A Crown of Faith Ella Wycherly Finds a Road to Freedom
Ella Wycherly flees her mother and seeks independence in Eversholt. She disguises herself as a traveling young lady, faces a shopkeeper’s snub, considers becoming a governess or teacher, and finally sleeps beside a hayrick to escape pursuit as she listens to two lone women lament in a roadside lane.
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Miss Worthington
Eversholt
England
Mrs. Wycherly
Ella
Bila
Treen
Bila Wycherly
Elizabeth
Nila
Hila
Uckfield House
Lfe
Beret von Treed
Clairmont
Lionel Leigh
Mixx Wycherly
Clases
Lila
Fila
Wycherly
Ella Wycherly
Rick
Runsbury Fair
Tilda
Bunsbury
Liza
Farm Willows Planted For Basket Making Expansion
Uncle Sam's forestry service aims to add basket willows to the nation's agricultural list. A small Arlington plantation near Washington grows several willow species used by Baltimore basket makers. Richmond and York, Pa. also cultivate osier for local high quality baskets.
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Uncle Sam
Forestry Service
Renie Bache
Technical Works Magazine
Arlington
Potomac
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
York
Failed to Work and a Humorous Exchange at the Station
A passenger humorously complains that his new wife, widow of a hanged man, would face odious comparisons. A hardware drummer teases him, and the conversation reveals that the wife, after a brief marriage, deemed the husband unworthy with a playful jab about his nickname Bangtag.
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Hardware
The
Expert predicts ruin for Niagara Falls from power use
Dr. J. W. Spencer, commissioned by Canada’s geological survey, told the American Civic Association and House rivers and harbors committee that Niagara Falls would shrink dramatically if 40,000 cubic feet of water per second were diverted for power. He warned the horseshoe would recede, the falls split, and Lake Erie and downstream lakes would fall several feet, with costs of repairs topping $12 million.
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J. W. Spencer
Geological Survey of Canada
Niagara Falls
American Civic Association
Spencer
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Ontario Power Company
American Falls
Goat Island
Great Horseshoe
Hard Luck Honeymoon Trip Reaches Galveston
New York couple Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Speer, famed artist and children's book illustrator, after two months abroad, arrive in Galveston penniless. Cash stolen en route, bank failure in San Francisco, a Pullman porter gains $65 from the bride, yet local kindness from a restaurant manager and Mallory Line Passenger Agent Tobin restore hope and funds to return home.
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Galveston
Concho
New York City
Houston Post
A. G. Speer
New York
el Paso
Market Street
Mallory Line
Metropolis
Tobin
New York Paris Auto Race Starts With Six Contenders
Six contestants began the 2000 mile New York to Paris auto race via Alaska and Siberia. The field includes three French machines along with a Austrian Italian German and an American Thomas car drawing a large public send off.
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New York-Paris
New York
Alaska
Siberia
Paris
Tobacco Trust Indicted in Kentucky Price Conspiracy
Fayette county grand jury indicts the American Tobacco Company on a conspiracy charge to fix raw tobacco prices. The action names the firm and notes a formal indictment by the county jury.
A man trades through purchases to end with a dog
A conversation traces a comical chain of trades from a $100 typewriter to a $750 model, via an automobile, swamp lot, horse and buggy, gold watch, bicycle, and a broken finger, ending with a request for a good dog in exchange.
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Mr. Jenkinson
Mr. Hankinson
Judge Blanks Wife Cooks A Week After Cook Loss
The Blanks anecdote recalls Mrs Blanks cooking for a week to please Judge Blank. He rewards with an ermine cloak prompting social chatter and envy. A remark from Mrs Jerome adds humor about a crepe well. The saying about politeness of those you dislike closes the excerpt.
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Judge Blank
Mrs. Jerome
Jerry
Mr. Jerome
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand and Walks on Water
A Sunday School lesson reviews Jesus Galilean popularity, miracles feeding 5000 with five loaves and two fish, and walking on the sea. It notes temptations of seeking worldly power, the Bread of Life teaching, and the call to feed His lambs and sheep while reinforcing faith in Jesus as the Christ.
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Jesus
Galilee
Moses
House of Israel
God
Peter
Philip
R. V
Destts
Christ
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