The Handbook of Hyren recounts a comic voyage
In a famed tale by O Henry, Sanderson Pratt recalls a Rough Mountain adventure with Idaho Green, Rosa society, and Mrs. De Ormond Sampson. Pratt and Green read books, chase education, and chase romance while weather, mining, and a dramatic Rosa house fire culminate in Pratt’s improvised remedy using Werkimer's Handbook of Indispensable Information.
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O. HENRY
McClure company
Sanderson Pratt
United States
weather bureau
meteorological department
Idaho
Noot mountains
Montana line
Walla Walla
Carlos
Idaho Green
Homer K. M
Homer K. B
Homer K. M. Spoopendyke
Homer K. M. McSweeney
Homer K. M. Jones
Sandy
Homer St. M
E. M
Ydaho
Rosa
Salmon river
Sunset View
De Ormond Sampson
Sampson
O'Grady
yellow house
Herkimer
Mrs. Sampson
Mr. Pratt
Ars. Tratt
TJerkimer
morocco
Beau Smith the Elegant Debtor Who Never Pays a Bill
A Philadelphia Ledger tale recalls Beau Smith, famed in Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia for dress and shedding bills. He charmed Monumental hotel in Baltimore for months, then refused to pay, challenging proprietor Mr. Guyer. Guyer threatened suit but Smith boasted of public ridicule and proposed moving to Barnum for a receipt in full.
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Tabb
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Beau Smith
Smith
Mr. Guyer
Beau
Monumental
Guyer
City
old man Barnum
Rice In the Orient and the Beriberi Warning
Rice stored in husk, called paddy, is beaten for daily use while polished rice yields better sale appeal yet loses nutrients. In Japan, polished rice is linked to beriberi when diets lack meat, a warning about dietary balance and health risks.
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Orient
Japan
Colors of the Stars Revealing Stellar Evolution
The article notes colors among stars may indicate evolutionary stages. Red stars differ in constitution from white or yellow ones, with spectroscope evidence. Sirius reportedly shifted from red to white, and Arcturus is suspected to fade from red toward yellow.
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spettroscope
Sirius
Arcturus
Kissing in Iceland Laws and Punishments
A historical note recalls Icelandic customs where kissing another man’s wife or an unmarried woman against her will could lead to banishment. If consent was proven, the offender faced a fine of cloth. The excerpt hints at strict social controls and penalties for impropriety in public affection.
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Keefer
Denton
Anthony's Mill
Willie S. Keefer
THOMAS L. CHAFFINCH
Iceland
pope
The Kind Needed in Golf Lesson Laughs
The scene shows a young woman in a first golf lesson, debating how to retrieve a ball stuck in a hole and joking about using a dustpan shaped club. A companion humorously browses an instruction book for a solution.
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New York Tribune
And Peck Was Silent
A fragment from a Boston Transcript piece presents Mrs. Peck debating marriage and judging Miss Brown as a potential good wife for their son, with Peck responding tersely. The exchange hints at social commentary on marriage and propriety, reflecting mid century tone.
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Peck
Miss Brown
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Western Maryland College
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WEST NOTTINGHAM ACADEMY
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HORACE GILLESPIE
Johns Hopkins University
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Cleske
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COOPER, WRIGHT & COOPER, Fire Insurance Agents, LAW BUILDING
DENTON, MD
North British and Mercantile ‘Insurance Company
North America
foe
German Alliance
ringfield Fire
Marine Theat Girard Fire
Marine Phoenix
Hartford, Conn
Citizens
Missouri
SHERIFF'S SALE
fieri
Caroline county
Thomas F. Garey, Jr
Joseph Wyatt
Dearborn
Federalsburg
RIVERVIEW HOTELS
Preston
REDMAN
Mendersehss
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KRANZ HOTEL
Greensboro
RUTTER
Hillsboro
HILLSBORO HOTEL
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School Board
Susquehanna
Lehigh Valley
Marydel
Henderson
Goldsboro
Denton Primary
Dentough
Concord
Lowe’s
Oakland
Long’s
Saulsbury
Cedar Grove
Thawley
Smithson
A. W. SISK
E .M .Noble
Board of Health
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Jersey
L. C. REID
A. D, MNS
Bethlehem
Templeville
HARRY S. DAILBY
Marydel, Md
Atmy farm
Pee RRY
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Newcastle
Tower of London
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