Telescope on Gray's Peak Aims to Bring Moon Closer
Chicago musician Thomas Preston Brooke backs a public observatory project to build a giant telescope with a 54 inch lens, hoping to place it atop Gray's Peak Colorado. He seeks funds for construction, an observatory, and a public, noninstitutional view of the heavens after nine years of study.
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Gray’s Peak
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Gray's Peak
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Holiday Cheer and Large Family Dinner Debate
The Washington Star notes a sardonic exchange about holiday cheer. A critic quips a large family is a classoratee and questions whether turkey leftovers will stretch for three days, highlighting festive dining humor.
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Washington Star
Pay of Geroaan Army Officers
The pay of officers in the Ger Tian army is very small and no one can obtain a commission unless he has an ancient private fortune to yield an income of at least $125 a year.
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Ger
Prayer Asked, Answered Surprises Some People
A brief aphorism notes that for some individuals the idea of prayers being answered would astonish them, reflecting on belief and doubt in everyday life.
Odd Little King James the Sixth of Scotland
A quirky portrait of James the Sixth of Scotland born in 1566 with godparents the Queen of England and the King of France. The piece recalls his frail childhood, early statements, and public appearances as a child monarch guided by caretakers while villagers watched with humor and curiosity.
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England
France
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Prato
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Frogs and Tadpoles in Country Life and Nature
The article describes frog life from eggs to polliwogs and tadpoles developing lungs, mouths expanding, and early schooling via pond life. It notes growth stages, danger of aquatic dependence, and the wider pond ecosystem with a hypothetical amphitheater of frogs and wolves in a poetically framed nature scene.
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Mary Hogers
Country Life
America
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Lews
Neeta
Hercules the Iron Man at Cleveland park exhibition
A story recounts a summer exhibit in which a boy built as a mechanical giant named Hercules the Iron Man terrorized a Cleveland park. The figure, about feet tall, emitted smoke and steam, causing panic among campers before finally collapsing toppled by a man, as onlookers watched in fear and awe.
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The Postman Game Described in Town Play Form
A playful game called Postman involves a postmaster picking two city names and blindfolding players to race between chairs. Players move to the named cities as the postman attempts to tag someone, with the untired postmaster changing only when outpaced.
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Sram Wnoether
Tiel
Fromm Ss
New York
Boston
Seton
Seheol Tale Of Emile Loubet And Crest College
Tiow Louhbet narrates Emile Loubet's resistance to entering Crest College. His father, at wage S, chose Emile for schooling but he ran away and wandered until found by a caravan. The account blends exile and the director of Crest Life School.
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Iment
Syed
Fragmented OCR reflection on faith and pride in church imagery
The text presents garbled phrases about faces, political figures, and a pulpit used for pride, contrasting with a call that a pedestal cannot be a power for God. It reads like a fragment from a sermon or editorial with unclear references and missing context.
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