Halloween Pumpkins Mingle with Old Friends and Old Grudges
In a reminiscence on Halloween a trio of former friends, Sam, Tom, and Ned, plan a prank on Bill Bates at Mattie Vaughn’s house. A twist reveals Mattie is not Bates, and Sam’s jealousy over Mattie’s wifehood long past, culminating in a heartfelt reconciliation as Mattie explains Bates left for South America and she returned to town.
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Sam
Tom Wiltse
Tom
Ned Brooks
Jamestown
Roundbott
Old Town
Ned
Bam
Mattie
Zam
Mattie—nix
Fresencer
Bil Bates
Karny Bill
Gill
Thia
Scholhouse
Nef
Cushing
West
Cincinnati
Sacramento
Flo
Visk
Bill Bates
Matt
Bill
Btn Bates
Brooks
Fellows
Matte Vaughan
BI Bates
Bates
Mattie Vaughan
Kam Cubbing
Walloween
Matte
Sam Cushing
BM Bates
South America
Impa- Henly
Sam Bill
Allence
Pete Lawson
Etosa
Judge's Library
The Dog His Day Romance on a Sand Island
Young Conway and Miss Pennell quarrel over an engagement on a small island. He mocks her hopes, while she challenges his chivalry and hints at marriage, as they improvise a plan to return for a dance while debating romance and fate.
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Conway
Miss Ponowell
Robert
Bobbie
Miss Peppell
Hebert
Misa Stubbs
Misa Pennell
Ble
Reniy
Miss
Imaginative Attic Girl Amuses Neighbor With Tales
A young girl with a vivid imagination spins stories to neighbors and family. She recounts a tale about her mother being ill, then corrects the mistake after a trip to check on a sick friend. The mother questions the daughter as to why she fabricates such reports.
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Nelly
Sabe
Mamma
A Busy Family Cartoons and City Readings
A rural street scene shows a hook agent asking for a father as a barefoot boy answers with a string of escapes and excuses. Women around him discuss disciplining the boy while a gentle neighbor reveals tempered patience, and a humorous exchange about a future son in law closes the vignette.
Christian Science Monitor to Launch in Boston
The Christian Science Sentinel announces a new daily paper to be known as the Christian Science Monitor. The mission is to publish real news with clean, wholesome manners, avoiding sensational methods and exploitation of illustrations. It aims to be welcome in homes seeking parity and retirement ideals.
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The
Christian Scientists In
Boston
Christian Science Sentinel of
Church
Christian Science Monitor
Vengeance at a Long Wedding Night
Cuyler consoles Elinor after a wedding and shares a brotherly insight. He counsels restraint and urges shared happiness while Elinor admits her selfish ache to keep her sister Margaret from losing her fiancé. They resolve to return to the house and face the outcome together.
Stevenson on Idleness and social impact
The quote argues happiness beyond material work, warning against exhausting activity. It contrasts two paths for industrious people, urging balance to avoid nervous strain and social harm. Robert Louis Stevenson is quoted on how excessive labor harms others and life quality.
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Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Changes In English Lord's Prayer Through Centuries
The excerpt examines how the Lord's Prayer differs across centuries from 1150 to 1624, noting language shifts in spelling and pronunciation. It highlights variants like 1150 and 1800 versions, the 1624 modernization, and mentions how phrases such as daily bread varied in early forms.
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Hevens
Earth
Heven
Tolstoys Sense of Honor at a Music Party
At Count Tolstoy's gathering boys were displeased by Inty's singing and left for another room. The father confronted them, asking if they protested on purpose. After some hesitation they admitted yes, then were urged to express it politely or stay silent, with the count declaring he would not endure such protests.
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Cayter
Hlinor
Frits
Fritz
Binner
Jay
Elinor
Margaret
Tolstoy
Count Tolstoy
Lyef Nikolsevicchin
Bryan Returns to Lincoln After Campaign Tour Speech Fatigue
After a Missouri trip, Democratic nominee William J. Bryan arrived home in Lincoln Nebraska and said he spoke thirty one times the previous day yet felt as fresh at the last as at the first. His voice showed no strain from the exertion.
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Bryan
Willan Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Missouri
Des Moines Parrot Death Suit Against Plumbing Firm
Freddie Arntz sues Capital City Plumbing in district court for 56 dollars claiming her African parrot Polly froze to death while an agent repaired a steam radiator at her office on Sixth and Mulberry streets. The firm denies forming an insurance society for parrots.
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Des Moines
Capital City Plumbing Company
Freddie Arntz
Plumbing Company
Mulberry
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Frank H. Sweet
Bil
Aftte
Philadelphia Inquirer
Giuma
Troy Allison
Tlegende Birtlor
Associated Literary Prowm
Ongler
Cuyler
Cayler
Mra. Trenholme
Hin
Filnor
Rei
Mensnor ‘Trenholme
Cguyler
Axa Yiter
Polly
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