The Pony Express Rider and Annie at Fort Union
In 1862 Santa Fe a tired Pony Express rider meets a brave, capable girl named Annie. Mead pushes through a pursuing war party on a broken mustang to reach Fort Union, aided by Annie who later joins him with a stubborn resolve and a modest sum of money.
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Plaza of
Santa Fe
Pony Express
Harry
Fort Union
Corral
Harry” Simmons
Ralph Mead
Connecticut
Mead
Harry Simmos
Simmons
Pecos
White Mountain
Meady
Annie
Rose Jar Memory Poem by Thomas Jones Jr
A sentimental poem compares memory to a rose jar kept with petals and fragrance. The speaker recalls a lost love and a garden past, claiming memories stay fresh despite time and death while the gentle face remains like roses at her feet.
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Deank
Thomas §. Jones, Jr
Appleton
Booklovers Magazine
Mic in Mines Urges Testing Air With Mice
A note argues using white mice to test mine air for dangerous gas. It cites that 0.4 percent carbon monoxide can render a mouse unconscious in three minutes while a man feels no symptoms for half an hour. Prompt testing by mine operators is urged.
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South Africa
Hebrew Rumors Stir Memphis Over Hebrew Bricks Crisis
In Memphis a palace gathering hears Hebrew officials led by Jahziel begging Pharaoh for straw to make bricks. Akhoris and trusted agents plant fear to weaken Moses and Aaron while Kephren’s circle channels stories through priests and soldiers to shape royal judgment.
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Moses
Pharaoh
Osiris
Egypt
Goshen
Akcharis
Memphis
Mykerinus
Aaron
Akchoris
Royal
Fam
Kephren
Akhoris
Mykecrinus
Jahziel
The Choice of Paint and Prepared Coatings
An essay argues the value of ready for use prepared paints over hand mixed varieties. It highlights cost, quality, and convenience, noting rising lumber costs and growing paint consumption while stressing brand reputation and dealer reliability. A separate amusing anecdote recalls riveters tricked by a mashed potatoes landlady.
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Rome
Heir to Their Hairlessness Joke From Magazine of Fun
A young man laments early hair loss while his father and grandfather went balding at twenty. A nickle-nosed observer savors the joke, noting the man is the heir to their hairlessness.
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Magazine of Fun
Nautical Ponderings On Weighing Anchor
A young woman asks why ships weigh anchor when leaving port and a friend replies that the weight varies due to barnacles and other accretions on the anchor, a playful London Mews quip highlighting nautical terms.
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London Mews
Easily Followed Advice From Hale On Duties
A fragment quotes Ed ward Everett Hale urging daily deference to a superior and mentions a simple duty about interacting with a cook when a wife is away, in a Kansas City context. The snippet suggests social etiquette guidance rather than a full event.
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Edward Everett Hale
Kansas City
Superstitions Among Girls and the Practical Fairies
Margaret E. Sangster reflects on enduring schoolgirl superstitions and their quaint history. She argues most fears fade with study while praising practical virtues as the real fairies of daily life: Order, System, Promptness, Obedience, Hope, Courage and Love.
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Sha
Joseph B. Bowles
Inexpensive Frocks Offer Summer Fabrics At Many Prices
Readers can find lawn frocks and fabrics from ten cents to three dollars. Descriptions include white lawns with pink rosebuds, delicate green leaves, and washable samples. Also offered are dotted swisses, embroidered swisses, dimities, organdies, and swisses with small floral patterns and modern designs.
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Dresden
China
Vicar of Stoke Lyne Endures Empty Church After Tragic Death
In Oxfordshire Stoke Lyne the vicar Rev William Bryant faces a closed church scene with no congregation except his daughter who killed herself. An inquest blamed parish tensions for the tragedy and the coroner’s findings prompted a home office inquiry request.
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Stokes Lyne
Oxfordshire
Nghe
London Graphic
William Bryant
Bryant
Russian Conscripts and Army Size in Peace Time
The text notes an annual addition of about 280 000 conscripts to the Russian army. It states a peacetime total around 1 000 008 men, describing this as the largest standing army.
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Ati
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Joseph J. Bowles
W.S. Edson
Scripture Authority
Emphis
Kephrew
Mykeri Wus
Khephren
Margaret E. Sangster
Mabel
Priscilla
Bremih
Enly
Helen
Elda
James Whiteomb Riley
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