Island Wedding Sparks Island Dramas on Thunder Island
Roberta MacBeth and Sir George wed secretly after a night of worry as Roberta’s husband is absent and the fire party fades. The Dowager Lady Sandison and Aggy resolve to support the couple while Robert MacBeth grapples with jealousy and concern for his daughter. The island atmosphere blends family banter with a bold, impulsive marriage.
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Rupert Mac Beth
Roberta
Sir George
Ward
New York
Crase
Bridgetown
Roberth
Browne
Robert MacReth
MacBeth
Aggy
MicBeth
Rob
Agmy
Robert MacBeth
Agey
Yvet
Roberta MacBeth
Foberta
Lady Sandison
Robert MacKett
Geordie
August
Sandison
Taddie
George
inJan
Bobbie
Pear
Lady Sandisen
Sandisbrae
Jannie
Scotland
The Finding of Happy Moon by The Calldrens Corner
The Red children fear the sky as the North Wind grows angry and the Moon disappears. Old-man-above-the-sky wakes, Naquil flies, and Strong Heart awakens in a dark, hollow bed as a mysterious night unfolds with the Moon gone and looming threats.
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Naquill
Strong Heart
Naquil
Happy Moon Restored By Strong Heart In Afar Tale
Strong Heart on a mountain watches Na-quil and the North Wind chase the moon. Na-quil flees toward the South as the North Wind follows. Strong Heart finds the Moon, names her Happy Moon, and she laughs as Na-quil returns with a new Moon hung high in the sky.
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Strong Heart
Na-quil
Naquil
Happy Moon
Sam
Oldman
Noquil
Odd Safety Rules From Several States
The text notes North Yakota prohibits children under fifteen from approaching closer than ten feet to a locomotive unless with a parent or guardian. Georgia requires a life guard at beaches with a bright red bathing suit and a leather neck harness for a 200 foot life line. North Carolina mandates a two foot gap between twin beds.
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North Yakota
Georgia
North Carolina
Belief in Egyptian Tomb Curse Persists in Ireland
The Defroit Free Press notes that many in Ireland still fear disturbing pharaohs tombs and believe graves, even of the poor, should not be touched. A U S visitor found Ireland's family burial sites poor and sought permission to drain and improve a cemetery. On the west coast raising a body after burial is thought to trigger a great storm.
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Ireland
Egypt
United States
Bride Shock Over Telex Revelation Misread Verse
A clergyman’s telegraph to a bride went awry when she saw John 4:18 instead of John 14:18. The operator left out a character changing the message from a warning about five husbands to a verse about love casting out fear, causing a frightful moment before the error was found.
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London
Dutch Money Lenders and Foreign Financing Rules
The Dutch have long been identified as world money lenders. By 1700 a decree from the states general banned foreign loan transactions without consent. Additional placet de caten restrictions barred Dutch participation or interest in foreign corporations to keep capital from aiding rivals of Dutch trading companies.
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States General
Intricacies of Kinship in Southern Life
Howard Mumford Jones notes in Scribner's Magazine that kinship ties weave through Southern life. In Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia almost everyone seems related, shaping comments on marriages and political appointments and guiding northern observers to be cautious in public remarks.
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South
Howard Mumford Jones
Scribner's Magazine
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Rain Prayer Sparks Church Scene From Georgia Drought
A Col lier s Weekly excerpt recalls a Georgia drought year when a church service turns into a plea for rain. A parson prays while congregants loudly urge divine aid as one woman objects to prayers for useless drizzle. The piece blends humor with communal urgency amid hardship.
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Georgia
Colored Brethren
Magnificent Elm in Marietta Records Age and Size
The elm in Marietta Ohio is said to be about 500 years old. Its trunk girth is twenty seven feet two inches and it has a crown spread once 108 feet, reduced by fifteen feet. At eight feet high the tree divides into five large branches, each as big as a full grown elm.
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New Englands
Marietta
Ohio
Gauging Age of Stars in Scientific Time Scales
The article notes that while the earth is ancient, stars are much older. Three astronomical methods yield a consistent age range for stars from five million to ten million years, with human scales illustrating vast cosmic ages. George von Hevesy comments in Science.
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George von Hevesy
Science
Doctor George Albery Clinic One Block North Of Post Office
The notice names Dr. George Albery offering 24 hour call service with office and hospital access one block north of the post office.
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George Albery
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J. G. Schoon
Monticello, Iowa
Burris
Rock of Ages
J. E. Bateman
Disrael
Dr. A. M. Maurice
Lowell
Elwyn Patterson
Monticello State Bank
Iowa
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Burrichter Building
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsss
Doxsee
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Lovell
Monticelio
Lord Tennyson
America
Lucis Ssvikhe Dance
Soy Fourdes
the American Tobacco Co
Mira
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