A Boarding House Romance In A Quiet Summer
In Kane PA a summer boarding house hosts Miss Verinder, Mr Gorst, and Alice Verinder as a blind musician charms the room. Tensions rise over rumored misdeeds, a sudden defense by Alice, and a soft declaration of love ending in bright happiness for the young couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Verinder
Mr. Gorst
Jack
Miss Verinder
Mis
Colquhoun
Mrs. Colquhoun
Thad
Alice Verinder
Golden Gate
Mr. Hoare
Mr.Gorst
Verinder
Young Hoare
Leo
Alias
Jahe
England
Miss Brown
Items of Interest from a Rumor Filled Column
A digest of odd incidents includes a Denver man dying by self immolation using a giant powder fuse. A Calaveras youth kills himself over a marriage offer, then the girl commits suicide after. A Michigan farmer loses six hens to a return home theft. A coffin designed to prevent burial alive is described. Various notes cover chemistry lessons, monkey-wrapped drugs, and a tree that propagates only by suckers. Other items recount Anne Royal’s printing ventures, a bee sting experiment, Middle Brewster as British territory, and antiquated tax ideas on bachelors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neff
Denver
Colusa County
Cal
Michigan
Smit
Belgium
Galloway
St. Louis
TONES OF THE VOICE AND EMOTIONAL CONTROL
The piece discusses choosing language and tone to accurately convey thoughts and emotions. It argues self-control distinguishes civilized from savage behavior, notes some feelings require restraint while others need expression to develop, and urges using tones to reflect love kindness and compassion.
The Russian Merchant and His Social Ties
A portrait of a Russian merchant who favors ostentatious dinners and costly displays yet rejects noble pretensions. He flaunts status with generals as guests to gain prestige, while both sides understand the mutual, often tacit, social leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clas
Weathered fragment hints at local rental and dealers
Fragment from a folded issue shows AVER HOUSE tied to Mrs W Roexa with Provess in Raton at two dollars daily. Also references BEEGHER and GOPELAND as dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etruria
Italy
Pompeii
The First Mammoth From Lena River Ice
A Toongoosian fisherman Schu machoff in 1799 along the Lena encounters a giant mammoth trapped in ice. He delays before slicing tusks for profit, wolves and bears consume the carcass, and years later a scientist discovers a three legged skeleton with eyes in sockets and brain preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumachoff
Lena
Althogh
Ant Ait Owl
Norwegian Folk Music and Nordic Tone Poets Highlighted
A survey of Norwegian musical traditions notes the enduring role of spillemend fiddlers in peasant life and dances. It praises Kierulf Grieg and Nordiark for collections and Bjornson settings, and honors Ole Ball as a pivotal upland tone poet whose work embodies Norwegian national music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halfdan Kierulf
Edvard Grieg
Johan Svennsen
Grieg
Nine Cal
Kierulf
Norway
Nordiark
Bjornson
Ole Ball
Scientific uses of electricity and curious tech notes
A report covers electricity turning milk into churned butter via a forty strong dynamo, a Virginia professor commenting on the negro dialect, safety paper for bank notes, Havana climate contrasts, mercury paper engraving, African sunlight impressions, Wanklyn and Cooper air tests, a light compound engine, a wood toughening process by steaming and pressing, and notes on timber compression and carriage building potential.
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Weston
ArtorNgey
Davin’ Bock
H. Preston, M. D
Kane, PA
Surg
P. St. Rh
P.& Wlr
Kanre
LaMonte Pharmacy
P. Harner, ‘A, Kan
Kankf
Mel Lorne Searles
Postofice Kani
A ¥. Jones
Justice of the Peace
Griffith's Block
Kane
River AL & Arnold
Arrorngus
Main St
Court House
Accounties
Ta State Pyrene Court
NEW Star
M. V. Keene, Pror'r
QO. B. Lay
Pivsician
Han
Magowan
Pittsburgh & Western Railroad
Bal. Whiting
J. Davie’ Store
Alice
Gorst
Australasia
Prof
Owen
Washington
Anne Royal
Paul Pry
Huntrea
Boston
Massachusetts
Middle Brewster
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts Colony
United States
Great Britain
Rome
Greece
William III
France
Spain
Chas. Burk
Mane
Fana-Ali
Wilcox
Fren
Sencsine, Prop'r
Witron
Bi Wilcox
Warren Advertisements
Wotkes
Warren, PA
AVER
Mra
Raton
Warren
H. A.jamieson
Wil Pickett
Hat
H. A. Jamieson & CO
TN General Hardware, & Oi Well Supplies
Folkman
Anresta
Drinner
Keystone Portable Steam Drill
Warres, Pexna
M. Mead
N. K. Wendelbok
Liberty St
Exchange Billiard
Axp Pool Room
Wills & Stricker
Prop'rs
Ren, Penm’a
Bairstow
Warren Hotel
Cox
Ayn Water Srs
TURE
Howe
J. A. Harrison
Virginia
Havana
Stanley
Wanklyn and Cooper
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