The Squire Tests Dan With Cabin Dare
Three men led by Dan confront Allen Farthing’s cabin after a town tale festering with superstition. The Squire wagers ten dollars to prove the haunt, while Ulle and Lem follow, only to flee from a ghastly sight and a chilling scream.
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Dan
Farthing
Wal
Ima
Equire
Eiver
Lem Fisher
Una
Alle
Stan
Rose
Mina
Lem Fistec
Lem
Scairt
Ulle
Amos
Ulf
Efe
Heller's Gep
Allen
Item
Alie
Rose Hartswick Returns as Valley Darling and Rider
Rose Hartswick, back from the seminary, captivates the valley with her bold riding and lively charm. Jim Farthing, inspired by her, discovers his mare’s potential as a saddle horse after a dramatic meet on the Gum Run road.
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Rose Hartswick
Seminary
Rose
Ory
Hartswick Hall
Jim Farthing
Jim
Spruce Creek
Squire Hartswick
Gum Run
Sugar Valley
Feller
True Money Panic on 10 Cent Piece Scramble
In a humorous exchange a reporter asks about a worst money panic and a financier recalls a street car incident where a 10-cent piece dropped and five women claimed it. The anecdote lampoons competition for a small coin.
Riddle and Answer Bellows Keeps Feuds Alive
A classic riddle describes a bellows that breathes daily though it has no life. It kindles feuds without killing or causing direct strife, highlighting how air or wind can inflame debate and conflict.
Lowell cites spectroscopic proof of water on Mars
Professor Percival Lowell announces spectroscopic proof of water on Mars and says Scientific American supports a decisive result in his favor. A humorous cartoon exchange follows about finding heat for cold rooms, with a janitor character saying he knows nothing of the matter.
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Percival Lowell
Mars
Scientific American
Lowell
Camphor A Valuable Household Adjuvant
Camphor is a versatile household item used as a cleanser and insect repellent, and it also serves in medicine. It can remove stains from mirrors, deter mosquitoes, and soothe colds when used with care, though internal use requires caution as it can be harmful and depress the heart if overused.
TASTY WINTER SALADS AND FILLINGS
A recipe style listing for winter salads and fillings. Includes eggs, cream, butter, vinegar, oyster liquor, crackers, mustard, and peppers. Describes making a thickened base, adding chopped oysters and pickles, stuffing apples with chicken, baking, and serving with lettuce and mayonnaise. Also notes variations with herring, potatoes, beef tongue or veal, vegetables, mustard, and cream.
Easy Layered Egg Salad Dish
A simple layered preparation uses hard boiled eggs and lettuce arranged on bread or phitter, with grated cheese and chopped pickles between egg layers. Finish with salad dressing and a final cheese crust for a pretty cold dish.
Salad Box with Malaga Grape Nests and Holly Garnish
Remove skins from Malaga grapes and cut halves. Remove seeds and mix with walnut meats and finely chopped lettuce. Moisten with french dressing and form nests from lettuce leaves. Trim sultanas, arrange four per plate to make square packs, tie with ribbon, place on plates, and garnish with holly sprigs and red berries.
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Malaga
Had to Make Argument Good
A charming woman relates a tale of a young girl who allegedly caught yellow fever from a box mailed from New Orleans for bridal clothes. A physician notes experiments show the disease spreads only by a mosquito, while the story hinges on timing before the mosquito vector was known.
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Harper's Weekly
Jace
New Orleans
Sacha
Cuba
Ethel Roosevelt Coiffure Noted From New York Press
The New York Press describes Ethel Roosevelt’s winter coiffure in a Washington theater. Her hair is crimped into large soft waves swept back in cloudy masses, tied in a loose knot with a pearl topped comb, and woven with white satin ribbons sewn with small pearls.
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Ethel Roosevelt
New York Press
Washington
Miss Roosevelt
Changes in fur fashions this season
As the season progresses fur style shifts with trimmed muff exteriors featuring hemstitched batiste frills. Small fur collars replace cape-like coats and remain trimmed with the frills. Smart coats in sable or pony skin show seamless backs and sharp front cuts.
No swimming until learning to swim
Jimmies wants to swim but his mother fears the water. She forbids him from entering the water until he learns how to swim.
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Jimmies
Possible Future Kaiser Resembles Grandfather Wilhelm
Prince William Frederick Franz Joseph Christian Olaf the elder son of Germany's crown prince was born on July 4 1906 to Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg Schwerin. He is healthy and happy and resembles his father more than his grandfather the emperor.
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Prince William Frederick Franz Joseph Christian Olaf
Germany
Cecilie
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Emperor
Wanderer of the Ocean Ways Poem Teaches Loss
A verse by Sidney Royse Lysaght laments a lone traveler adrift among old ocean routes. It speaks of beauty past, twilight magic, and the longing for a near comrade to share grief and unlock the sea’s hidden meanings.
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Heaven
Earth
Sidney Royse Lysaght
New York's Unread Bibles Find Growing Bible Distribution
The New York World reports Rev John Wesley Hill’s claim that the bible is almost a closed book in New York is challenged by data from the New York Bible Society. In Manhattan and the Bronx last year the society distributed 9,882 Bibles and gospels, an increase of 12,382 volumes over the prior year.
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New York World
John Wesley Hill
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
New York Bible Society
Bible still widely read despite criticism in 1908
The American Bible Society reports 1 895 941 Bibles circulated in 1908 with 843 400 distributed in the United States. Readers seek biblical editions from secular publishers and the Bible remains influential in education, home life, and English prose, while some doubt its verbal inspiration. San Francisco hosts a Hindoo church claimed unique in the western world.
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American Bible Society
United States
Sodom
Lot
Aaron
Vineyard
New Eingland
Geronimo Surrender Ends Southwest Terror in 1886
A historical account recalls General Miles defeating Geronimo after years of pursuit across Arizona and New Mexico. The Apache chieftain and his band finally surrendered unconditionally at Fort Bowie, ending a long era of conflict and terror for settlers.
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Lawton
Okla
Geronimo
Arizona
Southwest
United States Army
United States
Turkey Creek
Fort Apache
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Crook
Pene
Sierras
Department
Miles
Fort Bowie
Gatewood
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Squire
Rosh Hartswick
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Unread Bibles
San Francisco
Mabel
Marlon
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