The Nation’s News Flashes in Brief Satire
A compact column from Silver Messenger sketches a flood of quirky items. It mocks royal vanity, weather quirks, a proposed Venice Campanile, wild travels, politics in Mexico and Venezuela, and curious societal notes. The piece includes wry takes on Edward VII, Zan gibar, Krupp, and American fashion.
Paris Acacias promenade drama of high society
In a June Paris afternoon the Avenue of Acacias fills with carriages and elite figures. The scene catalogs actresses journalists and socialites, noting gossip and the demi monde lifestyle as crowds admire the fashion, wealth, and intrigue along the grand woods of Longchamp.
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Paris
Alles Des Acacias
Bola de Boulogne
Fragmentary Verse Fragments With Errant Punctuation
The readable lines show distorted poetic fragments about life and time. Repeated garbled text intermixes with phrases like life and year, suggesting damaged OCR from a literary snippet. No clear person, place, or event is identifiable.
Road Ahead Beckons With Hopeful Resolve
A reflection on life’s path urging a steadfast, positive journey. The speaker emphasizes living with a whole heart, embracing new friendships and adventures, and finding meaning as time passes.
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Henry van Dyke
The Seetle Apple Blossom and the River Mills
An elderly Miller on a river porch observes a young couple, a girl named Leeter Apple Blossom and her companion, as they charm his imagination during several late afternoon visits. He reminisces, dreams, and laments their departure, then anticipates their return while watching the scene unfold from his quiet refuge.
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Sara Lindsay Coleman
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Witch and Indifferent Man In A Quiet River Valley
A narrator recalls a year ago when a witch met a man not belonging to her society. Indifference and longing collide with warmth and intimacy as they meet again under a dusk sky. She vows to live for him while he questions her strength and fate. They part then reconvene, the old man reflecting on a quiet, ultimate peace.
White Cook Turns Pale in Sinking Ship Tale
A shipboard cook Herm Blanco reportedly turned white from fear during a four day storm on the schooner Fred A Small. The crew, led by Captain R Thompson, saw his color return after the danger passed, as the vessel limped into port for repairs after Valparaiso departure.
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Herm Blanco
Bianco
Captain R. Thompson
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Valparaiso
New York Mall
How to keep young women in the important problem
A brief discussion on aging and beauty cites Max O'Rell and M Blouet. It claims bad temper and lack of humor quicken youth loss and that humor and good temper can keep a woman young and beautiful until age 50, after which no guidance is offered.
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Max O'Rell
M. Blouet
Max O'Rel
Municipalizing Industries in Italy Across Public Utilities
The Italian government favors municipalization of public services, following Milan's model. Water, heating, tramways, buses, baths, warehouses, abattoirs, markets, bakeries, hydroelectric power, cemetery transport, and night refuges for the poor may be municipalized after a referendum. If rejected, proposals cannot be reintroduced for three years. Compulsory purchase powers arise after five years from original concessions. workers may receive shares in municipalized industries.
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Milan
Sagasta Long in Harness Sagasta the Grand Old Man of Spain
Sagasta, nearing 80, long prime minister and elder statesman, began as a newspaper reporter and has returned to journalism at times between political service. His work, with the queen regent, is credited with preserving the throne from overthrow and upheaval.
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