Two Yards of Green Silk in Urban Dream
Annie Bryan works indoors selling fabrics at Bunner attire when a blue eyed customer seeks green cord and sateen to match a dressing table. A missing green silk parcel leads to a life-changing job offer from Mrs. Dean to care for two boys, promising independence and a new home life.
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Annie Bryan
Hrgan
Florida
Annie
snteens
Ike
Anole
Rinek sateen
Anna
Amure
Amie
Annte
Anne
isnley road
Miss Bryan
Amille
Mrs. Dean
ingine
Howers
Prisoners Use Secret Wall Tapping Code in Russia
Political prisoners in Russia still use a wall tapping code to communicate, with English words. The alphabet is divided into five groups and I and J are treated the same. A tap follows by a pause, then another tap, continuing to Z with five taps and five more. In St Petersburg, fortress prison cells were built with cupboards on both sides to keep inmates isolated and unable to communicate.
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Russia
fortress of Peter and Paul
Petersburg
Meals for Sponge Explains Ocean Life of Simple Animals
A historical excerpt explains sponges are animals not plants. It describes their early life starting from a particle that detaches from a parent, drifts, attaches to rock, and forms a sponge. Early food comes from yolk cells and later feeds on cur rents sweeping in solid particles through a large mouth.
The Mole From Frisco Is Cornered By a Weary Thief
Slim Grogan hungry and desperate robs a hotel room vest pocket. a mysterious tall woman with a box intervenes and spares him a prison sentence. Lefty Cobb hints at Frisco Kate and a mole mark on her hand as Slim dreams of love and relief from hunger.
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TOBODY
Sllm
Grogan
SaM
Shin
Iift
Sin
Slim
fin
Shnv
wouman
Regale
Fifth avenue
Lefty Cobb
Silar
Pippin
Lettie Cobb
Slint
Reegale
Lefty
Sim
Silo
Napoleon’s disputes with Madame de Smet over her Germany book
Napoleon disliked the French writer Madame de Smet and repeatedly annoyed her. He ordered destruction of her book on Germany in 1810 and later exiled her in 1812. The exchange highlights tensions between the emperor and a noted literary figure.
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Napoleon
Madame de Smet
Germany
Work of Lightning and Lightning Strikes a Tree
A vivid explanation shows lightning as a massive electron surge moving suddenly. When a bolt hits a tree, electrons rush toward the ground in a rapid discharge.
Sumatra Natives Echo Phoenician Language Ties
Fragment notes that the mountain tribes of Sumatra show language resembling ancient Phoeniteia, fueling belief their ancestors originated from that realm.
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Sumatra
Phoeniteia
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HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
Ko-leej
trump
Sheba
J.L. Everngam & Son
DENTON, MARYLAND
Western Newspaper Union
FRISCO
Short Story Pub. co
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