God's Green Inn and a Last Chance Romance
The tale blends a poem by Theodosia Garrison with a domestic drama as Montfort and Miss Ferringham navigate Archie’s future. Montfort urges action to spare Archie from a doomed romance while Miss Ferringham weighs aging, love, and the lure of illusion in a tense tea-table confrontation.
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The
Green Inn
God's Green Inn
God’s Green Inn
Theodosia Garrison
Scribner's Magazine
Miss Ferringham
Archie
Montfort
Julia
Apples and applesauce rhubarb in a barroom chat
A group in a Philadelphia bar swaps tales about apples. The talk ranges from green varieties to russets and Astrakhans, boasting on the fruit’s virtues and many uses. A sharp toast about stomach ache ends the genial ramble after the round is paid.
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Astrakhans
Philadelphia Record
Spanish iron export totals for seven months end July
The report shows Spain exported 5,448,200 tons of iron ore in the seven months ending July, against 5,845,466 tons in the same period last year. Engineer notes the figure reflects a decline in ore shipments year over year.
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Spain
Towns Built on Craters and the Belt of Fire
London lecture by W Herbert Garrison F R G S described Earth’s volcanic belt around the Pacific, noting 300 active volcanoes and towns built on craters such as Edinburgh Keswick Aden C and Auckland Brentor and Etna’s historic eruptions. A boiling lake photo from New Zealand was shown.
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London Institution
W. Herbert Garrison
Krakatoa
Straits of
Sunda
Java
Sumatra
Garrison
Pacific Ocean
South America
Alaska
Kamchatka
Japan
Sunda Straits
New Zealand
Hawaiian Islands
Mrs. Garrison
Etna
London Express
Weyerhaeuser plans largest U S sawmill near Orofino Idaho
The Weyerhaeuser Timber syndicate proposes a two million dollar project near Orofino Idaho to build what would be the nation’s largest sawmill with an output of 200 000 to 260 000 feet daily. Plans include two logging road lines 8 and 45 miles long connecting with the Northern Pacific railroad and tapping 3 000 000 000 feet of pine timber at Whisky and Orofino creeks confluence. The log reservoir will flood 300 acres on Granite canyon’s north fork of the Clearwater. the syndicate owns thousands of acres and is buying nearby lands. A forest protection push may withdraw thousands of acres and limit timber activity. Frederick Weyerhaeuser of St Paul plans to expand operations in the Spokane District, creating jobs for thousands.
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Weyerhaeuser Timber Syndicate
Orofino
Idaho
Spokane
United States
Pot Jateh
Northern Pacific Railway
Granite Canyon
Clearwater
Frederick Weyerthaeuser
St. Paul
Northwest
The Jeweller's Advice
A nervous suitor debates buying a ring for his partner as a jeweller warns that she will compare to more expensive options. The adviser urges choosing a ring within the man’s means, noting women often favor the visible price tag over the budget. The man contemplates a $110 piece.
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Kansas City Star
The First Light and the Torch’s Ancient Glow
The passage traces human illumination from fire and cave torches to early lamp forms. It notes primitive use of firefly light, the torch as lamp, and innovations culminating in a waxy candle with a central fuel and exterior wick. It cites St Nicholas.
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St. Nicholas
Indians and War Paint Tradition Origin Story
A Native American tale explains face painting with stripes. A chief hunted deer and, nearly exhausted, called on the Great Bear for aid. Bear bled and scrambled blood on the hunter. Lion scratched the blood from his face by accident, revealing striped marks that remained as a protective hunting charm.
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Filion
Imian
Walking to work vs the pleasure of walking back
A well known physician notes walking to work yields benefits while most people still expect the pleasure of walking the other way. The remark contrasts practical health gains with a preference for a reversed routine.
Hard S wn at Novels Harpers Weekly View
A contemporary reader argues that the best way to pick novels is not to choose any, and the second best is to avoid novels by living authors. The piece reflects a cautious stance on contemporary fiction and authors.
