The Fort Phoenix Rocking Bay Fantasy
Priscilla Trem searches for missing Rosamond during a stormy Cove walk from Fairview. The group, including Sir Humphrey Drew and Miss Andry, stray along Cedar Cove past Robins shanty to the beach while a gale gathers. Priscilla's courage drives her to find Rosamond as night falls and danger rises.
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Priscila
Sir Humphrey
Miss Angry
Prisclla
Venra
Klumphrey Drew
Humphrey Aad
Chan
Horace le Karon
Mathe Kidden
Lowel
Rosamond
Inglind
Wallview
Priscilla
Cove
Eany
Evelyn Andry
Lionel
Talrview
Andry
le Uaron
America
Warda
Humphrey
la Baron
Yasterday
Pelseliia
Pueuphirey
LeiMsiana
Miss Andry
Hueiphcey
John
Gladis
Richard
Mifred le Baron
Rosamond Drew
Grace
Susy Hielding
Miss Anéry
Robins
Callec
Mia
le Baron
Howe
Te ‘Beach
Celar Cove
Fort Phoenix
Thia
Tia
Yrovement Society
New England
Priseus
Norrow
Mr. le Baron
Thackeray
Lion
Mrs. le Garen
Caesar
Papa
Fralle
Messure
Priscllla
Priscilla B
Mumphrey
Robina
Priecila
Mrs. le Baron
Fragments Describe a Stranded Woman Near Point Judith
A woman stranded by flood tides near Point Judith recalls landmarks to reorient herself as she nears a forested area and a rock, but violent winds, deep water, and heavy clothing hinder movement, leaving her trembling and struggling to pass a large rock in ankle deep water.
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Father Vincourt
Ian Bo' Ray
Point Judith
Rosamood
Odd Tale of aartiackes Marriage at Machias Almshouse
William Buchles of Eldred Pennsylvania secured a wife at the Machias almshouse by choosing Hattie Clough a friendless inmate. The marriage occurred in the institution parlor after he expressed interest in a housekeeper. The event reportedly boosted the almshouse’s reputation as a place to find wives.
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Wiliam Buchles
Eldred
Machies
Buchles
Hattie Clough
Miss Clough
Machias
William Buchies
Flimshouse
Laney
Buchies
Rey
D. Simmons
Ti Ls
Butchies
Machias Almshouse
Pittsoute Chronicle-Telegraph
Why Something Happened at Kimball Varnish Works
A foreman in W. W. Kimball’s varnish department sparked a mystery by repeatedly complaining about varnish quality. He tested samples from multiple makers, noting the maker’s name on each can, and later reported that all samples except one were defective. The one good varnish came from a single house, which led Kimball to remark that something happened to the varnisher.
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Caesar
Miss Andry
Humphrey
Priscila
Wellether
Pha
Priscilla
Rosamond
Robin's
Joan
Livre
Blentla
Frollo
Anding Lim
W. W.kimball
Klauhall
Mr. Hiniall
Driny
Gum chewing spoils the face in public opinion
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes that constant gum chewing, with jaws clenching and muscles tensing, gives an unpleasant preoccupied look. It argues gum chewers show little emotion and a restless, single‑minded expression, detracting from conversational improvement.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
New Officer Praises Baby in Humorous Exchange
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a new policeman admiring a baby placed in a carriage. The officer comments on the child being pretty and quiet, while the mother or caregiver asks him to step aside as she continues to push the carriage.
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Inelda
Chicago Tribune
Founders of Science Revisit Aristotle on Classification
The piece notes Festogists credit Aristotle as founder of their science, though modern animal classification began later with Linnaeus in 1741 dividing the animal kingdom. It credits Cuvier with the four divisions in his 1816 work The Animal Kingdom.
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Linnaeus
Cuvier
That Proves It Skitlet Why did the jury conclude he was crazy
The column cites a feature line from the New York Tribune stating he bought a suburban home on the installment plan in a quip about sanity. A separate blurb from the New York Press mocks public panic as a woman pushes a baby carriage along a crowded sidewalk and stares at a man who bumps into her.
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Skletle
New York Tribune
New York Press
Hidden gold dust: vast invisible losses and tiny gleams
An exploration of gold’s elusive presence in ordinary life. The piece notes how much gold is lost daily to wear and dispersion, cites a Brooklyn warehouse gold dust example from decades of manufacture, and explains how minute gold particles in leaf and gilding accumulate into immense hidden reserves across buildings, streets, and industries. It mentions that the Church of Saint Isaac’s in St Petersburg required 247 pounds of gold for its crosses and that gold leaf can be scarcely visible yet weigh fractions of a grain.
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Brooklyn
Tui Popecty
Walla
Yukon Progs Publisher Bettles Reports Remote Yukon News
Gordon C Bettles publisher of the Yukon Progs visits the city explaining his thrice yearly paper travels 2000 miles for news. He taught missionary Jules Prevost to print and grow the paper while discussing delay in circulation and the long wait for US election results.
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Gordon C. Bettles
Yukon
Bettles
Btn
Panana
Tanana River
Jules &. Prevost
Bettlee
Bates
Wo Jou
United States
San Francisco
The Skin Pores and Sweat Tubes Described
The article explains that each square inch of skin contains about 2,500 sweat ducts, each roughly a quarter inch long, likened to tiny drains. It states an average adult has about 2,000 square inches of skin surface and that sweat ducts per inch extend to a total length of around 201,166 feet if laid end to end.
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Hnce
Burglary Arrest Framed In Transit to Mare Med
A man named Witte was arrested on burglary charges just as he was to be admitted to a medical facility. A colleague named Huabani prepared a congratulatory letter that would have happier implications for the suspect, but the arrest interrupted the plan.
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Reaumond
Priscilla
Shead
Witte
Mare
Huabani
Hilm
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