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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1905
Page
7
A sprawling notice reviews several recent books. John S. Wase’s The Lions Sin is praised as vivid, historical, and morally pointed about postwar Virginia. Detailing Pierce Pont and West Virginia politics, the piece also previews Labrador adventure narratives and other new releases.
The April issues of Cosmopolitan Pearson's Magazine McClure's Century and others feature prominent authors such as Israel Zangwill Maxim Gorky Pereval Gibbon and Dr J Madison Taylor. Articles cover travel science art farming and social topics with vivid portraits of editors and publishers and strong emphasis on spring outdoor interests.
From the New York Sun a country-bred man recalls a youth in New England where a minister wins the cake and the pie at a church sociable revealing class tension. The reminiscence contrasts parish pomp with everyday hunger and ends with a tale of a young man’s broken heart and a rich marriage forged by a pastor.
Manuscript copy of Poe s Ulalume sold at auction in New York February 22 for 1000 dollars. The poem may be read in the first volume of the Cameo edition of Edgar Allan Poe s Complete Works. Navy Bureau of Equipment adds What a Young Man Ought to Know to ships libraries. Stair s books in two Vir Publishing volumes list Roosevelt titles and editions from Ranch Life to The Strenuous Life. John Oliver Hobbes, daughter of American drug merchant John Morgan Richards, has written for the Academy. Richards sold periodicals to Sir George Newnes. The one hundredth birthday of Hans Christian Andersen on April 2 will renew interest.
A memorial volume issued by WV Cox honors the late Matthew Gault Emery. It features his biography, last illness account, tributes from business associates, details of the memorial tablet at Metropolitan Methodist Church, the Emery school, Emery ancestry, and a biography of Mrs. Matthew G Emerson.
The scene centers on a family moment where a daughter seeks a marriage proposal with a duke while her father negotiates. The dialogue hints at social pressures and a playful tone. The source notes The Sunday Post as the preferred newspaper.
A fragment recalls a country man reading a mail draft about a wife Mary and five children. He speculates the wife’s death, suggesting the letter reveals a new relationship or tragedy amid wartime strain.
An Effort to argue that America’s small towns offer a better environment for a young man than large metropolitan centers. It contends mass urban populations erode social life, personal development, and opportunity, praising provincial life, limitations on money, and closer ties of community in towns of two to fifty thousand. It mentions improved conditions ahead and a preference for smaller centers for professional and social prospects. A stray anecdote about a girl’s meal and a waiter joke is included.
An article from The Gentlewoman reports a Duchess of Sutherland edict barring town houses from hosting charity concerts unless performers on the programme are guaranteed payment. It details public opposition, noting famed musicians facing a decline in opportunities and income, and cites proposed remedies including publicity and a musicians association to ban unpaid work.
Unclear notes outline two challengers to a team or event named Liptan and discuss choosing the better plan after a stated competition. It mentions sending both plans to avoid trouble and references an Americas Cup context. Names Ed and Thomas appear as possible actors in the decision.
A praise-filled note highlights the New International Encyclopedia as accurate and original, not garbled, with endorsements from Rev. Charles H. Fowler and others. It names Editors-in-Chief Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, and Frank Moore Colby, noting support from over three hundred scholars.
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