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Harper’s Weekly
Father's Sacrifice in Vain Over Boy's Fatal Burns
Geo Klotzenbacher endured extensive skin grafting after his four year old Emil suffered fatal burns from a toy street car with a lit candle. The father donated skin for grafts, fell seriously ill, and died months later, while the child's wounds did not heal properly despite the sacrifice.
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Geo. Klotzenbacher
Emil
Lafayette
Ind
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tub uses at the farm raise a question
A Georgia student on vacation asks about a farm tub near a water pump. Jim, a Black laborer, explains the tub is used to hold water to keep it from leaking, reflecting a brief exchange rich in dialect and implied labor context.
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Georgia
Jim
Marie George
George
Harper’s Weekly
Novel Sea Mine Invention by Capt Karl Leon
Swedish artillery Captain Karl Leon claims a combined torpedo and sea mine. The device can be fired from ship tubes and used as a torpedo or deployed as a mine in open sea, remaining at a chosen depth for extended periods to threaten ships in sheltered waters.
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Karl Leon
Leon
Overwork and Crowding Drive City Death Rates
A quotation from Woods Hutchinson in Harper's Magazine argues that urban life causes high mortality through overwork and overcrowding. He notes the 1900 census shows laborers at 20.2 deaths per thousand, higher than farmers and merchants, with improvement seen only when patients rest in well ventilated rooms and receive nourishment.
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United States
Woods Hutchinson
Harper’s Magazine
Odd Facts About Eyes Lecture Reveals Wink Art
Prof Stirling at the Royal Institution yesterday discussed eye lore including how many lashes grace the lids and their replacement cycle. He described three kinds of tears, the sensation of brushing eyebrows, and noted a Japanese eyelid fold while pointing out similar folds in babies.
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Stirling
Royal Institution
London Mail
Judge interrupts case to tend potatoes in Georgia
In Cochran Georgia Judge Edwards presides over a puzzling civil case. He quietly scribbles a note, places it under a paper weight, and tells the arguing lawyer to continue. He plans to deliver his decision after tending his potatoes as rain threatens. The Nashville Banner notes the scene.
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Cochran
Edwards
Nashville
Manayunk Paperhanger Catches Beard in Safe
George Edgement of Jefferson street and Hermitage lane Manayunk was trapped when the safe door shut on his beard after he returned to his office with bills. He forgot the combination and was found an hour later by his daughter as a locksmith opened the safe.
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George Edgement
Jefferson Street
Hermitage Lane
Manayunk
Edgement
Philadelphia Inquirer
Powers of Vision Across Lands and Peoples
The piece claims eyesight varies by habitat with Eski mos spotting a white fox in snow from afar while desert Arabs detect distant objects on vast plains. It notes civilized Norwegians have the best eyesight, contrasting barren lands with obstacle-free sight.
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Africa
Starbuckville Mayor and a New York memory tour
In the Adirondacks, a walk from the hotel leads to the deteriorating village of Starbuckville where a self styled Mayor chats with visitors about life past. A New York comparison recalls Harlem’s 125th Street era and the old split of North and South Ticonderoga fading into a single modern town.
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New York
Ticonderoga
Jower
Adirondacks
Starbuckville
Uattle
Harlem
125Th Street
Seventy-second Street
116Th Street
Paris Morgue to be demolished for new mortuary
London Globe reports that Paris will replace the cramped morgue after years of criticism. M Lepine closed the old facility described as a road behind Notre Dame, citing its grim purpose and the Apache corpses. A city council commission will study plans abroad for a larger mortuary.
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Paris
M. Lepine
Notre Dame
d’Esparches
Corpes
London Globe
Charged Up to Him at the Mountain Inn Porch
A proprietor of a famed mountain inn shows a guest the scenery and jokes about electrical storms. He notes the air on the porch is "heavily charged" and the guest wittily replies that even off the porch he would feel charged, in a humorous Chicago News item.
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Chicago News
Rainfall Measure Converts Water to Weight per Acre
A remark on an inch of rainfall equaling 100 tons of water per acre cited from Life magazine. The statement underscores the dramatic mass of precipitation and its implications for land and weather discussions.
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