Saved By a Broken Strap in a Swiss Village Collapse
A group of three men hiking in northern Switzerland near a cliffside village are caught in a landslide after a broken strap slows Ludwig and delays repairs. The mountain sheds rock and water, destroying the village below. only the church bell is later found among the debris. Years pass as other settlements rise where the valley once stood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Nand
Switzerland
Kut
Ludwig
Franzly
Kispar
Liniwig
Bel
Ehril
Vally
Iran
Lidwig
Lewes
Butch
Ludwig Stein
Jurper
Heettlesone Questions Liass After Display of Mettle
A fragmented quotation shows Heettlesone challenging Liass after a display of nerve or resistance. The dialogue hints at a confrontation or accusation of how Liass acted, suggesting tension and questioning motive.
Quaint And Dubious Era Tidbits From A Distant Page
A montage of curious facts and oddities from the era notes fashion trends, remarkable animals, feats of strength, historical relics, and local customs. It mentions a Lebanon Pennsylvanian cat with a large litter, rare gallium valued at 3250 dollars an ounce, a hunter in Asheville who slain 357 bears, and a 90 year old farmer in Ohio helping harvest. It also covers French graveyard visits, moonlit farm work in Schuylkill Valley, and the American raven in Pennsylvania. Other items include Henry Sturdivant with a large shoe, a brash Mexican robber meeting bullets, varying rose life, fingernail growth, coin and slot savings, church giving patterns in Montreal, and savings of traveling salesmen. It notes a Huntington paper about sunlit Sundays, Andrew Jackson’s tall hat at the Hermitage, and tortoise shells with long life spans. The piece closes with a centennial planned for Pennsylvania’s oil well, Florida’s rainy season, soap weed as soap substitute, and a Tioga man re-drying legal papers after a flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Professor Flower
Lambeth
England
Wilich
Peterborough
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Florida
Lightning Lengths and Photographs of Historic Flashes
The article notes researchers like d Abbadiz Petit and Trouvelot measuring lightning lengths from four to over ten miles and photographing a June 21 1688 flash in Paris. It describes the zigzag path through the atmosphere, apparent branches totaling 57, and the spark diverging along paths of least resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. d’Abbadiz
Abyssinia
M. Petit
Toulouse
M. Trouvelot
Paris Academy of Sciences
Gibbon
A Degree Worse
A short dialogue joke about mothers discussing children’s church questions. Mrs Cobwigger laments taking her daughter to church where she asks odd questions, and Mrs Brown compares her own daughter who asks such questions loudly in church.
Drunkenness and saloon power in America debated
An early temperance piece argues saloons drive crime and poverty, citing figures on crime, pauperism, insanity, and public expenses. It cites Canon Farrar, Judge Davis, and Dr Willard Parker, calls for church action, and contrasts Minnesota liquor law with prohibitionist sentiment. It highlights infantile victims, education risk, and calls for moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Woad Davis
Willard Parker
New York Tribune
Prayer and Duty Amid Temptation and Sacrifice
A sermon-like reflection urges vigilance against satanic temptation and the urge to worldly distraction. It cites spiritual warfare, the need to resist evil thoughts, and the call to fight temptation with faith, urging Christians to risk earthly cargo to save souls, with Captain Murrell’s rescue as a mortality-focused parable for decisive action.
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Sanuel M. Peck
Times-Democrat
Fwitzerland
Rudwig
Edison
Thomas A. Binison
Puttsburg
Dispéci
Tam
Mulc
Shahi
Ysef
Heettlesone
Quaint and
Ducbious
Lebanon
Peno
Tom Wilson
Asheville
N. C
Washington County
Schuylkill Valley
Columbia and
Sullivan Counties
Tlenry Sturdivant
Rome
Children's Savings Bank
Montreal
Canada
Hal
United States
Wuntington
W. Va
Guthrie
Wichita
Kan
Plains
J. H. Putrem
Tioga
Penn
Temperance
Harvriet N. Swanwick
Minnesota
Cumberland Presbyterian Eays
Oswald
Parliament
Charles Anstie
The
Voice
Ivarica
Gambrinus
Bacchus
Sham
King Alcohol
Chicago
Hiladelphia
Temperance News
Iowa
South Dakota
Sam Jones
Georgia
Durin Peexe
Racine
Wis
Milwaukee Breweries
Milwaukee
Temperance Temple
House of Commons
London
Sossys
A. B. Richmond
Satan
Christ
Jesus
Heaven
Earth
Jesus Christ
Buffment Crace
John Short
Murrell
Missouri
Danmark
Atlantic
Azores
Denmark
Donin
British War Office
United Presbyterian
Tleman
Papas
Boston Herald
Dr. Sage
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Nebraska
Wyoming
North
Colorado
Far West
Northwest
E. P
Dobbins
Ireland
Bradfield
Jenae Thompson
Hood
Wil B.D. Tre
East Mass Bt
Wiggonsville
C. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Agta
BR. A. Tenney
Pfeile
Philads
Uzer Safety Rete Helder Co
Hollis Mich
USBGE
Philadelphia
Panus
Alus Bus
Collece
Wooden
Farjort
Bo 'Rets Medical CO
Richmeld
Reeth
Bochenter
Somal
Shen
Wish
Joosbe Corr
Bes
Emees
Techner
Duvecists Axp
Egcharles A. Vogeler CO
Batimers
Barbara Weitman
Chilliestha
Tebichabe
Br. Martinen
Fe-re-sa Medicine Co
Columbus
Ai Druggists
Perma Med
Dutcher’s
Wies
Esra
Spe
Examen
F.dutcher
St Oe
Snes
Lobb
Phila
Garxs & Goss
Atlanta
Ness
Easton
Unc
Boca
Wee
Haseltine
Jowaland City
Johnson & CO
Main St
Richmond
Rfl&co
Atlanta, Ga
Wostlan
Whitehall St
Briani
Buffalo
Curtis & Bayete
Broadway
Lockport
W. E
Amy
Mars-Cewes
Joe Best
Bert Schoe
Eames
W.L Douglas
Ladiow Suemr
W. L. Douglas
Tess
W.l
Joseph H. Hunter
Pru SI
Leonard Street
Aen
Leonard St
York City
Enoch Morcan
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