Chimmie Fidien Stories on Fitness and Social Tangles
In lively slang, Chimmie recalls summer workouts at Miss Fannie’s house. He jests about golf with Whiskers, duchess antics, Kiddie’s morning drills, and Duchess and Widdy chasing exercise and fashion. The piece blends humor with social ambition and flirtation among a coastal circle.
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Paul
Mr. Paul
Chames
Dan
Whickers
Fair Green
Duchess
Maggie
Kiddie
Mortense
Trousseau
Widdy
Paris
Washington
Cupid
Madam Harding
Roseleafers Picnic and a New York Scrape
The narrator recounts a Roseleaf Outing misadventure when Duchess and Maggie spark a public scrap aboard a riverboat. Maggie resists marrying Chimmie Fadden’s friend while Duchess provokes the clash to sway another romance, revealing women’s varied views on marriage and status in urban life.
The Dedication Prayer For A House Of Worship
A prayer focusing on dedication blessing for a house of worship. The text petitions the Holy Trinity to consecrate the building, protect it, and fill it with holiness. It asks for guidance, righteousness, and steadfast worship, ending with a benediction to glorify Thy name.
The Resurrection of Hades in a Devils Tale
An ancient allegory depicts Beelzebub fearing Christ’s teaching, the fall of Hades, and how devils claim faith divisions and worldly theft grew from corrupted beliefs. Hypocrisy and mischief spread through infant baptism fights, miracles, tongues, and wedding rites, while monarchy and robbery flourish as tools of power.
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Jesus Christ
Beelzebub
Hades
Christ
Jesus
Beezlebub
Adam
Judas
Mades
Earth
Paradise
A Little Fable on Beelzebub and the Devils of Progress
Count Leo Tolstoi presents a fable where Beelzebub questions morality as various devils expose humanity’s sins. The devils of progress, ego, war, rumor, and luxury reveal how nations justify domination, weaponize religion, and persuade masses through false visions of happiness, while the Savior’s teachings are twisted.
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Beelzebub
Republics
Christ
Germany
France
Russia
Great Britain
Berlzebub
Aristotle
Socrates
Satan
Hades
Sable One
Beezlebub
Leo Tolstol
Jasnaja Poljana
Soft satirical verse ends with coinage of imagination
A playful verse by W. E. Hanley describes an Angel of Conversation loosening a purse over a pipe and a Hastens-like figure spending coins of imagination. The poem wittily owns mutual admiration as it muses on guiding thought, administration, and the reordering of the universe. The lines end with an odd pastoral flourish and a promotional aside for JANES'S Dustives Oats.
Presidential interviews reveal Grant and other presidents as open news sources
Experienced correspondent recalls how Grant greeted reporters with direct memory of interview history and simple disclosure. Garfield and Arthur are described as engaging yet wary of exclusives, while Cleveland's White House access varied by private secretary. McKinley stands out as most approachable, Roosevelt as highly talkative yet cautious, and Bayard notes rare betrayals by a journalist.
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E. G. Dunnell
Leslie
General Grant
Garfield
House of Representatives
White House
Williams College
Ohio
Arthur
Mr. Cleveland
Daniel $. Lamont
Lamont
Washington
Cleveland
Harrigan
Indiana
William McKinley
McKinley
Roosevelt
Mr. Bayard
It's Funny How Fast Customs Change At Vacation Town
A Philadelphia Press reader recounts vacation behavior in a small town where trains pass by daily. After observing locals rush to the porch and window to watch trains, he notes how quickly his family adapts, and even he finds himself imitating the habit, with a local sewing circle collecting scraps at the station. He reflects on how routine reshapes perception and habit.
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Maggie
Widdy
Madam Harding
Philadelphia
Elkins
Sears
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