Strange Tales From A Pacific Northwest to Indian Escapes
Miss Newtime Hobart recounts a remarkable escape after being abducted from Lake Washington area by a man and a woman, later led to a ranch near Pocatello Idaho before returning home. Also notes on Heidelberg University barrel and a Arizona rock formation misperceived as a giant barrel.
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Newtime Hobart
Seattle
Washington
Lake Washington
Pocatello
Idaho
Heidelburg University
Catalina Mountains
Bacchus
Texas
Peter Meggs
Anderson
Grimes County
Michael Ferry
Huntsville
Ferry
Mepge
Galveston
Gresham
Hempstead
Noga
Movgs
Gleeson
India
Hughes
Pretoria
Trunaynal
Lexington Street
William Ott
Struc
Telegraphs from New Bedford in Borden trial exceed later estimates
TV 18 estimated 1.5 million words were telegraphed from New Bedford during the Borden trial by two telegraphic firms and over special wires. The newspapers paid at least 75,009 for telegraphing costs.
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Tv 18
New Bedford
Borden
Grasshopper shopkeeper in the summer meadow
An old wrinkled yellow grasshopper sits beside a shaded doorway in a meadow awning of clover. He calls to passersby with "Cheap, cheap, cheap" offering wares from a tiny shop set in the grass before leaping away to another meadow scene.
Outdoor playhouse ideas for wind sheltered sunlight
An optimistic guide from Demorest's on creating a permanent outdoor play space for children. It suggests a simple tent or canopy over a sturdy platform, using tree stumps and bowlders as supports, with curtains at windward sides for protection and comfort.
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Demorest
Wren Tutors Young in Song on New Jersey Farm
A wren built a nest in a box at a New Jersey farm. The mother sang her full song to address her young, who attempted to imitate and gradually mastered the tune after several trials. Each chick followed the same pattern, and all became perfect songsters under the mother’s patient teaching.
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Ture
Walbrook
South Dakota
Great Dombrawka
Upper Silesia
Russia
Great Dombrowka
Przemsa
Germany
Kamene
Bear From
Mountain
Cal
Redding
Iris
Cultus Jim
Bis
Jim
Arment
Chester
Woodside
Del
New Jersey
Angora Cat Gift For Young King Alphonse Of Spain
The five year old king Alphonso receives a white Angora cat after his mother showed him a life size painted picture. He calls the pet Blane meaning white in several languages and the cat is welcomed with a white rug in the nursery. The tale references notable names and a New York Ledger origin.
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Alphonso'r
Spain
Nikiti
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Princess May
Eneyland
Surrey
Alphonse
Alphonson
Alphonso
Russia
Blane
New York Ledger
Lesson in caution from a party guessing game
A newspaper raconteur recalls a party game where guests pass a long paper strip with a sketch at the top. The activity amuses yet teaches youth to avoid hastily drawn conclusions as ideas travel from person to person.
Round of descriptions reveals witness reliability lessons
A description is passed around guests who draw the article from memory, then compare to the original. The exercise highlights how people disagree on facts and offers a cheeky warning that perfect certainty is rare, a lesson from Farm Field and Fireside.
Reliable Chicken Croqueries And Ham With Sherry Glaze
Mince leftover Sunday meat with pepper salt and nutmeg then butter flour and cream to form a sauce. Dip shapes in egg and cracker crumbs and fry. Select a twelve pound ham boil three hours rind off sugar glaze with sherry and Madeira sauce served with more sauce. A sponge dough rises overnight then baked into biscuits with butter. Hotel Mail.
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Bowen
Rollus
Why Stars Twinkle and What It Means
The article explains that starlight changes color and brightness, creating the twinkling effect, due to Earth's atmosphere. Planets do not twinkle because they appear as disks, while stars are point sources. atmospheric particles briefly obscure stellar light, causing apparent fluctuations.
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Vor
St Louis Republic
Why Wolves Have Become Scarce
A historical account notes wolves in America dwindling after habitat loss and human control. It describes wolves shifting from natural prey to livestock depredations on northern plains ranches, noting how packs circle herds and strike calves and yearlings with swift, precise attacks by a few wolves. It compares their effort to a setter catching a cat.
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Saya
America
Weight Averages for Boston and Cincinnati Populations
A sample of 20,000 Boston men averaged 142 pounds and Boston women 125 pounds. In Cincinnati the same group averaged 154 pounds for men and 181 pounds for women.
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Boston
Cincinnati
South Carolina liquor law outlined with dispensaries planned
The article details the July 1 enactment of a South Carolina liquor law setting up county dispensaries capped at ten in Charleston, three in Nichol, and one in other counties, under a Governor appointed commissioner and a state board. It notes state bars for cocktails and penalties for railcar violations, plus broader temperance themes and various other unrelated notes.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Nichland
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Mao
Elephant
Great Lakes
Sault Sainte Marie
Mich
Plains
Hampton
Montana
Hoke Smith
White House
Georgia
Elis
Thal
Tts
Melbourne
Australia
Patent Office
New York City
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