Bound by a Spell Chapter VIII and IX
The narrator recalls a wedding day shadowed by fear and a mysterious locket. He flees after marriage and, wandering hungry, encounters an elderly benefactor who offers shelter and cash to reach his unknown friend in the city. A portrait in the cottage hints at a deeper past.
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Jy Uth
Little
Bethlehem
Obadiah Porter
Miss Tramphiies
Judith
Mr. Porter
Thad
Noman
Martha
Rackstraw
Canden Town
Draught Dogs in Holland and Belgium Exposed
A report on cart dogs used like donkeys in Holland and Belgium. Belgian mastiffs and Danes are bred to pull carts, with reforms sought after weak hindquarters emerged. The piece notes a milkwoman, a policeman recording names for milk watering, and a humorous quip about a mosquito and a Boston man. English education in Japanese schools is also mentioned.
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Holland
Belgium
National
Cart Dog Association
Japan
FOLLOW ONE LINE IN CRIME EXPERT SAYS
Judge Neff of Pittsburg warns criminals rarely branch into new fields and повторяет mistakes from past offenses. He compares crime to gambling with a cycle of failures leading to repeated arrests, each crime exposing weaknesses and guiding the next attempt toward destruction.
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Judge Neff
Pittsburg
Neff
The Whip Flicking Cabby and the Farthing Fare
A London cabby finishes a three mile drive and exacts the fare with a theatrical sting. The irascible passenger counts the distance, pays the fare, then pockets a farthing as change. The cabby explains the coin covers half the distance and wishes him well.
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Cabby
Eobby
Arden
London Standard
Queen Victoria Knits for Egypt Campaign Wounded Quilt
Queen Victoria and ladies of the household knitted quilts for Netley Hospital wounded after the Egyptian campaign. A grand coverlet with a V R center was highly prized by medical staff for the gravely injured. One night a dying soldier woke in terror fearing the quilt's touch.
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Queen Victoria
Netley Hospital
Pensions for Australian Orphans and Family Critique
The piece notes every Australian child without parental support receives a government pension until age fourteen, claiming no orphanages exist. It also comments on women's sensitivity to family reliability and jokes about wealth not equating to brains.
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Australia
Conquest Great American Desert
A Denver paper excerpt by Paul Thieman argues private initiative drives irrigation in the arid West, criticizing reliance on national funds and noting how government costs can stall public works. It details irrigation district bonds in Colorado and a dam/ditch labor comparison, plus Milk River project land withdrawals near Havre and Sage Creek.
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Pat
Paul Thieman
Denver
United States
Colorado
Great Falls
Mont
Havre
Great Northern
Sage Creek
Water Source Found in Pecos Valley Deserts
Residents of the Pecos valley in New Mexico celebrate a discovery of an apparently inexhaustible underground water supply beneath more than 600000 acres of desert land. Water gushes from borings and floods the land, transforming it into a garden of remarkable fertility and drawing national and international attention.
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Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Europe
Exercise timing and routine from ancient Greek wisdom
The text advises light exercise in the morning or during work, avoiding energy draw at day start. It suggests afternoon sessions after meals for strength, and a midday meal if exercising vigorously at night. It urges exercise before bathing, reflecting ancient Greek practice of pairing exercise and bathing.
Mammoth steam excavator works on Colusa irrigation canal
Photo scene shows a giant steam excavator in eight hours on a six mile long canal in Colusa County California. The machine travels on built rails on both sides as earth is moved by heavy steel buckets and endless belts to create a six mile long irrigation channel feeding Sacramento River water to 156 000 acres of fruit ranches.
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Colusa County
California
Sacramento
Was His Own Dentist in Parkhurst
An old Parkhurst resident in Maine fashioned a makeshift dental tool from an old pail bail and extracted two painful teeth himself, reflecting his distrust of doctors and dentists.
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Parkhurst
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Ile
Montana Central
Big Sandy
Box Elder
Hercules
Apollo
Tess
White House
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