Dickens Writing Habits and Oliver Twist Tale Notes
The piece recounts Charles Dickens writing mainly in the morning with occasional nighttime work in youth. It traces Oliver Twist’s early life, hardship, and rescue, detailing Fagin’s gang, Nancy’s fate, Monks’ schemes, and Brownlow's revelations, ending with reconciliations and adoptions.
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Mr. Brownlow
Nancy
Fagin
Bill Sikes
Oliver
Rose Maylie
Dickens
Monks
Bulbul Birds Name Origin and Habits
Bulbul, a small ornate bird common from Persia to Bengal, carries an Arabic Persian name once used for the Persian nightingale. Found in gardens and verandas, bulbul flits through Persia, India, Palestine, and toward Ceylon and Bengal. Its song is a chirruping warble.
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Asia
Persia
India
Palestine
South America
Ceylon
Bengal
On Guard Notice to Cook for Long Visit
A household exchanges a warning about a long visit from the mother in law. A list of her preferred dishes is requested with assurance of payment if satisfied. The cook agrees to begin with a sample dish, with a week’s notice promised after the first effort.
Jack Quinn Defends Spit Ball as Fair Pitch
Yankee hurler Jack Quinn argues the spit ball is no more a freak delivery than the curve ball and should not be abolished. He cites Ed Walsh as the era’s most effective spitballer and notes other pitchers like Chesbro Grimes Rudolph and Shocker used it with varying frequency and success.
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Yankee
Walsh
Jack Quinn
Ed Walsh
Quinn
Jack Chesbro
Chesbro
Burleigh Grimes
Dick Rudolph
Cleotte
Urban Shocker
Bill Doak
Interest in Sports Notes Spans Clubs, Colleges, and Contests
A scattered survey of athletic topics mentions the Toronto cricket council with 23 clubs, a floating golf ball debate, Camp Dix aiming to host a large post center, and Dempsey sparring partners. It notes Santa Clara dropping intercollegiate athletics, John F. Martin named Wesleyan coach, Princeton and Northwestern athletics quirks, and varied world boxing awards and belts.
Pinch Hitting Depth for Washington Benches Strong
Manager McBride of the Washington team prepares a deep bench with Frank Brower on the pitching staff Bing Miller and Hank Shanks as utility players and a ready pair of pinch hitters. Added depth includes Pat Ghartity as extra catcher and pitchers Zachary and Courtney capable of powerful hits.
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Frank Brower
Bing Miller
Hank Shanks
McBride
Washington
Pat Ghartity
Zachary and
Courtney
Brennan Returns to National League Umpiring Staff
Bill Brennan resumes NL duties after six years away, having jumped to the Federal League during the baseball war. Once regarded as a top umpire, he had struggled to secure a major circuit position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brennan
National
Brennan
National League
Federal League
Carl Mays Critiques Fensters Crowding Plate
Pitcher Carl Mays, the Yankee submarine who threw the ball that killed Ray Chapman, says Fenster crowds the plate and endangers the pitcher. He notes the pitcher has the right of way above the plate and laments batters crowding. He admires Fewster's nerve but calls him too nervy.
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Carl Mays
Yankee
Ray Chapman
Cleveland
Fenster
Fewster
Baseball Notes showcase of 1920s star rumors and trades
A jumble of baseball gossip lists trades signings and opinions. It mentions Carl Schmehl released to St Paul A A, Johnny Enzmann purchased by Indianers from Philadelphia, Clark Pittinger hailed as a star in the Mint League, Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson cited for power, and Cox like assessments of teams including the White Sox Reds and Pirates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schmehl
Cincinnati
St. Paul
Hugh Duffy
The
Red Sox
Clark Pittinger
Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Relief From Pain
Georgetown Illinois resident Margaret McCumber says after childbirth she suffered severe back pain and could barely walk. She reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and urges other women to try it to ease similar ailments.
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Georgetown
Ill
Margaret McCumber
Frazier St
Illinois
McCumber
Dia B. Pinkham
Law Violators Polar Bears Face Prohibition Enforcers
The Hoover finding assigns polar bears to commerce, grizzly bears to interior, and brown bears to agriculture. The joke argues they all belong under prohibition enforcement as brainy law violators.
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Hoover
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Prohibition Enforcement
Philadelphia
Ue Ledger
Mint Leaves Describe Yard Growth and Flavor Hint
The passage notes young mint leaves in backyards and vacant lots, urging cautious guarding. It mentions crushed leaves in lemonade adding a tang and a reflection on meekness and a man’s reputation being the market price of worth.
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Condensed Classics
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
Howard LaField
Parta
London
Paris
Kentish
Beadle
Dodger
Fac
Rose
London Bridge
Sikes
Leeford
Brownlow
Edwin Leeford
Agnes Fleming
Agnes
England
One Mass
Waseda University
Tokio
Honolulu
United States
New York Yankees
Toronto Cricket Council
Camp Dix
N. J
Dempsey
University of Santa Clara
California
Chick Evans
John F. Martin
Oberlin College
Wesleyan ‘University
Cornell
Doctor Spaeth
Princeton
Capablanca
Johnny Dundee
Sphagetti
Rocky Kansas
Melville P. Dickenson
Chauncey Simpson
Bob
Bosworth
Northwestern University
Porky Flynn
Millerand
France
America
White Sox
Harry Hooper
Jim Dunn
Indians
Yankees
Hughey Duffy
Jimmy Burke
Francis Pratt
University of Alabama
Bill Rumler
Minot
N. D
Walter Johnson
Babe Ruth
Indianersus A. A. Club
Johnny Enzmann
Philadelphia Nationals
Arthur Irwin
Hartfords
Dunn
Sis
Bill Donovan
Phillies
Cobb
Tigers
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Smoky City
Goldie Rapp
Sam
Washington Club
Mal Barry
Hartford
Ralph Doyle
Holy Cross College
Springfield
Kid Elberfeld
Ball Park
Jack O'Toole
Wilbert Robinson
Robins
Doe
Johnston
Jimmy
Bie
Ping Bodie
Bebe Ruth
Ah Ruth
Frank Wilson
Bill Klein
John McGraw
Curtis Walker
George Burns
Gilbert Bros. & CO
Baltimore, Md
Neto
Absor Orbine E JR
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple
Mass
Cocina
I. U, Ginginnati
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