Cambridge History of English Literature First Volume Review
The article surveys the Cambridge History of English Literature first volume and its coverage from early beginnings through the Victorian age. It notes chapters on Caedmon Bede Alfred Old English Prose Boethius and the Language of the Angels and discusses American literature from colonial to national periods with authors like Cooper Irving Poe and the Cambridge group. It concludes with Sunday Night Suppers and Herrick urging a modern American domestic fellowship centered on simple meals and intimate gatherings.
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Cambridge History of
John Smith
Sewall
Cooper
Irving
Simms
Poe
Cambridge
Christine Terhune Herrick
America
Mary Wilkins Cushions Recall Old New England Kitchens
Alice E. Whitaker reflects on brick pincushions and Mary Wilkins cushions used in old New England homes. She describes forms from heart shaped to berry or pineapple designs, their materials, and the stories tied to scrap fabrics and glass bases. The piece blends nostalgic craft with practical use and contrasts them with modern pin trays.
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Gus
Mary Wilkins
New England
New Books and Noted Authors in Review
A literary roundup highlights Wm. A. Quayle as a rising author and new bishop, praising In God’s Out of Doors and The Prairie and the Sea. It surveys Tyler’s Primitive Culture and The Early History of Mankind, Stopford Brooke’s Studies in Poetry, and The Cambridge History of English Literature with notes on their value and accessibility for teachers and students.
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Wm. A. Quayle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. Quayle
Oliver Cromwell
Lowell
Tyler
Cambridge History of
A. W. Wood
A. R. Waller
Lorenzo Lears
Shakespeare
Browning
Stopford Brooke
William Blake
Walter Scott
Shelley Society
Shelley
Keats
Pep
Light on Big Slush Fund in 1904 Nebraska Race
Lincoln editor Thomas H. Tibbles says $5,000 of a $45,000 New York fund went to a 96,000 copy Independent edition supporting George Berge for governor. He names donors and notes a $15,000 transfer linked to Bryan Parker politics.
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Omaha
Neb
New York
Nebraska
Thomas H. Tibbles
Tibbles
Independent
Lincoln
Bryan
Commoner
The
George Berge
Berge
Tom Allen
James C. Dahlman
John G. Maher
Democratic National Committee
Parker
St. Louis
William F. Sheehan
William J. Bryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Roosevelt plans Africa hunting expedition in 1909
White House confirms President Roosevelt will sail with son Kermit from New York to Cairo in April 1909 for a year long big game hunt in Africa. Officials say he aims to bring back specimens of every species and will not visit other countries. Mrs Roosevelt and family stay at Sagamore Hill during the absence.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Africa
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit
New York
Cairo
Negroes Kill a Sheriff Near Hitchcock Oklahoma
Sheriff George W. Garrison of Oklahoma City was shot and killed near Hitchcock after attempting to arrest Alf Hunter alias James Kingsbury who killed Susie Pride in Oklahoma City on May 19. A deputy was wounded and a posse of 50 pursued five of the assailants as seven negroes opened fire at seven o clock Friday evening.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
George W. Garrison
Hitchcock
Alf Hunter
James Kingsbury
Susie Pride
Packers and railroad pay $61,000 in fines for rebating
Three packing firms Armour, Cudahy, and Swift along with the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad, all convicted in 1906 of rebating, handed to U S court clerks a check for total fines and costs totaling $61,000. Also noted is Mrs W Van Werden of Des Moines who died from blood poisoning after stepping on a tack.
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Kansas City
United States
Armour Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Swift & Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Des Moines
Tested and Proven Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement
Joliet readers praise Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney issues. James Stillwell of Logan Street testifies in 1900 and again today that the remedy relieved his back pain and kidney symptoms. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Poster Milburn Co Buffalo.
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Joliet
Dean
James Stillwell
Logan Street
Ill
Doan
Milburn Co
Buffalo
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Railroad Commission
The Wisconsin Supreme Court sustains the railroad commission act and the body that created it in the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co case. The decision upholds commission control of corporations and reverses a Milwaukee judge on technical points in the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co franchise case.
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Dwight
Supreme Court
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Ludwig
Milwaukee
Eight Killed in Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Rail Collision
A head on crash on the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis electric railroad near Camp Parole killed eight people and seriously injured many others amid extra car operations for Naval Academy festivities. The devoted wreck involved two specials. one from Baltimore to Annapolis and the other from Annapolis to Washington. General Traffic Manager William B. Slaughter of the line was among the severely injured.
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Annapolis
Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad
Naval Academy
Camp Parole
Baltimore
Washington
William BE
Court frees risk official in Mutual Life case
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court set aside the verdict against Walter R. Gillette former vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company who was convicted of perjury in the life insurance investigation. Gillette had been sentenced to six months in prison and was indicted on forgery and perjury charges for false entries and sworn statements regarding a bank account at Dobbs Ferry.
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New York
Walter R. Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Gillette
Dobbs Ferry
New York Life Insurance Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Edward and party sail for Reval to visit Russia
King Edward Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria left London by royal yacht for Reval Russia after reaching Port Victoria they embarked Victoria and Albert at 4am Saturday. Cruisers Minotaur Achilles and destroyers will meet the yacht at Kiel to escort to Reval. Emperor Nicholas may visit England in autumn.
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King
England
Emperor Nicholas
London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
Reval
Russia
Port Victoria
Victoria and Albert
Minotaur
Achilles
Kiel
Nebraska Tornado Kills Two in Geneva
A tornado near Geneva Nebraska in the late afternoon killed two people and injured two others. The storm destroyed the Shive farm and damaged nearby property, with Shive and his infant daughter among the injured. The tornadic path also struck a young man named Smith.
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Nebraska
Geneva
Neb
John. H. Shive
Woman Rescues Negro From Mob in St Louis Street
Mrs Hughes Menaugh rushed to aid Howard Montgomery and a fellow rail rider as a mob of about 100 men gathered Friday night. Montgomery lay helpless in the street begging for mercy while the crowd threatened violence after an incident on a street car.
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St. Louis
Howard Montgomery
Hughes Menaugh
Montgomery
Dr. Siamson Boyakin Dies at 102 in Kentucky
Dr. Siamson F. Boyakin died Friday in Marysville Kentucky at age 102. Reared in Tennessee and Georgia his life included an education aided by Andrew Jackson and study of law before turning to medicine and later serving as a Baptist minister.
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Boyakin
Marysville
Siamson F. Boyakin
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
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