Ice Harvest at Walker's Pond Atlant ic Maine
A Maine ice company in West Brooksville pulls ice cakes from Walker's Pond down a hill to an ocean side icehouse using gravity. The setup relies on a long endless belt and weight, with brakes to control speed. The piece notes the pond's size, the Bagaduce River, and the potential, if extreme, consequences of altering the hill.
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Maine Ice Company
West Brookeville
Walker's Pond
Eggemoggin Reach
Penobscot Bay
Boston Daily Globe
Brooksville
Castine
Iwithin Jes
Maine
Bagaduce River
Sedgwick
Penobscot
Some Bird Acquaintances and the Canard Meaning
A fragment from a column discusses bird interactions and trust through feeding, including a bluejay and quail that respond to kindness. It also explains the word canard as both a duck and a false news flourish with journalistic origins, ending with a humorous exchange from the Indianapolis Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Pavia
Francois T
The Dapper Stranger Who Staged Public Pranks
A man with a slippery occupation, calling himself a professional vandal, recounts how he blew city-wide publicity by defacing art and public spaces. He describes stunts from a Shakespeare statue shoe ad to a baking powder banner and a 186 foot high church spire streamer, explaining the clever deceptions and the perils of impermanence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
State House
North Atlantic
Senate Investigating Committee
G’ory
United States
Cere
Diet
Chattanooga
German Mottoes Stoves and School Lesson Passages
A discussion about stoves ornamented with German mottoes in Addison Gardens reveals questions of Teutonic origin and potential educational value. Viscount Morpeth denies the inscriptions were ordered from Germany and notes they are present in the home, while the piece satirically suggests spelling lessons and German marks amid local budget concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Gardens
Thompson
Viscount Morpeth
Wilhelm II
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Jennie E. T. Dowe
Balso
Tut
Mr. Prancer
Miss Perkins
Indianapolis
Journal
Daily Journal
O. Times-Democrat
London
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Olay Hotel
Main ST
Cor, Summerfield Avene
Asbury Park, N.'4
HOTEL
Nareborough
Grand and
Minnroe Avenues
Otgepa New House
Hanlon
Sini Trio
Hebeno
Artor
Palent
Widott Cormor
Coskman Avenue
Webley Galie
Princeton Termato
Bear Beach
Wesley Lake
Ox Hanlon
Borah Street
Raed Avenue
Os Penn
Eean Grove iHotels
Wey
Alaska
Whittle & Gibson
Summerfiee
End ‘Railroad
Asbury Park
B. J
Asbury Park, Or
Phila Pa
Rast's Express
Man
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Eis
Rebory 'Park
Sswall Avenue
Harry Vost
Progreter
Underwood
Falmouth
Portland
C. A. List & CO
Westwood Ave
Long Breach
Robinson
San Fernandez Island
Robinson Crusoes
Eave
Theaine
Aca
Jowon
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