The Girl at the Half Way House
A tale of Roger, Mildred, and a dying father at a remote half way house. A letter from Box Elder offers work, renewing Roger’s hope of returning to city life, but moral duty binds him to stay. He confesses love to Mildred as the father dies, accepting a future with her.
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Box Elder
Roser
Roger
Columbia
Jimtown
Jim River
Marsh
Box-elder
Mildred
Milly
A. C. Garrigus
Mothers’ Club
Patsy Bolivar
Dominion
United States
Ponto Alegre
Brazil
Nile
Egypt
Missouri
R. W. Ringhouse
San Francisco
End-Seat Bus Generating Summer City Gossip
In the Gossip's Corner observations note heavy chatter about the open car end seat hogs in major cities. The piece quips that both men and women seek the coveted end seats, with women sometimes provoking insults when others try to pass. It contrasts male restraint with an assertive female presence and notes smokers' seats provoke similar reactions.
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Fnte
Boston
Chicago
Indianapolis
Auldest Friends and the Grave as Quiet Resting Place
Poem reflects on aging friendship and loss. The speaker notes that true friends are the oldest, with youth on trial. The grave is seen as the final place to seek enduring friendship, while many drift away and fools break bonds.
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R. L. Stevenson
Be Ready to Act When Worthy Demand Appears
A reflective notice urges resolve in minor duties, training the will for moments when a partner or Fate asks for a deed. It emphasizes readiness, discipline, and the courage to meet a worthy call without delay.
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Lowell
Be ye sure that the Lord He is God sermon summary
The Rev. George R. Van De Water argues belief in God is essential for religion and moral life. He contends natural belief is common from childhood but doubt grows with worldly study. true conduct follows conviction. Prayer and intimate fellowship with God sustain virtue, while atheism offers little support in adversity or forgiveness.
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New York
Glen Island
W. P. Kremer
Mr. Kremer
Earth
Man
God
Untethered Reflection on Faith and Morality
A philosophical reflection declares that true goodness relies on God. It argues that without divine presence, moral meaning collapses and the journey ends in an abyss of loneliness and despair.
Ade Cashes Bad Check in Chicago Tale
New York writer George Ade recounts a confidence game in which a Boston publisher’s fake checks lead to repeated debt and relief moments. Ade aids the man with a few dollars, discovers a $60 check, and collaborates with Waldorf House detectives to trap the scam. No arrest follows.
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New York
Chicago Post
George Ade
Ade
Indiana
The
Lambs’ Club
Mr. Ade
First National Bank of Boston
Boston
First National Bank of Boson
Waldorf House
House
Boston Bank
Out of the Ordinary World Notes and Odd Facts
A miscellany notes American corn meal drove goose fattening in France, U S bequests total 1072600, 1811 Mohawk chief title for Prince Edward in Canada, Dickens novels serialized in Paris papers, Pennsylvania anthracite coal stock lasting eighty years, Mississippi World’s Fair plans a miniature cotton plantation display.
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France
United States
Edward
Prince of Wales
Canada
Dickens
Two Cities
Pennsylvania
Discard Man and the Nightly Trades of a Mark
A veteran utility man known as the Mark works the shadows of a flirtatious underworld. He agrees to escort and entertain, only to slip away as he analyzes the game behind the “cooling” charm. Amid tales of cons, he plots a quieter path, while various vignettes of gossip, curiosities, and oddities frame a world of vice and pretense.
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Geome
Bone Yard
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