Thomas Hardy Shaped by an Age of Heroes and Change
The obituary recalls Thomas Hardy as one of English literature’s greatest novelists, noting his move from prose to poetry after Tess of the D’Urbervilles and situating him among contemporaries from Thackeray to Browning. It highlights his pessimistic philosophy, his checkerboard view of life, and his life spanning an era of post chaises to airplanes, radios, and television.
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Hardy the eternal: a tribute to his age defying death
The piece portrays Thomas Hardy as beyond time, linking him to Shakespeare and Goethe while denying simple labels like Victorian or Elizabethan. It argues Hardy endures beyond mortality, noting his influence and mythic stature as “the President of the Immortals” who has ended his sport yet will never die.
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Roads collide near Youngsville leaving car badly damaged
A roadster owned by Harry Freeborough of Youngsville crashed into a parked car near Pennsylvania Avenue and Third Avenue about midnight Sunday. Also noted: Allen Keshley received a merit award for eleven years of Sunday school attendance at First ME Church.
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Harry Freeborough
Youngsville
Pennsylvania Avenue
Third Avenue
Allen Keshley
The Ballade of the Unfortunate Bridge Player
A humorous ballad in verse about a bridge player cursed with perpetual poor luck. The speaker laments constant bust hands and failing to draw high cards while lamenting partners, luck, and fellow players. Refrains emphasize that bust hands define the game for this narrator.
Doris Meets Mrs Ruffed Grouse in the Garden
Doris encounters a chestnut brown Ruffed Grouse in a garden. Mr. Grouse explains his family needs grasshoppers while Mama Grouse nests under a bush with twenty white eggs. Doris visits, meets the mate, and promises to return after the eggs hatch.
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Daybook notes vaudeville hoax and book auction twist
The Daybook recounts Burton Rascoe noting a seventy year old vaudeville actor in the Lambs club staging a harmless hoax by posing as recently released from a sanitarium. It also covers a rare Oscar Wilde manuscript auction where a Morgan agent bought it for about $3,800, and remarks on Tom Heeney’s cautious stance before facing Tunney and Dempsey. It ends with a story of a blackfaced Santa reassuring neighborhood children on One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Street and Seventh Avenue.
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New York
Lambs’ Club
House Committee
Oscar Wilde
George Arliss
Bibliphiles
One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Santa
St. Nick
What's What im Washington by C P Stewart War Powers Debate
Washington commentary argues that the president can start a war as commander in chief without a congressional declaration. It notes Nicaragua as a test case, discusses the political battle on Capitol Hill over presidential authority, and questions how Congress would respond if conflict broadens. The piece critiques administration policy toward Latin America and Havana incidents.
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Havana
Latin America
Weaning Timetable From Ninth Month Feeding Schedule
A historical health column outlines a phased weaning plan from nine to twelve months. It details gradual reduction of nursing times, introduction of eight-ounce milk formulas, gradual milk-to-water adjustments, and eventual cup feeding by year end, with instructions for bottle or nursing omissions and dietary supplements. It cites Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters and requests orders for pamphlets via Warren Tribune.
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Lulu Hunt Peters
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Warren Tribune
Paris Cafes Showcase Flavor and Colorful Saucers
In a column on Paris dining Fred C. Kelly notes restaurants pride unique specialties from champagne chicken to orange-peel duck. He describes clever sidewalk caf é s with kiln burned price figures on saucers and color edged edges that let patrons verify totals themselves. He contrasts American cafeterias and offers a quirky idea to adapt the saucer system.
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Paris
Songs of a Housewide by K Rawlings
A fragmented paragraph from News-Herald Emporis Kansas notes a poet named K Rawlings and a whimsical reflection on writing in cold rooms. It mentions a list of 100 eligible bachelors circulated by the town Post Gazette and hints at civic or social curiosity.
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