Captain Kidd's Two Loves Comes to Light
Captain Kidd and Juliet the elephant comfort Gretchen’s return as the tiny trio reunites at a seaside parade. Gretchen travels from Paris to join Captain Kidd and Juliet, prompting a plan to perform in vaudeville. The crowd’s reaction to Juliet’s rescue of a child spurs talk of a richer future.
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Captain Kidd
Juliet
Gretchen
Paris
America
Lilliputians
Als
New York
Madden
Jublet
Wilhelm
Riding the South Sea Surf by Jack London
An excerpt from a piece in Woman's Home Companion recounts a dramatic first big wave ride. London describes paddling for dear life, the board lifting, and the wild rush of white water, before settling into the shoreward view as the bathers loom anew.
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Jack London
Commiuion
The Ad versus superstition and the Manchester mystery
This recounts the 1812 disappearance of Russell Colvin in Manchester Vermont and the 1830 executions of Stephen and Jesse Bourn for his murder. Dream and ghost testimony led to the case, followed by a modern forensic turn as James Whelpley traced Colvin to Shrewsbury and New York. The tale links superstition with evolving journalism and truth seeking, crediting the press for illuminating the crime.
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Manchester
Russell Colvin
Stephen
Jesse Bourn
Colvin
Bourn
Stephen Bourn
Shrewsbury
N. J
Chadwick
New York Evening Post
James Whelpley
New York
Tie
Hover
Mr. Whelpley
Ile
Edward
Spinney
How to Snub Bores
An anecdote about rebukes for long travel tales. A traveler faces a child’s weary critique after describing his American tour and a clever aunt ends a cousin's India stories by forcing note taking with a sermon pad and blotter, illustrating witty social restraint.
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Tre
India
Maud
Putnam’s Magazine
The Rothschilds Powerful Global Finance Force
Grand Magazine notes that by mid century the Rothschilds could own about £2,000,000,000, potentially paying the national debt three times over. The article warns such wealth could shape industrial growth, influence trade arteries, and steer a country’s economic fate or hinder rivals.
Dogs and Horses Compare Unfavorably to Wild Kin
In a reflection on animal intelligence, John Burroughs argues that domestic dogs and horses show less wit than their wild counterparts like foxes and wolves. He notes long human companionship has not increased their reasoning, as training adapts behavior rather than elevates mental capacity, and the germ of intellect cannot be passed on.
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John Burroughs
Outing Magazine
Saxon roots in suburbia house naming
The article notes that many suburbia houses use Saxon roots like hurst wood and holt in names. It cites Hastings and St. Leonards as having several Saxon names possibly to commemorate the great Saxon tragedy associated with Hastings.
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Lake District
Fleet Street
Bois de Boulogne
Hurst
Wood
Holt
Hastings
St. Leonards
Retrenching. They Still Keep Their Auto in Line
Quote from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes a retreat in spending yet preserving an automobile. The snippet highlights restraint while retaining a mode of travel, illustrating cautious budgeting in a period context.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
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N. E. Daley
Uneeda Biscuit
Onal Biscuit Company
Dewitt’s
WM. Bk
Jungkunz
Tephenbon BT
Sebport
Hll
Electro Silicon
Electro Silicon Co
Clit St
EOPLE
Rice Building
M. B. Maryin
O' Vernet
Apply
Lincoln
U.S. Army
Cuba
First St
Dixon
West State St
Rockford
New York St
Aurora
State St
Chicago
B. Kiting
Stearns & Zipf
Kimball Piano
T. Ss. Ryan's
Golena
Ordway St
Nash
West Kt
Freeport
Lancaster Township
Henry
Waron
Ridott
Jacob Chaff
Lincoln Ave
Stephenson St
Orent
Wolf
Douglas Svenud
Babcock
B.os. Brown
Brenun
Rinda Plore
Marvin
Ly Liduwe
Itouse
Adams Wie
Winsneshtek
Quire Maral Street
Poquire
Harris & Bennetham
Il-Dicitl
Hardin
Rinvold
Ginee Ehureh
Prospect
Key Mulnoick
Galenast
Baptist Bazaar
Freeport Loan Co
Room
Wisconsin
John
Freeport Gas Light & Goke Co
Athes
Florida
Burrell Brothers
C. G. Schoeffel’s
Barn Northwest
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena St
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