The Bark on It: A Caney Fork Triangle of Love and Lies
Myra, Cary, and Louisa play a dangerous social game in a Caney Fork setting. Louisa schemes to keep Cary while fending off Myra's hopes, revealing sharpened motives, vows, and a threat to break alliances over marriage and property. Myra confronts a choice as the trio faces an inevitable, fraught verdict.
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Tony Lumpkin
Pulsa
Lou
Cary
Carlsland
Tony
Louisa
Sade
Aptor
Daddy
Round Pond
Caneyork
Aken
Carey
Myra
Tonyou
Teddy
Jessic Ay
Trotter
Beal
Louise
Oury
Paradise
Teannot
Only Small Amount of Heat Comes From Stars
A little known fact states earth receives minimal heat from the sun. It would take 1 trillion years to boil a pint of water. A candle at 53 miles away roughly matches this heat, measured by a thermocouple and galvanometer in a telescope setup.
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London
Electricity Turns Bullets in Telegraph Wires Experiment
In Thun Switzerland four parallel steel cables 40 yards from marksmen carried 8000 volt current. Bullets swerved up to 24 yards on a 2 yard range and became magnetized. On an 8000 yard artillery range the electromagnetism produced a 14 degree deflection, with effects felt 200 yards ahead and 40 yards to the side of targets.
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Thun
Switzerland
Longest American Tunnel Proposed Through Rocky Mountains
The Moffat tunnel plan, initiated by the late David H. Moffat, aims to connect the Atlantic and Pacific via a direct Denver route. It will be six miles long, pierce Mighty James Peak, and include a parallel 75 foot distant pilot water tunnel. Construction starts as soon as possible.
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David H. Moffat
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
Moffat
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Denver
James Peak
Electrification Powers Rail Lines Through Mountains
Electric locomotives in the Rocky and Cascade mountains pull trains up the Continental divide and brake on descent. Their braking returns power to the line, offsetting losses from ascent. Electrification reduces dirt and smoke, doubles line capacity, speeds service, and saves coal, improving overall efficiency.
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Rocky and
Cascade Mountains
Continental Divide
Simple yet varied styles in girls summer coats and frocks
A fashion note describes warm weather day frocks and coats for girls, emphasizing simple straight lines, fabric variety from silk crepes to cottons, and design touches like capes, scarves, and pockets. It highlights two-tone scarves, georgette accents, and the craft of buttoning as key details.
Yale Receives Rev Timothy Edwards Thumb Papers
Yale library gains the 68 page collection of the Rev Timothy Edwards known for extemporaneous preaching. The papers include sermons from 1722 and 1723 and reveal his habit of notes on slips of paper called thumb papers.
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Yale University
Timothy Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
New England
New York Times
Harvard
Windsor, Conn
Edwards
Yale
Sereno Edwards Dwight
Timothy Dwight
James Hosmer Penniman
Philadelphia
Motor Displaces Dog In Arctic Mail Service
The article notes a shift in Arctic transport as air mail becomes feasible and motorized sleds challenge dog teams. US Post Office plans airplane mail from Nenana to Fairbanks, promising four hour delivery, replacing a 20 day dog team route. Popular Science Monthly cites Finland as early adopter of motor driven sleds using motorcycle engines.
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North
United States Post Office Department
Nenana
Alaska
Fairbanks
Popular Science Monthly
Finland
Fishing in Liberia Reveals Mudfish Harvest Tradition
A Wide World Magazine writer describes Liberia as heavily dependent on fishing. Rivers flood creating lakes during the rainy season and shrinking later. Mudfish hide in baked mud, are dug out, cured, and stored for home use. Some fish revive with the next rains.
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Wide World
Liberia
Farmer tests boll weevil heat and cold myths
A South Carolina farmer questions how much heat and cold a boll weevil can endure. He freezes the insect, then thaws it and finds it alive. After heating it in a stove, the bug escapes and allegedly starts a barn fire, a tale cited by Youth's Companion to warn against relying on weather to kill pests.
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South Carolina
Retirement milestone for Wattwyl textile worker
A seventy two year old Wattwyl textile worker retired after fifty plus years in the same factory starting from her eighth birthday. Her last shift was celebrated by fellow workers with a flower strewn table and numerous gifts marking the long tenure.
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Wattwyl
Martha Van Rensselaer A Pioneer For Rural Women
Laura Even profiles Martha Van Rensselaer one of twelve great American women. Born to educators she became a teacher then county school commissioner and leader in home economics at Cornell. She directed home conservation for the U S Food Administration and led the American Home Economics Association.
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Martha van Rensselaer
Miss van Rensselaer
Cornell University
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell
Atlantic Coast States
Seeds of Success from Clarice Elliott in Hoquiam
In a personal letter from Clarice Elliott of Hoquiam she shares her journey from widowhood to a life in insurance. She describes overcoming fear and doubt after losing husband and son to influenza, training herself without formal education, and rising in a male dominated office to become a respected local writer and successful agent with a leading company.
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Clarice Elliott
Hoquiam
Wash
Aberdeen
United States Tops List of Most Neurotic Nations
A Cambridge University professor ranks countries by neurosis with the United States first and Britain second. He adds that smoking twenty cigarettes daily reduces about five percent of a smoker’s blood activity.
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United States
Britain
Cambridge University
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Martha Williams
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Berneath
Jerry
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
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