Widow Clarkson’s Rent Negotiated by Olive Mellen
Matthew Deane threatens eviction over rent at Widow Clarkson’s, visits Olive Mellen who denounces his harshness. She offers to jail him until he promises no further pressure. He agrees to her terms and falls for Olive as she asserts control, planning marriage.
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Mr. Deane
Jenkins
Clarkson
Mr.Deane
Matthew Deane
Mellen
Mr. Siltemen
Olive
Miss Mellen
Matthew
Olive Mellen
Literacy in Porto Rico Mirrors Barriers to Learning
The piece argues that high literacy rates in Porto Rico result not from innate ability but from late opportunity and systemic barriers. It describes prejudice in employment for natives, the rise of Spanish clerks, and poverty deterrents like taxes and scarce capital that hinder peasant families from educating their children.
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Arecibo
H. K. Carroll
Spain
Gracia
Barcelona
San Juan
Porto Rico
Too Much for Him Meets in Washington About Clayton of Alabama
A Washington discussion recounts Congressman Clayton of Alabama formerly a district attorney who once prosecuted an elderly backwoodsman for illicit whisky. The man, lacking a lawyer, sought to plead his case as the court friendly smiled while the proceedings proceeded.
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Washington
Clayton
Alabama