Old man saved by pony dream after sorrow at Donaldson's
Abner Foster, an elderly visiting father, buys four stockings for his grandson Bobbie and enters a prize pony contest. After Bobbie's death from diphtheria and a crippled neighbor boy moves nearby, the old man's hope turns to a life size pony in the window. The winning ticket comes, and a crippled boy asks for someone to walk beside him to ride the pony.
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Coronna
Abner Foster
Foster
Donaldson's
Father Foster
Abmer Foster
Bobby
Robbie
Rebbie
Donaldson
Pather
Bob Foster
Bob
Bobbie
Simpson
Simpsons
Hs Son
Donaldson’s
First Bridal Shower Gift of Kind Hearts
The bridal shower origin ties to a Dutch miller tale where neighbors pooled small gifts to create a dowry for a loving couple. A procession of villagers presented items and aids, forming a tradition that outshined the father’s chosen match. The article notes a link to feudal wedding customs and later gift giving.
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Old
Holland
Japan to test longer rails for railway safety
Japan will conduct experiments with rails longer than current lengths to reduce accidents and maintenance costs. An order for three and one half miles of 18 meter rails has been placed in France to test on a new road built with these rails.
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France
Department of Railways
His Business and the Courtroom Revelation
A lawyer tries to discredit a witness by insinuating guilt, asking if the witness and defendant shared a business interest. The witness confirms a joint venture and then reveals a personal motive, stating he was courting the defendant's daughter. The exchange exposes the tension between legal strategy and truth.
Know Your Sweetheart by His Handwriting
A magazine piece explains handwriting traits to judge sensitivity in a sweetheart. Delicate pressure, looped d and t strokes, leftward t-bars signal a sensitive personality prone to self-pity and fear of criticism.
The Tell-Tale T Bar in Handwriting Analysis
A study of strokes reveals personality hints. Left leaning bars suggest writers who feel safe with others, while high or rising bars imply potential leadership and decisive action. Details indicate temperament, nerve, and work inclination in handwriting analysis.
US Highway System Plans and Signage Standards
The text outlines the United States highway system of 80 000 miles designed for transcontinental travel, with two digit route numbers for through routes. It explains odd numbers for north south roads and even numbers for east west routes, plus prefixed third digits for crossovers. It details standard signs including octagonal stop signs and warning shapes for railroad crossings curves and hills, and large white signs listing speed limits distances and natural features.
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United States
Thomas H. MacDonald
United States Bureau of Good Roads
Pacific
Wider and thicker roads seen as major highway challenge
Engineering News Record argues widening and thickening roads are major future highway problems. States will invest large sums to widen paved widths and strengthen bases to carry heavier loads. Old roads often salvageable with proper base. tearing out roads wastes resources.
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Engineering News- Record
News-Record
Handwriting traits indicate radical tendencies in writer
The passage discusses how slant, sharp angles, heavy downstrokes, and capitals starting above baseline suggest anti conservative views. It notes a disordered page appearance and prominent stubborn emphasis as signs of radicalism, advising caution before final judgments.
Saintly sole resident guards ancient Ani ruins
In the old Armenian city Ani near Mount Ararat a monk is the sole inhabitant of a former flourishing community once home to 10,000. His companions are an Angora cat and a few owls in a ruined church near his hut. Ani housed Bagratide kings and carries Biblical associations.
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Ani
Mount Ararat
Armenia
Cast Iron Paving Test In France At Le Mans
Ten tons of cast iron plates are being laid on a section of Avenue Leon Bollee near Le Mans to test iron paving for automobile traffic. Engineers observe as old iron is repurposed, urged by General Gascoulin, with a roughened surface to prevent slipping while supporting heavy vehicular use.
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le Mans
Leon Bollee
France
Highway Safety and Road Expansion Urged by Engineer
Professor Steinberg of Baltimore says science informs safety but few accidents on main roads stem from engineering faults. He argues widening extending and paving roads is essential to meet growing highway demand and improve facilities.
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Steinberg
Baltimore
Land Sale Opening in Red Water Valley by Northern Pacific
A new Northern Pacific branch line will open 63 miles from Glendive offering 500000 acres of land priced at 10 to 20 dollars per acre with 20 years to pay. Low taxes and special neighbor settlements boost mixed farming, hogs and dairy. Communities already exist with churches schools and markets to grow as settlers are invited to learn more and receive free booklets.
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Great Redwater Valley
Montana
Northern Pacific Railway
Glendive
Northern Pacific
Gratis Free Thinker Exchange Sparks Quiet Debate
A terse exchange centers on the notion of being a free thinker. One participant downplays professional status while others acknowledge independent thinking as a personal stance.
Strange exchange on tie knot hints at foreign influence
A brief dialogue features a question about who tied a tie and a remark about a foreign hand. The exchange suggests suspicion of outside involvement or influence, framed as a terse social exchange.
Burglars Around That Fellow Steals a Lot of Bases
A playful note references burglar suspects circling a baseball phrase about a player who steals many bases. The dialogue echoes a light caper vibe with sports slang and cheeky banter.
A Cricket Who Commands Less Respect Than Hornets
A compact line noting a cricket creature making more noise yet drawing less regard than a hornet, captured in a concise historical newspaper tone. The item presents a vivid contrast between nuisance and perceived threat using natural imagery.
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D. J. Walsh
Fuditor
Character Reading Magazine
Radical
Redwater Valley
Gratis
M. Hughes
Northern Pacific Railway Co
St. Paul, Minn
Redwater Valley Country
Betty
Beryl
Reid, Murdoch & CO
New York Angeles
Mirani
Voltaire
The
United States Army Signal Corps
Doe
Peterman
Peterman's
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