The Awakening of a Mother Heart and a Yard Bond
A widow in Brixton Park narrates years of toil with her husband William Newman and a neighbors’ boy nicknamed Nibsey. After nursing the child’s mother through surgery, the bond between Nibsey and her deepens, ending with a tragic accident that brings new responsibility as they take in the boy and his mother.
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Joseph B. Bowles
Brixton Park
William Newman
Norman Gray
Norman
Nibsey
Mitch Newman
Loy
Dr. Johnson
Rumanians Hard Lot Provokes Talk of Revolution
The Southern Workman reports that Romanian agrarian misery may spark a France style upheaval. Laborers are described as tall with pale complexions and a sorrowful countenance after four centuries of hardship. Homes are clustered in villages, often single room, akin to sparse Dahomey displays at fairs.
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Rumania
Danubian
France
Westerners favored for Panama Canal work says president
A Youth's Companion excerpt notes engineers on the Panama canal largely come from the Middle West. A technical school's president argues Westerners take less personal comfort, focusing on work. The remark implies those avoiding minor discomfort may be outpaced by more eager workers in achieving results.
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Middle West
Panama Canal
An Ensetra Technical School
The Club Widow Dialogue in The Soul's Knowledge
A fragmentary quote exchange references Mrs Rownder as a widow and describes a "club widow" as a woman with a late husband. The Philadelphia Press note appears among a mix of quoted lines and citations, including Mar Saret Deland.
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McJigger
Mar- Saret Deland
Julie's Young Man and the Clever Daughter
An elderly man recalls Julie and a succession of suitors as Julie outwits them with wit and impersonations. He notes her intelligence and polish, then recounts how she flirts with a self-styled fellow named Steeler, who underestimates her until she mimics others and proves his claim wrong. The tale ends with Julie asserting no daughter has common sense, while the narrator laughs at her theatrics. Also mentions peculiar depths of the Great Lakes, comparing lake depths to Ohio hills.
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Chaucer
Josh
Ibsen
Tom
Steeler
Julie
Bibberly Helehte
Steever
Ike
Nile
Ty George
Jimmy
Steerer
Solicitor Wanted in Coal Fields for The Labor Argus
A live, wide awake university man is sought to solicit subscriptions in the coal field territory. Applicant should be thoroughly acquainted with the region and write at once.
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Uni
Labor Argus
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Virginia Street
Charleston, W.va
Dr Johnson
William
Purted
Romania
Prof
Lombroso
Hus
Great Lakes
Ohio
Little Mountain
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