Elephants Fight Shipwreck And Air Of Pure Wonder
An excerpt recounts elephants aboard the Agra, cargo of wildlife including black panthers tigers cheetahs leopards and rare birds from India. The ship sinks off Point de Galle as the animals crash their enclosure and swim toward Ceylon while humans escape by bribery and deck structures collapse. Also notes on air purity at altitude and microbes in ground level air and a tale of patriotic politeness saving a plague patient with a Mikado toast.
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Ceylon
Agra
Cassell
Alps
Aoyama
Antil
That Boy of Mine Poem Reflects A Child's Innocence
A nostalgic verse celebrates a young boy, praising his innocent charm and sweet nature. Neighbors admire the child as he grows, and family memories recall similar earlier days. The speaker cherishes the boy, noting his promise and the gentle calm he brings to the household.
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Babyland
Isola Ray Inspires Hope Amid West Side House Story
Frank Harland lies sidelined from football and feels penitent in a quiet West Side home. Isola Ray, a music student and distant cousin, appears with flowers and rekindles his spirits as he contemplates recovery.
Isola Ray Appears As Frank Harland Visits
In a copper October moment Frank Harland recovers from illness and visits Isola Ray at her gray house. A scene unfolds with flowers, a welcoming aunt, and a hinted football injury, as the couple share a joyful, restrained happiness celebrated by friends and a gleaming ring on a noted finger.
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Isola
Frank
Isola Ray
Frank Harland
Chicago Tribune
Washington Man’s Wife Spoils His Duty Evasions
A Washington clerk once dodged work claiming a delicate wife. He left early daily to racehorses and bars then misled his division chief about his wife’s whereabouts. A fight with temptation proved his wife’s exact location after a lunch break. A Post piece notes a poem about strife and a polite bachelor’s seat gesture.
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Washington
Maison de Rush
Virginia
Washington Post
Prehistoric City Remains Found Near Galveston
Galveston archaeologists uncover nearly two thousand skeletons from an ancient gulf coast people. The remains suggest a submerged city drowned by a tidal wave long before modern times, uncovered while gathering relics for the Pan American exhibit in Buffalo next summer. The dating places the bones several thousand years old and implies a catastrophic natural event buried the inhabitants.
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Galveston
Texas
Buffalo
Ancient Bones Found Near Clear Creek Galveston County
The Arizona and New Mexico Railway superintendent H. J. Simmons uncovered skeletons of whole families and beads while excavating near Clear Creek. Geologists suggest a Gulf of Mexico tidal event once covered the area, drowning thousands. Scientists later supported Simmons's theory.
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H. J. Simmons
Arizona and New Mexico Railway
Clear Creek
Galveston County
Gulf of Mexico
Simmons
Gulf
Daring of an Equilibrist on Andean Rockstone
A rare natural marvel in Tandil Argentina features a rocking stone perched on a granite peak. Reported feats by an equilibrist attract travelers to view the unique rock formation amid blue granite hills near the capital.
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Argentine Republic
Tandil
Andes
South American acrobat wowed crowd with pet act
An equilibrist from South America thrilled spectators by presenting his pet in a daring performance. He ascended a stone platform with agility then executed a sequence of tricks, earning loud applause from the assembled crowd.
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Daraimage Etseype
WHAT ROILED THE ENGINEER Man on the Track and Whistle
A veteran engineer recalls near misses on rail, recounting a close call with a man on the track near Albany. The story features a debate on whether the man was drunk or crazy and ends with the engineer wishing for more time to confront him with a coal shovel.
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Bill
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Freman
New York Mail and Express
Suspicious Liberality Delivers Unsettling Homecoming
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a man who tricked his wife into returning home by sending a doubled mortgage-like payment with a note don’t hurry back. He explains the ruse was to regain control, claiming relief though wary of her suspicions upon arrival.
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Jones
Detroit
Free Presa
Stealing His Thunder In A Municipal Restaurant Tale
A fragmentary piece recalls a boastful scene about social status and seating at a citys warm season gathering. It mentions a Washington Star feature titled A Municipal Restaurant and cites Grenoble France besting meals at cost through a long running municipal kitchen. It also notes a Russian hydrographic engineer inventing a water seeing instrument to view river bottoms up to sixty feet deep.
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Lonesomehurst
Washington Star
Grenoble
France
Russia
Small Boy and the Horse Reflects on Nobility and Kindness
A Boston Traveler reflection notes a street encounter where a small boy pats a work horse after sharing his apple. The exchange suggests honest, open curiosity and signals the boy’s potential character and future virtues. The piece argues such moments reveal who boys may become as men.
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Boston Traveler
Milne’s Advice on Earthquakes and Rock Toad Myths
John Milne the earthquake expert urges builders in seismic regions to tune structures to earth vibrations and enclose homes with deep ditches to dampen shocks. He also claims the earth’s interior is rigid, causing seismic waves to travel faster than through glass. The piece notes quixotic reports of live toads in rocks, referencing Dean Buckland’s experiments and mocking perpetual revival tales.
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John Milne
Earthquake Milne
Saya
Milne
Earth
Dean Buckland
Frank
Seco
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