American Women and the Ballot Delay
The piece argues American women are content with existing privileges and lag behind English suffrage progress. It cites Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Victoria Woodhull Martin and others and blames indolence lack of leadership and focus for the stagnant U S suffrage movement. It contrasts American complacency with the advance of English women toward voting rights.
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Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Victoria Woodhull Martin
America
England
The Ideal Husband and Modern Domestic Duties
A dated essay argues no enduring guide exists for the ideal husband while praising a wife centered domestic model. It stresses fidelity companionship and shared duties, noting the wife’s central role in childrearing and the man’s public life, urging mutual partnership from dawn to night.
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Shakespeare
Rosalind
Portia
Cordelia
Solomon
Dante
Beatrice
Petrarch
Laura
Ulysses
Penelope
Cheap Autostar in the Huture
The essay argues autos will stay costly for years as manufacturers profit on pricier models and road improvements influence prices. It notes dealers report over 15,000 backordered machines, with no unit under $400, and predicts years before affordable options appear for moderate incomes.
Trade at Home and Kill the Catalogue Monopoly
An 1906 appeal urges rural farmers to stop patronizing city catalogue houses. It argues local merchants sustain towns by taxes, schools, roads, and churches, while mail order buyers erode communities and devalue farmland. Farmers are urged to spend at home to preserve prosperity and prevent monopoly.
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Alfred C. Clark
Farmer
Catalogue
Mr. Farmer
Living in Darkness Deprivation of Light Among Deaf and Blind Victims
A census bureau report from 1900 details nationwide blindness and deafness. It lists totals by state, birth versus acquired blindness, and the prevalence among foreign born whites and colored people. It notes ages of onset, employment, schooling, and key causes such as cataracts, scarlet fever, and middle ear inflammation.
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S. N. D. North
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce and Labor
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
After Years Reunion of Timeless Echoes
A fateful encounter unfolds as Father Time and a former lover meet after twenty years. The aging pair spar and reminisce about a past marriage proposal, revealing lingering reflections and a bittersweet, stalled romance.
His Fall
Fred recounts a fall that left him unconscious for hours while Charles reacts with disbelief and humor. The exchange appears in a brief bits column.
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Fred
Charles
Record Judge Jackson Still Sharp After 44 Years on Bench
Judge John J. Jackson of Parkersburg West Virginia at eighty three remains vigorous and mentally sharp after a long career of 44 years on the federal bench. He was appointed by President Lincoln and once quipped to Judge Holt about catching a train, remarking on the governor race and the train’s timing.
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Father Time
John J.jackson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lincoln
Jackson
Holt
Substitutes for Cash Recited by Mark Twain in NY Dinner
Twain recalled early Nevada City journalism where payments to outside contributors came in noncash forms. Letters of acceptance offered bacon, corn whisky, a corset, a shotgun with ammunition, or other gifts in exchange for poems and articles.
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Mark Twain
New York
Nevada City
Jones
Col. Crabbie
Tompkins
A Miss Is as Good as a Mile Origin Tale
The piece recounts a Turpin era legend about two friends Amis and Amile. Amile saves Amis at great risk and Amis sacrifices his own children to cure Amile’s leprosy, illustrating the proverb A miss is as good as a mile.
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Charlemagne
Pepin
Amis
Amile
Turpin
Ater
The
Sunday Magazine
The Change of Venue Requested by His Lawyer
A prisoner jokes about changing venue and scenery when his lawyer suggests a venue change. The exchange occurs as the client weighs legal strategy and seeks a fresh setting.
Result of Association Elastic Step Reveals Rubber Business Link
An observer notes a young man’s elastic stride and hints he is involved in the rubber trade, suggesting a social connection between sport and industry. The remark implies a casual awareness of his occupation through a playful exchange.
The Sabbath Bells and an Old Man's Reverie
The verse recalls an old man listening to church bells. Memories of boyhood Sabbath mornings, a wedding, and later losses fill the mind as grief touches his family. Yet a grandchild’s caress brings warmth and hope before the bells promise heavenward reunion.
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Gil W. Barnard
The Mountain Cot Promised for a Peaceful Life
A speaker seeks a mountain cot away from town to find sunlit days and pure air. They envision a sinless world free of life’s cares, with birds, winds, and serenity guiding their days. They reject ambition, displays, and deceit, aiming for lasting calm above earthly troubles.
The Tie That Binds Poem Excerpt
Poem lineage from the Cleveland Leader expresses a speaker preferring enduring love over death. The verse contrasts death’s appeal with a faithful heart that remains distant yet powerful across years and miles, insisting life persists due to love.
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Cleveland
Jennifer's Lad and the Marching Call
The verse contrasts a soft shoreward plea from Jennifer with a stirring army call. The speaker hears April imagery and seasonal changes fade as drums and bugles demand a march and a choice to follow, amid loving whispers and distant winds.
The Pines Return of Hope in a Forest Poem
A poem by Arthur Stringer published in Smart Set contrasts sorrow and renewal. It traces a year of hardship beneath dark pines then welcomes spring and uplift as the speaker’s spirit heals and relents from grief.
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Black Pines
Arthur Stringer
The One Man Out of Ten Poem Paraphrase
S E Kaiser writes in the Chicago Record Herald about a single man achieving while nine toil, suffer, beg, die, and pretend. The contrast shows one bold moment when nine cry for share and one seizes the day.
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S S. E. Kaiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Poem Excerpt Refers To Exiled Prince on November Route
A poem fragment notes Earth spreading a royal red and gold carpet as November finds a doomed traveler, likely a sultan in exile, praying on his path. The lines weave imagery of travel and supplication attributed to Thomas Walsh in Everybody's.
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Thomas Walsh
Poem Excerpt Reflects Laughter Amid Hidden Ache
A short verse fragment contrasts a laughing heart and singing lips with an ache within. It notes the path before them as rosy and the work as ever spring, never as merry or wise as the laughing heart that keens despite pain.
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