Wilderness Doctor Schemes Bloodless Rescue and Flight
In a storm scarred Alaskan camp a doctor and narrator plan a covert operation to remove a sick native family from danger as a smallpox threat looms. The plan hinges on stealth, violence risk, and a wary, self serving escape as camp directors reel from discipline and blame.
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Doc‘tor
Doc
Boston
Prince of Wales Islands
Caplan Copper Company
Port O' Entry
Alaskan
Bumpus
Vancouver
Seattle
Imitation Animals From Common Kitchen Goods
A children’s tale by Myrtle T. Irons and Carolyn Wells describes making simple imitation pets from everyday items. A turtle is formed from a prune or raisin with cloves for legs and head, while a greenish paper frog is pasted onto an eggshell to wriggle in the breeze.
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Myrtle T. Irons
Mother’s
Why Horses Dislike Camels and Enjoy Dogs
The essay argues animals have tastes like humans. Horses hate camels but like dogs for companionship and sport. It credits the horse with a sense of beauty and humor, rejecting the vulgar camel and praising the dog as loyal and playful.
Birds Dance Attraction of the Jacana Spotlight
In tropical South America and Pacific islands the jacana is famed for its love dance. Males perform elaborate wing motions and display brilliant feathers to win the attention of favored females during the mating season.
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South America
Pacific
Harper’s Weekly
Size of the Stone in the Yard Tale
Little Ford tells his father about finding a stone in the backyard described as about the size of a good sized small apple. The exchange captures a simple child’s observation and a father’s listening response.
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Ford
Fred
Curious Magic Square Sums to 369 Across All Lines
A peculiar magic square displays equal sums of 369 across its rows, columns, and diagonals. The horizontal vertical and diagonal lines all meet at the same total, revealing a balanced numeric pattern.
Record Auctions Fetch High Prices for Greek Coins
A Brooklyn dealer F S Benson sold his Greek coin collection over fifteen years. A Katana tetradrachma brought 8500 dollars, Amphipolis pieces sold for about 4250. A Terina stater bought for 200 dollars realized 1500 dollars at auction.
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F. S. Benson
Brooklyn
Mr. Benson
Amphipolis
Girl Wins Pon y Race at County Fair Massachusetts
At a Massachusetts county fair a pony race offered 25 dollars to the winner. Nine boys and one girl competed and the girl led decisively, the boys riding off in disgust. The note suggests a future when girls outrun boys in races.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Mr. Bobs
Cape
Mary Ann
New York
Nelle Mine
Copian Mine
Massachusetts
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the Wilderness
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Dickson
Juneau
Furioso
Cap’n
Bumpus of
Massachewsitt
Dr. Bumpus
Marean
Sincar
Nave Ee
Bobby’s
Bobby
Bob
Carolyn Wells
Magic Square
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