Riley Honored as Nationwide Riley Week Opens
Indianapolis hosts a city celebration for James Whitcomb Riley on his birthday. Riley, called the greatest living American poet, is praised as a cheerful influence on readers. His career spans from Greenfield to Indianapolis with early poetry and a famed hoax incident.
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Lockerbie Street
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Indianapolis
United States
Mr. Riley
Greenfield
Reuben Riley
Two of a Trade in One Small Family
A penniless law student Allenby faces a family crisis as his cousin Lura Vane wins two thousand dollars in Eva’s story contest and pledges the prize to fund their ailing grandfather John Allenby’s cure. Tension over inheritance and love tests loyalties amid a crash’s aftermath.
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AlNonby
Lura Vane
Lura
Grandmother Vane
Allenby
John Allenby
Granny
Dad
Lara
Bank of England
Cook
Chamberman
Gardner
Vane
Laura
Alronby
Dick Helm
Lesta Millis
Allonby
Eva
Jack
John
Lars
R Hondy
Associated Literary Press
Tears as Remedy in Persian Burial Custom
In Persia mourners receive sponges to wipe tears at funerals. Sponges decline to priests who squeeze tears into bottles for curative use, linked to biblical Psalm fifty six eight. The practice is described as ancient and still observed according to Bombaugh's Facts and Fancies.
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Persia
David
Bombaugh
Vacation That Does Good Ten Days in a Remote Hamlet
A newspaper writer promotes a ten day retreat in a remote hamlet to refresh body and soul. Henry Labouchere is cited as an advocate who forbid letters to his retreat and burned his correspondence on returning to start anew. The piece notes the lure but questions the hazard of possible letters containing cash.
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McGuffey
Nell
Riley
Greenfield
Ind
Blackstone
Vnto
Graphic Company
Leonainie
Edgar Allen Poe
Henry Labouchere
Pyrenees Mayor Bans Sunday Dancing To Spare Farm Animals
A Pyrenees commune mayor issues a decree banning dancing on Sundays after mass to quiet farm animals. The measure cites disturbances to cocks hens and other livestock, noting the impact on agriculture. Local officials frame it as protecting village productivity and animal well being.
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Pyrenees
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Martha M'Culloch Williams
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