Beauty and the Beast Romance in Rural Tale
A country girl Rosalind Thurber rejects handsome Gus Walker for the homely Joe Green, whose scarred face and birthmark threaten social setback. After marriage they bear a brood of children, many resembling the mother while the red headed offspring inherit the father’s blemish in a cautionary tale of appearances and affection.
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Rosalind Thurber
Gus Walker
Walker
Rost
Farmer Gordon
Joe Green
Rosa
Rosa Thurber
Miss Thurber
Joe
Thurber Farm
Green
Tin
Roan
Beauty and the Beast
Gus
Scott's Emulsion for the nerves and energy
Usually thin and worried individuals suffer from weakness due to poor nourishment. Scott's Emulsion restores healthy cell action, enriches the blood, sharpens appetite, and energizes nerve centers. Avoid alcohol or stimulants. insist on Scott's Emulsion. every druggist has it.
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Scott
Pathway to Disaster and the Dangers of Overconfidence
The piece argues overconfidence leads to downfall in war, sport, and drinking. It cites Wolfe and Quebec, drowning dangers, and a recurring belief of self control. It notes the danger of inherited tendencies and begs readers to avoid complacency before tragedy.
Melody and virtue of great composers quoted
An excerpt notes Leocavallo favoring melody as life of music and condemns Wagner and Strauss, praising Verdi for melody. A classroom vignette shows a student misusing the word indisposition to mean ready for a fight, illustrating pugilistic humor in Youth's Companion.
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Leoncavallo
Verdi
John
A Man of Brains in London Opinion Jest
A witty exchange where Reginald asks for a borrowed card to avoid identity mix ups. Algy notes the names would differ, praising his friend’s clever head in a brief London Opinion vignette.
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Reginald
Doncher
Algy
London
Scientific Discovery Sharp Edge Razor Germs
A dialog highlights a quip that billions of germs gather on a razor edge and that stropping a razor serves to subdue them by corporal punishment, as cited from the Washington Star.
Must Be Attractive. They say she's pretty. Let me tell you
A fragment from a newspaper column riffs on urban life and a famous Bruges bell system. It mentions advertising on streetcars and a saying about worry. The Brug bells are described as a giant music box drum with 30,000 pegs, requiring bihourly winding and yearly air changes.
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Pittsburgh Post
Brug
Brugess
Ghostly escort saves soldier at Shiloh battle
A Civil War veteran recalls marching with his unit, feeling a spectral presence beside him believed to be his dead brother Tom. After surviving a tense night, a campfire scene, coffee, and a wary Confederate prisoner, he credits the unseen protector with banishing fear and aiding his recovery, allowing him to rejoin the march.
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Tom
Shiloh
Johnston
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