Walworth Family Train Fireman Trial Tedium Ends
Adrian Walworth Jr. faces a brutal rail shift under the stern engineer Hicks on a stalled run toward Meadow Skiing. A fight with Italian laborers ensues as the stoker and engineer defend the train and crew. After the clash, mutual respect forms between Walworth Jr. and Hicks as they continue toward Ardmore.
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Snob Hicks
Adrian Walworth, Jr
Mister Walworth
Hicks
rboad
hha
Ike
Walworth
belog
roundhouse
Adkan
fireaimn
Walworth, Jr
Adrian, Jr
Percy
Ardmore
Adrian
The Fishing Frog Angler Luring Fish In Muddy Waters
A vivid description compares a fishing frog to a skilled angler. The creature uses two elongated nasal tentacles acting as rods with membrane bait, stirring mud to attract fish, then deftly secures prey with a line and hooks hidden in its mouth. The note highlights its clever, baiting method and success.
Beautiful Petrified Woods Study by Geological Survey
Petrified woods, ground to 0.003 inchthick sections, reveal original wood structure with distinct cells replaced by chalcedony. F H Knowlton notes Araucarioxylon arfizonicum from the extinct araucarian family. Remains show same geologic time in east-central United States with associates like cone-bearing trees, ferns, cycads, and giant horse tails implying abundant rainfall in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Knowlton
geological survey
United States
bat
Survival of the Unfit by Vingie Roe in the wilderness
A desolate forested wasteland shelters two men in a willow hut. One tends a near-death companion, rationing medicine, water, and dried beans as the sun blazes above pot holes. A relief group arrives at dusk to witness a grim struggle with famine and hope.
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Famine
Jim
hutt
Le Marque
La Marque
Misheard Exchanges sparkle in Boston Evening Tran sketch
A comic dialogue features Miss Passay and Miss Keen trading sharp barbs about ladylike behavior and aging, revealing social tensions and witty retorts in a lighthearted newspaper sketch from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Passay
Kate
Miss Keen
Boston Evening Transcript
Peter Cooper and the early inventions of a child designer
Peter Cooper, an inventor from childhood, crafted a crude washing machine to aid his hard working mother and later made shoes for his eight siblings. He describes dismantling an old pair to study its structure and creating new leather shoes that compared well with country footwear of the time.
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Peter Cooper
Thrift Magazine
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DENTON NATIONAL BANK
DENTON, MARYLAND
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
F. J. WRIGHT Optometrist and Jeweler
DENTON, MD
JOURNAL
Denton
Federalsburg , Maryland
Baltimore and
Eastern Shore
Bay Shore
Rock Hall
Buick
CARROLL
Denton Auto Co
Walter Sparks
New York
Life Man
R. C. JACKSON
Greensboro
Maryland
Hamilton and
Ilinois
Hamilton
Illinois
M. K. NEWNAM
all Journal Office
Walworth The
Snob
VINGIE E. ROE
NEEWSPAP
SSRKR HK
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