Gold-Thread and the Beech Tree Romance
Vere revisits the beech forest home where she once loved Royal Dent as she contemplates a life of private station and artful independence. He returns briefly, now married to another heiress, and their reunion stirs old passions amid the primeval woods and blooming wildflowers.
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Vere
Royal Dent
Margaret
Royal
Golden Coast
Nervous Impulse Speed Varies With Body Height
A Royal Society paper on The Rapidity of the Nervous Impulse In Tall and Short Individuals reports that nerve length affects impulse velocity from brain to limbs. Shorter nerves reach the body faster, but the difference is tiny, offering little advantage to a shorter offender in detecting a step.
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Royal Society
London
Invalids of the Forest and longevity of trees
A clipped excerpt argues longevity favors trees over humans, noting mortality tables show humans survive to certain ages better and that forests contain about five percent of the trees that started life there. It contrasts the mortality rates of humans ten to fifty with trees’ survival, suggesting many trees die earlier.
Efficiency expert sought to improve operations
A terse OCR fragment mentions an efficiency expert and a question about doing something. The readable text is limited, but the item implies seeking expert help to optimize processes. No clear names, dates, or places are present.
Long Record of Good Work by Sunday School Union
The American Sunday School union marks its 106th year and reports 188000 Sunday schools with 5500000 pupils. Last year it organized or reorganized 3800 schools and published 200000 books and periodicals. Over 5000 conversions occurred and 47 churches formed from its schools. The work spans the United States with about 25000 donors.
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American Sunday School Union
Christian Work
United States
Literary Digest
Old Man and the Joke about Age from Punch
In Sere and Yellow a joke from Punch notes an eight year old teasing about age difference. The boy answers that his father is "getting a bit old" and will be thirty tomorrow, illustrating a witty reflection on aging.
Dancing with Delusions and a Rich Girl Wife Idea
A speaker recalls hugging a wealthy girl he hoped would wed him. He notes that some platitudes feel like undeniable facts, while acknowledging ambiguity in his beliefs and experiences.
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Jess
Jack
Family woes and a misread wedding in a roadside tale
A Kansas City Star clipping relays a comic misreading of nuptials by Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge after a near missed lawsuit. The piece also notes Spain housing 41,000 autos and praises Miss Helen Manning in the post office for overseeing photostating and mimeograph work across seven bureaus with hands-on command during rush periods.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Justice of the Peace
Kansas City Star
Helen Manning
United States Post Office Department
Missa Manning
Miss Manning
The Alternatives and Two-Faced People
A brief reflection on marriage roles and authority. A married man faces two bleak options at home: dominate and be hated, or be dominated and despised. The piece suggests duplicity in daily moods as people show different faces.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Martha Williams
McClure Newspaper
Cime
Tts
Spain
Northwestern Yeast Co
Ashland Ave
Chicago
Good Housekeeping Institute
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Dept. B. Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek
Mich