Turning Tables and Tiny Triumphs in Unexpected Places
A 1919 vignette follows Lt Dan Taylor and Margie Hill as a bank visit leads to a playful plot over a Boston terrier and a puppy fund. Aunt Jane advises Beckie on doing right while Beckie plans a surprise engagement, testing trust and family bonds amid humorous mishaps.
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McClure
Marjorie Hill
Dan Taylor
Dan
Leutenant
Danny
Miss Hill
Old Ironsides
Birdstore
Marjorie
Ringmaster I
Rae Annes
Aunt Jane
Beckie
Bureau
Jane
Beckie Stowell
Dwight
Picture that would live in the nation’s memory
Thomas Starr King recalls a childhood moment of Daniel Webster as a boy reading the Constitution by a fire in a northern home. He imagines a master painting of that scene to capture the dawn of federal power and contrasts it with other grand works.
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Daniel Webster
United States
Washington
New Hampshire
Henley
Orator
Amazon
Andes
Imperial River
Thomas Starr King
Tim Alden Pioneer of Typesetting Machines
Timothy Alden of Barnstable Massachusetts born 96 years ago proved an early inventor in printing. He created a 1846 typesetting machine using a rotating wheel with type cells that failed to beat hand composition. Alden died in Boston 18 68 and his brother Henry later improved the device, inspiring others to move away from hand setting.
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Timothy Alden
Barnstable
Mass
Timothy
Boston
Henry
All About Eggs Preferences and Cooking Tips
A text notes eggs consist of about one fifth nutritious content one ninth refuse and two thirds water with goose eggs valued highest duck guinea fowl and hen following. It claims sulphur aids blood and complexion and recommends foddering fowl on grain. It advises heating water to 180 degrees and cooking ten minutes for full digestion.
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Turkey
Gasoline to Be Mined From Shale Oil Deposits
The U S Geological Survey warns that current gasoline use will exhaust fields before 1950. A mined gasoline approach from bituminous shale in Colorado Utah and other states could supply far more gasoline than today’s fields.
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United States Geological Survey
Colorado
Utah
Middle Western
Moujik Seeks Train Time Twice. Tale from Moscow Envoy
A former American ambassador to Russia recounts a tale of a moujik who asks a railroad agent when a train leaves. After a prompt reply he returns shortly after asking again, explaining that it is not he but his mate outside who desires the information.
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Tower
Trussia
Boston Transcript
Mary Writes Cheerful Letter to Uncle Peter
In a tender moment a girl named Mary crafts a cheerful letter to her Uncle Peter who suffers rheumatism and has nearly lost the use of his legs. Her mother urges her to bring joy and encouragement through the note.
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Mary
Peter
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