Michigan Horror Fires Devastate Woods Leaving Many Dead
A dramatic account recalls the Michigan forest fires that swept through parched land and windless air, killing hundreds and turning fields to ash. Across seven miles several families perished or were badly burned, while horses, cattle, and telegraph lines were consumed by intense heat and flying embers.
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Michigan
Cmme
Horson
Eckland
Setbous
Lake Worth
Ciraiser
Ida Pinith
New Smyrna
Jacksonville
Coast Survey
Mies
Sauly
Wooden Thread From Wood Aims At Swedish Market
The article reports a new Swedish venture producing crochet and sewing thread from wood. Machines wind balls by hand or steam, label, and pack ten balls per cardboard box. Demand pours in from across Sweden, testing early production but promising strong home-use growth. A second note describes a farmer’s recipe for Indian meal porridge with flour and molasses.
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Sweden
In the Long Run Poem on Merit, Love, and Patience
A sentimental verse extols enduring effort and patience as fate shaped by fortune, promising eventual reward for righteous toil. It laments hidden motives, notes truth pierces darkness, and asserts love, virtue, and labor are ultimately accounted for by a higher order.
The Emeralds and the selfless girl in the snow
In a wintry tale a starving family clings to hope as a kind girl gives an emerald necklace to a struggling boy. He sells it to feed his sister, is suspected of theft, then truth and courage shine. Years later he and the girl reconnect, forging a hopeful future amid adversity.
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Flora
Ross
Misa Graze
Patince
Gracie Fortenay
Jose
Fanchon
Miss Gracie
Pansie
Gracie
Rors
Little Rose
Fontenay
Foutsnay
Rosa
Mr. Fontenay
Vax
Pausie
Fim
Ross Dinibat
Plaza
Kith
Mr. Fontensy
Tie
Rose Dunbar
Jpad
Deak
Pepsin Fortamy
Miss Fontenay
Ross Dunber
Usher
St. Paul’s Cross
Cathedral of
St. Paul's
London
Tondon
University of Cambridge
William Bently
Hills and Field
Field
British Museum
Gerrad
Earl of Strafford
Sterne
Creta
Osier
Ellis
Harry Ellis
Elda
Frank Nickar
Hoekur
Nantucket
John
Porothy
Dewsly
Ned Hull
Uutll
Dorthy
Lehmans
Greenwood
Lohmans
Creanwood
Niagara Alts
Airth
Tibby Fowler
Nus
Glasgow Baillie
Detroit
Pontiac
John Smith
Pontige
Ponting
CIA
John Saith
Michigan
Fiery Grave in German Province Guts Landslide Fire
Westphalia report details a catastrophe in Bolingen near Barmen on August 18. A hill heath heated intensely as subterranean gas or petroleum ignited. A water channel caused explosions. a 160 meter square hillside opened, revealing a pool of liquid fire that engulfed and destroyed a house with its occupants, all perished.
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Westphalia
Operum
Bolingen
Barmen
Perdous
Remacheld
Grouse Shooting for Rich and Rural Areas Described
The article discusses grouse shooting as an elite pastime, noting moor rents from £2000 to £3000 and the rise of driving on large moors with many beaters. It contrasts luxury sport with poorer farms in the Scotch border counties where young, earnest men seek affordable hunting, hut life on shepherds’ huts and simple bags.
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Aport
Geoner
Wen
Chevrots
Saccharine Futurity and Florida Hurricanes
A fragmentary tale from the era blends a comic dialogue about a song request with a vivid hurricane description. The narrative shifts from a musical farce involving a vision named Saccharine Futurity to an extended, atmospheric account of a Florida hurricane’s advance, impact on coasts, ships, and landscapes, and lasting ruin across the state.
Dorothy and the Windmill Ride in Nantucket Tale
An old Nantucket windmill tale follows Dorothy and her brother John as a risky sail ride ends safely after a dramatic ascent and descent. The piece blends youthful adventure with local color and includes scattered notices about incidents and anecdotes from distant places.
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John
The
Mill
Jitile Viel
Piri
Heaven
Nantucket
Dorothy
Open views of Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's
Discussion on clearing grounds around Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church to restore open views. Argues St Margaret's blocks the Abbey view, cites historical ties, suggests removal while weighing associations with Westminster Hall and the Abbey. Describes urban encroachment by Victoria Street and other structures.
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Westminster
St. Margaret’s Church
St. Paul's
Salisbury Main
Westminster Abbey
Thames
Temple Bar
Broad Sanctuary
Victoria Street
Alliey
Edward I
Stow
Peter Cunningham
St. Margaret's
Eloud
London
St. Margaret’s
Abbey
Westminster Hall
Willam ‘Hufus
Sebert
Béward the Confessor
Henry Tid
Edward 1
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West Indies
Robert Vance
North Caroline
French Grand River
Asheville
Vie
Massachusetts
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Greenwead
Niagara Falls
John Greenwood
Sichmans
Chippewa
Deadwood
Cory
Ornithologicax
Haginoer
Pantano
Arizona
Cleveyn
Fig
Jmmop
Thix
Frank Shaw
Iis Weihl
Shaw
Dasily Shaw
Is Fremen
Margaret's and Abbey
United States
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