The Brave Agnes Farrell and the Coastal Boat Race
Jack Darcy invites the narrator to attend a Girls High School commencement. Agnes Farrell, eighteen, recites The Charge of the Light Brigade with stirring power, and then Jack reveals a heroic incident from a family story. Agnes saved Harold Graham from drowning after a sailing race mishap, diving to rescue him and helping revive him with calm courage and skill.
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Jack Darcy
Jack
Agnes Farrell
Darcy
Graham
Farrell
Agnes
Harold
Ariel
Sprite
Haron
Sam Colston
Bertha
Ae “Jarold Graham
Cettle
Cource
Colston
Queston
Carcy
London Laundry Schools Teach Girls Useful Skills
The annual report notes 12 262 girls attended laundry classes in London, with seventy one permanent centers and two more under construction. Each center serves fourteen pupils in a single classroom, equipped with desks, thirteen washtubs, ironing tables, a copper and a sink under Miss Lord and Miss Jones. Salaries rise from 750 to 1000.
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London
Too Numerous to Mention Misery in Married Life
A humorous exchange between Mr. and Mrs. Watts notes that most papers report on single men, while married misery is so widespread it’s not worth listing.
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Mr. Watts
Lali
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Nelile Penoyer
Omaha
Kay
Dru Rupginis
Abettle
Esaeg
Owen
Garden of Eden location debate runs through ages
The piece surveys historical and legendary theories on Eden’s site across continents and cultures, naming Josephus, Von Hammer, Captain Wilford, Heider, and others with varied placements from India to Babylonia and Lebanon, noting the mythic view held by some and the wealth of conjecture across eras.
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Old World
China
Canary Islands
Baltic
Josephus
Ganges
Nile
Eden
Indus
Valley
Euphrates
von Hammer
Bactria
Babylonia
Tigris
Captain Wilford
Batman
Koosh Range
Battman
India
Heider
Vale of
Cashmere
Isle
Ceylon
Beth-Eden
Lebanon
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Agnes Constance Farrell
Miss Farrell
Learing Harold
Valley of Death
Six Hundred
Cardigan’s
the Garden OF Eden
Companion
The
Tar Companion
Columbus Avenue
Boston
Mass
Russias
Li Hung Chang
Household Supply Co
Lucas Avenue
St Louis
Hogg
Texas
Queen Victoria
Charles II
Santanelli
Drugeists, To
Lincoln
Heceman
E. C. GO. Clark Co
New Haven
Georgy W. Lotz
Fuucher, la
England
Mrs. Maybrick
George Crocker
San Francisco
Europe
Waterloo
Napoleon
Ayer
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
B.A. McAllaster
Omaha, Neb
Sory Wits
Harn Iter
Catea
St Minn
Vola
Morrow
Chestocl Street
St. Leas
Mason
ADE
FURS
WOML
Sacigtanns
Mun
St.Louis
Piu
Manas
Quincy
Bich
W.N.U
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