Confession of a Girl Graduate From College
A young woman recalls using deception to win the affection of her English professor Broadwell while pursuing a BA. She details staged errors in essays, repeated tutoring, and eventual marriage of pursuit to accomplishment, ending with a conclusive claim to a Master of Arts in love.
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Alan Broad- Well
Iaret
Tom
Jim
Alan
Alan Broadwell
Broadwell
Ts Boy Chum
Messenger
Recruiting Songs That Stir Soldiers Across Nations
A look at patriotic anthems shaping history from France’s Marseillaise to Germany’s Die Wacht am Rhein and Britain’s Absent-Minded Beggar. It notes the Star Spangled Banner Dixie Yankee Doodle and others that spurred recruitment while praising Macdermott’s worldwide impact and Paul Preston’s Songs of Revolution.
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Paris
Rouget de Lisle
Strasburg
France
Marseilles
Germany
Nce
German Empire
United States
Geora
John Brown
Bock
Dixie Vand
England
Macdermott
Paul Preston
Dido and the Bull’s-Hide Land Claim Tale
The ancient Tyrian queen Dido fled after her husband’s murder and founded Carthage on Africa’s coast. To claim land she cut a bull’s hide into thin strings and surrounded as much ground as possible, a trick remembered as “ewt a Dido” in later speech.
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Dido
Tyre
B.C
Africa
Carthage
Arbitration Dispute Causes Strain in Marriage
A fragmentary dialogue shows a husband blaming arbitration for marital tension as his wife insists on submitting all differences to arbitration, highlighting a domestic conflict over dispute resolution.
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Tie
Torder
Ther
Pulp and Paper Expansion in Canada Ties to US Markets
The article explains how Canadian pulp and paper grew after Canada restricted pulpwood exports from Crown lands under Sir Lomer Gouin. US and international capital funded 19 new mills in Quebec, totaling about 41.7 million dollars, with 866,042 cords processed domestically and 980,866 exported. By 1912 Canada had 85 mills, 83 in Canada and Newfoundland, signaling major industry expansion.
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Quebec
Canada
Lomer Goein
United States
Great Britain
France
Newfoundland
Detroit Steel Corp Builds Gary Across the River
A Detroit despatch to The New York American reports United States Steel Corp chose a Canadian site for a new Gary due to the defeated reciprocity pact. If ratified, labor and markets would have shifted to America. The firm eyed land near Detroit River shipyards to export steel globally.
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Detroit
New York
Detroit River
United States Steel Corporation
Canada
Great Lakes
Steel Corporation
Why You Should Buy A Gurney Oxford Range
The Gurney Economizer saves 1 ton of coal in 6 burned compared to other ranges. It provides absolute control of stove and fuel consumption. The range is air tight and wastes no heat. The new Species Grate adds fuel savings and the stove is shaken with one operation.
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Gurney-Oxford
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Brown
Miss Brown
Love
Mable
Harry Fraveon
Ponsier
London
Pulp and Paper
Tin
New City
Gary
New York American
Gurney
Oxford
W. J. Doig
A. Astbury
Russell, Man
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