man is aided back to footing by Nageger, prompting Mrs. Nagger to quiz him about recent spending. The exchange highlights frayed finances and wary social tact in a domestic scene.
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Nageger
Amana The Community of True Inspiration
The State Historical Society of Iowa City publishes Bertha M. H. Shambaugh's history of Amana the church not Amana a social venture tracing origins to sixteenth century German mysticism and Pietism. It covers founding 1714 1842 move to Armenburg and Iowa land purchases and Amana's spiritual life and crafts economy.
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Amana
State Historical Society of
Jaws
Iowa City
Bertha M. H. Shambaugh
Community of True Inspiration
Everhard Ludwig Gruber
Johann Adam Gruber
Johann Friederick Grusber
Johann Tobias Pott
Johann Mel~choir
Gotfried Neumann
Johann Gruber
Gruber
Christian Metz
Armenburg
America
New York
Old Country
Iowa
Kennebec Journal
James Tibbetts
Neck Road
Benton
Tibbetts
Mr. Tibbetts
Working Minority Quip Turns On Bill Higgins Support
Senator Eiman joked at a Washington banquet about Bill Higgins, saying the man “supports his wife, his mother-in-law, his father-in-law and his two brothers-in-law,” and thus makes up a “good working minority.”
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Bill Higgins
Eiman
Washington
Charleston
Bill
The Vanity of Woman in Chicago News
A fragment from the Chicago News jokes about women’s appearances and daily routines. It reflects local humor on gender and grooming with a stray line about telephones in the United States.
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The
Chicago News
Luke
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