Temple Builders and Faith in the Heart
A poem by Charles W. Stevenson in the New York Observer laments that grand churches and ornate symbols do not define a true temple. The real sanctuary lies within the human heart where honest living and inner goodness dwell, beyond gilded arches, altars stained by creed, and worldly power.
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Charles W. Stevenson
New York Observer
The N Bar Freak Rides Outlaw Kingbolt to Finish
In northern Montana the new Circle Four bronco rider known as the N Bar Freak tackles the notorious Kingbolt after being warned of his ferocity. The climactic duel ends with Kingbolt dead and the Freak still riding, cementing his legend among cowpunchers.
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Circle Four
Montana
Old Doby
Johnny Layton
Kid Moore
N-Bar
Doby’s
Johnny
Kingbolt
Old Kingbolt
Here
Rio Grande
Moore
Clearwater Creek
Jake Devlin
Doby
Chin Coulee
Clearwater
Layton
Koty
Bear Paw
Big Hole
Kingbollt
Circle Fur
Clearwater Flats
San Francisco
Unwilling Juror Letter From New Hampshire Farmer
A New Hampshire judge receives a whimsical letter from a farmer who refuses juror duty citing farming tasks and apple sorting. He suggests Si Jackman replace him, noting Jackman’s willingness to travel for car fare. The note recalls a past juror experience during Bud Stiles’s death.
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New Hampshire
Manchester
Bud Stiles
Jackman
Lippincott’s
A Royal Joshua Toasts at Dutch Ambassies
In Holland Lord Stair hosted foreign ministers with lavish entertainment. The Abbe de Ville toasted Louis XV while alluding to his master and his device The Rising Sun. The baron de Reisbach proposed the moon to honor the empress queen. The Earl of Stair drank to his master King William in the name of Joshua son of Nun who caused sun and moon to stand still.
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Lord Stair
Holland
Unexpected Punishment Teaches a Lesson in Rainy Metaphor
A Latin teacher uses an unconventional approach to discipline. Nelly Ford disobeys, endures a long walk home in rain and sleet, and is not rebuked. The teacher later explains that ignoring her misbehavior was the punishment she desired and it changed her.
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Miss Carman
Nelly Ford
Nelly
Nellie
Our Ignorance of Earth and the View Shaped by Flight
A London Graphic meditation argues that human vision is limited to the near plane of the earth. Until we fly or float above it, our sense of the globe’s true appearance remains invisible and inadequately imagined. Universal flying could spur a new school of art.
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Earth
Globe
Universal
London Graphic
No, she would not marry the best man on earth
A line from Stray Stories where a proud woman declines marriage to the finest suitor. The rejected man taunts that an old maid might value the chance she refused.
The Summer Girl as an American Institution
An essay-style meditation argues that the Summer Girl is a uniquely American invention and a social institution. It portrays her freedom in summer, allure to men, and the need for she to remain poised and nonserious until winter.
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England
Germany
The Sunday School Lesson on Nadab and Abihu
The lesson from Leviticus 10 1 11 recalls Nadab and Abihu offering strange fire and dying before the Lord. It emphasizes reverence before God the prohibition on wine in the tabernacle and the need for pure worship and manhood.
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Nadab
Abihu
Aaron
Moses
Mishael
Elzaphan
Uzsiel
Eleazar
Ithamar
House of Israel
Israel
Venice to host international art exhibition in 1903
From Venice the next biennial international art exhibition is announced to run April 2 to October 31, 1903. Gold medals are offered and 100,000 francs will be spent by Venice authorities on pictures for the gallery. British painters reportedly find this exhibition highly profitable for sending their work.
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Venice
Quips and Quarrels Echo Through Satirical Snatches
A collage of wry lines from various papers jokes about reconciliation pride luck fashion poets and sport. Qabs about misfortune fame and progress appear as snippets from The Atchison Globe Town Topics Indianapolis News The Scroll Cincinnati Commercial Tribune and Boston Transcript.
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Atchison Globe
Merritt
Harold
Indianapolis News
la Montt
Blowerin
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
George
Constance
Boston Transcript
Elevator Shaft Accident Recalls a Narrow Escape
A Washington Star account recalls elevator shaft dangers after a hospital operating room mishap. A former patient describes being wheeled toward a shaft, the table slipping, and a 30 foot fall, saved by a mattress shift and providential luck.
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Washington
Washington Star
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Fisher
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