Romance on Oahu: Carrie Finds Love Then Marries
Carrie Jones saves three figures, dreams of romance, and sails to Hawaii where she meets Tam Willem Hamre of Hamre Screw Co. They bond on a lava plain and she agrees to marry him before returning home, ending a quest for ardent adventure.
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Carrie Jones
Dullittle
Carrie
Oahu
Tidewater Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Company
Business College
Matsonia
Koko
Diamond Head
Honolulu
States
New York
Chicago
United States
Broadway
Fuir
Hilo
Kilauea
Tam Willem Hamre
Hamre Screw Company
Acle
Witlaum Fio
Hamre
Stemmer
Romance on the brink of Kilauea
A traveler recalls overhearing a teacher speaking with a new acquaintance and noting a romance sparked far from home. Carrie adds that love holds romance, while Hamre feels a hand slip into his as preparations for departure begin.
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Kilauea
Hamre
Carrie
Berdan Sharpshooters of Civil War How They Fought
The Berdan sharpshooters, two regiments in the Union Army of the Potomac, were among the era’s finest riflemen. Each man chose his rifle and earned 60 dollars for an accepted arm, with marksman ability proven by ten consecutive shots within five inches at 200 yards. Organized by Hiram Berdan in New York, Charles N. Race of Owosso Michigan, enlisted 1862 at fourteen, remained active as a sharpshooter to war’s end July 17, 1865.
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Berdon Sharpshooters
Army of the Potomac
Detroit News
Hiram Berdan
New York
Charles N. Race
Owosso
Mich
Berdan
Senate Pages Busy but Not Overworked
Detroit News notes senate pages are aged twelve to sixteen, paid 2.50 daily plus 20 monthly, and may be dismissed for misbehavior. Duties are set by the sergeant at arms, with pages serving in relays when the senate is not in session. Pages report at nine, work from noon, and guard doors after desks are cleared.
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Senate
Detroit News
Noiseless Soup Eater Warned by Orient Etiquette
Rev W E Biederwolf traveling in the Orient with Homer A Rodeheaver cautions that in China the louder a person sucks soup the more it pleases hosts. He urges diners to avoid noiseless sipping and to show relish through louder suction at the Chinese banquet.
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Ching
W. E. Biederwolf
Orient
Homer A. Rodeheaver
China
Notions of success and the value of teamwork
A reflection on success arguing luck is overrated and organized effort beats solitary work. It emphasizes playing the game, serving others, and selfishness as a paradoxical aid to self-improvement, attributed to L. M. Boomer.
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L. M. Boomer
Newcomer asks peculiar question at local grocer
A new resident in a social suburb enters a grocery and whispers to the proprietor asking about "doubtful eyes." The grocer replies that he keeps good eggs and will lend a few doubtful eggs, noting the resident is a good eye himself.
Rosamond Fesston and the Rose of Legend
Rosamond feszton meaning famed protection traces to Gepidae legends and Norman Clifford lore. Cervantes themes link to Arctic encounters while Rosamund's myth grows through romance and English folklore. The ruby figures as her talismanic gem with power and pride, and Saturday and number four are noted as lucky.
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Fesston
Strosmond
Gepidae
Rosamond
Bualland
Cervantes
Sigismunda
Arctic
Bullad
Rosamund
England
Hier
Wheeler $Ytudicate, Inc
Mottier’s Cook Book Verse Quotation Appears
A fragment from Mottier’s Cook Book quotes Providence guiding the mind in hardship. The verse extols faith and calm amid life’s changes and storms, promising endurance and eventual relief through belief. The text reads as a devotional line about trust and perseverance.
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Providence
Simple garden salad and fried pork vegetable combines
A nostalgic 1924 Western Newspaper Union recipe note describes assembling a fresh garden salad with peas peanuts olives celery and lettuce nests followed by a cooked pea carrot green onion and salt pork mix served with boiled dressing. It suggests a Sunday night lunch with buttered bread and milk and adds cucumber slices with salad dressing as filling.
Fine Architecture in Picturesque Old City
In Scribner's Magazine a leisurely look at Dreux France highlights its four monuments historiques. The belfry of the hotel de ville stands out with harmonious east and west views and Gothic tracery. Nearby the Exise St Pierre shows late Gothic early Renaissance style with one clear tower and an unfinished second. Echo des Jeunes Filles, Hotel de Dieu, a Sixteenth century block with a blue roof and iron rose window, presents a splendid mass yet fails to draw more visitors.
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Chartres
Reuven
Dreux
Scribner’s Magazine
Botel de Ville
France
Grande Rue
St. Pierre
Echo Des Jeunes Filles
Tribunal of Commerce
Hotel de Dieu
Shirt of Nessus Fable Explained in Ancient Legend
An old tale explains the shirt of Nessus as a cursed garment given by a centaur to Deianeira, wife of Hercules. When worn, it burned and killed him, leading to a self-immolating death on a funeral pyre. The piece notes a centaur as a horse body with a man's head and hands.
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Nessus
Hercules
London
Freezing Eyeglasses Revolutionizes Crystal Glasses
The article describes a method to fix gliss plates to iron frames and remove them with a mallet, noting heavy risk to workers. A discovery showed blocks of crystal separate more easily after cooling, sparking a revolution in making special glasses, attributed to Washington Street.
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Washington Str
Obsolete Documents Stored in Capitol Folders
The public printer notes vast folding rooms at the capitol hold obsolete publications and worthless items. Stored are annual finance reports back to 1876, crop yearbooks from 1870, Paris exposition reports of 1875, nautical almanacs, chaplain prayers from the Sixty second congress, army regulations from 1805 and numerous obsolete congressional almanacs.
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Capitol
Congressalunel
Addie Adams Breaks Man Hatred For Love
Addie Adams, noted for mannish styles and anti male views, attends dinner with Tony Tompkins and Mrs Frank Galery. She reveals a badge as a special officer and arrests two men, then forms a bond with Tony leading to their marriage within a month.
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Ddie Adams
Old Town
Addie Adams
Miss Adam
Frank Galery
Miss Adams
Frank
Addie
Tony Tompkins
Mrs. Frank
Tony
Frank, Jr
Mr.Pompkins
Mrs
Larie
Pocket phonograph invented by Hungarian inventor
A compact phonograph not much larger than a watch fits in a pocket and holds ten double disk records. The device amplifies sound when placed on a tumbler, enabling music for dancing. The invention is credited to a Hungarian, as reported by Popular Mechanisms.
Language Riddle Between Fathers and Doors
A quirky dialogue fragment shows a playful exchange about doorways and length. The speaker mocks another’s door and ponders why one doorway remains longer than the other, concluding with a feeble remark about difference.
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Mildred Marshall
Western Newspaper Union
Old City
Barbara la Marr
By Margaret Morison
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
BY E. R. Peyser
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Kent & Sussex County Fair
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Delaware
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Denton
Robert Legree
Louisa Legree
Harvey L. Cooper
Liber L. B. T
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Court House
Maryland
Caroline County
Denton Bridge
Brick Mills
William D. Taylor
James H. Nichols
G. T. Redden
James Temple
Nisi
W. Brewster Deen
William J. Rickards
John H. Vickery
Circuit Court
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William J. Richards
Geo. A. Deakyne
S.C
Alphonso Meredith
Williston
Oliver
Syracuse
Eden Tibutt
Josian A. Beck
W. Irving Tilghman
P. O
East New Market
Ohn A. Mackintosh
James Good
T. Fred Johnson
Kelly-Springfield
Kelly’s
E.H. Hirs
Puritan
Nesco Perfect
C. Leslie Walls
Call Journal Office
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