Redbury Hall shot sparks between rivals and lovers
A Christmas shooting party at Redbury Hall ends with a wounded guest and a clash of courtship amid rivalries. Captain Markham pursues Blanche Brodribb while Mr Stubley courts her sister as the estate’s gunplay and gossip unfold.
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Redbury Hall
Squire Brodribb
de Villars
Brodribb
Gordon Stubley
Miss Brodribb
Wotherspoons
Captain Markham
Stubley
Mr. Brodribb
Woodcock
Blanche
Markham
Mr. Stubley
Lou Brodribb
Dr. Dawkins
Kate de Villars
Louisa Brodribb
Blanche Brodribb
Lou
Low
The Ruling Passion in a Mentone Sunset
Marion Daville famed singer of Theatre de la Renaissance travels to Mentone to die, gambles away care, helps three Italian fiddlers with one Louis then dies in a cold wind. The narrator returns to Monte Carlo and later distributes the winnings to the musicians before visiting a hilltop cemetery above the town.
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Marion Dayville
Theatre de la Renaissance
Mentone
Raoul
Besique
Marion
Louis
Monte Carlo
Conte Carlo
Mademoiselle Daville
The Weavers Choice of Spirit and Peace
A meditation on mind as loom and spirit as fabric weaving war or peace. It argues collective action can banish war, usher universal peace, and clothe humanity in youth, health, and prosperity through the Master Weaver Christ and the loom of love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Seven Seas
Christ
Brotherhood of Man
The Secret Languages of African Peoples Revealed
A discussion on African code languages describes how Central and Eastern African communities use shifting secret tongues. It notes annual codes, initiation, and taboo influenced speech, with examples from the Dioula Malinkay and Bambara, and cites Nijoya of Foumban creating a cabinet tongue from European words.
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Central
Africa
Bassett Digby
F.r.gs
Manchester “Guardian
Siberia
Ireland
Massina
Dikko Laddy
Fouta
Senegal
Mbarodi
London
West Africa
Nijoya
Foumban
Cameroons
Liutenant Clapot
England
Nijova
Three Neapolitan Musicians in a Moving Funeral Scene
A description recalls three ragged violinists in a funeral procession behind a narrator and companions. The next year a Salon painting shown by an unknown artist depicted three Neapolitan pifferari whose tender, sorrowful expressions reflect affection for a benefactor who enriched them, mirroring the narrator’s feelings.
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Pifferari
Weaving Time and Peace in the Weavers Art
A reflective verse excerpt from Arthur Edward Stillwell extols weaving as a metaphor for time and harmony. It envisions peace arriving through the weaver's craft using the thread of human heart and divine love.
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Arthur Edward Stillwell
Wise men push religion in public school curriculum
Midwestern leaders push Minnesota plan for public school religion courses three half hour periods weekly. An interdenominational committee would supervise, with students excused from classes to attend. Proponents say religion is essential to good education and citizenship. Critics warn sectarian teaching harms intelligence and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle-West
United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota Council of Religious Education
Chicago Religious Weekly
Minnesota
Tea or Coffee and the Caffeine Question
A Journal of the American Medical Association writer contrasts tea and coffee, noting both contain caffeine. He cites Lehmann of Würzburg, showing wakefulness, diuresis, and circulation effects depend on caffeine dose, regardless of source, and uses a chocolate analogy to illustrate the choice.
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Tweediedum
Tweedledee
Journal of the American Medical Association
Lehmann
Wurzburg
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Archie Armstrong
Captain
Vesuvius
Paris
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