Treasure Tale From Mammon Canyon Sodom
In Mammon Canyon Arizona the community of Sodom confronts wealth envy and a fatal torch of greed after McConachie apparently hides a cache. The mineowner returns as a ghost to confront the misdeeds of friends and reveal the true treasure was their remorse.
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McConachie
Mammon Canyon
Sodom
Arizona
Nature
Bertie Coutton
Bertie Futhermore
Mac
Thigley
Peter Dodd
Red Rock
Wesley
Old Mac
Tom Steep
Didsey
Socoro
Bertie Cotton
Russell Sage Reflects on Northern Pacific Panic and Old Allies
In a May 1901 visit Sage explains the Northern Pacific corner, recalls Morgan and Gould, and discusses routes and development plans. The interview reveals the financier’s simple manners and long friendship with Jay Gould as he weighs market upheaval and continental strategy.
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Russell Sage
Northern Pacific
Broad Street
Sage
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Goulds
Morgan
Jay Gould
Gould
James J. Hill
Successful Ministers and the Power of Inner Calling
The article argues that true ministers are born with a soul to endure and a heart aligned with humanity. It says genuine social influence comes from spiritual mission and a life of study and meditation, not constant sociological trend chasing or labor union formalities.
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California
New York Post
Dr Reich Criticized by Colony Club Women
A Boston Globe excerpt quotes Colony club women ridiculing Dr Emil Reich for underestimating women. They say Reich insults their intelligence yet admits women may understand him in his own way.
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Eve
Emil Reich
Colony Club
Dr. Reich
Boston Globe
Irish potato vine grows potatoes along branches
An Irish potato vine in the garden of C. C. Nall at Lutherville Georgia produced potatoes along its branches. When harvested the plant still showed normal roots and a large number of potatoes were found in their usual place in the ground. The case was reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
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C.C. Nall
Luthersville
Constitution Office
Atlanta Constitution
Sammy’s failed country flight ends in wrecked kite
A Philadelphia Inquirer tale follows Sammy a keen youngster who converts his donkey Jock and a broken pony cart into a mammoth kite to fly home. The contraption tangled with a tree. both kite and route were wrecked, leaving Sammy to resume his trip on foot.
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Sammy
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jock
Jack
Kite Flying on the Grass
Children Mary and Tommy sit on the grass while a kite is tossed into the breeze. The kite wriggles on its string then wheels about in the air and rises toward the blue sky as a singing lark watches from the meadow.
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Mary
Tommy
Cow Tree Groves Described as Wonderful Sight in South America
The article describes cow trees found in South American hills possessing tall bare trunks topped by dense foliage. Natives milk the trees from a bore in the trunk, yielding a milky drink that forms a white cake if set aside. The trees bear fruit with nuts and a bark bread said to be nourishing.
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South America
The Little Tumbler
A figure of a man carved from light material like elder pith is fixed to a hemispherical base of heavy leaden material. When set on its convex surface and left undisturbed, the figure will rise to an upright position.
A Welsh Blacksmith Learns to Read After Crusoe Reading
A Welsh blacksmith aged 25, initially illiterate in Welsh, hears a chapter of Robinson Crusoe read aloud. He vows to learn to read, first in Welsh, then in English, driven by what he missed. The tale ends with his triumph in reading the book himself, proving that a strong motive and steady purpose overcome difficulties.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robinson Crusoe
Balancing Game Described With Simple Household Items
A balancing game uses a large clothes basket two chairs a broomstick and two apples. A rider sits on the broom over the basket with feet in the basket and attempts to knock apples from the chairs by swinging the stick.
Second Best Semi-Princess Dress for Summer Wear
A fashion feature discusses a semi princess gown ideal for brides and single women alike. It covers modest waist rise, square neck, and diaphanous sleeves suitable for tea parties and formal dinners. Material options include pongee rajah silk or cashmere with lace or embroidery bands. a guimpe extends its use to dressy street occasions.
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Trousseaux
Fringe On Edge Of Tunic In Brown Linen Gown
A long fringe decorates a brown French linen gown with a front lengthier tunic and shorter back ends. Frayed six inch drapery with a knotted heading extends inches below the tunic. Describes skilled needlework and child-friendly fringe practice.
Twin Mother Daughter Fashions Spark Atlantic City Trend
A fad among the ultra smart outfits little girls like grown mothers in matching outfits at Atlantic City. Twin costumes, refined via directoire gowns and plumed bonnets, charm onlookers though some fear the risk of rivaling their offspring’s youth. Young women aged eighteen to twenty echo their mothers in similar dress, while most mature women may avoid risking a clash with fresh twenty-somethings.
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Atlantic City
Shirtwaist Interlining and Buttonhole Gap Analysis
The article discusses shirtwaist construction with emphasis on interlining choice for cuffs, noting butcher's linen as a superior option. It identifies a common issue: a gap between the first button and neckband caused by improperly placed buttonholes.
Method of fitting Guimpe for restless children
A mother solves guimpe riding by cutting the garment to the waist and finishing with a row of buttons. The buttons fasten drawers and petticoats, keeping the weight down and avoiding extra layers on warm days. The guimpe only shows beyond the yoke, with undergarment fabrics completing the lower edge.
Makes a Novel Pincushion Owl Sketch
A quaint owl pincushion pattern uses an oval cardboard base double covered with fabric. The top is gray silk with stuffed sides, bright yellow cloth for eyes and beak, black beads centered in eyes, and a few stitches to simulate feathers for charm.
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J. B. Lippincott Co
Mae
Blinkey Gile
Kicking Horse
Mollie Burns
Bertie
Blinkey Gile’s
Blinkey’s
Andy Craig
Andy
Blinkey
Likker
Omre
Lucre
Tom
Didsey and I
Mollie
Gomorrah
Jemme S
Steep
Windsor
Ont
Malti
Elect
Guimpe
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