Love and sacrifice in the Winscombe household
Millicent Batolphe ponders love for Robert Winscombe while Harry Winscombe secretly loves Milicent. After Robert dies in Memphis 1878, Harry inherits his practice and Millicent becomes a wife and mother, with Millicent grieving briefly before daily life resumes.
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Robert Winscombe
Harry
Millicent Batclphe
Millicent
Anne
Memphis
Little Bob
Bode's Law and the Distances of the Solar Planets
A compact discussion of number relations in astronomy, focusing on Bode's Law. It explains how a sequence of numbers mirrors planetary spacing from Mercury to Saturn, noting historical discoveries and the partial, evolving map of the solar system including asteroids and Uranus.
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Bode
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Prof
Lockyer
Titius
Pant
Uranus
Discovery of asteroids and their odd governing law
The text notes the discovery of asteroids starting with Ceres on the first day of the century and mentions about 300 such bodies found since. It remarks that no satisfactory physical explanation accounts for the numerical law, labeling it an oddity of numbers. Santa Claus.
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Ceres
Santa Claus
Perseus and Andromeda Defy Theosophy Dispute
A Boston girl and Perseus converse by sunset about life and philosophy, debating Emerson Thoreau and Delsartean ideas. Tension rises when Andromeda recoils from Mr Grigson and refuses to tolerate ignorance of “vahz” as she expels him from the room.
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Tarr
Perseus
Andromeda
New England
Emerson and Thoreau
Mr. Grigson
R. Grigson
Boston
Chicago
Fragmentary Quotation Snippets From Early 20th Century Newspapers
A collage of fragmented quotes and garbled dialogue from multiple papers includes exchanges on roosters and hens, barber shop remarks, a tramp examining chips for cash, Mr Graves’s death, and a misread burglar in the hall.
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New York Weekly
Washington Post
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Harry Winscombe
Mrs. Batolphe
Milly
Batolphes
Dr. Winscombe
Teresa Winscombe
Darling
Bob
Robert
Price
John