Hope Desmond and Mrs Saville in Court Wood Encounter
In a curiously unfolding tale set near Mrs Saville's quarters, Hope Desmond avoids strangers while enduring a tense two month period under Mr Rawson's guardianship. A chance meeting with Georg Lumley at the Court prompts coy exchanges about independence, companionship, and converting Mrs Saville. Hope then begins a lengthy confession on a fallen tree, outlining her uneasy situation and plans.
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Tao
Rawson
Hugh
Dometsis
Hood
Lumley
Desmond
Wawger ‘ Ddumleys
Niles
Hope
Dedmond
Beavers Deluge Colorado Farmlands Prompt Permits to Kill
Beaver populations in Colorado have damaged property with beavers cutting fences and damming streams. Anthony Snelve, a cattleman near Gypsum, secured a permit and killed ten hides after building a fence out of quaking aspen. beavers cut posts and rails, stored wood in huts, and floated it away. Mrs Bond near Pine Creek secured a permit to kill a dam-building colony that has damaged her shaded trees, forcing her to guard them constantly.
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Game Commissioner's Office
Anthony Snelve
Brush Creek
Gypsum
Colo
Platte Canyon
Platte
Denver Republican
Not So Plain an Exchange in a Country Parlor
A dialogue features a well dressed woman speaking with an acquaintance about a man who recently came into money. She mentions moving to a countryside house with animals and eggs while another figure, the otter, comments on generosity. The first lady contends that their position makes such display unnecessary.
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John
Fragmentary Dialogue From An Unknown Text
A garbled excerpt presents a fragmentary dialogue with scattered phrases about asking a parent, honesty, belief, and a claim of earth destruction. The text is severely distorted and lacks clear context, participants, or a coherent narrative to summarize beyond noting its incomplete nature.
Some Summer Conundrama of Trees and Flowers
A playful list of botanical riddles with answers. It covers items from Sweet William’s burden to Black Eyed Susan’s hair care, and lampshades questions about hops, nettle rash, and various trees including elm, spruce, maple, willow, papaw, sycamore, lime, fir, date.
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William
Johnny
L. M
A Little Girl's Wish and a Grandmother's Garden
Bebe visits grandmother's garden a bright playground with star shaped beds and a crescent moon bed where sleepy flowers awaken to tea time. The tale follows Bebe's day as flowers open and a chase for a cake at Aunt Myra's, ending with playful banter about baths and morning routines.
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Bebe
Beba
Bebé
Mother
Sweet
William
Babe
A Witty Preacher Rev Hugh Peters of Salem
The Rev Hugh Peters, settled in Salem from 1636 to 1642, blended ministry with trade and was famed as the colony’s “father of commerce.” He published witty sayings after his death and was executed as a regicide for urging soldiers to cry out against King Charles I.
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Hugh Peters
Salem
Massachusetts
Lila Dulies
Peters
Charles I
Barabbas
Christendom
Christiana
England
Oliver Cromwell
Sodb houses mark prairies prosperity not poverty
The article notes Canadian prairie homesteads begin in sod dwellings as signs of future wealth. Early settlers push into rich wheat lands with modest frames, while aid from locomotives will accelerate growth. Ten miles out, sod houses appear, yet even these are described as comfortable, cool in summer and warm in winter.
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Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
New York Sun
Onions Told as Cure for Nervousness and Colds
Patchy historic note claims onions relieve nervous tension and coughs, improve complexion, and aid overall health when eaten regularly. Mentions vague cures and dubious testimonials without clear dates or authorities.
Sunday School Lesson on Pauls Farewell Address
The Sunday School lesson covers Pauls third missionary journey and his farewell to church elders at Miletus, with emphasis on his ministry duties, temptations, and the duty of ministers to serve, preach, and rely on church support. It notes early Christian practice of meeting on the first day of the week and reflects on Pauls devotion amid Corinth Galatia and Ephesus, urging vigilance against false doctrine and the call to prayer.
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Mohesay
Paul
Jerusalem
Miletus
Ephesus
Typhesus
Wphesus
Macedonia
Corinth
Jesus
Chris
Yastotal
Geta
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Billa
Alexa Wor
Beaton
Life Watchmen
Jamia
Jamie
Christ
Kayinga
Upphant
Wallon
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