Connie and Dave Face Mortgage Crisis and Hope
Connie Ashley overhears Dave Ashley negotiating mortgage trouble with Hardy Goodwin. Her father reveals he will take over the Ashley mortgage to spare Dave, enabling Connie and Dave to marry. Dave receives a job offer with a railroad office while Connie finances the debt, and both anticipate a lasting future.
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Connie
David
Hardy Goodwin
Hardy
Ashley place
Dave
Poe
Ashley
Hal
Uke Barkis
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Mrs. Ashley
River street
Ashley homestead
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Mr. Wade
Dave Ashley
Grandmother Walton
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Godwin & Hart
Achley
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mercy
Tompson
Imp of the Arrows A comic tale of Rodger Cameron and a playful imp
Rodger Cameron, a psychology professor, wins a bathhouse key after a day with a mischievous imp. He meets a sunlit flirt at the shore, hopes for the girl with the smile, and a practical Stinson, before a sudden gift of arrows signals a hopeful turn as fate nudges him toward love.
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Rodger Caneray
Cameron
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Medger
Rodger Cameron
Rodger
Geer
Rockerfellow Vanderaster
Rodgers
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Cothe
Professor Cameron
Stinson
Misa Stimson
Robinson Crusoe origin tale Juan Fernandez voyage 1704
A Scottish mariner Alexander Selkirk was abandoned on the uninhabited Juan Fernandez Islands on October 4 1704 after quarreling with captain Prading. He survived three years by fishing fruit and wild game before rescue. The tale precedes a lighter note about General Pershing in Paris after a paint mishap involving a U.S. soldier.
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Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
Juan Fernandez
Selkirk
Prading
Juan Fernandes
Pershing
Horet Crillon
Paris
General Pershing
Seals Awake From Sleep to Survey Horizon Before Drift
The text describes a seal on the ice waking after brief sleep to survey the surroundings, lifting its head 14 to 16 inches, then returning to rest for about a minute. It notes the animal’s vigilance and the difficulty of approaching, as the seal often spots threats before a hunter can get close.
Museum of Plants at National Botanic Garden Treasures Historic Trees
The United States botanic garden in the national capital displays trees planted by eminent figures across history. Charles Dana etched an acorn from Confucius’s grave, General Grant planted a jeep-root acacia, and Hoar and Evarts added two Cedars of Lebanon. The Booth brothers chose bald cypress, and Abraham Lincoln planted the hornbeam in the eastern garden.
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General Grant
Lebanon
King Solomon's temple
Hoar
Evarts
Edwin Booth
Edwin Forrest
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincolno
Undefined Housework Loyalty and O K Origins
A fragmentary excerpt contrasts a woman's joy in cleaning a new house with humorous notes on old phrases. It traces the origins of OK from Aux Cayes and its use as meaning all correct, connected to a Jackson campaign anecdote and Democratic banners.
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Kansas City Star
Aux Cayes
O. K
Seba Smith
Rusty steel care steps from an old guide
The passage explains cleaning rusty steel by rubbing away rust from the handles and setting the item aside for two or three days. It advises wiping dry with clean rags and polishing with emery or pumice stone, and suggests using slack lime for very rusty items to achieve a high polish.
Cooperation Imperative and lone efforts in progress
A critique on the idea of a single person conquering a vast forest and city without aid. It argues for cooperation and suggests that one man cannot progress alone, questioning the viability of solitary conquest and the benefits of collaborative effort.
Beef Suet Not Indispensable For Margarine
Norway reports beef suet is not essential to margarine production. Cod liver oil and herring oil along with other fish oils are cited as excellent substitutes.
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Norway
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Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
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