Peggy Runs Home After Birthday Train Plan
Peggy longs for Longhope and violets from Dick. She buys Sparta bound ticket with two dollars, plans to ride advances, falls asleep on a train, and awakens to Dick revealing his intent to marry. He arrives with her fare for the rest of the journey, and they reunite on her birthday as snow falls.
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Peggy
Pegsy
New York
Helen
Pegey
Longhope
Sparta
Misa
Tomkins
Annie
Anynay
Uttle
Muscles Move When the Brain Sends a Stimulus
An article explains that muscles consist of threadlike fibers protected by sheaths. When the brain issues a stimulus or nervous impulse, irritated or excited body parts cannot stay still, triggering movement as a result of the brain’s message.
Improper Use of Money as a Moral Test
The piece quotes J M Barrie arguing money itself has no character and that people decide if it remains clean or grimy through their actions. It warns that if society does not discipline money early, it may master us rather than the reverse. It cites a Montreal Family Herald remark about Mammon as a master.
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J. M. Barrie
Usera
Origin of the Conestoga wagon tied to Pennsylvania
The Conestoga wagon likely derived its name from the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster County Pennsylvania where it was first built. It was a large, heavily built vehicle with a curved white cloth cover, blue underbody, red upper woodwork, and typically drawn by six horses. The wheels wore wide iron tires and the heavy traces were short and thick.
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Pennsylvania
Conestoga
Lancaster
County
Odd Australian Animals of Ancient Earth
A sketch of Australia as dry land millions of years ago and its unique marsupials. The piece notes that many Australian animals show ancient primitive origins no longer found elsewhere, including tiny marsupial moles and fieldmice and the Tasmanian tiger.
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Asia
Europe
Australia
Bad Money in Change Alarm in Brooklyn Church Basket
The New York Sun reports that ordinary people face bad money in change, with some passing it on and others destroying it or giving it to children. A Brooklyn pastor noted seven lead quarters were found in a Sunday collection basket recently.
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New York Sun
Brooklyn
Kingfisher Hunger Sighting in Rough Weather
A Thai expert notes the kingfisher often suffers hunger in rough seas. The bird hovers 10 to 85 feet above water, scanning quickly beating wings for a fish. It then dives headfirst, rarely missing when the water is clear.
Night Lamp Saves Herrings at Amsterdam Aquarium
The Amsterdam Holland aquarium reportedly hosts a unique school of herring. Nightly bumps into rocks threaten their survival, but officials say a dedicated night lamp prevents collisions and saves the fish.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Amsterdam Aquarium
Early English Poet Laureate Origins and First Laureates
The article traces the history of the English poet laureate from early royal poets paid in the 13th century to Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, and Ben Jonson. It notes the heralding role of laureate status, royal pensions, and the laurel custom at universities, with the ode on the king’s birthday discontinued under George III.
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England
Edward IV
Henry III
Geoffrey Chaucer
Edmund Spenser
Wilzabeth
Ben Jonson
Universittea
George III
Maoris Cling To Tiki Charm Despite Parliamentary Progress
The Maoris hold that the green stone tiki wards off evil and remains essential attire for women, who wear it on neck chains as a key part of dress. They share belief in tapu or tabu and suffer guilt or punishment if forbidden things are touched or eaten.
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New Zealand
Rhine Hidden in Holland as Rivers Rebrand
The Rhine in Holland is camouflaged by multiple named outlets as the river branches on Dutch soil. The Waal joins the Maas, which becomes the Meuse, and along the southern route toward the North Sea it is neither Rhine nor Waal but Maas.
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Rhine
Europe
Holland
Waal
Maas
Meuse
North Sea
Romantic Writers and the Eighteenth Century Reaction
The passage notes a reaction against eighteenth century rationalism, elevating emotion, nature, and past ideals. It cites Goethe in Germany and Coleridge Wordsworth Byron Shelley Keats Scott in England, Hugo in France, and American writers Cooper Hawthorne Poe Melville as part of the same Romantic tradition.
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Germany
Goethe
England
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Byron
Shetley
Keats
Sir Walter Scott
France
Victor Hugo
Mike Cooper
Hawthorne
Poe
Melville
House of the Dead in Panuma’s Chinese cemetery vaults
In Paniuma a modern Chinese designed building with 150 coffin compartments serves as a temporary burial site for Chinese deaths in Panama. When full, coffins are shipped to China as Chinese belief holds that immortality requires burial in Chinese soil.
