Any Story About Dogs Finds Ready Believers
A Winsted Connecticut tale recounts a fifteen year old dog that, left alone, seized a telephone and sought companionship after knocking the receiver off. The piece surveys dog lore from ancient to modern times, noting famous tales and a local dog in Winsted likely dialing the phone, showing dogs’ long held place in stories.
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Conn
Ark
Alfred Jingtefold
Alfred Jingle
Jingle
England
Times
Tie
Daily Telegraph
Spoke With Authority at Market by Madeleline Church
A report from the Atlanta Constitution recounts a market scene near Made leine church two weeks after a harvest. A parish priest surveys stalls, a frowning vendor accuses a neighboring seller, and the exchange ends with the priest defending neighborly respect amid colorful local commerce.
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Madeleine
Paristin
Monsieur le Cure
Hayi
Pierre van Paassen
The
Atlanta Constitution
New Magnetic Airbrakes Cut Railcar Stoppage Time
Railways adopt magnetic airbrakes to reduce accidents and improve stopping. Cars equipped with wide flat shoes drop automatically when power is applied, stopping the car in one third the time required by conventional airbrakes. This innovation is spreading nationwide.
Direct Rail to Mexico Through Sulsa Puete Bridge
Direct rail from the southern Pacific of Mexico to Sulsa Puente at the Barrancas gorges would give western American states direct access to Mexico City and on to Central America. Travelers could depart from any US point, ride west Mexico to the capital, then connect to the railway to the Guate mala frontier and continue on narrow gauge lines into Central America.
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Southern Pacific
Mexico
Sulsa Puede Bridge
Barrancas
Jeep Gorges
Jalisco-Nayarit
United States
Mexico City
Central America
Budgets on Babies Draw Experts Across Campus
Experts at the University of Nebraska have devised household budgets for five small children. Early budgeting training in homes is seen as preventing future financial instability. The Woman's Home Companion jokes about starting even earlier with the help of a doctor, a nurse, and a budget expert at a family event.
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University of Nebraska
Adlos
Sharks to Be Capitalized Industry Planned in New Zealand
A new industry aims to depart Hpe on the shark for its Preduets ds to be established in New Zealand. Prod nets from the shark include eather fertilizer valuytile oi hue and other substances for medicinal purposes. Promoters include some of the foremost men in the country who plan to catch 1,000 sharks abundant in New Zealand.
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Hpe
New Zealand
Christmas Holiday Socials in Homer City Area
March and Mrs Walter Wineburg and two children and many others spent Christmas week with relatives in Homer City. Numerous locals attended holiday gatherings. several residents traveled to Buffalo and Punxsutawney. Community news notes people at schools, mines, and farms visiting kin, with a variety of short mentions across the region.
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Walter Wineburg
Homer City
Rachel Moot
Pwthxui Downey
Glass
C. P. Smith
Near Town
Hsther Homan
Pittsburgh
W. C. Brown
Buffalo
Frank Lowry
Karl Bartholomew
Appalatia Mines
S. CG. Wetzel
Max Dorn
Wilkinsburg
Elmer Homan
D. A. Dorn
Virginia
Emma McFarland
Rev. Crozier
Myrna
Dortha Kuhn
Alliquippa
Elizabeth McTsaac
Annie Moot
Wingart
E. H. Glass
Earl
Punxsutawney
H. A. Mcdsaac
J. S. Mc- Isaac
Richardsville
Jefferson County
Fred Moore
Hazel Brown
Hilewood
Helen Powell
Penn Run
Elizabeth Messaac
Clymer
Gladys Dorn
Wehrum
Lena Dilts
Rochester Mills
Ea Dilts
Clara Wingert
Liberty
N. Y
Rosa Wingert
C. M. Wingert
Laura Moot
Locust Valley
Anne Moot
Russell Herlinger
William Glass
Roy Palmer
Blain Stewart
Johnstown
Chahner Deyarmin
Roy Mock
Ambridge
K. Mock
Walter Overhornt
Bruce George
Frank Crawford
Patterson
Susie
Blairsville
William Artemus
Murdock
Homer Spiers
Gray Fox
George McCutcheon
Thad Wolf
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Dodge Brothers
Indiana County
J. M. Stewart & Co
Vogel Electric Co
Indiana, Pa
Electrical and Plumbing Contractors
Fairbanks, Morse Water Systems
Thor
Westinghouse
Watson
Indiana
W. P. Shepard
D. C
Philadelphia Street
Penna
Pennsylvania
Sharks
Chambersville
W. Kirk
Luthershurs
Ansel Beers
Clearfield
F. B. Kirk
Jessie Miller
H. A. Miller
Anna Gray
Near Five Points
Harold
GC. A
Brush Valley
Uewmarket
Cpenneya
Phila
Buchheit Bros
Gordon
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