The Primrose Path Poem by Rosamund Marriott Watson
The poem invites Corinna to leave the bustling town for a primrose journey into nature. It contrasts urban brightness with the woods and hills, urging simple homespun attire and a carefree truant excursion away from market crowds.
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Rosamund Marriott Watson
A Heroine of Necessity at a Dorset Cliff edge
Christabel Trelennis, a wealthy young woman, stands on a cliff edge in Creeve Dorset watching the sea and a mysterious woman who dares to walk the edge. The stranger urges a dangerous ascent as Christabel contemplates a soldier in Africa and a perilous choice on the uncaged precipice.
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Africa
Try
Chioistaukel
Christabel
Dianwerous
Felice
Heroes of Necessity In a Saved Stranger Tale
Christabel Tredennis faces a chilling cliffside confrontation with a madwoman who seeks her lover's photo and her own safety. A doctor intervenes as the lunatic is led away, and Christabel learns the value of self sacrifice. The tale ends with a soldier recognizing that many daily heroes act out of necessity.
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Claus
Christabel Tredennis
Christabel
Holding the Camera Level and Tilted Shots
The Circle instructs beginners to keep the camera level to avoid tilted buildings while noting that tilting up for clouds or balloons or down for people swimming can yield strong images. It warns against handholding a time exposure due to heart and breathing motion.
Raphael Portrait Sells for 106000 in Berlin Art Market
The Raphael portrait of the brother of Pope Leo X, dated 1514, fetched 106000 dollars in Berlin, setting a new record for the local art world. Britain’s cotton trade shows 2 billion dollars in capital and 350 million in annual profits.
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Leo X
Berlin
Britain
Great Britain
Oil Burners Spread as Coal Shortage Hits Coast
On the Pacific coast coal shortages drive steamers to switch to oil burners and more vessels may follow. New mosquito screens bury in window casings roll with sash to stay hidden. Tokio plans a 25 mile subway at 25000 per mile, a low figure likely due to cheap Japanese labor.
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Pacific Coast
Tokio
Japan
Maffersdorf
Scotch Lothians
British Geological Survey
Duddingston
Scotland
American Ethnological Society
America
J. A. Allen
Doctor Allen
Siberia
Farming in Alaska Four Agricultural Stations Carried On
The government runs four agricultural experiment stations in Alaska at Sitka Copper Center Rampart and Senal with a proposed fifth midway between Chena and Fairbanks near the Tanana mine railway. Sitka focuses on horticulture testing fruit trees bushes and vegetables to determine which varieties endure Alaska climate and soil conditions.
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Copper Center Station
C. C. Georgeson
Alaska
Rampart
Arctic Circle
Russia
England
Karhoff
Rampart Station
Kenai
Copper Center
Senal
Motes and Their Meaning in Love and Fortune
An old authority links facial moles to fate in love and marriage. Right cheek or arm moles predict happiness in love or marriage, left side moles warn of misfortune, and combinations favor love over money. Other placements foretell wealth, long life, or cautions about jealousy and treachery.
On a Terrible Spree with Mr Chumley Ends in Death
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer piece a playful exchange mocks a man named Mr Chumley for his past acts, noting his new spree of mischief. The joke ends with a grim quip that as long as a man lives he remains a dead loss to the undertaker.
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Chumley
Cleveland Plain Desler
Undertaker
Legal Q A on Warranties Ditch Rights Taxes and Marriages
Summary of legal principles covering warranty liability for watches and lost chances refunds, rights to maintain artificial ditches after long use, tax title by mortgagees, admission fee promises, auction purchases and refunds, railroad crossing charges limits, doctor duty when summoned, and historical marriage consent ages under common law with state variances. The article notes that marriage agreements by consenting parties can constitute a marriage.
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England
Minnesota
First Coins, Riis and a Lesson in Folly
A fragment discusses early coinage tracing its origins to Assyria Babylonia and the Greeks with city arms guaranteeing weight and value. It then recounts Jacob Riis describing a bootblack boy who prefers Browning poems to his gift and a superintendent offer to exchange gifts. A final aphorism notes that gossip and folly reveal human nature.
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Babylonia
Iona
B. C
Italy
Gabylonia
Jacob A. Riis
Jimmy
Browning
Mission School
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