Mystery on the Ocean Cottage Summer
Three Canadian bound girls Elizabeth Gabrielle and Huse rent a seaside cottage as a stranger on a steamer stares at a photo and the ward becomes entangled with Mrs Graham Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith. A jeweled sphinx cuff and a scarf pin spark secrets as romance and danger unfold aboard and ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Gabrielle
Huse
Canada
Cirham
Graham
Lord Wilfrid
Tdith
Elisabeth
Gordon Bennett
Lady Edith
Elise
Mary Anne
Edith
Gordon Benenett
Mr. Graham
Mrs. Graham
Red
toHanneth
Masters of evasiveness in eastern hospitality tale
Norman Duncan recounts a caravan journey from Jerusalem to Cairo. Outside a Bedouin village his party alarmed locals by camping there. To defuse protests he asked the guide to pose a question about the world's shape. The Bedouin replied with a philosophical line on roundness or flatness and divine wisdom, drawing quiet acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Bennett
Moisale
Iear Brent
Fin Asperity
Mr. Bennett
Hise
Far East
Egypt
Jerusalem
Cairo
Norman Duncan
Duncan
Harper's Magazine
Not a Six-Cylinder Affair, Car Quality Tied to Desires
A cryptic note argues that choosing a four cylinder car to please a man may lead to regret, since the expectation favors a six cylinder power. The remark hints at dissatisfaction when fundamentals do not meet imagined standards.
Alaska Women Prepare Exhibit for Alaska Yukon Pacific Fair
The plan for the Alaska exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle highlights 14 district auxiliaries led by Mrs. Mary E. Hart. Despite harsh climate and vast distances, Alaska women and native allies organize to tell Alaska life and history through districts from Katalla to Fairbanks, with lectures and prepared displays aiding visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Seattle
Fair Grounds
Middle West
Pacific Slope
Mary E. Hart
St. Louis
Gow. Hoggatt
Hart
Katalla
Cordova
Valdez
Seward
Ketchikan
Metlakahtla
Wrangell
Sitka
Juneau
Douglass Island
Treadwell
Skagway
Haines
Fort William H. Seward
Petersburg
Fairbanks
Ancient Steamer on the Hudson Steams Through 1834 Hopes
The People's Magazine describes Burden's river steamboat as a marvel of steam power for travel between New York and Albany. It details twin parabolic spindles, a 50 foot wheel, and long insulated trunks to reduce capsizing, promising rapid, safer passage and potential canal and excavation uses. The piece also includes a humorous Irish recruit anecdote about parade discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anne
Elizabeth
Misa Blige
Gabrielle
Londy Wilfrid
Wart
Fulton
Burden
Troy
New York
Albany
The Retort Courteous Tale of a Reading Claim
In a merry flat party a neighbor’s servant delivers a polite protest about the racket. The host responds with a playful quip that Mr Smith cannot read, claiming he could when four years old, a sharp rebuke in wit and social manners.
Sulte 2 Gillespie Building Murfoon Office Address
Fragmentary OCR notes show Sulte 2 Gillespie Building Murfoon with a phone listing Office 336 and the word Atlantie. The text is incomplete but identifies a location and contact reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulte
Gillespie Building
Murfoon
Atlantie
Musson
Res
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Tybout
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Ray Walters
Grahams
Pegret
Allence
East
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Copper River Country
A-Y-P
People’s Magazine
Grasse
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
4Th & Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
Clovis
Bunlneas
Melchern
Atlantic, Iowa
G. R. Miller
Central
C. G. Clark
Momeopathia
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Black
Atlante
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic and Medical Physician
Orrick
T. B. Swan
C. L. Campbell
Ben A. Woon
U.S. Mullins
Opera House
Omee
Tiklephone
Caldonce
E-Ray Laboratory
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Gook
Finley
Chestnut St
Butler
M. H. Butler
Adusson
J. A. Giffen
T. 0
D. O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
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