Rev Tracey Cleans Up Raw Gulch With Comic Clash
A new pastor in Raw Gulch, Rev Tracey, arrives amid town-wide bravado. He clashes with Miss Flora Deering and Tom Waters, then targets No 14 Main Street gamblers run by Mrs Fay Anderson. The confrontation ends in embarrassment for the parson, who exits chastened but a wedding soon follows with Mrs Fay.
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Raw Gulch
Flora Deering
Bill Hicks
Flora
Mr. Tracey
Harvard
Foy Anderson
Browning Society
Tracey
Jim Benson
Jim
Mr.Tracey
Mr. ‘Tracey
Mr. Benson
Bill Hick
Sky-Pilot
Tom
McDougall
Parsons
Ran Gulch
Tom Waters
Gulch
Fay Anderson
Fay
No. 14
Main Street
Miss Flora
Arliss Flora
Mrs. Fay
Abraham
Melchisedek
Noah
Paul
Barnabus
Sapphira
Sweet grass in Europe and America described
The passage discusses sweet grass or vanilla grass as holy in Europe and used by Indigenous peoples around the St Lawrence for baskets. It notes dried grass retains a new mown hay odor. It contrasts with a different plant also called sweet grass with starry white flowers. It mentions other fragrant grasses and the widespread vernal grass in American fields and meadows.
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Europe
St. Lawrence
America
Wonders of Insect World Wonders of Insect World king grasshopper and cricket noted for leaps and song
The king grasshopper can jump 100 times its length and travel 1000 miles with the wind, while the cricket is a powerful singer whose shrill note can be heard a mile away. Males sing, females listen with foreleg ears, yet these insects are fighters and cannibals when food is scarce, as described in Our Dumb Animals.
Lady Distinctions court remark on insults in Yorkshire
In a back street dispute the defendant explains insults with a string of quoted lines. She recounts remarks like You're no lady and an outrageous female and reacts by splashing soup on the accuser's face. The Yorksire Post notes the odd courtroom exchange.
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Settiing
Yorkshire Post
Fine Example Harley’s math misstep in playful chase
A kindergartner named Harley boasts about his new number skills after visiting newborn twins. He reports to his mother that the baby is “a baby plus one,” revealing his fresh grasp of addition in a humorous, literal misapplication.
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Harley
Henry
Straight Talks With Aunt Emmy on Savings
Aunt Emmy and Maud discuss how savings banks invest deposits, aiming to pay interest and preserve funds. They note bankers are cautious analysts, advise seeking trusted advice, and propose gradually shifting savings into higher grade securities while keeping cash on hand. Anne B. Aymes.
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Emmy
Maud
Anne B. Aymes
Digestive health and spinal adjustments for energy flow
The text argues a healthy person should not notice the stomach and digestion should be automatic. If the stomach receives insufficient energy, two relief options exist: reduce food intake or remove the cause with spinal adjustments to restore full energy flow.
The Burden of Government in Our Time
Walter W. Head of the American Bankers Association argues that government expansion strains liberty and stifles enterprise. He warns against increasing federal, state, and local powers and urges defense of constitutional restraints to preserve minority rights and the division of power.
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United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Walter W. Head
American Bankers Association
Toadstones and their reputed powers in the dark ages
Toadstones were valued in the dark ages for healing digestive ailments and for protective effects on children. Beliefs claimed the wearer was immune to toothache, antidotes poisons, and a venomous reptile’s approach would sting the flesh.
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Alechanics
Early Boxing Rules In Earliest Days
In early boxing there was no timer or standard round length. Rounds ended only by knockdown and rest was limited to thirty seconds. The knockout blow had not yet been invented, so contests often lasted much longer than modern championship bouts.
Evolution of the Pipe Organ Through Twenty Centuries
A historical overview traces the organ's development from ancient mirrors and water flutes to early wind-driven keyboards. It covers Winchester s 951 instrument with 20 yellow pipes per key, German makers building a larger early organ, and novelties like nightingale and cuckoo stops. The hydraulic blower in the 19th century finally solved air pressure regulation.
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Winchester
England
Germany
Rome
Dime Novels Brought Him Fame and Fortune
Erastus F Beadle originator of the dime novel gains fame per Edmund Lester Pearson in Books in Black or Ited noting the first dime novel appeared in 1860 as a small orange pink pamphlet. Beadle Adams firm ran until 1897. Beadle born 1821 in Otsego county New York. He began with wood block letter labeling and moved to publishing 10 cent song and joke books then novels. Early works focused on American Revolutionary or pioneer life settings.
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Erastus F. Beadle
Edmund Lester Pearson
Pearson
Beadle & Adams
Beadle
Otsego County
New York
Detroit News
Gutenberg
Base Mutilation on Ancient Mosaic Law
Adis Abeba markets mix flimsy booths and fragile shops with dilapidated post office and customs buildings. In Century Magazine, BH Alexander Powell notes executions by hanging and amputation by a local butcher, the penalties guided by a Moses inspired Ethiopian penal code.
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Adis Abeba
Abyssinia
Alexander Powell
Century
Moses
Burial superstitions traced to primitive fear of ghosts
An article notes varied regional beliefs that delaying burial risks harm to the living, tying to ancient ideas that the dead’s spirit must be restrained. It cites Burdick, cites Hebrews practice, and argues modern superstitions survive as warnings for prompt burial to protect the living.
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Lewis Dayton Burdick
Mother Earth
Burdick
McClure
Famous Lauterbrunnen Valley in Berne Switzerland
The Lauterbrunnen Gorge in the canton of Berne is a deep narrow valley flanked by sandstone walls rising 1000 to 1600 feet. Waterfalls cascade from the sides, including the Staub bach. In winter the gun is hardly seen. in July it is seen after 7 a.m. The Weisse Lutachine river runs through the valley as a tributary of the Aar.
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Lauterbrunnen
Canton
Berne
Switzerland
Kansas City Star
Imperative of Happiness and Love's Peaceful Reach
A reflective excerpt asserts happiness and love include a longing for peace. It notes that new happiness inclines us to mend past difficulties, heal breaches, and forgive wrongs. It speaks of hopeful thoughts on remediable distress and regret over what cannot be reached.
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J. L. Allen
Kidney complaints relief praised by Mrs Garey
Mrs Georgia R Garey of Third St reports kidney pains with backache and stiffness. She credits Dean's Pills from Denton Drug Co with giving relief from kidney attacks. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the same remedy.
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Georgia R. Garey
Third St
Dean
Denton Drug Co
Gareyne Foster
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