How It Was Done On A Street Car
A man pays a street car fare with a one dollar bill the conductor cannot change. He offers a five dollar bill and is able to change it giving back two dollars, forty five cents, and a two dollar and a half gold piece totaling four dollars and ninety five cents.
We Have All Been There, She
John asks why he wears goggles as he speaks of fear and a moment to finish a grapefruit, portraying a surreal, reflective scene with sharp dialogue and odd imagery.
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Hidden Garden Seeds Bring Two Hearts Together
A feuding village man flings a government seed box, which Nat Gordon finds and shares with Winnie Warner. They cultivate a secret garden, sell produce, and win Winnie’s affection with Clyde Warner. The boxes seeds lead to an engagement and a reconciled community.
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Missouri and soil lore in early US history tale
Dr Nathan Schaeffer laughs at rich Lancaster County soil versus farm boast from a Dakotan woman. Missouri history notes Vincennes 1804 as first US laws for Louisiana District, Missouri statehood 1818, admission in 1821 after Missouri Compromise fight.
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Union
Congress
They Saw the Cow in a Suburban Outing Tale
A Indianapolis family moved to a suburb seeking new educational chances. A neighbor asked if they had been in the country. The mother replied they visited a cow herder near town, the butter man’s claim, and took the children to see it.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolia
World's Biggest Gas Mains In Astoria Bronx Tunnel
Popular Science reports enormous gas mains built of cast iron in a tunnel under East River, linking Astoria on Long Island to the Bronx. Each section weighs about 25,000 pounds, runs 225 feet below ground, with joints calked by 225 pounds of lead, and rests on concrete saddles six feet apart.
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New York
Astoria
Long Island
East River
Work for the Geologist Steamboat Springs Ore Origin Discussion
Geologists note that Steamboat Springs Nevada waters carry minute precious metals and sinter deposits include common ore minerals and trace metals. This suggests many ore veins formed by hot waters rising from depth, depositing metals as fluids move through rock and react locally.
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Steamboat Springs
Nevada
Gore
Arctic Quest for Bradley Land Ends In Icebound Isle
A 1914 1915 attempt by Rudolph Wranko and Arthur Haack to reach Bradley Land failed due to severe ice in Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound. They sailed from Quebec July 4 1914 with Capt J Bernier but could not reach Etah or Jones Sound and wintered south of Lancaster. A blizzard froze Haack to death and Franke abandoned the voyage returning to Quebec as Capt Gernier faced captivity.
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Arthur Haack
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Etah
Jones Sound
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Lancaster Sound
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Mr. Franke
Gernier
Edwin Swift Balch
Scientific American
War's Huge Demands On Army Gear In Wartime Britain
In the British house of command Ilarold J. Tennant stated that peace time apparel needs were under two million items, but wartime production produced 117 million tunics boots and similar articles, with stores bought capable of lasting 140 normal years, illustrating vast army expansion.
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War Office
Tongue Twisting Maine Names
Maine could supply names in his tory as tongue twisting as most of the European battlefields for example Annahessacook Bauneg Beg Eg gemoggin Kokadjo Mattamiscontis Mattawamkeag Ogguossoc Pattagumpus Wytopiilock.
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Annahessacook
Bauneg-Beg
Eggemoggin
Kokadjo
Mattamiscontis
Mattawamkeag
Ogguossoc
Pattagumpus
Wytopiilock
Yale professor sets value of a baby at 90 dollars
A Yale professor claims the value of a baby is 90 dollars, aiming to gain publicity. Wagers circle around whether he has any children and if he would part with them at that stated value.
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