Bulwer Lytton Portraits and Spy Era Style in Ward Memoir
Me Ward recalls Bulwer Lytton’s dandy face with a high forehead and keen blue eyes as he questions neighbors, displaying inquisitiveness and a dramatic expression. Ward notes fashionable dress and curling hair, comparing him to D Orsay, while describing his manner at gatherings and the gaze of guests.
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D'Orsay
Disraeli Stories Told in a Low Tone
A fragment describes a speaker who never rose above a subdued voice and recounted many tales of Disraeli whose name he drew out slowly with careful enunciation.
Well matched Ramseys likened to old Murchison team
Mrs Pitman and her husband discuss the Ramseys as a well matched couple comparing them to Joe Murchison and his horses. They recall an annus fair prize for best matched agricultural pair where a slow strong horse paired with a wiry little beast impressed onlookers.
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Joe Murchison
Ramseys
Mrs. Pitman
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Murchison
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The Tin Sword Tale of a Toy Sword and a Soldier
A soldier recalls two swords, a real war sword and a toy tin sword. The tin sword boasts of battles while the real sword explains the truth, that many acts were make believe. The tale ends with shared honor as both swords reflect on service.
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Tin Sword
Tin
Does Moderate Drinking Pay Sayings From Henry Smith Williams
The expert argues there is no proven safe alcohol quantity for individuals and that even moderate drinkers risk exceeding any safe limit. He warns habitual use harms stomach, liver, kidneys, heart, nerves, and brain, lowers work capacity and morals, and passes cost to future generations, questioning whether a drink is worth the price.
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Henry Smith Williams
German Guidance Warns Against Alcohol For Children
An official temperance manifesto endorsed by Germany’s education minister urges parents not to give children any alcohol. It lists nine harms from drinking, including impaired development, fatigue, indiscipline, sleeplessness, infant mortality, weakened resistance, longer illnesses, and increased thirst leading to habitual drinking.
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Germany
OUR COMING VOTERS AND LAW MAKERS
A 1918 era essay urges training of youth to become future statesmen in Congress state legislatures and city offices. It highlights boys in the neighborhood who may grow to be mayors police chiefs and executives for allies. The piece calls for guiding youth now to prepare them for public service.
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Congress
Trick of the Funnel Snuffs a Light With Steady Breath
A described trick shows how to extinguish a candle by blowing along a funnel. The key is to keep the funnel edge level with the flame so air streams forward and directs the breath away, snuffing the light without the struggle of simply aiming at the flame. The Boston American explains how to control air flow to defeat a friend’s attempts.
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Boston American
Herons Foot For Bait In Folk Belief
The London Outlook notes that the heron is famed as a fisher with a reputed scent on its feet attracting fish, especially eels, and that rustic anglers still believe placing a heron’s foot with worms improves bait uptake for fish.
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London
Quiet Doorstep Encounter Shown In Gossip Note
The women who called about a delay were told by a maid that the mistress is sleeping and would rise in less than half an hour. They left their cards and moved on, remarking on the scene in a light, teasing exchange.
Charity Regine at Home
The absentminded Professor Lamp lin appears shabby and, upon seeing his reflection, draws his purse to give himself a name.
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Exchanging Views Over Income Tax Dispute
Dialogue shows Roy and Boy debating tax duties with a judge noting one side claims exemption while the other defends payment. The exchange reflects family views on taxation.
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Roy
Debt and Despair Across Industry and Time
A fragmentary quote contrasts industry paying debts with Franklin era warnings about despair increasing debts. The Detroit Free Press appears alongside a Benjamin Franklin adage, highlighting tensions between obligation, poverty, and progress.
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Benjamin Franklin
Chautauqua Soloists Join AE International Opera Company
The Internationals present a selected artist group led by Tekin Fara and J Allen Grubb with Rose Heldenreich Burt McKinnie and Margaret Day. They claim strong training and finlining and promise one prelude concert and one fall evening at Chautauqua.
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