Fragmentary note requests help to break free in America
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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
6
The Good Senator Paul and a Paris Feast Day
A Parisian writer known as The Good explains his habit of plying friends with small gifts and favors rather than money. On St Paul’s Day he hosts a modest dinner for his inner circle, while noting the contrast with pompous patrons and public puffery. The scene centers on Paul’s generous yet self serving circle and the narrator’s reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paul
Gueral
Morse
St. Paul'’s
Mary
St. Paul's Day
A Golden Table Service From a Grateful Singer
A memoir-like fragment recalls a dinner where a distraught man, a noble guest, and a singer named Gueral exchange reflections on vanity and gratitude. Mary delivers a large package, revealing a golden table service valued at about 20,000 francs and a handwritten note asking to be treated kindly, a gift the narrator calls the only friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
The Secret of Being Agreeable in Love
A conversational piece recounts Elizabeth who believes charm comes from cultivating the art of being agreeable. She explains her secret to a visitor, emphasizing kindness, composure, and self-confidence over brains or beauty. The tale contrasts social ease with the idea that agreeable conduct wins affection and respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmie Warner Mallory
Elizabeth
Elisabeth
Six Infants Die in Reading as Powwow Doctors blamed
Reading Pa Coroner Strasser probes six infant deaths within 24 hours blamed on summer complaint not witchcraft. He reports parents spend fortunes on hoodoo charms and hex doctors, with chants and bags worn on bodies. Officials urge investigation of illegal powwow practices amid neighborhood feuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Strasser
Bors
Goroner
Berlin
Guillotine Revisited in Paris At Dawn Execution
Paris observers recount the reestablishment of the guillotine at La Santé amid strict security. The execution of Duchemin occurred within seconds, the process carried out almost silently as dawn broke, transforming the scene into a stark, clinical performance rather than a spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Duchemin
Roquette
Prison de la Sante
Arago
Eve Jn
Sante Street
Deibler
Dobbler
Lazarus
Christ
Deibler'a
White House addition under night construction
Night work on the White House executive offices addition has started with three shifts. Workmen excavating the site found a buried object in clay described as a souvenir by one worker. The report notes ongoing digging as the project proceeds toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington, D. C
Sour
Jeunie Yle
Theo
Dore
Dreadnoughts Recommended for Chile Naval Plan
The Naval Council in Palocratso has advised Chile to acquire two Dreadnoughts. The recommendation supports expanding Chilean naval power with two modern battleships to bolster defense and regional posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Naval Council
Palocratso
Crowed Heads to Fall Hereafter, Sobieski Predicts
In Evanston during a Lincoln Assembly lecture Colonel John Sobieski forecast the disappearance of crowned heads within ten years. He said Europe would be governed by leaders resembling Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson, foretelling a future of liberty, peace, and fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Polish Republic
Evanston
John Sobieski
Europe
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Oldest Cheapest Best in the South Georgia Athens
A compilation of disparate clippings covers King Edward urging a fixed tempo for the national anthem, a small Long Island tug named Dreadnought, a dwarf-run hotel by Admiral Dot at White Plains, and a note on royal lineage and the Pacific Ocean.
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South
Georgia
Edward
Duke of Connaught
Long Island
New Yorks Times
Philadelphia Record
Augpiral Dot
Tom Thumb
Philadelphia
White Plains
Topeka Journal
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