Tale of a Dog and a Wishful Fete in Tree Top
In a rural field party a group of hungry boys barter for a dog and a dollar while a mysterious girl guides them toward a future home. Ellen Martin negotiates, reveals an engagement to Gifford Pennington, and Anne, granddaughter of James Swack, is promised to him.
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Amos
Bert
Jack
Joh
Merton
norfolk
ter yan
Penningtons
Gifford Pennington
Ellen Martin
Ellen
Gifford
Dawg
dollar
cash
Loreeny
Anne
gal Anne
Elfen
Susan Rides in a Parlor Car
Susan, a nineteen year old from Emington, rides in the parlor car on the Banner train to a singing engagement at Gleaner’s Hall. Her mother’s push for social advancement clashes with Susan’s working-class roots as Charlie, her fiancé, questions the ride and class signaling. The piece follows family dynamics, ambition, and small-town aspirations set against a railroad journey in 1921.
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Shupsons
Bmlington
Joseph
Mrs. Shupson
Susan
Chartle
Emington
Charlie
Mao
Gleaner’s hall
Freddy
Lucy
Charlie gayly
Chariie
Veins of Gold Formed by Hot Solutions in Volcanic Rocks
The article explains how cracks in volcanic rocks fill with minerals from deep Earth, creating veins and nodules of gold and silver. It notes Iceland’s Feeland spar formed from calcium carbonate that polarizes grit for optical use, and reports Iceland spar deposits found in Sweetgrass County Montana and the Warner Range near Cedarville California, with efforts to develop them.
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Iceland
Feeland spar
Sweetgrass county
Mont
Warner range
Cedarville
Cal
Drawback to High Position for Mrs Gladstone
Mrs Gladstone the wife of Victorian prime minister William Ewart Gladstone was famed as tactful and diplomatic. The couple shared over fifty years of marriage and celebrated a golden wedding with Gladstone praising her work as wife. She lamented frequent absences when he was in office leaving her few chances for conversation with him.
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Mrs. Gladstone
William 5. Gladstone
Miss Glynne
Persistence Wins the Race by Steady Grind and Work
A Thrift Magazine quote extols persistence over luck and genius. It argues success comes from daily effort, constant application, and dogged determination, not sudden wealth or meteoric talent. It warns against chasing skylines and luck, praising the day laborer as history’s true victor.
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Santa Claus
Thrift Magazine
Paradise Hawaii as a perfect island refuge in Nature
A National Geographic Society Bulletin describes Hawaii as an almost ideal island paradise with tropical jungles free of poisonous insects and snakes. Plants like poison ivy are unknown, and Hawaii sits cooler by ten degrees than other tropical regions. The climate varies by a short journey across the mountains, offering rainy, wooded regions on the northeast and a drier, warmer zone nearby.
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Hawaii
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Power In Silence Observations on Quiet Strength and Wisdom
The piece muses on the value of silence drawn from Scriptural examples of nature's convulsions and a wise adage about fools. It links restraint to humility, suggesting astronomy and solitude reveal human insignificance in the universe and advocate quiet as a guiding force.
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