Dream of Dreams Recited at Home by Alice Cary
A reflective verse describes a quiet evening indoors with music and companionship found in imagination. The speaker contrasts another’s sorrow with their own solace, standing on native hills among flowers as their entertainment exceeds the friend’s.
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Alice Cary
The Woman Who Listened at Royal-les-Bains
A narrator in a summer travel interlude at Royal-les-Bains shares a chance conversation with a young Polish widow named the comtesse and Miss King. They reveal travels from Vichy to Mont-Dore and an omnibus ride across the mountains toward La Bourboule.
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la Bourboule
America
Vichy
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King
Confining Night Ride to Roof Top in a Bus
A heated night on a crowded bus drives a passenger and Mme. La Comtesse to the roof. They discuss secrets, nationalities, and a restless longing to remain forever young, never fully knowing or parting with each other.
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Prosperity for Philippines under United States rule gains praise
A Chicago Record-Herald writer argues that ten years of American occupation brought rule and prosperity to the Philippines. He notes war devastation fading, Aguinaldo's peaceable shift, lessened desolation after jungle warfare, rinderpest losses, and typhoons. He cites duty free trade, new capital, railroads, docks, streets, and a growing church and school system with thousands of teachers shaping Filipino education.
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Names and shadows in a perilous pursuit
A narrator recalls a forbidden romance and the perilous chase across Europe and Russia. He avoids naming his beloved, traces her from London to Barcelona and Barce lona, learns she is a Polish countess linked to a secret society, and discovers she is to Siberia after entanglements with the Russian secret police. He vows to expose Russian prisons and the fate of the prisoner.
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Personal Magnetism as a Great Asset
The article discusses how charm, gracious presence, and winning manners influence judgment and opportunities. It cites Orison Swett Marden on Success Magazine, noting a magnetic personality often surpasses education in impact and helps both young men and women attract good positions.
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Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Renen
Progressive exchange on railway impact in village
An enterprising resident asks if a railway would grow the village. The native doubts it would, fearing it would tempt residents to leave for opportunities elsewhere. Washington Star commentary highlights migration concerns surrounding new rail access.
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Washington Star
Make Up Your Mind to Stand Out or Be Misunderstood
The quote cautions that personal reputation matters because unfamiliar people may dislike you if they know you. It urges decisive self-presentation to overcome biases and gain acceptance.
Progress and Industry Highlights from the Early 1900s
The note covers compulsory old age insurance in Germany, 1908 musk imports over $80,000, silk strength variations, microbe-killing perfumes, crane transport loads, global weddings, Korea visiting cards, Moscow's Farthing Gazette, Bank of England and Beckton gas works guards, and 1908 automobile exports rising from $9 million to $45 million globally with the United States up from $1 million to $5.5 million.
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Harem Desertion Taints Abdul Hamid Era Tale
An old Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid faces public ridicule as his previously famed harem abandons him. Reports claim the women fled at night to avoid poison regimens, with later word of ex-odalisques performing in a Frankfurt vaudeville show under eunuchs. A Berlin entrant pleads for protection claiming kidnapping.
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Turkey
la Turqule
Frankfort-on- Main
Germany
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Berlin
Newly Weds Offer Jelly Advice In Courtroom Jest
A humorous courtroom line has a judge noting a newly installed housewife asks about jelly. The cook responds that jelly is soft and easy, delivering a light anecdote on domestic life. The exchange blends wit with marital life in a clipped, period-voice moment.
Tailoring and Dressmaking Courses Taught Accepting Enrollees
Offered program covers cutting fitting drafting and design with up to date instruction in all styles. Includes terms and practical training for aspiring dressmakers and tailors.
Youthful Taste at the Table in Toledo Blaila Passage
A hostess proclaims self supplied milk from their own cow while a guest child interrupts with a playful jab about a sour cow. The exchange captures a rural, homey dining scene and humor from Toledo Blaila.
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Toledo Blaila
England Reports Its Lowest Birth Rate On Record
England’s birth rate last year fell to 25.58 per 1000, the lowest on record and about one to three-quarters lower than the 1908 rate, which had barely risen from 1907 after years of decline.
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England
Dyspeptic dispute over walking on empty stomach
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune a physician urges long walks in the open air while a dyspeptic complains he was told to walk on an empty stomach. The banter turns on the surprising instruction and the patient’s adherence.
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Chicago Tribune
The Sun Will Shine On For 30 Million More Years
The sun is expected to maintain its current heat output for about thirty million years, according to astronomers.
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