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...when the war out most of the communications, and only the picturesque accounts of the war reporters were forth-coming, the generally lurid impression was not modified. One was taught in school that Russia was composed of a very large number of peasants who slept on the stove and consumed a uniquely potent stimulant called vodka, guaranteed to baffle the coldest weather and the Czar, a glorious individual, at whose slightest whim the whole aggregation of peasants would gladly cast itself upon the bayonets of an enemy...
...associated with the highest callings. Myriads of men and women in little shops on the side streets of our cities, in towns and villages throughout the land, are quietly working out that calling in honesty, truth and a high sense of public service. The village store and its hospitable stove is the centre of village gossip, political standards and public spirit. The village storekeeper is to the boys and girls, the women who buy their candy, bats and balls, cambrics and shovels, the representative of business integrity...
...cold waters of the Charles closed over the bodies of eight crew men and a coxswain yesterday. But the men quickly rose, reached shore, and set out for the Newell boathouse, while Coach Stevens took charge of the shell, which had been stove in by a stray chunk...
Died. Thomas Forrest, 71, ex-pugilist, one time sparring partner of John L. Sullivan and Bob Fitzsimmons, at Coney Island, N. Y., frozen in his shack. Once wealthy, he lost his money. Friends obtained a shack for him, children of the neighborhood bought him a stove, firemen supplied his meals...
...sizzle of criticism against William T. Tilden, II, tennis champion, which has been simmering on the hot stove league of tennis for several seasons, burst into a cloud of live steam. Fingers burned: Tilden's, Harold H. Hackett's (of the U. S. Davis Cup Committee...