Good-Bye to Nant-y-Bryn and a Bold Escape
Amid fire and carnage at Nant-y-Bryn Owain rescues Enid, lowers her to safety, and sails into the night with Slant and Whitesock. They ride toward Maengwyn then lean on disguise and cunning as they seek safety and a future together away from pursuit.
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Nant-Y-Bryn
Tome
Ienan Gayllt
Stani
Enid
Sir Arthur
Ain
Ieuan
Teuan
Pire
Atlli
Slant
Slani
Siam
Liam
Owain
Whitesock
Whitesack
Rro
Maengwyn
Slanil
Berro
Over the Hills to England Chapter XXVI
The narrator wakes at dawn in a hayloft with Thad and the Maen gwyn master and son nearby. He plots Enid’s safe path, considering Mistress Whitgift as the only sure harbor for her at present.
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England
Thad
Mkea
Maengwyn
Enid
Pharaoh's corn a fake and the planted grain hoax
A stray story recalls ancient Egyptian corn said to germinate after arrival in Germany and in Ife. A Dresden florist allegedly planted the grains and a boy confessed to planting other grains beside the Egyptian ones, debunking the miracle claim.
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Germany
Ife
Dresden
Brusk public figure debated by cabinet members
In cabinet circles a man in public life known for brusqueness is discussed. Secretary Shaw notes he never pressurizes departments for promotions for friends. Secretary Root quips that he has no friends to pressure.
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New York Times
Hig
Shaw
Root
Elopement Quip Sparks Witty Exchange in Chicago
A playful exchange unfolds in the Chicago Record-Herald with a quip about eloping and national comparisons. The dialogue contrasts the speaker and listener as they joke about past decisions and geographic scale.
Hangsgiving Habit A National Trait
Opinion piece arguing Thanksgiving beneath national virtue, tracing its origins from Plymouth to modern era. Notes early pilgrim fears and Indians, 1575 Dutch ties, and presidential proclamations from Washington to Lincoln. Emphasizes Thanksgiving as unifying civic ritual and calls for broad inclusion of humanitarian ideals in national life. About one third of Washington population noted as of mixed black descent.
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America
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New England
Ponce de Leon
Pilgrim Fathers
Manhattan
Holland
Washington
United States
George III
Madison
Great Britain
Abe
Universal Brotherhood
Between Two Thievwe and the Vigilantes in Kansas
Bill Griscom of Clarinda Iowa recalls a Kansas frontier tale from a Democratic convention visit. He narrates his mining and farming days, meeting Ed Heffernan and Tom Peabody, a Thanksgiving dinner turned trap by vigilantes, a perilous night, and his escape as “Page county, Iowa” is identified amid a tense confrontation.
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Clarinda
Kansas City
Kansas
Bill
Page County
Iowa
Amity
Ed Heffernan
Tom Peabody
Heffernan
Peabody
Toll
Lawrence
Heffernaa
Vieflerman
Martin
Ranm
Vernon
Keferna
Mr. Hefferany
Nan
Dan
Death's
Cap
Nodaway
Griscom
Thanksgiving Prayer For Nature And Home
A reflective poem of gratitude to God for sky and sparrows, hills and rills, blue peaks and music in the heart. The speaker thanks unseen hands, rain, morning light, night hush, stars, April green, blooming waves, and leaves turning toward their doom.
All the wild loveliness that can touch the immortal
Poem excerpt expresses gratitude for life, friendship, faith, and memories from Edwin Markham, reflecting on the enduring light beyond visible life and the deeper world they reveal. The passage, quoted from Success, centers on reminiscence and spiritual insight.
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Edwin Markham
Not a Bit Busy. Cleveland Plain Dealer
The text notes the new pressings give the paper a blue appearance and includes a quip about readership. It references managerial remarks and a line about private blessings deserving lifelong thanksgiving.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Daily
Fudge
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