Marble Heights Romance of Rosamond Neville
In Marble Heights Rosamond Neville recounts how her flirtations and vanity lead to a year of quiet, then dramatic, heartache as Clay Howard courts her while engaged to another. A perilous ride, a marriage vow, and a painful choice end with discovery and a hopeful reunion, though happiness remains elusive.
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Clarence Rivers
Clay Howard
Clarence
Rosamond
Mr. Howard
Mr. Albany
Spring Awakens in Tennyson Poem Memoriam
A sanitized excerpt from Alfred Tennyson's In Memoriam celebrates the arrival of spring and the lifting of sorrow. It contrasts delaying winter with blooming violets, laburnums, and tulips as the season awakens the world and the speaker's regret softens into renewal.
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Alfred Tennyson
Will He Not Come A Poem of Longing and Loss
In a twilight of fevered longing the speaker mourns a missing beloved. Images of quiet earth and sighing meadows deepen the ache as memories fade and hope finally wanes. The repeated question Will he not come anchors the poem through dreams, nocturnal dread, and the final fading breath.
Principle Wins Over Jugged Tea Duel In City Scene
A Michigan avenue couple exits a grocery with a large jug. He asks Dolly to carry it and reveal the tea purchase while fearing judgment if others think the jug is whisky. Dolly refuses, he defends pride, she finally dumps the jug. onlookers witness the crash as he chases.
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Michigan Avenue
Dolly
Question from a pupil at union school ends playful plea
A teacher in a union school asks students curious questions about science then invites questions. A teen boy named Robert raises his hand and asks what is meant by the phrase to a fellow pull down your vest. The scene captures a moment of informal classroom discussion.
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R. N
Auburn
Clay Howard
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Clay Boward
Clay
Rosamond
Nanniie
Mr. Howard
Tie
Bernice Alcally
Ballou
Union
Robert
Reverends Title Upheld by Privy Council in Monument Dispute
The Privy Council settles that the prefix Reverend is not exclusive to clergymen of the Established Church. A Lincolnshire parish clergyman refused a monument inscribed with Rev and the case drew ridicule for the bishop’s stance. The ruling condemns the desecration of a title once widely used in memory of a child.
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Lincolnshire
Annie Augusta Keet
H. Keet
Owston Ferry
Wordsworth
Canterbury
Privy Council
London
Cor
Chicago Journal
The Value of a Cheer to a Hero Firefighter
A great city fire tests a young fireman who climbs toward a trapped child. The crowd’s cheer lifts him, and he returns with the child. The tale urges supporting those in temptation with praise and encouragement.
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Anothair
Alta Cal
Wit and witless quips spark trial testimony in Utica case
In Johnstown New York a cross examination of Aarelian Peck, a Black witness in the murder trial of Smith for Yost's death, yields a playful exchange. Tremain asks about Peck's business, siblings, and race mixing, prompting laughter from the court and defendant.
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Lyman Truemann
Aarelian Peck
Johnstown
N. Y
Smith
Yost
Utica
Mr. Tremain
Fort Plain
Sal
Island Salt Mountain of Louisiana Described in Colorful Tale
A massive 90,000,000 ton rock salt deposit sits on a 185 foot high island amid a Louisiana marsh on the Brashear to New Iberia route along the Teche. The site spans over 300 acres with prolific vegetation and a striking landscape, puzzling scientists about its origin.
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Brashear
New Iberia
River Teche
Louisiana
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Bois
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