Chinese Wall Faces Demolition Under Regent Prince Chun
A dramatic forecast notes the Great Wall may be torn down as China moves toward reform under Regent Prince Chun. The piece traces the wall’s history from Shi Huangti to Ming times, its role against Mongol invasions, and the rising belief that modernizers will erase relics of the past to usher a new era.
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Prince Chun
China
Earth
Chuh
Shi-Huangti
Mongolia
Pekin
Shi-Huangt
Mey
Pa-ta-ling
Thie
Genghis Khan
Kubla Khan
Genghis
Kubla
Japan
Father of antiseptic surgery Lord Lister born
Lord Lister celebrated his eighty fourth birthday and is described as the medical genius who discovered and introduced antiseptic surgery. He reduced fatal septic infections in operations from about five percent and influenced modern surgical practice. He cited drawing as training for observation, noting that sketching trains the eye to look again.
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Lord Lister
Barred Out New Reporter Bursts Into Room
A city editor dismisses the word count request as the new reporter bursts in with a story idea. The exchange hints at newsroom tensions over reporting pace and editorial control.
Financial Genius in a Frugal Engagement
A man boasts of his financial skill by persuading a jeweler to sell an engagement ring at cost. After breaking the engagement he returns the ring and convinces the father to pay eight percent interest on the invested money.
An Even Thing in Harpers Bazaar Dialogue
A brief exchange quotes Mistress Bridget and Maid about staying if payment or cooking fails, framed in Harpers Bazar style. The dialogue highlights conditional loyalty and service norms.
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Bridget
Harper's Bazar
Governing by Shared Prerogatives in Family and State
The text argues that wise rule in private and public life comes from husbands and princes sometimes yielding prerogatives. It emphasizes collaborative authority and restraining absolutism as a pathway to stability and harmony.
MacDonald Hires Manager To Quiet Farm Life
Will R. MacDonald of Washington rents a rural farm to escape city noise. He plans to hire a manager and provides him a top floor room for a quiet life. That evening the manager declines the paper and notes he practices flute two hours before bed.
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MacDonald
Will R. MacDonald
Washington
A Wrong Choice and Its Lasting Poison
A compact moral reflection quotes Ruskin on choosing ill deeds. It argues that wrong choices deform character permanently, poisoning future potential and altering one’s nature forever.
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Ruskin
Young composer chafes under grammar rules in tale
A publisher mockingly tells a hopeful songwriter he cannot win fame, as the youth defends his rhymes with moon and tomb and kiss and wish. The publisher concedes yet notes the young man knows too much about grammar, provoking a sharp curse about his common school education.
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Puck
The Beautiful Women of Today Reflections
The piece lauds contemporary beauties for health and youth, noting their fame will endure for natural virtue rather than artificial adornment. It presents a praise of modern feminine charm and vitality.
Matilda Questioned By Adult About Baby Crying
A dialogue captures Matilda asking why the baby cries and another claims the child does not know any other way to cry. The exchange reflects concern and interpretation of infant distress.
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Matilda
John
Purdue President's Wife Leaves Home for Yoga Colony South Seas
Purdue University head Winthrop E Stone wins custody of minor Henry after his wife Mrs Stone abandons family to join a Yoga philosophy sect. She reportedly travels from Lafayette to Germany then Kabakon Island where a sun worshiper colony of fewer than 100 followers survives on coconuts. The article traces the cult’s teachings and Stone's resignation attempt.
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Winthrop E. Stone
Purdue University
Henry Stone
Stone
Lafayette
August Englehardt
South Sea Islands
Purdue
Mrs. Stone
Women Win City Tree Care Contract in Middletown
In Middletown New York the board of aldermen gave the shade tree duties to the local women’s federation after last year’s voter approved funding. The women had pressed the issue since the Federation of Women’s Clubs raised $1200 for shade tree protection and protested contractor work quality.
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Middletown
N.Y
Aldermen
Federation of Women's Clubs
Bee Wrecks Auto In Hartford Drive
Hartford scene reports George Seele of Brookline Mass sustained a bad gash in the thigh and multiple minor injuries after trying to swat a bee on his nose while driving his car. The incident occurred on a Connecticut road as he lost control. He was attended by local emergency personnel and taken to a hospital.
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Hartford
Harriet Beecher Stowe Centennial Observed in Connecticut
Litchfield Connecticut marked the 100th birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe born at the town site of her father Dr Lyman Beecher. The famed author of Uncle Tom's Cabin rose to fame with a serial in the National Era Washington and a sales reach of over 500000 copies in two years. The work circulated widely in England and libraries across the United States and inspired many dramatizations by touring companies.
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Litchfield
Conn
Marriet Beecher Stowe
Lyman Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Washington
Europe
England
Stax Praises Corporation as Dividend Powerhouse
Dustin Stax endorses a corporation, claiming it yields several millions in annual dividends and is a strong trust. The exchange frames the company as a robust, profitable entity in the investment landscape.
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Dustin Stax
Bee Causes Driver to Flip Under Vehicle on Saybrook Road
A driver on Saybrook Road swerved when a bee landed on him. He released the wheel and the car toppled, leaving the vehicle only slightly damaged.
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Saybrook Road
Fly-killing contest ends with heap of dead files
In San Antonio Texas a frenzy of small boys killed about a quarter million files in a single pile three feet high and five feet wide. Robert Basse won first prize of 10 dollars with an official tally of 484 320 dead files.
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San Antonio
Tex
Robert Basse
New Child Fad Autobus Charms New York Kids
In New York the autobus becomes a craze as children flock to ride around the block for 2 cents or three rides for 5 cents. The popular pop entertainer of children helps fuel the trend with the novelty of a real automobile.
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Autobus
New York
New York East
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