Apples and a Contract in the Payson Orchard
Sara Payson and her sisters scheme to harvest apples for their father but face a real contract dispute with a traveling apple buyer who claims they picked and sold Jonathans under contract. The buyer enforces terms, then offers a fair settlement, prompting Sara to weigh honesty, responsibility, and family needs.
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Mr. Payson
Ben
Billy
Anna
Sara
Julie
Cora
Betty
Nero
Bettykin
Detty
Father
Mother
Fair Committee
Billy Peters
Benton Township
Payson
Mrs. Payson
Jonathans
Belzebub
Spooner’s
Farmers’ Bank
Forborne
Wheeler Meadows
Specimens of extinct auk in museums and oddities of science
Seventy specimens of the extinct great auk are preserved in museums. A London sale fetched $2000. A new glass by Wmile frouchet provides high transparency to invisible rays, revealing 610 stars in a photo test versus 351 with ordinary Jena glass. Dismal Swamp water remains potable and ships keep it sweet for years, flavored like juniper gin. Eucalyptus trees show rapid growth. Cannes and Texas examples reach tall heights in short spans. Berlin welding uses an electric arc with a small generator and parallel storage battery for strong joints. Solingen’s cutlery firm faces competition from American saws, notably Philadelphia. Hair care guidance by Dr. George W. Spencer warns against harsh scrubbing and recommends gentle cleaning with warm water, mild soap, and careful drying, avoiding the military brush.
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Berlin
George W. Spencer
Tombstone Dispute Over Immortality Insult in Germany
In Gera a family clashed with police and church officials for a tombstone inscription reading we shall never see you again yet will always remember you. Officials plastered over the words claiming denial of immortality, the town billed 1 mark 75 pfennigs, and the family refused to pay, leading to a lawsuit.
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Germany
Gera
London Standard
Keeping the Dates: Wilkinshaw Tattoos His Family Chronicle
Alexander Wilkinshaw of Lonton marks familial milestones on his arm as a genealogical tree. The tattoo includes his birth date, his wife’s birth date, their marriage date, and the names and birth dates of all their children.
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Alexander Wilkinshaw
Lonton
Preserving Salmon by Japanese Salted Bale Method
The Japanese preserve salmon caught in large numbers at Sakhalien by salting them and pressing into bales.
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Sakhalien
Mother Goose and a Rabbi in the Ghetto Tale
A Boston author and poet recounts Mother Goose as a real figure, Elizabeth Foster, with an ornate family note and printer lineage. The piece shifts to a Ghetto memory where Rabbi Joseph shares a WW-era tale of exile, oppression, and escape, ending with a call to freedom and prayer.
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Mother Goose
Elizabeth Foster
Elizabeth Goose
Boston
the Nursery
Peter Todle's Upsetting Hockey Clue
In the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle a playful notice hints at Peter Todle disturbed by something unseen. The piece mentions a soft, kind figure named Mr. Luwly who appears Peter Toddle’s teacher and keeper, and implies Peter’s fear relates to his hockey activities.
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Peter
Mr. Luwly
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Abraham of the frontier mind and might
A tall, strong country boy grows to six feet four, excelling in axing, sport, and hard labor while valuing intellect. He outruns and outworks peers, seeks speed, but prizes knowledge as the key to success, aiming to talk, spell, cipher, argue, and write with authority.
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Abraham
St. Nicholas
Take a Fresh Start and the Call for a New Start
A Baltimore Herald aphorism urges fresh starts in racing and life. It argues success comes to those who battle obstacles anew, turning setbacks into renewed effort for individuals and businesses alike.
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Baltimore Herald
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Mary Marshall
Parks
Wheeler's
Cora Payson
London
Wmilefrouchet
Constellation
Syra
Jena
Cannes
France
Texas
Pudding Lane
Charlestown
Isaac Goose
Old South Church
Alnd
UCLA
Washington Star
Joseph
Moses
Rabbi
Rabbi Joseph
Esther
Rabbi Ben Hzra
Inhab
Vilna
Judah
Mary Bienenstock
the Tribune Farmer
Abraham Lincoln
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