Youth and Useless Men in an Odd Magazine Essay
A fragmented OCR piece recounts Dr Wiliam Lee Howard’s critique of youth and ineffective men, citing a 26 year old letter about social anxiety and inability to act naturally. It wanders through historical boxing mirrors and biographical asides, ending with references to 18th and 19th century fighters and figures.
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Innn
Crane
The Pinch Hitter and Other Vivid Snapshots From a Past Era
A collage of quotes and reflections on baseball pinch hitters, the art of timing, and the mental game. It contrasts critics’ views with players who excel under pressure, and each anecdote reveals how audience, pace, and luck shape the sport.
Ingenious excuses in court amaze London jurists
A long compendium of curious defense pleas from London magistrates shows how defendants wheedled judges with implausible stories. From poachers pocketing rabbits to a deaf man avoiding jury service, tales mix wit with weak truth, revealing the fine line between plausibility and fabrication in legal excuses.
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Ian
Noval
Monsieur
A Cadet's Day From West Point Morning to Vesper Calls
Col. Larned’s description from The West Point of Today in St. Nicholas outlines a cadet’s orderly routine. Field guns, drums, and bugles mark early awakenings followed by roll calls, meals, drills, classes, and evening study under rigid discipline in a military barracks.
Travel anecdote in a German museum frustrates an American
An American traveler asks directions at a German museum. A passing gentleman offers to guide him saying he is headed that way. They walk together. the man reveals he is an English professor who speaks English well though he has not been to England.
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Washington Footballer Quip Turns To History Lesson
A Town and Country feature recalls a playful line about General Washington and his army as football players. The piece riffs on the notion of Washington’s forces defeating Hessians at Princeton, framing it as a humorous historical aside.
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