Mother of the Dark: Rome and Egypt in a Marble Past
The passage recalls Rome’s imperial might and Carthaginian fear, contrasting a vast dome and a trumpet of triumph with Rome’s austere throne and eventual fall. It invokes Isis Osiris imagery, Nile and Memphis, and a poet’s gaze on civilizations once great, now silent in memory. The note credits Van Noppen in Success Magazine.
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Memphis
Nile
Seenan
Isis
Osiris
Carthage
Tuin
Colosseum
van Noppen
Success Magazine
Tog the Wolf Pup Master of Fishing Harbor
A harsh tale from The Outing Magazine recounts Tog a black eye dog with a vicious streak. Raised by Jim Grimm he rises from playful bite to murderous pack leader. After terrorizing Ghost Tickle and tempting fate, Tog is captured and hanged amid Fishing Harbor and a boy’s near-fatal injury.
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Tog
Fishing Harbor
Ghost Tickle
Jonathan Wall
Billy
Jim Grimm
Jim
Jimmie
Laughing Cove
Jimmie Grimm
Outing Magazine
Prince Rupert the coming Pacific terminus city site plan
Boston landscape architects win contract to design the model city for the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad at Karen island Prince Rupert BC The seven to eight square mile site sits on Mount Hays with docks bridges and a multi level street plan shipping wholesale retail and residential zones parks and development of Dogby island plus a 2000 acre land clearing contract worth 220000 is noted close to Alaska and Vancouver to access salmon and halibut fisheries and canneries
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Boston
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
British Columbia
Canada
Karen Island
Prince Rupert
Mount Hays
Porpoise Island
Point Hays
Charles M. Hays
Montreal
Dogby Island
Alaska
Vancouver
Tog the Tracing Labrador’s Harsh Winter Trial
Jim Grimm broke Tog to the traces before winter ended. The dog was harshly beaten by a whip and forced to work or starve. Tog showed reluctance and theft in a struggling, half grown life, earning only scarce rewards while teammates punished his hind legs.
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Jim Grimm
Jimmie Grimm
Tog
Jimmie
Sam _ Butt
Jim
Iron Eaters and the Tack Swallowing Carpet Lay
A Los Angeles Times humorous anecdote features a carpet layer who recalls swallowing tacks. His seasoned colleague jokes that it is common among pros, claiming to have swallowed hundreds of tacks and noting the daily inconvenience is minimal. The exchange plays on bravado and mishap.
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Tye
Los Angeles Times
Trouble Ahead
A storyteller recalls a lecture on Niagara Falls given by a geologist who explained the falls slowly retreating toward Buffalo over 200000 years and ending in Erie Pennsylvania. A girl in the class sobs because her sister lives in Erie, highlighting the imagined grim effect.
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Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Erie
The Old Days Remind of Molly Name Trend
Fragmentary note recalls a time when many lovely girls were called Molly, a nostalgic aside about naming trends and memory.
Free Ride to Theatres Sparks London Opal Omnibus Plan
London theatre managers offer free motor omnibus transport from suburbs to cinemas boosting attendance. The initiative aims to ease access to performances and attract more patrons to West End venues.
Absent Minded at Barber's Lounge
A barber notes many patrons act as if about to retire for the night, wind their watches, remove coats and neckwear, and prepare for bed though they are simply getting shaved or haired. He calls it a common absent minded scene observed at the shop.
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New York Press
Two Waters From One Well In Indiana Park
The London Globe reports at Riverside Park Logan's Park Ind two waters issue from a single well. An eight inch pipe reaches eighty feet with a five inch inner pipe. Fresh water from limestone rises between pipes while hydrogen sulfide laden water spews from the inner pipe. Sulphur water discharges about a gallon per minute at the fountain. fresh water feeds a distant outlet with smaller flow.
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Riverside Park
Logan’s Park
Ind
London Globe
Specimen of a Whale Described as Largest Ever
The article notes the great sulphur-bottom whale of the Pacific as the largest animal ever. A measured specimen reached ninety five feet in length and thirty five feet in girth with an estimated weight of about 294000 pounds.
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Pacific Ocean
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Leonard Cha
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Norman Duncan
Labrador
Martha
Jinny
Jenny
Martha Grimm
Iron
Eaters
Molly
Barber’s
Weill
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