Promising Young Man and the Long Garden Gate
A university youth Dick Vansittart recalls a summer term breakfast with a kindly provost who praises him as promising. In a flirtatious mood with Daisy, he imagines financial success and a shared future abroad, only to be mocked by the provost when he asks for a gate key. Daisy forgets him as time passes, leaving Dick to ponder what the Long really meant. Nearby, a Dover dig uncovers a subterranean chamber once linked to a famed smuggler, amid coastal smuggling history.
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Hiness
Vansittart
Daisy Sto
Daisy
Franklin Ford
Mr. Ford
Ture
Franklin F Dick
Provably. She-Why did Ben Bolt? He-Maybe somebody asked him if he had read Trilby
A fragmented quotation hints at a playful exchange about reading Trilby. The speaker questions Ben Bolt about whether he has read the novel, suggesting a casual literary reference in a diary or note.
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Ben
Trilby
Warm the Cold World with Christ Like a Great Fireplace
A sermon stresses frost and famine, urging practical warmth through charity and faith. It portrays winter hardship from Valley Forge to arctic deaths, praising Martha Washington and nurses, and ends with Christ as a universal fireplace inviting all to the table.
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Nasteon
Om Moscow
Hotte
Moson
Voice
Temp
Moscow
Valley Forge
Richmond
Washington
John Franklin
Schwatka
Intrepid
Resistance
de Long
Mont Blanc
Jungfrau
Matterhorn
Germany
England
Thames
America
New York Harbor
Staten Island
Martha Washington
Manson
Arctic
Tropics
Christiana
Xerxes
Elizabeth Fry
Newgate Prison
Sisters of Charity
Christ
Palestine
Galilee
Joseph
Chri
Nain
Xan
Ever
Anon
Church of Jesus Christ
Lebanon
Hecaping Temptation Quote Reflects on Temptation
The quote notes that escaping temptation comes from weakness not strength and argues some natures are too shallow to face temptation. It contrasts delicate souls with Pharisees and prigs who are never tempted, implying they are less than men.
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Atlantic
Ian Maclaren
Man borrows neighbor battery for rheumatism cure
A Lewiston man borrowed a neighbor's battery for treatment of rheumatism. After claiming cure, he discovered he never turned on the current, as faith alone caused the effect by simply holding the battery handles.
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Eastly Carea
Lewiston
Faith
Rum Po Foretells Moral Battle Over Liquor
A preacher foresees a coming decade of clash between Christian moral forces and the rum-selling element, urging preparation for a great battle in the nation. Rev Dr Meredith voices the warning and calls for readiness.
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Dr. Meredith
Social Evil Quote Cited by Reverend Henry
A brief quoted line from Rev. C F Henry argues women can cure social evil by stamping the same brand of infamy on the man as upon his victim, reflecting moral rhetoric of the era.
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Rev
Henry
Astor's Old Editor Henry Cust Fired From Pall Mall Gazette
Henry Cust, a young English editor tied to William Waldorf Astor, was abruptly dismissed from the Pall Mall Gazette amid tension over anti American policy. Astor sought changes and Cust reportedly refused to resign, with Sir Douglas Straight temporarily filling the post.
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Enry Cockayne
Cust
William — Waldorf Astor
Pall Mall Gazette
London
Astor
Mr. Cust
Assive
Cast
Earl Brownlow
Thomnshire
Nami
Browntow-Custs
Youngie Henry Cust
England
London Times
Douglas Straight
Invention of the circular saw by Harts horn in America
The circular saw became indispensable and American combmaker Harts horn is credited with its invention around 1 1. He used a bungtown copper with teeth along the edge on a mandrel and lathe to cut combs. He later converted his handsaw into a circular cutter and also devised the screw and lip auger. He never patented his work, believing it offered benefit to others.
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C. A. Dunham
America
Hartshorn
Mansfield
Conn
Gluttony and Civilization Among Food Habits
The passage ponders if gluttony erodes civilization and whether the affluent eat too much. It contrasts a working man’s simple fare with a tourist’s loaded hamper and a gentleman’s multi course dinners. It argues abstinence yields better health strength and endurance.
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Ford
St. Margaret's
Dover
Talmage
Henry Cockayne Cust
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