Lost Bargain on the Maine Coast Turns Upvariant Fortune
A husband pursues a dream Maine coast cottage priced at two thousand dollars. His wife secretly bids, buys, and wins a rival property at the same price, only to be trumped by a telegraphed bid. In the end, she secures the shore home they share, aligning with her husband’s earlier dream and her own shrewd plan. The tale blends humor, marriage dynamics, and a twist of fate as two couples pursue coastlines and cottages.
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Lina
Maine
Broad Sea View
Coast Line
Maine Coast Agency
Portland
George
Emiline
Maria
Coastaine
Priscilla
Maria Gould
Cape Porpoise
Camden
Darling
Lfe
Marla Gould
Garden and House Becomes One On a Hillside
An examination of hillside estates shows formal rococo gardens clash with plain houses, while a Rhine valley garden merges architecture and landscape. The piece argues that in New York country homes the garden often reflects the architect’s plan only loosely, with the landscape gardener as the final authority.
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New York City
Rhine
Germany
New York
Lkely
Musical Prodigy: Five-Year-Old Higgins Sings On
Indianapolis reports Robert Higgins five year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank G Higgins astonished tuner and mother by singing Always in the Way at age two later he learned Home Sweet Home Yankee Doodle and Marching Through Georgia He improvised Arabian Nights using both pedals while standing his face near the keyboard Regardless of limited musical background the child displays a remarkable ear for popular airs and can mimic tunes after hearing once
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert
Frank G. Higgins
Babyland
Sweet Home
Georgia
Wireless Stations Planned for Pacific Coast Expansion
United Wireless Telegraph Company plans 11 new stations on the Pacific coast including a five kilowatt hub at Ketchkan Alaska. Seven units will serve transpacific steamships and three will be land stations. Most installations will be one or two kilowatts. Transcontinental links require favorable conditions.
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Pacific Coast
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Ketchkan
Alaska
Atlantic City Beauty Shines In Fashionable Summer Scene
Mrs. J. M. Munyon, wife of the patent medicine man, is praised as Atlantic City's most talked about beauty and style icon. Daughter of Daniel Neff, she plans to travel abroad to study French German and the classics, reflecting high education and refinement.
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J. M. Munyon
Problems of the southern polar exploration and map making
Explorers plan multiple expeditions within 18 months to resolve whether Antarctic lands form a continent. The work spans Belgium France and the United States aims to determine continent size and connections. Lieut Barne prepares to study Graham Land as others map up to 450 miles of coast while noting Terra Australis and the vast southern unknown. The Argentine meteorological station at Wandel Island shows activity continues in the Antarctic.
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Antarctic
Gerlache
Belgium
Charcot
France
Scott
Victoria Land
Michael Barne
Discovery
Graham Land
South America
South Polar
United States
Alaska
America
Terra Australis
Wandel Island
Cargo of Salt Unloads 3500 Tons From East River Steamer
A waterside observer in New York watched as 3500 tons of salt were discharged from a steamer at an East River wharf near Grand Street. The white salt cascaded from both holds into buckets and chutes, then loaded into carts and lighters while customs officers recorded weights. The salt was sourced from Sicily where sea water is evaporated in artificial ponds.
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Grand Street
New York Sun
Sicily
Parisian seeks husband for nephew finds wife in photo
A wealthy Parisian, eager to marry off his nephew, visits a matrimonial bureau and scans candidates. He recoils when he sees his own wife among the profiles. She admits the past affair, noting it occurred last year during his illness.
Burning Mountains of Coal in Utah Face Endless Fire
Geologists describe vast coal beds along cliffs from Colorado into central Utah and toward Arizona where burning coal seams create heat large enough to melt rocks. Fires persist at multiple sites, including near Prince River and Fremont River tributaries, with origins debated among locals and scholars.
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Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Far West
Burning Mountains
Prince River
Green River
Fremont River
Fulgurites Show Lightning's Glassy Footprint Worldwide
A Scientific American note explains fulgurites, glass formed when lightning floods into sand or rock. Lightning creates glass tubes whose diameters span from a quill to over three inches, with some found up to 30 feet deep in sand. In Armenia’s Little Ararat summit, porous rock yields abundant fulgurites coated in glassy layers.
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Scientific American
Fish Eating Butterflies Pteropoda Mystery
A blue translucent butterfly, the pteropoda, reads like a living article. The professor notes its Mediterranean origin and its bizarre diet of fish, using hooked tongue teeth to feed on putrid eels. Occasional sightings on Florida or California coasts contrast with its Mediterranean abundance.
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Florida
California
Mediterranean
Unusual Pallor and a Boy's Clever Scheme
A short quip from Cleveland Laader about a boy named Jimmy who pretends illness by washing his face at recess to skip school. The wry remark highlights a mischievous plan and a teacher's reaction as the student exits class for the day.
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Jimmy
Cleveland Laader
Mant the Bell Fire Commission Decision in New Britain
The New Britain fire commission has decided to continue renting a bell. The item appears to reference a tonal bell with a designated delta, though the text is garbled. The agency is likely evaluating ongoing rental terms for the bell used in city services.
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Fire Commission of
New Britain
Qonn
Perennial Planting Tips and Verses Amid Garden Notes
Garden guidance urges grouping perennials with hollyhocks at the rear, color from pinks and calliopsis, and labeled markers for dahlias to plan next year’s display. Miscellaneous verses emphasize seizing opportunity, urging hard work and effort while youth remains, alongside brief quips on urban reading and a joke about a sign on a New York delivery.
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Emiline Stubbs
Dutch
Marie Couat
George Stubbs
Shore
India
Irobert
Atlantic City Beauty
Mrs. Munyon
Atlantic City
N. J
South Pole
Thunderbolt
Eernk
Ory
Alarm
Texas
Wreeties
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