Will This Bill Pass A Denver-bound legislator’s pledge
Denver Post notes Bill Taylor has traveled to Denver to assume a legislative chair. The poem questions if his stated vows to act for the people without boss control, avoid whisky, and serve faithfully will hold true, as readers watch to see if he can deliver.
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Denver
Bill
Denver Post
Mannish proposal seals vow with a ring
Nan and a persistent suitor discuss his plan to marry after he secures permission from Mrs. Cromwell. He reveals locating Nan from trunks and promising to wed once she agrees, slipping a ring on her finger and mentioning an old five dollar piece as the ring. Nan admits she likes him too.
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Mrs. Montrose
Nan
Montrose
Pleasantville
Organ grinders find winter retreat in Naples Italy
The organ grinders of America, even millionaires, spend winters in Italy’s RiViera. They sail to Naples or Genoa with crews of organ grinders. In winter they enjoy sunlit squares, Maritime Alps, blue seas, palms and perfumed rose farms. It is cheap living with 10 to 15 cents daily for grinders.
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Organ Grinders
America
Italy
Riviera
Naples
Genoa
Alps
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Anu
President Tyler's Feasts and Virginia Ham Legacy
The article describes President Tyler's large scale dinners largely supplied from Greenway Court. A skilled negro cook prepared celebrated hams from Virginia porkers raised on acorns and corn, then finished with smoke and brown sugar for holiday tables.
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Greenway Court
Oak Woods
Home Magazine
Mark Twain Criticism Sparks Tale Revision, A Nebulous Exchange
An author recalls reading a tale to Mark Twain and receiving blunt feedback that tightened the story. Twain reportedly softened an unrealistically lofty ending into a more grounded moment with Mabel and their orchard scene, then quizzed the morality with a satirical joke about a young man nibbling a girl’s back hair.
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Mabel
Mr. Clemens
India Star
Painful Suggestion Headache After Late Night
A quoted exchange shows Chapleigh I and Miss Caustique discussing late nights and a resulting headache. The Chicago Tribune style line implies a tacit suggestion to stay out late, framed as a social witticism.
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Chapleigh
Modesty and Self-Deprecation Quip Cited by Washington Star
A remark attributed to Mr. Stormington Barnes questions the value of praising oneself. The Washington Star quotes him saying that discussing his own status is unkind and that he avoids talking about himself.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Reversed by the People London votes halt municipal ownership
English voters reversed municipal ownership in London on November 1. The Progressives lost control of most boroughs after taxes and rents rose from city owned tramways lighting waterworks and baths. Losses included higher lighting costs and failed public works, with critics calling municipal trade inefficient and wasteful.
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Municipal Ownership Party
London County Council
Islington
St. Pancras
Thich
Woolwich
Bermondsey
Southwark
Shoreditch
Poplar Gach
Pall Mall Gazette
Easter Sunday Arrives March 30 This Year
Easter falls on March 30 this year, over three weeks earlier than the 1996 date. A newly found carved war god in a Colorado cave is thought to be over a millennium old. Colombia reports about 4000 lepers, chiefly isolated, with few cases among those in hygienic care. The Doukiebors of Winnipeg shift from draft labor to paid farm work as senses return. Cuba’s mandate to accept American currency as legal tender fuels island discontent due to scarcity for trade.
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Colombia
Doukiebors
Winnipeg
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