The Passengers On The Train To Sibela
A crowded fourth class carriage on a Baxony to Sibela train holds about thirty travelers of mixed color and age. An old village wisdom woman recovers a blinded girl’s finger through magical ritual after a vow of secrecy, while the inspector and two strangers board at a hollow town, where a salesman demonstrates tricks for everyday use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa Pineh
Baxony
Sibela
Charmeter
Cantume Bo
Oreeed
Gorkitz
Pala
Slater
Wimeon
Oo Plich
Enuf
Estes
Navalde Ataion
Aa ‘Garale
Pottery Knife Seller Tries Potatoes In German Market
A strange scene unfolds as a showman demonstrates a potato peeler in a crowded station. A Wegel inspector weighs a proposed profit while a stern widow declines bad coins. The crowd, amused and puzzled, watches the odd barter end with a stern verdict and wary purchases.
Fox Nanch Profitable Fox Farm Owner Plans To Sell
Captain A B Anderson, owner of a Ugak Island fox ranch in the Aleutians, arrives in Seattle with seventeen silver gray pelts. He notes silver gray foxes nearly exterminated blue foxes, with eagles decimating young foxes along the Alaskan coast. Kodiak is distant, winters are harsh, and he may sell the farm to return to his homeland to see his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleuntian Islands
Hack
Ugak Island
Aleutian
Alagk&a
A. B. Anderson
Seattle
Augusta
Anderson
Nin
Upak Island
Alaska
Agek Toland
Fox
Fox Lsland Premiem
Captain Anderson
Alaskan
Kodiak
Old Country
War Time Romance Ends In Randolph Couple Wed
Mrs Anna M Kee a resident nurse and Wesley Grant a Randolph County AL retired farmer married July 10 at Rev Henry Browns home 618 South Bernard. They honeymoon with daughter Mrs R B Hall at Jones WA then live near Los Angeles. Their tale began in 1662. Grant served in the Civil War with Illinois unit was wounded captured and a prisoner sixteen days. They had not met in years but rekindled love after decades apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M‘kee
Wesley Grant
Randolph County
Inter-Ocean
Henry Brown
Bernard Artest
R. B. Hall
Jone
Wash
Fife
Oldler
Grant
Mr Asquith and the King's Coup of Peers
A Unionist writer condemns Prime Minister Asquith for advising the King to create Peers to tilt the Parliament Bill. The piece argues the Crown is betrayed, the Premier is a dictator, and the plan destroys royal prestige, inviting impeachment and deep national bitterness. It cites past leaders like Grey and Gladstone as contrasts to restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
House of Lords
Mr Asquith
Dons
Ariest
Bagohot
House of Lorda
Parliament Hill
Money Hills
As Quith
Marcy
Wtmest
Hite
Muffer
Balfour
Eaid
Desyoi
Liber Party
House of Laerta
Gladstone
Queen Victoria
Lee
Patienen
Becaore
Atesinon
Vetera
Len Saliebury
Plaeth
Patrick Ford
Lord Grey
William IV
Elvethon
Grey
William TV
House of Lorde
Vogue Description of Lace Voile Cottage Gown
A historic fashion note describes a toile colored voile cottage gown with seamless sleeves and a chemisette in ivory. Hand embroidery adds delicate details, and the pattern calls for T yards of voile on double width fabric.
Novel Love Test on Christmas Sofa
A San Francisco Chronicle tale recalls a humorous post dinner moment with Elsie and Sophie. They improvise love tests after Christmas, one involving nuts and stove popping, another a seating challenge to read a man's affection by his eyes. The exchange blends flirtation with playful deception as they seek clues about true feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Elsie
Sophie
King Alfons meets village woman in old tale
A kindly king helps a mother and her child after his motor fails. He recognizes the woman from his youth at a village between Granja and Madrid, learns she runs an inn, and promises to fund the child’s education. The scene, rendered in French by La Liberte, echoes past visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso
Granja
Madrid
Dee Generis
The Leviathans by Horace Hutchinson
Horace Hutchinson argues that size does not guarantee survival in evolution and that humans, by weaponry and chemicals, have driven great beasts like Greenland whales, African elephants, and Pacific walruses toward extinction. He notes the shift from historic whaling and hunting to modern exploitation and stresses the broader geological pattern that large creatures vanish when faced with changing conditions and human activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nereto
Enda
Eneres
Toceland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Greenland
Acarcely
Thie
National Geographic of America
Miven
Informata
Alaska
San Francisco
Ma Meanna
Graveyard Meeting with Mother and the Dagger
A narrator recalls a visit to a family grave with his mother in a Japanese setting. She pressures him to become the man who will restore the family line, offers a dagger, and calls him a coward. He breaks down, cannot speak, and returns home in tense silence with no words spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiro Tornboy
Kikutchi
Dis
Gaynor Bible Gift Preserved in Great Barrington Library
Mayor Gaynor visited Great Barrington and donated a Bible to the town Library in memory of a past uncut leaf gift. The Bible, once lacking, remains in good condition though some leaves still unopened, a sign of its long-standing, guarded presence in the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
New York
Great Barrington
Waterbury Post
Thomas Wood
Wolverhampton
French Ministry of Marine
M. Joseph Brunet
Gravelines
France
Rhythm as social revolt at London White City
A London Truth essay critiques the White City exhibition’s Wiggle Wheel and similar amusements as a daring disruption of rhythm in society. It links these playful violences to class fusion, musical irregularity, and a broader cultural revolt against orderly time across nations, predicting renewed interest in syncopation and rhythmic philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
White City
England
East
America
Boston
Kelty
Ech
Royal Society
Teacher and Seven Boys Drown in Deep Pool
A Westphalia village schoolmaster led seven pupils to swim at a brickyard pool despite a public warning. The pool’s depth proved three feet according to the master, but was actually twenty feet deep. All except one boy drowned, including the teacher. the victims were all sons of local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad
Red-Deer
Geppenrade
Westphalia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carfiagh
Alexander Btuart
Daily News
Vogel
Dressen
Coletic
George Haverow
Alwayr
Arthur
Wien
Alwaye
MR. Asquith and
the King
Uburpation
Daily Mall
Man
King Alfonso
Horace Hutchinson
Westminster Gasette
Wothor
Fon
Raythy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!