Writing Cannot Be Taught in a Literary Age
Essay argues writing cannot be taught or easily formalized. contrasts literature with other arts where instruction exists. Cites Virgil Boileau Racine Pope Fielding and notes literature resists explicit teaching due to its deep psychological roots and individual quirks. Includes quotations from the London Academy and Atlantic Constitution illustrating varied voices on aging and expression.
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Virgil
Boileau
Racine
Pope
Fielding
London Academy
Arrival of a Schoolteacher Changes Gordon's Gulch
The entire population of Gordon's Gulch greets the stagecoach bringing Miss Aramantha Mayne from Walet Bar. Tom Peterson leads the welcome as the town plans a schoolhouse funded by a voluntary tax as miners pledge contributions to hire and support a district schoolteacher.
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Gordon’s Gulch
Walet Bar
Gulch
Aramantha Mayne
A Little Apart From the Corson
Miss Mayne watches the camp town bustle from her cubby hole as the education council pushes ahead with a new building project. A miner and a gentleman confer with the crowd about a temporary hall and the corru gated iron structure rises in the Gulch while workers crowd the hotel dining hall. Miss Mayne contemplates her uncertain future as the town nears opening day.
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Miss Mayne
Lght
Vic
Tow Peterson
Terry Cuanison
Tilly Parker
Mayne
Tom Peterson
Aramantha
Bud Stevens
Gunnison
Taft's Philippine governance amid eager crowd at creekside school
A July event in the Philippines marks Judge William H. Taft as the first American governor with a crowd watching a new schoolhouse session. Miss Aramantha Mayne presides as six Flannagan children enroll, while locals and workers rally to start the Gardens Gaich School, reflecting colonial era civic efforts and community welcome.
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Philippines
Wilkin FT. Taft
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Tivelius
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Flannigan
Peterson
Gehu
Tom
Arapiusha Mayne
Gaich Schoo
Flannagan
Turbulent Paris Trials and Violence Raised Public Alarm
A flood of violent incidents across Paris exposes a public conscience deemed lax as juries acquit and prosecutors admit provocation. Judges face threats and shootings while a suburban case cost a neighbor 8600 francs in a disputed right of way. A failed robbery of an artisan’s daughter ends in a near miss under the Boulevard du Palais.
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Prange
Paris
Feraned de Glas Fn
Court of Appeals
St. Maur
Joseani
Mile
Hingue
Rascary
Tague
M_ Boursy
Palais de Justice
Boulevard du Palais
Lazy Shag Stupidity Cited By Observer In New Orleans
A western observer describes the shag as the laziest, silliest aquatic fowl. He notes its clumsy beak, habit of squatting on logs, and reliance on water hens to steal its catches. The account, from the New Orleans Times-Democrat, portrays the bird as peculiarly dull yet capable of catching fish with surprising precision before losing them to others.
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Ines Fam
New Orleans Times-Democrat
General News Notes From Around the World
Brief notes report Mr Bryan to speak in Newport News and a Lancaster death of Dr J Augustus Ebler aged 81. Heat and hot winds damage Missouri corn and Kannas. Atlantic City enforces Sunday closing law for first time since 1875. Sergeant Dyivu Sauderiana dies in Catalil New Mexico from celebral issues. Nine miners terrorized on Tug River arrested in Esatucky. Justus Goebel indicted for bribery. Heat drives New Yorkers to sleep on Coney Island beaches. Martial law said proclaimed in Panama amid Colombian revolution. Bishop Potter’s wife dies in New York from heart disease. Charles Raff killed in Philadelphia by Francie Grilly. Empress Dowager of China reportedly refuses to return to Pekin. Philadelphia boy Christopher Ludwig burned falling from a cherry tree onto a live wire. Hartford training ship arrives at Copenhagen for official entertainments. China trade claim at Tianjin against United States seen as unfounded. Three German tourists killed near Weifert on Erze-Binge. Major General W R Shafter retires. California Department command to Major General Young. South Carolina questions internal revenue tax under dispensary law. Bob Cook arrives at Henley and praises Pennsylvania University crew. Rival Paris meetings trigger clashes with police. Agnes McArthur 12 attempts suicide after school promotion delay. President Shaffer to issue order calling out 50 000 union mill workers. Kenneth M Clark claims Kar rad yacht faster than Shamrocks. trial races proposed. Ogartz man Charles Barney resists extortion leading to daughter receiving harmless infernal machine.
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Washington
Catalil
Esatucky
Tug River
Justus Goebel
Kentucky
New York
Coney
Panama
Henry C. Potter
Charles Raff
Philadelphia
Francie Grilly
Pekin
Christopher Ludwig
United States
Hartford
Copenhagen
Tien Tsin
Erze-Binge
Weifert
Pennsylvania University
Henley
Paris
League of Patriots
Anarchists
Lyons
Agnes McArthur
J. Shaffer
American Steel Hoop Company
Kenneth M. Clark
Charlea Barney
Ogari
Bright Bits and Fourth of July Happenings Across Maryland
Brief items note firework displays, Fourth of July celebrations, and local vigor. Hicks and DeVoe forecast July storms while Maryland towns prep patriotic events. Umpires face scrutiny, and local chatter questions Keenersons slander claims about a political vote.
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