Joe Dalton Homecoming Sparks Old Feelings and Plans
In a village scene, Sarah Maud Leeds recalls Joe Dalton’s departure and reunion rumors while visiting a hillside spot where Joe lies recovering from a rough period. They confess enduring feelings and plot a future in New York selling homemade sandwiches with plans for a joint business venture.
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Joe Dalton
New York
Beulah Fletcher
Sarah Maud
Joe
Daltons
Amanda
Bessie Blake
Goodby
Hill
Sarah Miaid
Sarah
The Shabby Mind in a Milwaukee Journal Thought
A reflection on valuing inner reading matter over material wealth. The piece contrasts luxurious homes with a mind fed on trashy magazines and sly literature, arguing better a shabby house than a shabby mind.
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Milwaukee Journal
Ragged urchin Balks at Window Cakes
In front of a croadwajy restaurant a ragged urchin is watched by a wealthy passerby who offers a question. The girl inside the window bakes batter cakes while the youth coolly dismisses the onlookers with a sharp reply.
Lincoln Rhetoric Compared to Jefferson in a Civil War Era Debate
The piece argues Abraham Lincoln's natural expression contrasts with Jeffersonic rhetoric, noting Gettysburg address and Declaration differences. It discusses Matthew Arnold’s imagined reaction and claims Lincoln’s speech blends natural tone with artful idea progression, situating it against Jefferson’s document.
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Abrahon
Lincoln
Jefferson
Erskine
Noth Ametiour
Matthew Arnold
Aragk
Ysleta Texas Oldest Settlement Claim Challenged
The Detroit News reports a traditional claim that Ysleta near El Paso was founded in 151 by Don Francisco Vasquez Coronado, making it older than St Augustine, but records are unclear and origin traced to 1682 by Antonio Olerain.
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West Texas
Yeleta
Texas
LE Paso
United States
Ysleta
Don Prancisco Vasquez Coronado
St. Augustine
Viorida
Ystetu
Terug
Antonio Olerailn
Syrinish
New Mexico
Detroit News
Lesson Confusion Sparks Gentle Classroom Moment
A student struggles with a reading word in a rural East district school. A teacher gently assists, prompting a correction that reveals a simple misreading and the class responds with quiet understanding.
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Certifno
Progress in Tanning Through History and Innovations
The article traces tanning from ancient cleaning and drying to smoking sour milk oils and animal brains, then using barks and vegetables to halt decay. It notes Egyptian tomb engravings, 3000 year old Chinese feather relics, African buffalo dung tanning, lime hair removal around 1790, and 1825 English trials to speed processes led by John Burridge.
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China
America
John Burridge
Life Rafts for Wharves and Docks
A California seaport installs ship size life rafts mounted on trucks for quick launching. With double deck bodies and central cockpit, the rigid pontoons provide buoyant support for many passengers in harbor accidents.
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Calfornia
How Trees Grow Through New Wood Under Bark
The text explains that trees grow by forming new wood just beneath the bark. Roots support the tree by absorbing soil moisture and nutrients through fine hairs, supplying the tree. Food moves up the trunk to the crown where digestion and regeneration occur.
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School Book of Forestry
Are Screech Owls Ominous or Sign of Death?
The article debunks the belief that screech owls foretell death, noting that such superstition is ignorant and unfounded. It calls screech owls valuable and harmless, describing them as useful and attractive birds.
Visible and Invisible Colored Chautreap on a Dark Night
Fragmentary transcript notes a nighttime scene with dialogue about a hand and a corner. The text references a Baston Transcript and characters likely named Jon and Al. The passage lacks clear events, dates, or organizational context.
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Jon
Action Superior to Words Inspires Nuns and Child
A brief tale notes that deeds outshine sentiment and that patience helps a mother care for a ailing father. A little girl vows to not marry a man with a shattered nerve when she grows up, highlighting moral resolve and compassion.
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Papa
Nash Six Sport Car Sets New Style and Power Benchmark
The Nash Six Sport Car wins quick acclaim nationwide and outshines pricier rivals. On display today readers learn it offers a sleek low body, refined engineering, and a powerful smooth motor and carburetor for a new level of performance.
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Nash
Ecru
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Denton Journal
Rose Meredith
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Sarah Maud Leeds
Dorothea
Binefu of
Chas. H. Dean
Maryland
Kenosha
Carride
Leb
Milipaukes
Modern Youth
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
el Paso
Clayton Ice Company
Denton
Lowell
W. A. Smith
Manxer St
Kirwin Smith
Hobbs, Md
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