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Paniuma
Panama
China
Nurses and their austere care debated in a Monitor quote
The Concord Monitor quotes a reader lamenting nurse routines, questioning why patients must be awakened early for washing before a bath, and noting nurses resemble superior officers in discipline. The piece reflects patient annoyance with hospital care practices and attitudes toward nursing.
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Concord
White House Gold Plano Presented to US Government
The gold plano in the White House Host room cost 15000 dollars. An inscription notes it was made for and presented to the United States government with Theodore Roosevelt as President in January 2008 by Steinway and Bons RR. M. and J. H. Hunt designed the case decorations painted by Thomas W. Deming. Advisory committee named Edwin H. Blatchfield Thomas W. Deming Frederick Howes Richard M. Hunt and J. Burr Tiffany.
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White House
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Steinway and
Bons
RR. M
J. H. Hunt
Thomas W. Deming
Edwin H. Blatchfield
Frederick Howes
Richard M. Hunt
J. Burr Tiffany
Washington Township Social Notes and Guests
Mr and Mrs Carl Miller and son Raymond of Vandergrift spent New Year at Mrs Millers parents Mr and Mrs Blyntone. Many neighbors and relatives visit and call others across Five Points Indiana Creekside and Plum Villa with illness, funerals, and hospital bedside mentions.
Community notes from Atwood area services and deaths
Newell Miller called at Walter Harman home Friday evening. Mrs James Tall has died suddenly in the Atwood vicinity. Willard Frick visited his parents near Atwood Friday. Harmony Grove Lutheran church held services Sunday with preaching at 230 pm Sunday school at 130 pm and young peoples meeting at 630 pm. Hearsey Lukehart and daughters Grace and June and Mrs Clair Lukehart attended church at Five Points Sunday.
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Newell Miller
Walter Harman
Near Atwood
James Tall
Willard Frick
I Mra
J. N. Frick
Atwood
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church
Young Peoples
Hearsey Lukehart
Grace
June
Clair Lukehart
Sunday school and church events plus local social notes
Olarksburng Sunday school next Sunday at 1 16 Preaching at 2 30 Mrs Carrie Ciricks and a daughter Mrs Clifford Cunningham were Saturday shoppers in Indiana Mr and Mrs Lloyd Gulich and Mary Elizabeth Jewell of Indiana spent Sabbath afternoon in the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Jewell A group of friends from Clarksburg were entertained in the home of Lloyd Clawson in Blairsville Friday evening Meade Lowman and family furnished music for the eve The Wolfe family is on the aslk ust Frank and Billy Clark were recent visitors in the home of their grandparents Mr and Mrs T G Smith of Blairsville Misses Cynthia and Mabel Cribbs were recent Indiana shoppers Mr and Mrs F J Parks spent a Wednesday in Pittsburgh Mrs Wilbur Coleman and children of Saltsburg were Saturday visitors in the C O Walker home Mr and Mrs C W Hart of Derry were Saturday visitors in the Elricks home Mrs J R Hamilton of Saltsburg and Mrs M A Fulton of this place were Saturday visitors in Pittsburgh Mrs Harry Coleman and daughter Jean were recent shoppers in Indiana Lloyd Clawson of Blairsville was a Sunday visitor in the home of relatives here
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Carrie Ciricks
Clifford Cunningham
Indiana
Lloyd Gulich
Mary Elizabeth Jewell
Raymond Jewell
Clarksburg
Lloyd Clawson
Blairsville
Meade Lowman
Wolfe
Frank
Billy Clark
T. G. Smith
Cynthia
Mabel Cribbs
F. J. Parks
Pittsburgh
Wilbur Coleman
Saltsburg
C. O. Walker
W. Hart
Derry
Elricks
J. R. Hamilton
M. A. Fulton
Harry Coleman
Jean
Postmasters and Post Office Question in Minneapolis Journal
The Minneapolis Journal notes a political dilemma described as sixteen to one sixteen, likening it to postmasters versus a post office and highlighting disputes over postal administration within the Democratic landscape.
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Minneapolis Journal
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Five Points
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J. A. Blystone
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Dee Rankin
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Vandersprift
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M. J. Boyer
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