Thermopylae With a Vengeance
In a Green Bush scene Mildred May and Captain Drayton clash over love as Jimmy Mayne contends with his captain. A duel of words ends with mutual respect after a rough fight, Drayton admitting love and resolving to win Mildred, while Jimmy vows to protect her happiness.
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Mildred May
Wallace Drayton
Green Bush
St Leith
Drayton
Mildred
Jimmy Mayne
James
Jimmy
Miss Gandry
Mimms
Leith Gandry
Sevb Rae
Jimmy Author
Vely
Cap'n
Lad
Thermopylae
Not typical American Poet Longfellow in 1856 diary note
The excerpt notes poet Longfellow as unusually rooted in the East, disinterested in the forties and fifties political strife, and less traveling within the United States. It cites a journal entry from 1856 about dining with Agassiz and Emerson, and remarks on his lasting but limited influence compared with other writers.
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Washington
New York
Craigie House
Agassiz
Emerson
Longfellow
Uhland
Jean Paul
Fred Lewis Pattee
Trocadero of Paris Landmark on the Seine Summit
The Trocadero in Paris sits on the plateau overlooking the Seine and Champ de Mars. Erected in 1878 the building hosts a grand concert hall for six thousand and houses plaster casts and ethnographic curiosities. It takes its name from a Cadiz fortress captured by France in 1828. Napoleon once planned a palace for his son on the plateau but later abandoned the project.
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Trocadero
Paris
Seine
Champ de Mara
Cadiz
Napoleon
Rome
Seal Herds Growing Despite Historic Treaty Limits
The 1911 US Britain Japan and Russia pelagic sealing treaty aimed to curb harvests in the North Pacific. Estimated fur seals rose from about 196,000 to 600,000 this year, with prewhite abundance perhaps 5,000,000. If protections hold and only surplus males are culled, the herd could rebound to former highs.
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United States
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
North Pacific
Teacher probes usage of to too two in class
A Topeka Capital item notes a teacher asking for a sentence using the three homophones to too and two. A Jewish boy responds by saying two dollars is too much to spend, illustrating the lesson.
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Isaac
Topeka Capital
Plaits in sheer fabrics inspire summer frock and vintage jewelry
Fashion leans into plaited fabrics and bold costume jewelry for a light summer look. A blue and white voile dress features plaited bodice and velvet bound yoke with a bias girdle. Jewelry ranges from beads to long pendants and faux tortoise patterns, with wide bracelets and rhinestone accents.
Coincidence Links Civil War Vet To His Old Army Gear
Former West Virginia governor recalls a Civil War veteran who, while seeking pension information, is reunited with his own musket and canteen. The man sees his name and unit etched on the rifle stock and on a dented canteen among a pile of old army gear in the governor’s armory. The veteran leaves with both items, embracing them.
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MacCorkle
West Virginia
France
Beatenest Clock Brings Farmer Wife to Her Limit
Former Governor Fletcher recalls a Vermont tale of a backcountry couple in Montpelier who, admiring a cuckoo clock, nearly buys it. The wife balks at adding another bird to her flock duties, exclaiming she cannot feed a pesky clockbird amid farm chores.
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Fletcher
Vermont
Montpelier
Maria
Hezekiah
Build Aerial Way To Carry Mail At Night Across Continent
A new aerial right of way is under construction between Chicago and Cheyenne, spanning 900 miles. Emergency landing fields will be placed every 25 miles with two beacon types: a five million candle power searchlight visible 40 miles away and a horizontal beam detectable 25 miles off. Lights mark field limits, wind cones show landing conditions, and beacons every three miles buoy the route. Night flights aim to deliver a letter in 30 hours.
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Chicago
Cheyenne
Liffey to Be Made Useful for Electric Power
A private bill is planned to license a new scheme to harness the Liffey for electricity. A company has been formed to carry out the project and the Irish government may take over all or part of the enterprise on completion.
Losing Her Hosiery
A shopper describes buying seconds at a department store hosiery counter and leaving with stockings on his arm after a passerby asks if he knows he is losing his hosiery.
Garden Peas Seed Production Rises in 1922
USDA reports commercial production of garden peas for seed reached 46.6 million pounds in 1922, up 75 percent from 1921. The five year average production stands at 54 million pounds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Plainspoken Names and Addresses Noted
A straightforward listing provides the name and address clearly, omitting extra details. The format emphasizes readability for quick reference and minimizes ambiguity in identification.
Plan to Preserve Eyesight Campaign Nationwide
A nation wide campaign of eye conservation is planned by the Eyesight Conservation Council of America to prevent blindness from avoidable causes. Cooperation has been promised by the federal bureau of education the bureau of standards several universities and civic organizations.
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The
Eyesight Conservation Council of America
Federal Bureau of Education
Bureau of Standards
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Cuticura Remedies For Pimply Faces Promoted
The ad touts Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads, with Cuticura Soap and hot water for five minute washes. Keep skin clear with daily use and include Cuticura Talcum in routines.
Waiting For Nothing In The Village Post Office
An elderly man sits on the village post office steps whittling a cigar lid and whistling. A second man questions him about what he is waiting for. He says he is not waiting for anything, just waiting, prompting a puzzled reply about waiting for nothing.
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Jim
Kansas City Star
Adele's Cookie Request Fragments Lead to Laugh
A child named Adele asked a neighbor for cookies while her caregiver visited a dentist. Adele spotted cookies on a table and exclaimed I wanted a, then tiredly said Oh I'm so tired as the moment ended.
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Adele
California lemon crop to exceed all previous shipments
California faces a record lemon harvest with only one exception, forecasting 10,878 carloads of 400 boxes each. The 1920 21 season was slightly larger, but overall this crop stands as the largest ever shipped from the state.
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California
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Soria Bey
Western Newspaper Union
Say
Davey Tree Papers
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