Nighttime Garden Confession Delavan Romance
Muriel Delavan enjoys a nineteenth birthday night of dancing and gifts then. She spots a moonlit garden intruder and, with gardener Abel Strong, confronts Rodney Blair. Blair explains a love letter to Muriel, as Rose dreams of a dawn kiss and a sisterly promise.
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Muriel Delevan
Abel Strong
Domo
Rodney Blair
Rose
Muriel
Youvain
Dorothy
Abel
Blair
Miss Delavan
Rosé Delavan
Rodney Blaixi
History as a Guide Across Ages
In this Milwaukee Journal excerpt, the author questions the neat trilogy of ancient medieval modern history. The piece argues that mindsets, customs, and institutions persist beyond supposed period endings and that history remains a guide for the future, with antiquity and the Middle Ages still shaping today.
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Gaul
Oman Empire
America
Wiedlern
Tn Us
M Mwaukee Journal
Eye worm of Africa described by mission sources
The piece explains a two inch parasitic filaria loa, spread by contaminated water, migrating through the body causing painless swellings in limbs or face. In Africa it is called eye worm as it may reach the eye and can cause inflammation or blindness if not removed properly by skilled surgeons.
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Central Africa
Africa
R. L. Garner
the Century Magazine
Mole's Marvelous Appetite Record
An English correspondent describes a mole weighing three and a half ounces and its voracious eating. From 9:00 a.m. to noon it consumes one frog, three slugs, twenty four earthworms, a piece of raw mutton, and cheese totaling just over four ounces. After replenishing food, the mole eats another three ounces by three o'clock, mostly earthworms, doubling its weight in six hours. The observer abandons attempts to measure its maximum capacity.
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Cwrites
Bohemians Fond of Geese and Caraway Seeds
A traveler in Bohemia summarizes Ken Roberts portrayal in the Saturday Evening Post. Bohemians reportedly eat large quantities of caraway seeds and goose, using seeds in many dishes and serving goose at nearly every meal throughout the year.
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Bohemia
Kenneth ‘Roberts
Saturday Evening Post
Roberts
Sightseeing Ashokan Reservoir in the Catskills
Tourists passing through the Catskill mountains should visit Ashokan reservoir. The shore spans about 40 miles and depths range from 50 to 200 feet, with a width near three miles. Capacity reaches 130 billion gallons enabling daily city supply via aqueduct and Hudson River siphon.
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Catskill Mountains
New York State
Ashokan Reservoir
Manhattan
Hudson River
Cold Springs
City
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