Love Story of Number Six in Vermont Orphanage
Lizzie Macready known as Number Six, youngest of six orphans, grows up at a Vermont Baptist Orphan Asylum. Bee Rossiter, a fragile infant, is cared for by Number Six until a wealthy miner, Correll, arrives revealing Bee is his half sister. He plans to marry Lizzie and take Bee away, promising happiness after years of poverty and loss.
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I the Baptist Orphan Asylum
Vermont
Lizzie Macready
Lizzie
Vermont Central Railway
Lizzle
Number Six
Ter Aint
Lingle
Wonkin
Vermont Hills
Bud
Bee
Beatrice
Maggie
Mary
Annie
Mrs. Rossiter
Green Mountain
Little Bee
Water Hollow
Nttle Bee
Lizale Macready
Lizarle
Bee Rossiter
Green Mountains
Sanders
Lizale
Litsle
Mr. Correll
Colorado
Correll
Rossiter
Hhm Apd
Sam
St. Louia Republic
Moonlight Photographs and Moonlit Effects Explained
Moonlight scenes are sun photographs formed by long or double exposures with the sun visible in faint late afternoon light. The effect uses clouds to shade direct rays, while a second longer exposure after dark captures gas and electric lights illuminating streets and parks.
Size of Atlantic Foga Reveals Fog Diameter Claim
The captain of a bik Atlantic Haer concludes after calculations that a fog in the Atlantic is about thirty miles in diameter. A separate tale notes a ill woman whose family seeks secrecy while the parent is described as insane.
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Atlantic
World facts and curious notes from science to warfare
A survey of diverse topics including world coal field area, animal eye sizes, lab experiments with preserved gas drops, amber fossils, bee sting immunity, a curious cloud band off South America, and early monitor gun sighting tech. The piece blends natural history with advances in naval warfare and meteorology.
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Harper's Round Table
Germany
BR. de C. Ward
South America
Eeusdor
Chile
Ward
Ira N. Hollis
Atlantic
Immense Indian Temples Described Including Vast Heathen Shrine
The piece notes Seruipapatani as home to the world’s largest heathen temple set in a square complex with six inner squares. It mentions temples in Rangoon with a massive mound and a grand hall supported by a thousand pillars, plus underground rock-cut temples at Kasl and Clephanta. It recalls a bygone charm of water nuclei from thirty years past.
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Seruipapatani
Vistin
de Toda
Rangoon
Kasl
Clephanta
Cradle of Cyclones How to Read a Storm Center
Lieut. John M. Ellicott explains navigation in cyclones. A seaman finds the center by wind direction, then judges movement by shifts in wind, with notes on haul and back winds and the dangers of the storm’s core. The guide covers southern hemisphere reversals and barometer cues.
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John M. Ellicott
St. Nicholas An
Ellicott
Audh
Theaest
South Pole
Lavish Use of Lamps in Dover Promenade Arts
Dover, a seaside town, features extensive incandescent lamp festooning along its boardwalk. The artistic electric lighting enhances the summer promenade with decorative street lamps that go beyond mere illumination, giving a holiday air to the coast.
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America
Dover
Diminutive Woman in Ohio Miss Sally Podney
Miss Sally Podney a 25 year old from Spring Valley Ohio weighs twenty six pounds and stands 34 inches high. She is educated and has refused public appearances for gain though a fortune could have been earned. Barnum once offered her travel with his show. Men are like rivers the deeper the less noise they make.
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Ohio
Sally Podney
Spring Valley
WP. T. Barnum
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