Longstanding Washington friends share one last caper and a vow
The piece recalls the forty year friendship between Senator Harbine and Newt Stuart a Washington journalist. Their bond rests on fishing terrapin and mint juleps with a lively wager at Lafayette Square and a later gift that tests loyalty. When Newt asks for Harbine's Meek reel it seals their lives as old friends.
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Harbine
Newt Stuart
Newton Stuart
Senator Harbine
United States Senate
Newt
Louisiana
Ohio
Washington
Shoreham
Lafayette Square
West Point
Cincinnati
Jag O' Dick
Nobods
Dick Harbine
Ike
Jehosaphat
Stuart
Senator
Chicago Record-Herald
Sounds Beyond Hearing From Deep Organ Notes To Krakatoa
The piece explains how vibrations produce sound and how some tones are inaudible yet felt. It compares organ pipes at St Pauls, Niagara Falls, Krakatoa to illustrate unseen waves registering globally and resonating within the listener. It emphasizes the scale from audible to felt vibrations.
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St. Paul’s
Niagara
Krakatoa
Rat and Swan Rescue Ended by Tragic Rat Kill
During a flood of the Tyre river a crowded scene watched hay carried by the current. A swan clung to a floating hayrack and a rat leaped aboard in its shelter. A bystander killed the rat with a weapon, while observers ponder the animal’s improbable refuge.
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Tyre
A&a
Tani
Hope and Worthy Deed Transcend Time in New York Times Excerpt
A reflective prose piece urges lasting value through worthy deeds and thoughts beyond time. It celebrates those who strive for nobility, insisting true builders seek eternal light rather than fame, with readers urged to follow their example amid toil and strife.
The Talismans Of Elsie Underhill
A London and Sheffield theatre tale in 1873 follows Elsie Underhill a young actress from Rotherham her rapid rise to fame and sudden decline after an engagement in London The narrative centers on a gold ring with a hanging penny a memento linking her to Horace Wellington and the tragedy of broken trust and a dying heart.
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Rotherham
Sheffield
Yorkshire
England
South Yorkshire
Elsie Underhill
Dr. Newman
Church Street
Elsie
Jeanie Deans
Andrew Halliday
Sir Walter Scott
The
Hornet
Stephen Briske
London
Horace Wellington
Sheffield Theater Royal
City of Smoke and Fog
Princess’ Theater
Barrow
Blue
Riobos
Mr. Willington
Horace
Evans
Willington
Babylon
Earth
The Judas Tree and Its Blossoms in History
The Judas tree is a southern European shrub with a flat spreading top. Spring blossoms are purplish pink and used in salads or fried, with a tradition linking the tree to Judas. In the Americas a related tree yields edible blossoms and brown pigment from young twigs. bees swarm to its blossoms for nectar.
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Europe
Judas
American
Prevent Paint Sealing on Iron and Wood
To keep paint from scaling in weather wash surfaces then brush hot linseed oil over them Iron items should be heated if possible and dipped in oil Heat allows oil to enter pores and moisture to be absorbed so paint adheres firmly resisting frost rain and air separation
Classical Love Poem To Helen By Poe
A lyric praise of Helen invoking the classic beauty of Greece and Rome. The speaker imagines her as a guiding beacon in a statuelike stance, awakening a wanderer to his homeland and ideal past.
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Helen
Mispa h Ring and the King Who Loved a Commoner
In May a London ball leads Blanche Drummond to reject Rex of Stervia a king who loves her. A later royal match is announced but Rex dies, leaving Blanche with a Mizpah ring and a letter explaining the truth of their love.
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London
Blanche
Rex
Blanche Drummond
Squire Drummond
Hoase
Stervia
Count von Glenchen
King Rex of
Flavia of
Rhodania
Ismonds
Flavia
Pexon
Blanche Rea
Via
Gleize
Playin
Ini
Wiloughby
Traetor
God U
Pevriess
Moor Baths and Their Curative Claims Across Europe
The article describes moor baths used in Austria and Germany since 1823, noting Dr Poschmann's belief in their curative power. It contrasts peat types, warns some physicians question efficacy, and explains how saturated peat forms a strong concentrated bath claimed to affect the body more than mineral waters.
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Poschmann
Austria
Gers
Scotland
Ireland
Scotlac
Mranacas
Iperts
Wood
The
Ovat Ayy
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John H. Rafferty
N. A. OU
New York Times
Greece
Rome
Psyche
Rom
Edgar Allan Pov
Mispah
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