Joel's Defeat and the Grief of Janet in Wancote
Janet chooses Tom over Joel, then discovers his quiet life of charity after he saves her and Esther. Joel renounces self and builds a new world among children, aided by a clergyman. A final act leaves Joel dead, but he wills his estate to Esther Walcroft, the girl who sparked his transformation.
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Janet
Wancote
Joel
Tom
Daniel Gable
Wanvote
Parron
Tom Walcroft
Joel Saunders
Wantor
Hte
Ablitt
Westbourne
London
Walcroft
Wancote on-the-Hill
Charles Hyde
Thomas Walcroft
Janet Page
Salvation Army
Theo, Street
James
Adams
Esther Walcroft
Mother
Birmingham
Arihg
Esther
Lkely
Westbourne Journal
Evening Post
Wancote-on-the
Quadmill
Esthey
World News Roundup of Wealth, Travel, and Crime
A packed mix of facts notes sugar crop gains and rail travel costs. It covers London insurance totals and Canada college gifts, a preacher in New York aged ninety nine married thirteen times, and a curious railway telegraphy settlement for a brakeman who lost his legs. Also mentions a Turkish partridge taboo and European royalty tracing to James I.
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Transsiberian Railway
James N. Lann
Middletown
N. Y
Milford
London
Canada
Jules la Piere
Treland
Constantinople
St. John the
Licht
Danny Maher
England
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
United Kingdom
Natal
York and Lancaster Regiment
Charlestown
Byron
Newark
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Salisbury
John Higgins
Emporia
Kan
Turkey
Hassan
Tokio
Servia
Montenegro
Europe
James I
Bourbon
Hapsburg
Hohenzollern
Romanoff
Savoy
James
Out of the Ordinary Ripples Through Early 20th Century Facts
A miscellany notes New York’s 1664 charter status and a claim about the Tsang Po river length and elevation. It mentions a car seat spring device, American furniture in Constantinople, alcohol from various sources at 15 cents a gallon, U S fire losses totaling over 2.0 billion in twenty five years with 1910s share, candied fruit methods in the West Indies, and a vast, likely garbled description of a railway across the Egyptian desert.
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New York
Tsang-Po
Constantinople
Italy
France
United States
West Indies
New South Wales
Ate Plain
Leven
Bia
Don’t you hate useful presents at Christmas
In Philadelphia Telegraph a fourteen year old and a companion discuss gifts on a street car the day after Christmas. One boy boasts of sleds skates a travel book and candy while the other laments handkerchiefs mittens neckties and cuff buttons as not fully satisfying reminders of the season.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Not the Famous One in New York Times Humor
A Mrs. Malaprop of New York hosts friends for a meeting with a Mr. Howells. A guest asks to meet the famous Mr. Howells. The hostess replies that this is not the famous writer, claiming he has never done anything and is infamous.
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New York Times
Fountain Poem Reflects on Joy and Spiritual Flight
A lyrical meditation on a fountain as a symbol of eternal youth and hopeful spirit. The speaker praises its cleansing waters and radiant movement, linking its springs to faith, rising aspirations, and a longing to lift the soul toward a diviner duty. The piece ends with a fragmentary line indicating a tribute from Edward Doren to a collection.
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Edward Doren
Valentine
Ship of Silence
Modern Fables by George ADE Rugged Hiram tale
A fragmented entry recalls George Ade's Modern Fables, noting Rugged Hiram and Hiram's Giddy Wife. Copyright 1902 by Robert Howard Russell is referenced.
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George Ade
Hiram
Robert Howard Russell
The Rise and Fall of Hiram and His Social Queen
A satirical portrait of Hiram a strict business man linked to a lavish wife known for wealth and social clout. When stock losses strike he collapses. the wife sustains appearances though debt and downgrades follow. He discovers cash is not life while she preserves status and family ties.
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Hiram
Gabby
Withal
Gibraltar
Jessie
Kansas
The Unsightly Skyscrapers in Boston and New York
The piece condemns modern skyscraper design with veneer façades as fragile against earthquakes, argues the tall structures ruin the monumentality of urban centers, and contrasts American towers with Egyptian pyramids while noting unfinished back sides that spoil the overall effect. It targets urban power centers and the aftereffects of rapid construction.
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Boston Transcript
New York
The New Fad atchison Globe notes a bright trend
The article portraits a craze sweeping through Atchison readers, praising a shift from old routines to a relentless pursuit of happiness, from coffee to comfort, turning every circumstance into sunshine and urging broad optimism.
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Algernon Gissing
Miss Crane
Treasury
Ki- Bosh
Knickerbockers
Miss Fily
Mr. Moth
Miss Bee
Sliss
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