The Hands of Esau Returns to a Virginia Home
Major Harry Louden on furlough escapes a violent draft riot in New York. He hides in a Virginia house with a sympathetic family, reunites with his mother, and shares a quiet approval from his lover who conceals their identities. A future reunion is promised after the war.
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Blosekor Street
Lancoli
Ne Ltd
Ile
Washington
Lone Yes
Harry
Beey
Bleecker Street
Greenwich Vilage
Anster
Marty
Harry Louden
Hisie
Charles
Tle
Harles
Terland
Runaway Trains on The Big Hill Narrative of mishaps
A historical account of the Canadian Pacific Big Hill perils. It recalls Dr. James Hector on the western slopes, a horse kick injuring him, and the later railroading disasters and near misses. Notable episodes include Dad Ames losing a snow plow, multiple runaway engines, heroic escapes, and Engineer Jimmy Fidler racing the hill toward Field at record speed.
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James Hector
British Columbia
Doctor Hector
OC. F. Carter
Dad Ames
Dad
Tommy Cod Conger
Tommy Cod
Canadian Pacific
Trafic
Jimmy Fidler
Jimmy
Field
Hector
Odd Ideas in European Newspapers
A France based writer notes early quirky presses in Europe. Madrid's The Luminaria used phosphorus ink for glow in the dark, while The Regal sold non toxic ink on edible dough sheets. Paris’s Le Bien Etre promised pensions and burial, but failed. Le Mouchoir printed on napkin like paper. Bathing papers Courier des Baigneurs and Ia Nainde used waterproof material. A riddle mentions a tired watchdog and a rat.
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Madrid
Regal
le Bien Etre
le Mouchoir
Trench
Courier Des Baigneurs
The Lighthouse by Joseph Ivers Lav ARY SPAULDING
Mary waits near a lighthouse with Frank Trent as a storm rises and threats of marriage press on her. Trent advances with force but the light from the lighthouse inspires Mary to escape into the night, choosing independence over wealth.
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Ary Spaulding
Mary
Mr. Trent
Sid
Brank
Bac
Frank
Trent
Joyel
Boston
Finefort
Tendernews
Bho
Honces
Ter Han
Samuel Johnson on Simplified Spelling and Orthography
Samuel Johnson argues for steadiness in English spelling and cautions against rash reform. He favors preserving fathers’ orthography while acknowledging language as the instrument of science and words as signs of ideas. He urges reverence for antiquity and warns against caprice in changes.
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Samuel Johnson
R. Samuel Johnson
Grimmarian
Earth
Heaven
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Esau
Histor
Sturry
Indy
Fitch
Joseph Ivers Lav
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