How Peary Retrieved Wild Ducks Story of Peary's early years and his paddle to save ducks.
A November pond hunt leads to Peary swimming through ice to retrieve two killed ducks after a fellow townsman vows to fetch them. The tale, from the Saturday Evening Post, frames Peary's resourcefulness and perseverance in early Maine life. The Sign Painters notes discuss which letters are hardest to form, citing opinions on R S and the ampersand, and recounts a New York Times remark about five artists from the city who specialized in lettering.
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Peary
S. E. Peary
Maine
Bowdoin College
Fryeburg Academy
Fryeburg
Flig
Merrill
Saturday Evening Post
New York Times
Venice may become waterless in distant future
The article notes Professor Marinelli warns the Po delta’s growth could dry the northern Adriatic, potentially rendering Venice landlocked in 100 to 120 centuries. Mean delta increase, about 0.3 square miles per year, has produced roughly 198 square miles in six centuries, endangering the gulf of Venice.
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Venice
Marinelli
Adriatic
Gulf of
Lady Betty and other old time crime notes
A fragment recalls Lady Betty Virginia’s public executioner in prerevolutionary days who accepted the duty to avoid death and served for years on the scaffold without a mask. A judge questions counterfeiter motives and a Dutch French contrast in fishermen and a Cairo streets gutter count.
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Lady Betty
Virginia
Chicago Times-Herald
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Chautauqua
Devils Lake Iron Works
Gorder & Son
Devils Lake, North Dakota
R. L. Cleveland & Son
Europe
Africa
Asia
Chicago Record
United States
Associated Press
THE
Mercator
Esay
Ecoup
Chicago-Record
Madison Street
Chicago
Sperrer
Brown
Miss Simpson
London
Chicago Tribune
Holland
Cairo
I. Glerum
Devils Lake
N. Dak
Ramsey County Abstract Company
C.G. Zunich
Dr. Jones
J. F.cowan
Gores, & McClory
J. McClory
Attord
Attorneys-At-Law
Devils Lake, N D
A. Maglone
A- Maglone
United States Land Office
M. H. Brennan
North Dak
Chas D. KE
Brennan & Kennedy
W. M. Anderson
J.s.thoe&co
Devils Lake,n. D
Townsend & Denoyer
First Nationa Bank Euipine
North Dakota
Jones
Casper Scratass
East Fourth St
Devils Lake, N. D
Usaportage
Plyman
Geo- Vetteng
C. B. BN
St Pach
ST. Anthony & Dakota
Penn
N. D
Albert Wolbrink
Agt
HENRY HACE_ sells
T. Fox
J. J. Bell
Louis Hansen
Devils Lakes Ks
H. Stuart
Sevilla Hotel
Fourth St
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