Kent and Portia Save Ideals in Pentland House
David Kent battles political corruption and personal doubt as he wins a decisive election and faces a risky real estate purchase. Portia Van Brock persuades him to abandon vengeance and accept a shared future, offering a home where their ideals can endure.
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CAS Caf Cas Iss
David Kent
Camelot
Ormsby
Loring
Kent
Rabbi Balaam
David
Alameda Square
Portia
Miss Brentwood
Clarendon
Civic
Hendricks
Meigs
Capitol
MacFarlane
House Committee
Elinor Brentwood
Elinor
Penelope
Pentland Place
Europe
Senator Duvall
Duvall
Buck
Inquiry Into Motive of Movement For Southern Education
A lengthy letter exchange in 1906 centers on Rev Thomas Dixon Jr and Robert C Ogden tied to the Southern Educational movement. Dixon accuses Ogden of negro worship and public mixing of races, citing Ogden's Broadway store restaurant and support roles in Hampton and Tuskegee boards. The exchange touches Roosevelt Washington lunch and southern sentiment on race, with Dixon defending segregation and urging scrutiny of northern funding. Also includes brief notes on Russo Japanese War diplomacy and a New Zealand dolphin pilot tale.
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News and Courier
Thomas Dixon
Robert C. Ogden
Columbia
Dixon
State
Ogden
Booker T. Washington
South
Mr. Ogden
Cooper Union
Wanamaker
New York
Southern
Educational Board
Great Northern
Broadway
John Wanamaker
Metropolis
Roosevelt
Rocter T. Washington
Booker
Southern” Educational Conference
Mr. Page
Outlook
Southern” Educational Board
Republic
Negro School
Hampton
Tuskegee
Philadelphia
America
Hampton Negro School
Broadway Negro Equality Restaurant
Thomas Dixon, JR
Two Nations in Strife and a Cavalryman's Bold Claim
The essay recounts Frank Wolford, a Union First Kentucky cavalry commander turned congressman, boasting of his unit's prowess and vowing to chase any foe from Tennessee. It also traces the Norway Sweden union crisis from 1813 to 1899, detailing constitutional fights, resignations, and the push toward Norway’s separate autonomy and eventual flag independence.
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Eugene Newman
Frank Wolford
Kentucky
Congress
First
West Point
Wolford
Ohler
Tennessee
Napoleon
Vienna
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Oscar
Scandinavian Union
Liberals
Radicals
Stockholm
Russia
France
Storthing
Stang
Ted
Storting
United States
Switzerland
England
Europe
Scandinavian
Christiania
Germany
Baltic
Gustavus Adolphus
Christinia
Bonda
Self conquest cited as greatest victory and habit force
A reflective saying asserts that self conquest surpasses external triumphs and that a humbling fault serves more benefit than prideful success. It notes habit outpaces maxim, for habit becomes living action and instinct.
Wall Street War Between Bulls Bears Ends With Lamb Fry
A dated poem likens stock market clashes to a brutal duel between bulls and bears. The figures fight fiercely, yet none are harmed, while a lamb protagonist suffers, losing fleece and lodging as the market grind reshapes fortunes. The piece mocks greed and risk in Wall Street culture.
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Wall Street
Bulls
Gunnera
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Balkans
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Presbyterian College of
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J. Allen Smith
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W. R. Gaston
J. L. McLees
J. A. Smith
Abbeville
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Spartanburg
W. M. McPuerrins
W. M. McPheeters
Withers Adickes
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Kentucky Cavalry
South Africa
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San Francisco Chronicle
Stock Exchange
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