Indian Summer Through Poet and Prophet Eyes
The piece surveys Indian summer as a seasonal idea, tracing weather bureau notes and a chorus of poets and writers. It links the mild fall spell after squaw winter to saints days in Europe, cites Thoreau and Longfellow, and names Hollis Holmes Stanton and others who celebrated the season in verse and prose.
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Elmo Scott Watsoning
United States Weather Bureau
Thoreau
Concord
Mass
Europe
America
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Felicia Hemans
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bernard Shaw as a press agent praised by publisher
A publisher extols Bernard Shaw as the ultimate press agent noting he thrives on news coverage. The tale compares him to Willie Williams who pursued a French actress in Chicago and faced her demand for privacy, provoking Williams to anticipate a sensational story.
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Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Willie Williams
West
Chicago
Epee
First Oranges Served To Catherine the Great In 1701
The first oranges eaten in Russia were served on Potiomkin's table during a 1701 royal entertain, marking a landmark fruit arrival.
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Russia
Potiomkin
Catherine the Great
Imagination of Sorrow Haunting thoughts and fear
A reflective quatrain notes that inner dread from imagined ghosts is more terrifying than real threats. The speaker contrasts harmless specters with men who wield steel and blood in a somber meditation on fear and sorrow.
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Thomas Balley
Cleaning Eyeglasses Tip From Washington Optometrist
A Washington optometrist advises cleaning eyeglasses by gripping the frames rather than the nosepiece to avoid loosening screws. This guidance emphasizes maintaining frame integrity and prolonging lens alignment.
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Washington
Woman Protects Dog As She Kills Self
In San Francisco Mrs. Pearl Alspaugh turned on gas to die but saved her dog first. Husband G C Alspaugh, a laundry worker, found her dead from the fumes. the dog was unconscious but later revived. He cited no clear reason beyond her ill health.
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San Francisco
Pearl Alspaugh
G. C. Alspaugh
Alspaugh
Girl Killed by Bear In Break-In At Manitoba Home
Three year old girl died when a large black bear, driven from the bush by fire and hunger, forced entry into the Grorrichuk home near Low land Manitoba. The family’s two other children fled to a neighbor's farm as the bear attacked, and Mrs. Grozchuk returned to find her daughter dead.
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Hopkinsville
Henry Gibbs
Edward Green
Detroit
Louise Gibbs
Cadiz
Gibbs
Green
Louise
Winnipeg
Fred Grorrichuk
Lowland
Man
Grorrichuk
Man Dies Far From Home After MisID At Hotel
Raymond Washington July report states John Carlson aged sixty one from Naselle died alone in a hotel room near relatives while relatives hunted for him. He had left Astoria and registered under the name John Koski by hotel clerk error.
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Raymond
Wash
John Carlson
Naselle
Astoria
John Koski
Arthur Carlson
Bandit Spares Widow After Pistol Threat
Bandit enters a confectionery store owned by Mrs. Caroline Baldwin, a widow, brandishing a pistol and asking if she is a widow. He halts the robbery after learning she is a widow, then leaves the store without taking money.
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St. Louis
Caroline Baldwin
Golfer Kills Snake with Golf Ball in Arkansas Ravine
W. M. McRoy of Fayetteville hit a drive that rolled into a ditch where a several feet long snake lay. The ball struck the snake in the head and killed it, ending its writhing shortly after.
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Fayetteville
Ark
W. M. McRoy
McRoy
Parsimonious governors and Woodbine fares tale gaffe
A New York dinner remark by Gov ernor Harrison airs a quip about parsimony and a man asking the conductor for Woodbine fares. The piece notes a trolley chase and wrong-way confusion. Golf course sizes discussed: nine holes around 70 acres, eighteen holes near 12% acres, varying with terrain.
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George L. Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Woodbine
And No Refunds Lottery Quip By Pages Gates
A clipped quotation from Pages Gates of Yverdon compares a failed matril monial lottery with a spouse’s win, paired with a Boiste aphorism about lost confidence. The fragment reflects light humorous musings rather than a full narrative.
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Gates
Yverdon
Why Idea of Fireman's Life Appealed to Him
A visitor asks Billy what he will be when grown. The boy declares he will be a fireman, eliciting pride from his father who endorses a “man of action” image. Billy explains firemen sit around the station and loaf, ending the discussion.
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Billy
But Have You a Fiance A Jape on Rolls-Royce Promises
A witty exchange jokes about a fiance unable to take the speaker out in his Rolls Royce. The line turns on the idea of a Rolls Royce as a symbol of status and planning disrupted by misfortune.
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls
Real monsters abroad today are prejudice and intolerance
A concise quotation notes that the true horrors seen internationally come from bias and bigotry, not external threats. It frames prejudice as a universal danger shaping societies and histories.
Nujol Promises Health Boost for Busy Salesman
A Baltimore salesman credits a physician with guiding him to Nujol as a simple way to cleanse the system. He reports a 50 percent sales increase after using the product, touting it as bodily lubrication without drugs and urging readers to try it for better health and efficiency.
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John G. OC. Brainerd
Mrs. Sigourney
Longfellow
Ais
All Saints
Whittier’s
Stephen Henry Thayer
Sam Walter Foss
Marian Isabel Angus
Minna Irving
Indian Council
Frank L. Stanton
State
Georgia
Cornelia R. Doherty
Mallow-In-The-Marshes
Pop
Bor
Bayer Aspirin
Orance
Lucky
R.F. Myers
Rosedale Street
Baltimore
Mr. Myers
W.h.forst
Msgr
Scottdale
Penna
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