Buried Her Voice in Death and Silence
A Vienna memory recounts Pauling Lacea who ceased singing after her husband Baron von Wallhofen fell ill and died. He begged for secrecy as he heard her songs, then whispered that he would take her voice to the grave. She never sang again, claiming the voice vanished by suggestion.
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Pautluce Locen
Pauling Lacea
Tika Horwiz-Barnay
Lucca
Vienna
Lowhaed
Baron von Wallhefen
Lin
Bia
Neve Freie Presse
Man Finds Fountain of Youth Tale in Shawangunk Tunnel
William F E Hinsdale of Orange New Jersey claims to have located the old Spanish tunnel in the Shawangunk mountains to lay out a park. The New York World and Prof Mathel Ohio state geologist support the legend that Spaniards of Ponce de Leon era mined there for a living water spring. Hinsdale built a rail line and electric plant to light the 500 foot tunnel and plans a water bottling venture due to the water's purity and historic ties.
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William FE. Hinsdale
Orange
N. J
Shawangulk Mountains
Mathel
Ohio
Ponce de Leon
Fountain of Youth
Florida
Hinsdale
Arcus and the Man in the Campaign Accident
The campaign orator survives an auto accident with a severely injured arm. After a week or two he leaves hospital with the left arm amputated at the elbow and asks if he can continue a speaking tour. The political manager doubts but says the stump can still be used to campaign.
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Arcus
Ike
Stiffy
Vertuniien Tribune
Buffaloes sent to Oklahoma ranch for government preservation
The United States government preserves buffalo by establishing two ranches at Wichita Oklahoma and Montana with funds for fencing. At Wichita twelve pure blood American buffaloes from the New York Zoo were shipped 2000 miles by rail in crates and driven through a chute into the enclosure before being sprayed with crude oil and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doffaloen
New York Zoological Park
Wichita
Montana
Wichita Ranch
New York
Hornaday
Canada
London News
American Farmers Wanted for Australian Irrigation Plan
Melbourne reports Victoria plans to invite experienced American irrigation farmers to settle and educate locals. George Swinburne and Elwood Mead back organized immigration to boost irrigation in Victoria and potentially New South Wales. The plan includes showcasing land productivity to lure Western U.S. farmers.
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Australia
Melbourne
Boston Transcript
George Swinburne
Victoria
Elwood Mead
United States
Commission On Rivers and Water Supply
Commonwealth
Victorian
New South Wales
Swinburne
Mead
Sw.burne
The Reading Habit and the Gift of Reading
A humorously framed tale about Rosie a voracious reader who devours three or four books weekly. The narrator notes the value of reading and the challenge of keeping up with a child’s rapid book intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowie
Rosie
Trosle
What the Billboard Said One Windy Day
A fragmented reminiscence piece references a phonograph in a home where a mother sang before bed and children contemplate an old fashioned home. The dialogue hints at social scenes and idle bets as siblings challenge each other in a cluttered street of memories.
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Charlotte Yonge
Waverley
Rome
Rosie
Roslea
Jan Gay
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