Irish Elopement Ends In a Happy Marriage in Time
Maurice Dillon and Lucy plot a secret elopement from Trinity Dublin near Tullamore. A late night chase ends with Lucy and Maurice marrying after Doris Damer’s help. the pair later live in the country with Maurice a respected physician and Aunt Mary guiding the couple.
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Aunt Mary
Damer
Mary
Maurice Dillon
Lord Clare
Fontenoy
Lucy
Danner
Maurice
Inucy
Great Wall Journey and a Iowa family eerie warning
A Davenport correspondent extols the Great Wall of China as a vast, ancient fortification spanning mountains and gorges. A New York Sun report then recounts a Des Moines area tale where a visiting woman warned a farmer of an imminent robbery and murder, guiding him home in time to thwart three intruders. the robbers were captured and jailed.
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Great Wall of
China
Pekin
Davenport Democrat
Great Wall
Ptea
Reems
Iowa
Robinson
Des Moines
New York Sun
Van the man who helped others at college
An old clergyman recalls Van a humble graduate who defied self interest by making mutual aid his college creed He mentored dull peers kept others from temptation and spent life aiding fellows Though not wealthy or famous he was the most helpful man he knew He died last summer
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Arden Hill
Chappie
Trinity College
Dublin
Dillon
Maurice Dillon
Hill
Mr. Dillon
Kings County
Hill— Tullamore
Charles Lever
Tullamore
Watkins
Irving
Hamlet
Theatre Royal
Arthur Watkins
Barry Sullivan
Anur
Van
How to Talk and Listen Across Social Classes
The text argues that good conversation comes from listening and knowing enough about many subjects to ask intelligent questions. It emphasizes meeting all classes, adapting topics to the listener, and learning from others to engage people from children to tradespeople and judges, with examples from polite society.
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Pitto
Walter
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Parson Damer
Kilmainham
Kingsbridge
Geashell
Mickey Leddy
Mr. Hill
Mickey
Raheenbeg
Faix
Measha
Joe Colville
Mabel
Odlum
Nancy Kelly
Joe
Mr. Damer
Trinity
Portarlington
Killeigh
Arthur
Barbara
China’s Great Wall
James
Charles
Eve
Llow
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