Dreams and deception shadow a autumn hillside farewell
Two young men walk from a hilltop toward the city as one frets over a dream of marriage. Brant imagines Crane married to Mildred, then departs for exile. Years pass, Crane returns married to Margaret, and Brant realizes the dream foretold the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Crane
John Brant
Crane
Tamara Chuminy
Brant
Mildred
Burt
Margaret
Omaha
The Tamale in American Life and a Southern California Home
The piece contrasts the tamale with New England doughnuts and Southern California life, then details a traditional Mexican tamale recipe using corn, chicken, chilis, garlic, olives, and raisins. It paints a California Mexican home scene with a grandmotherly figure preparing tamales in a dobe house near a pepper tree, highlighting domestic virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Great
Southwest
California
East
South- West
Ol Gray
Los Angeles
Cor St. Louis
The Voice in a Balloon and Other Notable Feats
A collage of scientific curiosities notes human voice in high-altitude balloons, early electric lighting in catacombs, lighted galleries in the pyramids, and a freighter’s coal efficiency. It also covers atmospheric star twinkle causes, Australian artesian wells, a peculiar South Dakota well deposit, and range-finding by naval telescopes using a Wheatstone bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Pyramids
Egypt
L. L. J. Lee
Australia
Australasian Association For the Advancement of Science
James Livetor
Lower Krule Agency
South Dakota
Tiences & Uttle
Fiske
Armvy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jesse James
Kentucky
Jesse
Red River
Wade & Butcher
Russellville
Jim
James
Syracuse Standard
Europe
America
Elbe
Rhine
Daunbe
Collett
Normany
Jana
Princiipal
Victorious Eleven
Sandford
Wemdn
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