Dickens and Disraeli: A Friendship Formed Away From Politics
Statesman's article recalls how Charles Dickens distrusted politicians yet formed a surprising bond with Benjamin Disraeli. The two men met, exchanged letters praising each other’s talents, and discovered common ground in literature over political life. The piece highlights Dickens’s broad humanity and Disraeli’s deft diplomacy.
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Statesman
Dickens Charles Dickens
Disraeli
Dombey and Son
Dorrit
David Copperfield
Benjamin Disraeli
Charles Dickens
Omaha World-Herald
One Guess About What She Was Going to Say
A short woman consults a millinery assistant about hats and defends her size while the assistant praises a shape. The witty exchange ends with the assistant complimenting the customer on her literary appearance. The piece then shifts to notes on importation of bananas carrying snakes and spiders and a marine opossum gifted to the City of Leicester museum from South America.
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City of Leicester
South America
Lion Inn at Shrewsbury Hosts Historic Dancers and Guests
The Lion Inn in Shrewsbury, England, long popular with visitors, has hosted famous figures for over a century. George IV danced there before Trafalgar, Paganini played, De Quincey and Disraeli stayed, and in 1838 Dickens wrote of the inn's strangest little rooms and bulging windows. The Adam ballroom remains a dancing venue.
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Shrewsbury
England
George IV
Paganini
de Quincey
Disraeli
Charles Dickens
Phil
Adam Brothers
Too Much for Him at the Volcano Crater
They climb near a smoking crater then decide to descend to the hotel. He claims he cannot endure watching the smoke after admitting he left his tobacco at home, while she questions if fear is involved.
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Pye
First Day Nerves as Helen Seeks Front Seat
On the first day of school Helen feels anxious about sitting near her attractive teacher. When front seats are taken she asks the teacher to wake some pupils and give her a seat near the front, avoiding distracting boys.
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Helen
Potatoes Freeze Hit Iowa Rise and Christmas Seal Sale
Early potatoes near the surface suffered heavy losses from the cold in the Midwest, notably Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota. A statewide Christmas Seal campaign begins Thanksgiving Day to fund tuberculosis and other diseases, with red and green colors and Santa Claus design. The effort has reduced TB mortality and impacts health policy, aiming to cut deaths among ages 15 to 40.
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Iowa
Ames
Minnesota
North Dakota
Moorehead
Towa
Worldwide Movement For the Prevention of
Former Iowa Woman’s Paintings Exhibit in New York
Fourteen paintings and two drawings by Lilian Prentiss Schwarz former Iowa City resident and East Norwalk Connecticut daughter of Dr H J Prentiss head of anatomy at the University of Iowa are shown in the Gladys Roosevelt Dick memorial gallery exhibition in New York City.
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Iowa City
Gladys Roosevelt Dick
New York City
Lilian Prentiss Schwarz
East Norwalk, Com
H. J. Prentiss
University of Towa
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