My Impressions of Law and Lawyers by Richard Devereux Doyle
Norfolk lawyer Mr Richard Devereux Doyle contributes a study to The Southern Magazine on the difficulties facing young barristers and the influence of literature and politics on their prospects. He argues many fail not for lack of talent but due to health, discipline, ambition, and misaligned paths. He stresses love of the profession, industry, and aggressive zeal as keys to success while noting ethics and public perception impact a lawyer’s career.
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Richard Devereux Doyle
Norfolk
Southern Magazine
Doyle
Richard Lalor Shiel
Eure
Shiel
Kirk White
Wegg
Lord Bacon
Edward Coke
Baltimore Sun
How to Cook Possum from a Philadelphia Times Feature
A Philadelphia Times excerpt recounts a New Orleans street tale in which a cheerful old man shares a step by step possum recipe. The narrative blends humor and regional flavor as the man describes skinning, parboiling, browning, and slow roasting possum with sweet potatoes to produce a rich gravy and tender meat.
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New Orleans
Chartres Street
Crescent City
Missy
Philadelphia Times
Millionaire’s Start in Wisconsin Lumber Camp
A Wisconsin town encounter with a showman leads a nakedly ambitious man to a wrestling challenge that ends with a Detroit Free Press note. He pounds the giant, earns $10, then becomes head of teams in lumber camps and a partner, paving his way to wealth.
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Poultney
Bigelow
Caspar Whitney
Siam
Bangkok
India
Europe
Germany
France
United States
Canada
Mexico
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
New York City
Wisconsin
Detroit Free Press
Theta Orionis Reveals Seven Stars in Orion Panorama
In Orion a star named Theta Orionis seen through a telescope appears as a sextuplet, showing seven stars revolving about each other. It is supposed each of these stars is encircled by planets and moons.
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Constellation of
Orion
Gathered to His Feathers Joke Irony in Editing
A Chicago News quip about a proofreading error turns a folding bed accident into a pun. The managing editor laments the slip while the city editor calls it harmless humor. The joke hinges on the phrase Gathered to His Feathers.
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Chicago News
Does your sister sing much George
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a man asking why his sister sings less when he is present. The reply notes that he leaves whenever she begins singing, implying a humorous family dynamic.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Omaha Exposition
Jebraska Clotfounrg Ge
Foley’s Honey
Dunning & Longstaff
Crescent
Eiaraware
South Dakota
Waibel & Donaldson
Huron
Dak
S. R. Crockett
Middle West
Klondike
RED Axe
8. R. Crockett
Associated Hermits
Frank R. Stockton
Marti
London
Arnold White
Carl Schurz
F. R. Stockton
Henry James
W. D. Howells
Sapolio
LAW and Lawyers
Pal
Sherwin Williams
Guy’s and Westminister Hospital
England
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
C. B. Alford
Hur
Dunning
Lonestaff
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