The Barrier Ends with a Threatened Marriage Plot
Necia confesses fear of being mocked for an unconsummated relationship with Runnion while Poleon and Doret plot to uncover his intentions. Necia offers to marry Doret if Runnion refuses, hoping to avert public shame. Doret sets up a trap to bring the man to Josephine’s place for truth.
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Jou Tinkin
Necia
Poleon
Runnion
Neela
Rannien
Eden
Corporal
Stark
Rannion
Coret
Father
Mary
Doret
Father Baroum
Li'l
Rice In Formosa Formosa Rice Cultivation Exchange
In the seventeenth century Chinese immigrants brought seed rice to Formosa and cultivated it in their method producing larger yields and better grain than the native Formosans who had long grown rice. The Formosans adopted the Chinese cultivation method.
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Formosa
Paraguay Tea Seed Preparation For Faster Germination
Paraguay native yerba mate seeds are treated with an acid bath before planting to soften the shell and speed sprouting. Treated seeds germinate in three to four months, while untreated seeds take three to four years.
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Paraguay
Man and His Dog in a Firelit Hearth
In a London News piece Chesterton contemplates manhood and companionship through a dog beside the fire. He reflects that a dog completes manhood more than evolution or books, noting the bond beyond mere survival and the unspoken meaning of being a man.
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Rie
Pirae K. Chesterton
London News
Bargain Matinee Offer Sample Act
In a Washington Herald note a shopper asks for a sample of a bargain matinee. The clerk confirms availability and offers to show one act as a preview for the customer.
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Washington Herald
On the Darktown Links Mose-Dis and Mose-Golly Corner Address
Quoted dialect note about young Mose-Dis and Mose-Golly in street ball talk. Fatherly remark recalls how mother used to address the speaker with a club. The snippet captures casual ballgame chatter in a Harlem- or urban-tinged voice.
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Darktown
Puck
Tragic hat tale sinks canoe near Clevelara
Damsel aboard a canoe scenes a hat misaligned as the craft capsizes near Clevelara. The crest of the wave overturns the vessel while onlookers report the fair view of the scene and the misplaced headwear.
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Clevelara Plain Dealer
Noted Short Story Writer Sarah Orne Jewett Dies
Noted short story writer Sarah Orne Jewett died at her summer home in Sou Berwick Maine. She rose to fame over forty years for Down East country life tales and was praised for her mission to show the grand simple lives of country people. Born 1849, she studied at home then in Boston and Europe, wrote for The Atlantic Monthly at twenty, and achieved fame with Deephaven. Jewett traveled widely, was tall and dignified, with a musical voice and keen wit.
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Sarah Orne Jewett
Sou Berwick
Maine
Berwick
South Berwick
Theodore H. Jewett
Bowdoin College
Origin of the word gladiator told in a London Scraps blurb
A humorous tale claims the term gladiator derives from Marcus Antonus and his wife aboard a ship after Octavia fell overboard. A shark incident leads Marcus to cheerfully declare his gladness the shark ate her, and he then sought a name for the fighters.
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Marcus Antonus
Octavia
Marcus
Rome
London
Sudden Death and a Deserting Horse Story
An English rural coach driver earns praise for handling a four horse coach that speeds to a hotel as one horse dies en route. A bystander notes the death, and the driver quips that the horse died two miles back but he would not slow until reaching the stop.
Be quiet remarks spark rebuke among discussants
In a heated political chat, a young man joined in but his arguments irked the group. One elder retorted with a sharp line denying the youth’s wisdom, the exchange ending with a brief, dismissive response.
Origin of the term bedlam and its chaotic legacy
The article traces bedlam to Bethlehem and a London sisterhood housed as an asylum. It explains sixteenth century treatment of the insane as frightening methods like surprise floors and surprise baths, claimed to frighten patients out of lunacy, with the term arising from misspelling.
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Bedlam
Bethehem
House of Bethlehem
London
Honorable Dr Pelletier Speaker of Quebec Assembly
The Honorable Doctor Pelletier born July 27 1860 at Riviere Ouelle Quebec is a Laval medical graduate veteran of the Northwest campaign and physician leader. He studied in New York and Paris and is General President of the Association of French speaking Physicians of North America. He organized the 54th Regiment, served as lieutenant colonel, and was elected Speaker of the Provincial Legislative Assembly last March.
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Quebec
Laval
New York
Paris
Doctors of America
Doctor Pelletier
Legislative Assembly
Province of
Joseph Pelletier
Henriette Martin
Riviere Ouelle
Que
College of St. Anne de la Poca
Laval University
Sherbrooke
P. Pelletier
New York City
France
Pelletier
St. Vincent de Paul Hospital
St. Francis Medical Association
Board of Health
Association of
North America
St. Francis
A 1000 Day Silent Electric Clock Unveiled for King Edward
The Eureka electric clock by Eureka Clock Co chaired by Sigismund Kutnow claims a 1000 day no attention requirement and untiring accuracy in any position including upside down. It uses direct electric impulse to move dial hands with minimal mechanical parts promising a revival of clock making in competition with English, German, Swiss, and American firms.
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Euereka Electric
Edward
Sigismund Kutnow
Eureka Clock Co
England
Motor bicycle aids harvest winnowing in Australia
A South Australian farmer uses a 312 horsepower motor bicycle connected to a 44 universal winnower shaft to winnow wheat. The motor is housed in a movable trolley and can be detached in two minutes at knock-off time to ride home. One gallon of petrol cleans 100 bags of wheat, costing about 1-2 cents per bag with oil.
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Costa
Rigs in Scotland Divide Fields by Deep Furrows
In Scotland corn and grass fields are divided into rigs twenty to thirty yards wide by furrows. These divisions create distinct plots for cultivation and assessment.
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Scotland
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Ceprright
Trarper & Brothers
Cont
Constantine
Burrell
DR. Pelletier
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