The Sea in Storm and Song by W C Newsam
A poetic meditation on the sea's beauty and danger across day and night. It contrasts tranquil coastlines and starry tides with tempestuous seas that wreck ships and claim lives, ending with reverent reflections on the sea as both joy and terror.
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W. C. Newsam
The Sturgis Wager A Detective Story
In a bank plot reveal, Dunlap and Sturgis chase an embezzlement scheme. Arbogast and his accomplice Chatham loom large as the mystery unfolds through a mirrored blotter clue and a risky access to the books. The men expose altered security and hint at a larger fraud.
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Dunlap
Sturgis
Arbogast
Chatham
Arboast
Reconstructed drama reveals bank heist chase clues
In a 1896 Knickerbocker bank scene, Sturgis guides Dunlap through a mirror analysis of footprints and a torn envelope to reconstruct the crime. Arbogast and Chatham plot a flight with a coded telegram, a mysterious letter, and a pistol duel ending with pursuit toward the vestibule.
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Sturgis
Dunlap
Knickerbocker Bank
Arbogast
Chatham
The Horseshoe Encounter on Market Street
A big teamster helps a slipping horse, loses a horseshoe, and a chic young woman snatches the shoe first. He bows and offers luck as she gratefully departs up the icy hill with the prize.
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Knights of Old
Philadelphia
Market Street Hill
Animal Gluttons Among Carnivores
The piece argues that lions and tigers are not the hungriest. It notes a lion eats 30 to 40 pounds per meal, bears can consume large prey, and wolves can gorge on a meal equal to about a third of their weight after a long fast.
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London Daily Mail
That Was Unreasonable Guarantee for Typewriter Spelling
In a Town Topics style quip Mr Giddings presses an agent for a guarantee on a typewriter. The agent promises every guarantee in fact. The exchange centers on whether a machine can spell correctly.
Rich Man's Advice From Mr Huntington on Today and Wealth
The article recounts C. P. Huntington's self made rise from boy on a Connecticut farm to millionaire. He stresses living in the day, saving, economy, and prioritizing business over pleasure. Cites fortune estimates from 25 to 100 million, with authorities placing 30 to 75 million as conservative.
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Huntington
Havest
Connecticut
New York
Fifth Avenue
C. P. Huntington
The Seventy Sent Forth In Luke's Gospel Sermon
The lesson outlines Jesus appointing 70 followers two by two to go ahead of him. They travel light, offer peace, heal the sick, and announce the kingdom, facing rejection without retaliation. They return joyful that demons submit to them, but Jesus warns to rejoice in heavenly names written.
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H. C. Lenington
Guake
Satan
Tabernacles
Jesus
Galilee
Jerusalem
Progress and Spirit Lead Confidence in Begun Work
A reflection by Ann Taylor on progress as essential evidence of divine guidance. She asserts certainty in promises and that a good work started will continue, but personal assurance requires feeling the beginning of that work.
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Ann Taylor
Expensive Hat Bet Ends With Hotel Man Paying
A Portland hotel man lost a hat bet to a friend and, after a long phone call, was billed 33 for a woman's hat from a milliner on Congress street. He admitted he could buy hats himself and then passed the bill to his wife, who paid the bill.
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Portland
Congress Street
Subterranean Plant Life From Deep Belgium Mine
Soil drawn from 326 feet depth in a Belgian coal mine yielded weeds of a species unknown to botanists. The discovery suggests hidden plant life adapted to deep subsurface conditions could exist. Researchers catalog the specimens for further study.
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Belgium
Wonders of Modern Guns Show Spiral Bore Mechanics
The article explains a 124 inch gun barrel with 50 spiral grooves causing the shot to rotate 75 times each second as it travels through the air.
A Prayer for Submission to God’s Will
Prayer expresses steadfast will toward Thee and trust that all outcomes will be for good. The speaker asks the Lord to do with them as He pleases, affirming faith in divine wisdom and benevolence.
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