Lilies of Peace Rise From Fire at Church Greenhouse
In Easter mood a narrator recalls a church scene where Rev Arthur Sherwood and Enid Lawrence discuss lilies that symbolize peace. A feud over a neighbor’s factory ends when Hosmer’s efforts fail and Enid’s lilies are saved and reborn from a wrecked greenhouse. The tale ends with a hopeful confession of happiness and resolve.
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Hosmer
Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
flosmer
Unie
Enid
Frank Iosmer
Hosmers
James Lawrence
Frank
Frank Hosmer
Barton Tosmer
Miss Lawrence
Rochester
New York
Frank Losmer
Ile
Raisins and related dried fruits across regions
Raisins come from grapes with Spain as a main producer though Italy California Australia and Greece also grow vines. They are partly dried on the vine then finished in a warm room. Export packing varies with Malaga husk raisins and Valencia loose types. Sultanas from Smyrna and currants from Grecian islands accompany the trade.
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Spain
Italy
California
Australia
Greece
Malaga
Valencia
Smyrna
Grecian
German Professors Change From Garret to Gown
N Hudson Moore notes a shift in Munich academia as the old shabby professor gives way to a modern, well paid figure. The new professors wear fine clothes, enjoy opera and sports, and their income often exceeds that of German secretaries.
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Munich
N. Hudson Moore
Crickets in Japan and their varied chirps
In Japan a large green cricket enchants children, sold in bamboo cages in street booths. Several tree cricket varieties are pure white and emerge at different times. Some produce a loud, insistent note when multiple males sing, while a late autumn species offers a bell like exquisite tone.
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Japan
Byron Quote Reflects On Heart’s Instinct
Brief attribution of a Byron line about the heart’s instinct, framed as a reflective thought rather than a news item. The fragment emphasizes poetic insight into human emotion.
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Byron
Taming Butterflies From Tissue Paper Experiment
A playful guide explains making tissue paper butterflies and guiding them with static electricity. Cut figures, color, attach silk threads, then rub a sheet of stiff paper to generate friction. Hold the sheet over the butterflies and watch them rise and follow the paper as long as the charge lasts.
Washington’s odd methods and famed strength at Mount Vernon
The narrative recalls George Washington in uniform and a strange episode with a enslaved servant Primus using a rope exercise under Washington’s direction. It notes Washington’s early fencing lessons from a seasoned soldier and his renowned stone throwing feats across the Rappahannock and to the Natural Bridge in Virginia, as described by Charles Peale during a 1772 portrait sitting at Mount Vernon.
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Washington
Timothy Pickering
Primus
Indies
Rappahannock
Palisades
Virginia
Charles Peale
Mount Vernon
Marvelous Strength of Birds
Birds can digest ten to thirty times as much food as humans relative to size. If a map could eat proportionally like a sparrow he would need two sheep for dinner a couple dozen chickens for breakfast and six turkeys for dinner. A tree sparrow can eat 700 grass seeds in a day, seeds large relative to its size as a lunch basket to a man.
Be a Lady Take a Spoon Pig Disrupts Lunch
A child named Little Nellie learns ladylike dining when a pig intrudes on her bowl of bread and milk on the stone step. Her grandfather’s summer visit becomes a lesson in manners as Nellie shouts for the pig to take a spoon.
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Nellie
Little Chronicle
Edna Describes Bow Legged Sensation Amid Illness
Edna has been confined to the house for several days with a cold. She refuses to eat, worrying her mother who fears weakness. Edna pledges strength while noting, Mother I don’t feel weak, but my legs feel a little bow leggedy.
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Edna
Inter
A Simple Rhyme About Faces and Laughter
A child describes how frowning sparks a quarrel with Billy and a punch threat, then suggests smiling as the better path. The verse celebrates laughter and pleasant feelings over anger and ugly faces, noting that smiling makes both sides happier.
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Billy
Children and Pianos in Berlin Study Cites Nervous Risk
A Berlin physician reviewed 1,000 girls who played piano before twelve and found 600 with nervous diseases versus 100 among nonplayers. He urges that piano use start after age sixteen and limit practice to five hours daily at most.
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Berlin
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