Still River Rivalry Sparks Camp Feud Over Paddling Record
Ill feeling grows between the Chetwynde and Burgess camps after Billy Chetwynde boasts he can paddle from Silver Glen dam to the railroad bridge in twenty minutes. Hal Burgess taunts him, a race ensues, and Ned Chetwynde's prank on Hal’s brother escalates tensions amid looming mill strikes.
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Billy Chetwynde
Silver Glen Dam
Hal Burgess
Billy
Still River
Chetwynde
Burgess Fraternity
Jal
Angel of Peace
Teddy
Kilkenny
Val
Johnny Nose
Nosey Johnny
Bin
Silver Glen
Hal
Teddy Maxwell
Ned Chetwynde
Dave
Fred
Glen
Red
Silver Glen U
Hilly
Rocky Mountain News
Still River Canoe Race and Strike Plot Involving Billy Chetwynde
A group plans to derail an evening train to stop talks with Mr. Burgess the mill owner. Billy Chetwynde overhears the conspirators and heroically flags the train at the Lonsdale bridge, saving the party and restoring Hal and Billy’s friendship after a tense feud.
Scientific notes on electricity and moon atmosphere
A science digest covers lightning risk by location, solar heat comparison, and death causes from electricity. It explains lunar atmosphere testing via star visibility, then discusses double stars and spectroscopic binaries, bee leaf cutting, a ghost poem, and a remark on habitual kicking over trivial grievances.
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Atlantic
Mrs. Fleming
Harvard Observatory
Giraffe Suffers Sore Throat On Tour In Boston Circus
The old circus man recalls a giraffe with a sore throat causing high expenses and trouble. A stiff neck left the eighteen foot creature unable to bend, requiring rope lifts, bucket feed hoists, and daily neck rubs as he recovered.
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Boston Herald
The Brave at Home and Royal Tobacco Vehemence
A maternal and patriotic lament honors wives and mothers who support soldiers with courage and sacrifice. The poem by Thomas Buchanan Read extols maternal valor and sacred blood shed for freedom. It ends noting Queen Victoria’s aversion to tobacco and mocks tobacco polluting Windsor.
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Thomas Buchanan
Queen Victoria
Windsor
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the Glen
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