Return of Peter Lessard to the Babbitt Works
Peter Lessard, demoted from a literary post to factory work, discovers the Babbitt foundry has reopened under new ownership. The old staff reunites, offering Peter a chance to rejoin at a three year contract, after Clarice’s hopeful warning dreams.
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Peter Lessard
Clarice
Peter
Gough & Co
Gough
Babbit
Babbitt
Babbitt & Co
Jones
Simpson
Old Jones
Scott Street
Give Every Man Due Credit
A Chicago Examiner sentiment urges praising individuals for their good deeds without tying praise to their family or background. It argues that judging by parentage harms families and that fair praise should ignore relatives' faults and celebrate personal merit alone.
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Chicago Examiner
Where Man Males Poor Showing
A casual study of animal creation contrasts human behavior with ants and bees. It notes that insects value time, live briefly, and are always at work or at rest, while humans find time heavy with many occupations. The piece laments man’s scattered pursuits.
The Best Philanthropy and Its Hidden Pitfalls
A reflective piece argues true aid requires personal involvement and life changes, not mere funds. It warns that charity can fail if donors neglect the root causes while noting the paradox of large time and money spent on relief still sustaining misery through a corrupt system.
Mrs Bore Presses for Tickets in Home Visit
In a domestic scene, a woman asks about Mrs Bore who seeks to sell tickets, and a helper explains that she was told to return and ask when the resident would be in. The exchange captures a tense social moment and a request for presence.
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Jane
Small Boy Crowded Out In Family Ride
A family prepared to ride as a large uncle and a plump mother crowded into the back seat leaving Robert to sit in the middle. He grumbled that there was no middle available.
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Robert
Warden urges Iowa fishing license to fund state game work
Des Moines E C Hinshaw state fish and game warden proposes annual fishing licenses of $1 for lakes and rivers, matching hunter fees. The plan would double state game revenue to about $200,000, with exemptions for women and boys under 14. The program echoes a 4 year old proposal amid calls for fair share of fishing costs.
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Des Moines
E. C. Hinshaw
Iowa
State Fish and Game Department
Hinshaw
Iowa State Fair Board
General Assembly
Adventure at Goritz Seated in War's Quiet Hearth
Lt Paviani of the Italian Army near Goritz narrates a tranquil interlude amid blasting front lines. He describes a weather-drenched trench season turning to a peaceful day of birdsong and blue skies, then reflects on reading Daudet and observing a fellow officer producing curious photos for distribution among friends.
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Tangred Zanghieri
Chicago Daily News
Goritz
Austria
Heine
Podgora
Monte Santo
San Gabriele
San Daniele
Selva di Tarnova
Maeterlinck
Alphonse Daudet
Doctor Balké
Daudet
Night Shelling Near Monastir Describes a Lieutenant's Escape
An officer arrives at the mess as a shell collapses a house nearby. Lt Paviani witnesses the destruction at his correspondent’s street corner, while colleagues rush to the fallen Zanghieri home. The scene blends fear, solidarity, and the brutal rhythm of war.
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Paviani
Zanghieri
Fusco
Americans fall in battle over 2,000 deaths abroad
The State Department creates a Division of Application for the Discharge of Soldiers and Sailors in Foreign Service to handle hundreds of requests from anxious parents seeking the release of American youths who joined British or Canadian regiments. It notes youths falsify ages, difficulties locating them, and the cost of repatriation and clothing.
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Washington
United States
France
Britain
Canada
American State Department
Somme
England
High Seas
Ulent
State Department
Department
America
London
Dominion
Foster
Ottawa
Ingland
Robert P. Skinner
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Department of State
Champion Melon Eater Seeks Record Breaker
Berkeley student Van aszk, the world's cantaloupe eating champion, trains to surpass his own mark next summer. He once earned 180 notches by eating cantaloupes, averaging 26 daily, and now practices on oranges and cup custard to stay sharp.
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Berkeley
Cal
Thomas
Vanaszk
College of Letters and Sciences
University of California
Imperial Valley
Snake in Bed Alarm at Marysville Schoolmistress
Miss Amanda Purkiss a young schoolteacher in Sutter county awoke to a four foot snake asleep in her bed near midnight. She screamed and fled the room before revealing the reptile to investigators who found the snake in the bed after the incident.
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Marysville
Cal
Amanda Purkiss
Sutter County
Run Down Deer With Auto Near Emigrant Gap
Bert Lyons and David Campbell driving from Lake Tahoe struck a deer near Emigrant Gap. The big five pronged buck stood in the road and was hit twice as it tried to rise. The pair, armed with rifles and revolvers, continued after the incident.
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Auburn
Cal
Emigrant Gap
Bert Lyons
David Campbell
Lyons
Campbell
Lake Tahoe
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Audubon
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Thirty Seventh Assembly
National Convention of Insurance Commissioners
New York
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Harding
Thirty-Seventh
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Basher
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