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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1898

Page

20

Richard Dale's Christmas Quest for Medicine

Richard Dale, fifteen, walks seven miles through a Christmas Eve blizzard to buy medicine for his dying mother after his sister Jessie and a stranger help him. A foundered man he helps on the road leads to aid from a Banville trader, while Ginny Lipscomb sails from Charlottetown to Lynn to reach her sick family, overcoming icy seas and harsh weather.

Richard Dale Jessie Richard Jextle Richard Leing Doe Pemberton Mother Dale Banville Sonny Jessia Virginia Liscomb Ginny Lynn Masa Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Ike Papa Eddie Carrie Bigdon Josaie Jesale Benton Banvle Father Carthe Straits Stanley Pictou Georgetown Cape Tormentins Ginny Wnscomb Prince Edward Islang Gulf of St. Lawrence Labrador Dominion Cape Traverse Nova Scotia Ginny Lipscombe Cape Boya Lely Traverse Mrs. Liscomb

How to fall correctly for circus gymnasts famous head dive

A circus gymnastic trainer explains the safe fall technique to avoid injury. He emphasizes filling lungs with air and folding into a tight knot to land on the shoulders, enabling high dives and catapult tricks with minimal harm. He cites a failed net practice that left a gymnast winded but alive.

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Musical Pins and Simple Home Craft Pitches

A tongue in cheek note explains making music with common pins driven into soft wood. Pins at varying depths produce different notes, tunes are played along a straight line with an ivory toothpick. The letter also answers reader questions about geography and places like Mauna Loa and Java Sea, ending with region inquiries.

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Ginny Lisgome Monsenaest Gin Captain O'Brien Lula M. Dawson Calhoun Junior Johnnole Gidden South Georgia Island Atlanta South America Maunaloa Volcano Hawaii Java Sea Borneo Island Perth Australia Leith Firth Ot Forth Bootland Susie Second Georgia Mattie Clement Ralph Fenton Admiralty Island
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