A Street Graft and Medicine Man’s Fascinating Tale
A narrator recalls selling hair dye and fleeing angry townsfolk after refunds, describing a life of hazard and allure in street medicine. He cites a former Indianapolis man now posing as a Quaker doctor in Ohio and Indiana, profiting from storefront-free treatment while traveling in luxury.
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Rome
St. Louis
Bellefontaine
Indianapolis
Ohio
Indiana
Mvory
Questions and Answers Resource from a Historic Q A Survey
A compendium of quick queries and answers on figures and facts. Topics include biographical notes on Sam Walter Foss and Ellen Glasgow, West Point graduation numbers, enacting clauses, New Hampshire seaport status, Brazil and Campos Salles, Shakespeare lines, athletic records, Civil War naval actions, St Louis Union Station details, Democrat portraits, immigration figures, and Platt Amendment provisions.
Reading Faster and Smarter in a New Era of Books
The essay argues for disciplined reading over mass consumption, urging flexible pacing, concentrated study, and selective focus. It contrasts skimming with deep reading, notes the risks of sensational publishing campaigns, and defends enduring classics as guides against public hype and quick trends.
Old Jane and the Corner Street Memory
A nostalgic vignette centered on Old Jane, a frail figure near the gusty street corner in Aska. The narrator recalls her youth, doll toys, and skipping rope, contrasting past playful vitality with present weariness as she longs for rest. The piece closes with a faded portrait under a memorial title.
Rosebery Weighs Halt On Fiction Novel
Boston Transcript notes Lord Rosebery may have written a novel but will delay publication to avoid harm to his political career. The piece discusses the caution shown by statesmen who turn to fiction, noting public skepticism toward a political leader venturing into novel writing and the possible mismatch between fiction talent and political skill.
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Charity
Kansas
Indiana
Eosteo
Disraeli
Lord Rosebery
Napoleon
Jane Austin
Huma
Morover
New York Evening Post
Mary MacLane
Marie Bashkirtseff
Butte
Montana
America
Jane Austen
Mr. Igerton
Miss Austen
Willy Nilly
Strassburg
Emerson
Scott
Dickens
Thackeray
George Ellet
Gertrude Atherton
Charles Major
James Lane Allen
Gilbert Parker
Booth Tarkington
Boston Transcript
What Makes Great Writers in International Monthly
A discussion on how the term great applies to writers and works, distinguishing acts that move emotions from those that expand thought. It cites prescriptions for judging craft and notes that enduring impact, originality, and influence define greatness across literature and culture.
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Trent
International Monthly
Fashion and bathing suits on offer at Indianapolis shops
An Indianapolis News July 7 editorial notes cream and white fabrics for albatross and batiste, lists wide wool goods and colors, praises bathing suits of Turkish mohair brilliantine with fashionable shapes. Prices range from 4.70 to 12.00, with blue red tan and olive options. Packing advice included for travel.
Evanston Library Blacklists Controversial Classics
A Chicago letter reports Evanston librarys list of proscribed books grows as patrons challenge selections. Burnetts A Lady of Quality and Hawthornes Julian Hawthorne face bans while Australian authors and English critics debated slang and popularity. The piece notes librarians decide who is “favored” for access and mentions Churchill plans five American history novels, plus Hardy and Harland popularity shifts and a Dickensian flood of new fiction.
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Chicago
Boccaccio
Thomas Hardy
Mr. Crockett
Portugal
Winston Churchill
Richard Carvel
Boston Literary World
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
America
Evry
Frederick Greenwood
Dan
Mr. Hardy
Cornhill
Henry Marland
Europe
New York
Harland
England
London
Rome
Sidney Luzka
Edmond Clarence Stedman
Oom Wes
Ica
Abilc
H Farand
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T. T
Brazil
A. Senor Campos Salles
Bureau of American Republics
Washington, D. C
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Cressid
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Hatteras Inlet
Port Royal
St. Louis Walon
J. F
Ise
Market Street
Grover Cleveland
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Marion
Cleveland
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Edward III
Ceensy
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Henry Lee
Mariacens County
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Virginia Cavalry
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Wilson
Kidder
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