Dickens Born in Portsmouth A Signboard Marks Legacy
The article recalls the birthplace of Charles Dickens in a modest Portsmouth home on Commercial Road. It notes how visitors pause before a sign reading Charies Dickens place and reflects on Dickens growth from a “beardless boy” to an author whose characters embodied everyday British life drawing on the bone and sinew of the nation.
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Charies Dickens
Portsmouth
John Dickens
Navy
London
Dickens
Weller
Great Britain
Commercial Road
Sisterly Banter on Age Sparks Quick Wit
In a light exchange Cecile jokes about age while Fanchette notes difficulty in judging a woman's age by appearance. The banter highlights playful sisterly rapport and social humor.
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Fanchette
Cecile
The Winner She Speech Is Silver and Silence Golden
A brief note highlights wordplay and contrasts between silence and speech with a humorous jab at merit and brass, implying a contrast between appearance and substance. The item presents a quip style caption from a periodical, typical of witty column content.
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Silence
The Man with Pen Faces The Politician in Strong Debate
The piece contrasts a writer's influence with a political figure, noting public power rests with the head that draws support. It frames the struggle as a contest between ideas and authority.
Courage Kept Hidden Then Restored at War’s End
Charles Callender once cashiered for alleged cowardice at Bunker Hill reenlisted as a private and proved his bravery at Long Island. He led his company after its officers fell, fought valiantly, and was saved from bayonet by a British officer. Captured and later freed, Washington restored his record and he mustered out with high honor.
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Charles Callender
Bunker Hill
Hong Ie Land
Leutenant
Washington
Levellers in Cromwell Era and German uprising
The text recalls dissidents seeking equal rights who challenged authority. It notes Cromwell suppressing Levellers as his army mutinied, and references a prior German Leveller movement of the sixteenth century that led to a large rebel army and slaughter in Hesse.
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Oliver Cromwell
Germany
Landgrave
Hesse
No Chance for Satan Display Scene
A Saturday Evansville Indiana item describes two Black men examining a window display of computing scales. One explains how the scales work and jokes that Satan cannot tap a man on the shoulder if he is behind such devices.
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Satan
Evansville
Ind
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