Lost Opportunity in the August Glade
An August trip unfolds as Rebecca and Anne plan a summer in a big hotel with social fun and sewing. The girls’ families ration budgets, forcing Anne to forgo new outfits while Rebecca demands elaborate garments and activities. The effort exhausts Mrs. Brown and leaves Rebecca fatigued and homesick, hinting at burnout from striving to fit social play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Rebecca
Tom
Cornell
Annie
Wei
Mrs. Brown
Iebeeen
Toon
Becky
Mother
Phoey
Lothes
Rebeca
Peanut
Judy Bev
Judy
Morocco
Misleading Names for Chemical Substances in Early Science
A historical note explains how common terms mislabel petroleum products and minerals. It details examples like oil of vitriol sulfuric acid and copperas ferrous sulfate, clarifying that many names imply wrong substances and relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sait
Renien
Long Bearded Russian Solves Glass Blowing Riddle
Emperor Nicholas sought to enlarge an Alexander column with round lamps. A Russian worker claimed the prize by rinsing his mouth with water, spraying steam into a heated pipe to swell a vitreous ball beyond the target. The crowd cried triumph as the bearded man explained the trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Alexander
Brotdt
Indiana Notes of Stolen Peaches And Daring Incidents
Mrs. Mary Gray reports thieves raided her Milton peach orchard this season stealing sacks of fruit estimated at thirty bushels. Other items include a pearl found on a Kentucky river mussel shell worth about seventy dollars, and various local incidents from Lawrenceburg to Fort Wayne including a runaway accident near Boomville and a viper in a Columbus school.
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Mary Gray
Milton
Ohio
Kentucky
Lawrenceburg
Edward IF. Fox
Frank McCulla
Spencer County
Helen
Boomville
McCulla
Mrs. McCulla
Vermont Republicans Claim Governor Victory by Plurality
Returns from Vermont show George H. Prouty elected governor by about 20,000 over James E. Burke as Republicans tout a strong campaign aided by national figures. Democratic hopes waver with weak statewide turnout and independents edging ahead of Prohibition and Socialist nominees. ]]>
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Vermont
George H. Frouty
James E. Burke
Bell
Prouty
Burlington
Burke
Democratic National Organization
Independence Party
Routherford B. Trayes
Portrait dispute and social gossip quotes
A cautious dialogue features Mr Uglining and an artist discussing a portrait. The exchange touches on fear of inaccuracy and social envy, with remarks about women entering gossip, a girl refusing a man, and a widow avoiding risk, ending on caution about making enemies whenever one gets their way.
Lexington volunteers form cavalry to patrol tobacco belt
A group of prominent Lexington business and professional men have volunteered to organize a cavalry company to patrol at night and deter night riders in the tobacco belt.
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Hammond
Chicago
Lexington
Tobacco Belt
Socialist author Robert Hunter nominated in Sixth District Assembly
North Dakota and northern Minnesota call for thousands of harvest hands with wages from 1.75 to 3 dollars per day plus board. Elevator workers in Thief River Falls promise 1,500,000 bushels of wheat shipments to the Twin Cities and other wheat centers this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hunter
New York
North Dakota
Minnesota
Nots
Thief River Falls
Twin Cities
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Waverley Magazine
Brown
Hilda
Iilda
Twin Lakes
Toni
Jebecca
Review OF Indiana
Benjamin F. Wallace
Peru
Jack
Joel Jones
Evansville
John Joslyn
Columbus
Mae Garnier
John BR. Garnier
Charles Munsch
Indianapolis
J. F. Sonderman
St. Lawrence Church
Munsch
Garniler
Miss Garnier
George M. Roberts, Jr
Indiana University
Lane 10
Webber
Dearborn
Fitch Brothers
Alva Chance
Noblesville
Elwood
Majorie Starr
Detroit
Silas Gougal
Wabash
South Bend
Studebakers
Studebaker Brothers
Oakland City
George Bryant
George Newton
Owensville
Newton
Samuel Bechtel
Worthington
A. J. White
Mr. White
Terre Haute
West
Taylorville
Wabash River
Post Office Department
Washington
William W. Grow
Danville
Eldon Virgil Lewis
Hazelton
Ollie Philips
George McNeece
Harry Herman
John Wheeler
Paris
Lil
Indianpolis
Riverside Park
White River
Herman
Wheeler
Newcastle
Monrovia
Monrovie
Saranel Snell
Sidney
Fort Wayne
Ecity Administration
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Tlayes
Tilden
la Follette
Stephenson
Francis F. Metrovern
McGovern
Samuel A. Cook
Shallenberger
Dahlnan
Ontario
Shallenberger Tsg
Dahman
Berge
Dattian
Bryan
Michigan Republic
Jamesb. Bradley
Fred M. Warner
Fbs
Ehirle
Bradley
Plo
Hayves
Trametii
Cleveland
Harrison KR
Cleveland Dd
McNinley
Macrkinley
Roosevelt
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