Lovers and a hilltop house in New York's Riverside Drive
In Central Park a young couple rides past, then explore a deserted hilltop mansion where Caroline Heath befriends a deaf-eyed guardian and finds a portrait matching her. Edgar Barclay falls on a dangerous path, is cared for by a gray lady of the house, and discovery binds Margaret Lothrop's descendants through a string of pearls and family ties.
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Central Park
Fiftyninth Street
Tilburys
Hudson
Caroline Heath
Europe
Edgar Barclay
Cleveland
New York
Caroline
Barclay
Sked
Edgar
J Barclay
Margaret
Mr. Barclay
Dr. Gray
Margaret Lothrop
Lothrop
Lois Stillman
June
Lois
Auttois
Miss Stillman
The Thrift Lesson and Jeffersons Generous Aid
A tale contrasts a spendthrift aunt rewarding a girl with a ten dollar bill and a later moral on true economy. It then recounts a meeting between Thomas Jefferson and a Virginia boy named Morgan, who later enters the Navy and rises to commodore.
Beekeeping Tricks In Michigan Grape Sugar Honey Plot
Detroit area farmer earns unusual notoriety for producing glucose honey from a barrel of Michigan grape sugar. A Free Press visitor learns about bees fed on a syrup that turns into a sticky, edible honey like product, while a boy guards the family secret.
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Michigan
Detroit Press
Dozen Lobsters Prompted Chicago Congressman Lie Into Dinner
Congressman Lawler of Chicago visited New York and misread a menu, asking for a dozen lobsters after mistaking soft shell crabs for lobsters. He ate freely, ordered brandy, and left $15 for a $14.50 bill, unaware his hunger had not been so large.
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Congressman Lawler
Chicago
New York
Lawler
Mr. Lawler
Genesis Joke Hits A Classic Semitic Scholar
A Vossische Zeitung writer recalls Gesenius whose lecture on the Books of Moses drew a crowded room. He opened with Genesis is not as old as believed and the students laughed, naming his five unmarried daughters after the Pentateuch books, starting with Genesis.
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Jefferson
Virginia
Washington
Monticello
Morgan
Thomas Jefferson
Tom Jefferson
The
United States
Enfant
White House
Vossiche Zeitung
Gesenius
Moses
Genesis
Why the Banker Shed a Tear
A banker laments leaving the grand marble bank as he carries his valise into the night and boards a Montreal train. He sighs at departing the noble building, unable to take it with him, and sheds a tear as he hurries away.
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Montreal
Etymologies of Common Words and Legends Revealed
An exploration of word origins traces pamphlet to Pamphylia, Punch and Judy to Pontius and Judas, bigot to Visigoths, hambug from Hamburg rumors, Ganse from Gaza, tabby cat to Atab in Baghdad, Old Scratch to Skpatti, Old Nick to Nik, and lemon to Lima.
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Pamphylia
Punch and Judy
Pontius
Judas
Pontius Pilate
Judas Iscariot
Spain
Hamburg
Gaza
Atab
Bagdad
Skpatti
Europe
Nikk
Lima
The Snake Guillotine in Field Machinery
A description of mowing machines killing snakes: they do not flee until danger is evident, then lift their heads above the blades and are beheaded. The strike is swift, causing the snake's body to spring upward as the deadly knives pass.
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Millheim, PA
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Madisonburg, Pa
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Frank
Rebersburg, PA
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Woopwardd, PA
O. Deininger
Journal Office
Penn St
Springer
West Millheim Banking House
Mat Street
Millheim
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Main & North Streets
Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, PA
Woodingsj Building
Ww. F. Reeder Fannie & Reeder
Yocum
Jbellefonte, PA
Hoy
Ye Gees
Nsu
J. W. Gephart, Pa
Gephart
Bellefonte
Alleghany Street
High Street
Boukerhoff
Allegheny St
C. G. McMillen
Cote
Seles
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Ising
Jeffreon
the Boy
Wayne Churity
Connecticut
Detroit
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Mid Avenue
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