Wagner's magnanimity reflected in will ban on French stage
The Register notes Ludwig van Beethoven? Actually Wagner forbade any operas to be performed in France per his will. Also mentions Dr Louis Ferpixano of Bavaria, son-in-law of Isabella ex-Queen of Spain, and Texas immigration patterns via Alabama Brigade and Georgia Regiment reunions reported by the Laredo Times. Moscow builds a Greco-Byzantine cathedral costing $12 million with 73,000 square feet, five cupolas and 13 bells, gold totaling 900 pounds, large door weight 13 tons and marble worth $1.5 million. A Birmingham England court tale describes jurors facing light to see witnesses, prompting a judge to suggest swapping places.
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France
Moscow
London
Manitoua farmer struck by lightning while sharpening stake
A Manitopsa farmer was sharpening a stake when a lightning bolt struck the ax head, splitting it and breaking the handle. He was knocked unconscious briefly, then recovered and found the ax fragments buried in the ground. A long clipping collection and remarks on Attorney General Garland are also noted.
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Wimbledon
Scotland
European Gentleman Claims Brewster Buys Sevres Mesnert China
A European gentleman notes ex-Attorney General Brewster has bought impressive old china to enhance his famed dinner table collections. He mentions Sevres Mesnert plates once in the set and asserts these pieces were never used for more than a single course.
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Garland
General Cable
Texas
Cleveland
Washington
Europe
Brewster
Beacon of Duty and Love Wins in Seaside Tale
Owen Glenn forsakes personal plans to light a beacon for a ship in distress near a cliff path. His sacrifice earns Annis’s love, a village wedding, and later a foreign donor honoring their act with a medal and prize funds. Robert Hunter hosts a rival romance, but Owen’s choice yields lasting fortune.
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Hight
Robert Hunter
Sly Dairy Quip and Corsican Calm Resolve
A humorous pastiche notes a Vassar graduate visiting a farm stable who jokes on crowded cows yielding condensed milk. The piece shifts to a moral aside urging readers to do their duty in emergencies and to trust Providence afterward.
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Vassar
Texas
VIEWED FROM DIFFERENT EYES
A Pennsylvania Argus poem about life and waiting contrasts a boy’s eager yearning for seeds and love with an adult sense of time and duty. It traces counting days and years from seven days to seventy years, reflecting on patience, fate, and the mystery of eternity.
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Pennsylvania
Argus
Egyptian Nuns and a Bible in Arabic and Coptic
A visitor recounts meetings with Egyptian nuns midlife and widowed, their desire to return home mixed with fear of disgrace. He notes their familylike life, relative freedom, and pride in Arabic copying, with a Bible and gospel portions shown. Light social quips follow in a column of brief items.
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Florence
Grammar Gone Wild in a Childs Grammar Lesson
A quaint tale from Youth's Companion traces little Jane repeatedly misusing the verb to be. Aunt Kate enforces correction by silence as the child asks what the embroidery frame will be, then progresses through playful misstatements.
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Aunt Kate
Jane
Kate
Auntie
The Better Half and Its Rising Significance
The piece argues the modern wife surpasses former female roles in intellect and merit, predicting the leading position of women in society. It cautions against prioritizing business over education for men, suggesting compliments today may become realities tomorrow and that kind words are not always well placed.
Seventy French Women Awarded Legion of Honor
Seventy women in France have received the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The latest is Mme St Jullien, Superior of the Sisters of St Vincent de Paul at Marseille Hospital for thirty years. Awards honor devotion to the sick, wounded, and acts of defense during unrest.
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Legion of Honor
Mme. St. Jullien
Sisterhood of
St. Vincent de Paul
Marseilles
Lady Pigott
Rosa Bonheur
Mme. Abbot
Maire
Oison
Mme. Regia
Columbus Egg Misunderstood by Austin Class
In an Austin public school a pupil told classmates that Columbus was a bird after recalling a poem about the egg of Columbus. The class laughed as the girl, tearful, explained she read that only birds lay eggs and thus Columbus must be a bird.
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Austin
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