Will Minnehaha Go Erosion Threatens Falls Linked to Longfellow
A feature tribute warns that Minnehaha Falls faces erosion from a thinning overhanging ledge and a proposed retaining wall risks artificial damage. The piece recalls Longfellow where Hiawatha and Minnehaha inspired American readers, noting the falls’ 60 foot plunge and the need to preserve its natural beauty amid lake navigation and safety concerns.
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Minnehaha Falls
Minneapolis
Minnehaha River
Minnehaha
Hennepin County
Minn
Water Cascades Replace Dramatic Drop With Rapids
Describes a river or waterfall scene where a planned sixty foot leap is replaced by a sequence of cascades and rapids. The dramatic perfection and poetic glamour of the setting are toned down, resulting in a more rugged but still picturesque display.
Crews on Lake Steamers Compared to Ocean Sailors
The Columbia Dispatch criticizes lake vessel crews as lacking experience and discipline during storms, calling them landsmen rather than sailors. It argues lake crews are better than ocean crews overall due to living conditions, while noting lakes are stormier and treacherous, with narrow passages and many refuges offset by difficult approaches.
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Great Lakes
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Columbia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
America
Akes
Aris
A Rose Song poem fragment on vine and love
A short verse describes a rose speaking from the garden, a poet bird calling it mine. The speaker experiences morning breeze and dew, dancing on the vine as the sun blurs, and offers the rose to a beloved poet. The fragment emphasizes romance and poetic imagery without a clear narrative event.
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Bird
The Gray Stranger Helps Benjamin Phillips
A gray stranger helps Benjamin Phillips, a 19 year old inventor in Melrose. After a car crash, the boy assists a wounded man, repairs a car, and shares entrepreneurial plans. The stranger later secures legal guardianship, buys the shop, and funds patent work, with financier Dupont Gorham backing the boy’s future.
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Gare
Newtes
Grate
the Wiger
Joe
Melrose Road
Benjamin Phillips
Mr. Grigsby
Andrew Grigsby
Melrose
Mr. Grigsb
New York
Iitle
Yeyes
Dupont Gorham
Dupont Gorham & Co
Pennsylvania
Deer Fly on Chicago Elevated Train Startles Passengers
A peculiar long bodied deer fly with black dotted wings buzzed on a Chicago elevated car near Chicago avenue. A man who boarded at that stop scooped the insect from a window and, after close examination, said it was a species rarely found outside Wisconsin woods. The naturalist passenger noted the sight as a novelty and cited Cornell-Chicago Inter Ocean remarks.
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Benjamin
Njamin Phillips
Ndtix
Joseph Hammer
Joe
Northwestern
Chicago Avenue
Wisconsin Woods
Chicago
Department of Natural History
Cornell
Inter Ocean
Shifting the Burden in a Financial Deal Dialogue
In a brief exchange Dustin Stax admits slight conscience trouble over duties in finance. He says his response is to call a lawyer, underscoring legal counsel as a standard remedy in complex deals.
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Hawatha
Minnehaha
Dustin Stax
Star
Obsolete British Warships Sold At Portsmouth
About thirty outdated British warships were sold at Portsmouth for just over 400000 dollars, a sum below the cost of the smallest vessel. The sales were praised as good bargains.
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Portsmouth
Seasonal harvest months by nation and region
The text lists when different countries and regions harvest: Chile, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand in January. India and parts of February into March. Egypt, Persians and Syrians in April. Chinese, Japanese, Moroccans and Austrians in May. Spanish, Greek and Italian in June. Russians and Austrians in July. English, German and Canadians in August. Indians, Scots and Welsh in September. northern Russia, Norway and Sweden harvest in October.
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India
Norway
Sweden
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Adirondacks
Benjamin Franklin
Philadel
Sue
You
Ife
Warsaw
John
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