Black Joan and the Smugglers of Looe Island
On Looe Island Cornwall Finn and his daughter Black Joan are suspected smugglers. A coast guard station begets a plan to raid their cellars. Joan lures Joe Symmonds away with talk of her sister’s blue stockings and a ring, signaling to smugglers. In the end the Sklyark crew are trapped by vigilant officers and all cargo seized.
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Looe
Cornwall
St. Nicolas
Looes
France
Looe Island
Finn
Hisaughter
Black Joan
Plymouth Sound
Joan
Love
Vayther
Love Island
Joe French
Joe Rymmonds
Lovie
John
Joe
Joe Symmonds
Coastguard
Mister Symmonds
Jose
Joel
Cockleshell
Symmonds
Joel French
Joan, Gall
Noth
Isle
Leutenant
Howlin
Old Finn
Wayther
Sambo
Dicknickin
Crown
Colza
Watch
Ginger
Jael
Maps Flake Hygienic Food Ad From Battle Creek
An advertisement extols Maps-Flake cereal as a summer meal for all ages. It praises Mapl-Flake made from whole wheat with maple syrup and healthful ingredients, claiming no cooking needed and low sugar. It promises quick digestion, strong nerves and muscles, and includes a recipe booklet with purchase.
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Hygienic Food Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Now I Shall Adjudge a Ring in Fiendish Bluster
Finn threatens violence and chases Joan who pleads to be saved. Joins with Joe in a dramatic revelation, claiming deception about family deaths and an upcoming ring purchase. The scene blends suspense, bravado, and a plan to claim a possession amid a volatile confrontation.
Change in Colleges Seen in Presidential Trends
The article notes a shift from clergymen to laymen in college leadership, with Woodrow Wilson at Princeton cited as part of a broader move toward executive role expectations. It praises Wilson's potential to shape the university and places his election in a historical arc of higher education evolution. The piece closes with a lengthy verse from Alexander Pope.
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New York Evening Post
Princeton
Wilson
Butler
Columbia
Eliot
Harvard
Hadley
Yale
Jordan
Leland Stanford
Wheeler
California
Woodrow Wilson
Farm Pest Mystery Baffles Lewiston Readers
A fragment from the Leisure Hour section hints at a farm pest story tied to Lewiston Maine. It mentions E R Chadbourn as a contact and references a curious puzzle or folklore element in the day’s reading.
Sunrise and travel memories from Dorothea’s diary
The excerpt blends lyric reflections on sunrise and Apollo with Dorothea’s travelogue from Shiloh to Chicago, Galena, Egypt, and Thebes. It recounts hotel waltzes, weather, storms, and voyages, including a stormy sleet episode, beachcomber tales, and mummies, with a voice noting a convention nominating Bryan and a Royal Society associate in the field.
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Shiloh
Galena
George
Chicago
Pacific Islands
Egypt
Bryan
Pere Et Fils
Thebes
Phicos
Mesopotamia
Royal Society
Noted Young Man and Street Pockets Across Time
A fragmentary muse shows a vivacious twenty five year old man wasted by poverty despite charm wit and social success. The piece shifts to a riddle about coins and a street scene with a lost purse found by a boy, a castle gate episode, and a tale voice named Dorothea with stray reflections on youth and memory.
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Germany
France
Dorothea
Decapitation riddle around loss of head and gain
A compact riddle centers on losing one head to gain something else, with Myrtle as a named participant or speaker. The dialogue hints at being headless or having no head, suggesting a metaphorical puzzle rather than a narrative.
Prize Poem Hunt Solutions and Notable Entries
A poem hunt offers a chance to win a fine edition of the poetical works by solving clues. Winners include Mrs Samuel L Newsom of Carthage Ind and other contributors such as Mrs Sallie C Hughes H M Dunn Fannie Warner A J Bedett Mrs A W Homson Harriet Belcher W H Crowley and more with numerous literary titles and authors listed in the responses.
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Samuel L. Newsom
Carthage
Ind
Sallie C. Hughes
H. M. Dunn
Fannie Warner
A. J. Bedett
A. W. Homson
Harriet Belcher
W. H. Crowley
Helen Arnold
D. F. Carver
D. C. Wagg
B. M. Hill
J. Q. Moseley
C. H. Towne
Bennie Brown
A. C. Stephenson
Mary L. Riggs
Esther Lowell
K. R. Lamson
Edna M. Wing
F. A Randall
Eva Hanley
Valedictory Speech Sparks Mild Fashion Chat
In a Philadelphia Press snippet readers recall May delivering the valedictory at college. The anecdote centers on a man’s remark about her plain mousseline gown, noting it was stylish in a restrained way.
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Philadelphia
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S. Baring-Gould
Philippines
WapliFlake
Casper
the Universal Prayer
Hell
Heaven
Earth
Alexander Pope
Ation
E. R. Chadbourn
Lewiston
Maine
Ww. E
Aurora
Apollo
H. C. Laughlin
Wise Willie
Witte
BEC
FP. L
Socrates
Myrtle
Stevenson
Blackmore
Lorna Doone
Erema
Adam Bede
Scott
Crabbe
the Library
Howells
Homer
Alcott
Ruskin
Phelps
Gates Ajar
Newark
Salamanca
Alabama
Atlanta
Magna
Charts
Madagascar
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