Twixt Hawk and Handsaw in Small Town Romance
Bert Bancroft uses skill with wood to win a place in Sinclair Lumber Co. by fixing a door and pitching a plan for a joint shop with cedar closets. Lawrence Sinclair, impressed by her knowhow, asks Bert to join his business and to marry him, prompting a hopeful, humble ending.
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Bert
Sinclair furber
Lawrence
Mr. Sinclair
Caroline
mother
Harry Belknap
Sinclair Lumber company
admiral
Mr. Smelatr
Lawrence Sinclair
hawk
lfe
Mount Demavenid Peak in Persia and Its Legends
Figures in history describe Mount Demnavend in Persia as a towering 18 000 foot peak known for legendary legends and mythic ties. The text links the peak to Zoroastrian fire worship, ancient empires, and historic figures who traversed nearby passes, noting its strategic location and cultural lore.
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Mount Olympus
Greece
Mt. Demavenid
Persia
Zoroaster
Mount Demnavend
Europe
Asia
Zohak
Prometheus
Intelligent girls spark sly exchange in Louisville quip
Bertie scorns wise women while Alzgy retorts that intelligence repels him, a sharp comic moment from Louisville Cowder-Tournal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie
Alzgy
Louisville Cowder-Tournal
The Tiny Wonders Behind Butterflies and Moths
The piece describes the immense variety of butterflies and moths, noting their life cycles and the extraordinary precision of their anatomy. It explains how eyes with many lenses, wings covered in countless microscopic scales, pigments, and light reflection create their colors and patterns.
The Ups and Downs of an Elevator Man
Jane, a wealthy daughter, probes working life by posing as a milliner trainee at Gordon Bros. She befriends a thoughtful elevator operator, falls for him, and later learns Roy Harris profiles the lives of workers. Reading Harris's piece, she seeks the man she met, dialing the number 782 Richard.
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Jane
Harris
Mr. West
Gordon Bros
Hft
Jang
Richard
Roy Harris
The Cestus of Aglaia Ruskin: Duty and Dignity
Excerpt emphasizes quality over haste and economy of action. It argues worthiness of the task mirrors the worthiness of the person, linking dignity to harmony between one’s thoughts and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cestus
Aglaia
Ruskin
Removing Moss From Canals
George E. Stratton of the United States reclamation service offers several suggestions for moss removal in canals. If time allows, the canal can be dried and sun will kill the moss. When moss is still, submarine saws will cut it. Dragging the bottom with a harrow is used, but a chain is more effective. Thirty-five miles were dragged with a chain at $9 per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Stratton
United States reclamation service
Popular Science Monthly
Clever Trick With Golden Sausages To Bypass Bandits
Relief workers used sausages to hide money in Asia Minor during bandit attacks. In Constantinople to interior Anatolia a string of sausage carried gold by replacing meat with bullion. Robbers avoided the pig product as most were Muslim. The money carrier was stopped several times but the gold remained hidden.
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Asia Minor
Constantinople
Anatolia
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Prest
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Greensboro
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Illinois
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Call Journal Office
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Syniicate
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Bert Bancroft
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