Escape Across the Heath Into a Narrow Refuge
A fugitive narrator flees through open country pursued by armed foes. He uses trickery to slip past a farmyard guard and hides in an alehouse with Ieuan and Dafydd. Plans to flee toward Hereford are plotted, but Ranger tracks him to the inn, and the house is surrounded at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Se Jorn
Whitesock
Sir John
Bey
Whitesack
Eli
Hereford
Oxford
Roger
Jack Locking
Ieuan
Dafydd
Thomas Buck
Thomas
Buttey
Ieuan Gwyllr
Jenan
Owain
Dafydéd
Tieuan
Toper
Teuan
Ranger
Just Try Running Daily for Color and Brighter Eyes
New York Sun extols daily running for girls as the best source of health color and vitality. An athletics authority says brisk outdoor runs improve cheeks, lungs, and general attractiveness, with track workouts as alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
A Practical Hog House and Farmhouse Tips
A farm writer presents a compact hog house design shown in figures to maximize space and minimize cost, plus guidance on poultry rations emphasizing corn and green food, a cow salad feeding idea that boosted milk, a peroxide spray method to treat fowl colds, and a note on durable government whitewash used on lighthouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Proper Home Made Whitewash And Winter Farm Tips
Detailed steps for making a hard setting whitewash with rice paste and whiting, plus advice on wetting hay for horses and cattle, winter mulching for trees, nest box hygiene for fowl, cautious use of cottonseed meal, spreading farm manure on clover lands, and building a simple home made handcart with reused wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doubless
Senators’ Luxury Expenditures Revealed in 1902 Telegrams
A government report shows Senate contingent fund purchases like a 30 cent telegram from Rockefeller to Aldrich and heavy spending on luxuries. Items include cosmetics and hair care, 260 tons of Timothy hay, 40 dollars for a static machine, 25 pounds of candy, 6000 quinine tablets, and mineral waters for senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Aldrich
Secretary of the
Senate
Rockefeller
New York
Senator Foraker
Cox
Cincinnati
Senator Forake
Beveridge
Fairbans
Indiana
Allison
Platt
Depew
Hanna
United States Senate
Ladies Home Journal
C. D. Clark
Wyoming
Piffard
Linguistic Laziness and the Rise of New Words
H W Horwill argues that coining unnecessary new terms harms English and weakens thought. He cites examples like extinishment and administrate to show how urgency or confusion prompts novelty. He warns against linguistic predation and urges careful, precise usage to preserve vocabulary strength.
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H. W. Horwill
One Man and One Menace in Washington Essay
Samuel Smith of Michigan comments from the senate elevator about the 1904 presidential nomination. He notes Cleveland’s initial candidacy and subsequent withdrawal, then speculates again that Cleveland will be the nominee. The piece ends with a satirical line about onions as a delicacy.
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Washington
Samuel. Smith
Michigan
Senate
Cleveland
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