Dorothy and Tess Stirling in the 1776 Fourth of July
Ten year old Dorothy Stirling and her loyal mother witness a fiery July in New York as Captain Stirling’s group braces for attack from British forces. After a daring ruse led by Dorothy to mislead a German officer, the family survives. The tale ends with the officer returning Dorothy safely to her mother and Captain Stirling later acclaimed as a hero of the era.
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Dorothy Stirling
Flatbush
Pitch
Long Island
New York
Broadway
Leonard Hievet
Dorothy
Mia Ma
Pat Xtat
Theothys
Mia
Stirling
Ild
Pera
Yor
Gulag
America
Sendedi
Bowling Green
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Teget
King George HS
Dorth
Mrs. Stirling
Stirlings
Weir
Wreh
Walla
King
Captain Steling
Elevgyman
Hudson
Staten Tol
George
Belie
Menane
Mea
Pine Knoll
Jannna
Jamaica
Tam
Mamma
Dis
Fehard Stirling
Ludelen
Tirothy
Tin
Captain Stieling
Pana Door
Anile
Enle
Dorthy
Andy Durst
Terien
Tie
Pathe
Dore
Lesfer
Mada
Tyrell
Boston Herald
Den
Maine Doctor Bravely Ends Dire Seaboard Rescue
A Maine country doctor makes legendary journeys to reach patients in storms and remote camps. He travels by launch, rails, skates, moose sled, and island sailboat, braving ice and wind to save lives from Matinicus to Moose River camps along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
West Outlet
Moose River
Bransoa Lakes
Cook
Puis
College Education for Girls in American History
There is one significant fact bearing on college education for girls. All American women who won distinction in original work have been successful only as teachers. The argument contrasts natural development with artificial molding in the context of women’s training.
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Maine
Ted Hitleehance
Moosehead Lake
W. A. Pumps
Dexter
Nother
Bangor and
Aroostook
West Cove
Hall
Wal
Pudtle Road
Tra
Jane
Ladies’ Home Journal
Fragmented OCR note on names and items
The readable text contains scattered phrases about individuals and items with unclear context. It mentions Motimwe, lenses, caffe, family ties, and a few garbled names, creating a disjointed record with no clear event or outcome to summarize.
Doctor Braving Storm Traveled to Ragged Island Rescue
A fisherman pleads for his ill wife on Ragged Island. The lone doctor sails through a violent storm in a Hampton boat, ferries to Chebeague, treats the patient, and returns with payment of two barrels of clams and a sack of live lobsters.
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Ragged Island
Perlix
Chebeague
Antipathy to foreigners and urban fears in city life
A knowledge-seeker asks why the Chinaman dislikes foreigners. The response predicts trolley cars, franchise scandals in city councils, and general fear of change. The excerpt then cites a Ladies Home Journal note on hygiene, stressing air and sunlight as crucial for health, urging well lit, airy homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lively
Ladies Home Journal
Dean's Ointment and Pills Advertisement in Ellsworth
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment for everyday troubles including itching and eczema and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney issues. A traveling salesman testimonial from Warren G. Jordan claims rapid relief and urges readers to buy Doan's products from Wester-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y, at 50 cents.
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Dean
Ellsworth
Warren G. Jordan
J. ‘J. Crippen
Wester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Doan’s
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Jeroen
The
New York Tribune
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Rockland Harbor
Rockland
Owl's Head
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X Imam
Np Gins
Crysnes
Tiasician
Bailar
corgeLown
Sulu
Buzzard
Parson's
1. Sjohnson & CO
Boston
Mas
Jones
Iceas
Degal
Jovice
En Jan Rittredwe
Eden
Hincock
MIE
Don Wo Stover
Hueksport
NiAkke Jay Biel
Ellasuurin
Simeon B Higgins
Orland
Hancock
New Mineo Range
Kineo Wood Furnace
Kineo Goal Furnace
Noyes & Nutter Mfg. CO
Bangor
F. B. Aiken
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