Miner 10 Railroad Chief Fiddled For Companions
A historical profile tells how Fred Underwood, a Wayland Academy graduate, left school for copper mining at Fort Howard Wisconsin. He becomes a cart driver and later gang foreman after a runaway horse and earns respect, with fiddle playing aiding comrades.
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Fred Underwood
Fred
Greenhorn
Hin
Milwaukee
From Fort Howard to Erie Railroad President
A railroad career arc follows Frederick Underwood from a lowly freight handler at Fort Howard to president of the Erie Railroad. A Jersey City station meeting shows his memory and democratic spirit, as a former brakeman greets him with warmth and pride. In a separate vignette Miss Wrightman runs a tea room with a clerk who boasts about dressing sandwiches to look appealing.
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Fred
Fort Howard
Chicago, Milwaukee
Baltimore & Ohio
Erie Railroad
Frederick
Underwood
Erie Railroaad
Jersey City
Nan
Mr. Underwood
Jim
Misa Wrightman
Missristol
Mlarpers Magazine
Song of the Frog Inspires Rural Quiet Chorus
The fragment describes frog songs as wondrous in their own way less than a Beethoven symphony yet enough to inspire ancient wit. It praises the Ittle tree toad trill and the chorus of little frogs as a promising spring orchestra in the rural landscape.
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Aristophanes
Pineapple Delights and Desserts From Canned and Fresh
Readers learn benefits of pineapple and how to craft desserts and dishes. Recipes cover pineapple on lettuce with cream cheese, pineapple sherbet, pineapple dessert with ice cream, gelatin topped slices, and a pineapple pie with whipped cream and almonds.
Vegetarian Dishes Featured For Meatless Meals
A vintage menu lists Mock Sausage With Apple Smothered Cabbage and Cheese Pudding as vegetarian options. The mock sausage uses white bean pulp, bread crumbs, cream or butter, and fried apple slices. cabbage is cooked with butter flour roux and milk. cheese pudding bakes with stale bread crusts, cheese, eggs, cream, and spices.
Market Teacher's Duty to Pupil
The text argues a teacher must provide inspiration and enthusiasm to spark pupil thinking, guiding them onto independent discovery. It emphasizes fostering self-driven problem solving, with much practical work left for home study.
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Norima
Helped by Everybody Says Great Men Benefit All
A reflective note asserts that every great man is aided by many, praising communal support as the source of turning all things to good and shaping character. Russia.
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Sinaya
Russia
Crows Mobilize in Warlike Gatherings Says Local Observer
A local observer describes crow mobilizations as organized attacks on predators and rivals. He notes owls or hawks trigger flocks, observes crow attacks on foxes and a frightened terrier, and cites sightings by artist Walter King Stone and critic Charles Livingston Hall.
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Thoreau
Walter King Stone
Charles Livingston Hall
Winlow Isomer
Eld
Cross
Oldest Writing Unearthed In Sumerian Tablets At Penn
Harper’s Magazine notes George A. Barton of the University of Pennsylvania Museum deciphered ancient Sumerian tablets. A 4000 BC farmer’s tale shows a necromancer’s aid and a palm tree payment. Other tablets hint at Babylonian canal works and early use of metal money.
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George A. Barton
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Doctor Barton
Babylonia
Naram Sin
Erin
Nippur
Seeing the Invisible and Wilderness Strength
Edwin H. Bland argues that great achievements begin with solitary solitude in which individuals gain divine strength. He cites Moses Midian, Jesus in the wilderness, and Paul in Arabia as examples, describing visions that guide life purposes. Nature leaves work for the dressmaker to finish.
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God
Moses
Midian
Lord
St. Paul
Arabian Desert
Edwin Hi. Bland
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