Snakes Swallowing Young A Debunked Seattle Tale
Nomad notes declining snake populations around Boston due to habitat loss. A Portland Express debate claims snakes swallow their young for protection. Eyewitness anecdotes from Indiana and West Virginia describe young found inside slain mothers, but experts doubt such cases. The piece surveys myths about snakes, noting many tales are sensational but unsupported.
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Saya
Boston Transcript
Soukes
Bowtom
Nomad
Boston
Portland Express
Indiana
West Virginia
Cinnamon's Ancient Stature in Trade and Use Across Eras
Cinnamon, the bark of Ceylon’s tree, prized since antiquity, spread to lands like Inava, the West Indies, Braad and Egypt. Mentioned in biblical texts as perfuming and anointing material, it traveled via trade routes and Arabian importers. The finest cinnamon from Ceylon is a thin smooth bark, light brown, highly fragrant with a sweet warm taste due to arene components, used as condiment and medicine flavoring.
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Ceylon
India
West
Indus
Braad
Egypt
Moses
Judea
Bottled Sunshine and a Merry Heart Across Ages
The fragment discusses Bottled Sunshine as a metaphor for a merry heart, contrasting it with scarcity of stater blankets. It notes that children, puppies, kittens, and other young things embody Bottled Sunshine, while precious stones and coal are also described as such. It mentions mercurial temperaments and the joy of a merry heart akin to singing birds in spring.
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Montreal
Model Home Guide From Hoover Aids Builders
Washington June 13 Under Secretary Hoover's direction the Department of Commerce explains costs and design for a model home. Dr John M Gries advises planning a six room house with essential rooms and possible luxuries, noting one thousand dollars per room as a conservative estimate and stressing the need for a sturdy basic structure and efficient interior layout.
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MEA
Washington
Hoovur
Department of Commerce
John M. Gries
Hoover
Dr. Gries
Youth Scouts from Australia Observe Britain on Grand Tour
Australia funds send 300 youths to the Empire Exhibition with 60 boys touring first under Young Australia League, then 250 scouts. The group, aged fourteen to seventeen, hails from distant towns and elite schools, aims to visit France and Denmark, and return via Canada and the United States. Austenian residents plan a warm reception while a £50,000 fundraising effort continues.
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Ure
Werbley
Australia
United Kingswlam
Wiecom
Young Australia League
Schonls Ika Harrow
Eton
Loudon
Australia Pavilion
Boy Scout Movement
France
Great Britain
Denmark
Arst
Canada
United States
Australis
Jida
Quick Transfer of Live Rail Marks A Rail Work Feat
A Northwestern railway engineer moved a 2000 foot section of third rail on a double track without halting traffic. A 17 man gang used rubber gloves wooden levers and 15 foot wooden blocks to slide rails side by side between tracks while insulating cables kept the circuit. The transfer took 80 minutes and Altoona is noted for its vast rail shops.
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Acros
Hachman
Dreary Tasks Give Way to Freer Soul in Grit
Florence Crannell Means reflects on drudgery and the urge for creative escape. She recalls childhood dreams, weaving laurels and forging a lamp for the kitchen, finding freedom as hands toil and mind wanders toward distant shores.
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Florence Crannell
Soldier Well Knew Value of Good Bluff
Blaise de Montine, a French soldier and marshal, led defense of Sten Na in the Italian war. Despite illness, he dressed in crimson velvet and gold lace, rode before his officers, and inspired townsfolk with his bold, stylish resolve.
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Blaise de Montine
France
Blaise
Chronicle of the Times
Tribute to a Buckeye Tree and a Lost Boy’s Memory
A speech in the House honors a venerable buckeye tree as a memorial to a three year old boy who gathered buckeyes and later died. Mir Davey notes a Rotary Elyria Ohio moment where a club president recalls a boy’s buckeye kept through winter, planted in spring, and growing into a symbol of a father’s love and American forests. The tale frames conservation, memory, and a living tribute to a child and to woodland life.
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House of Representatives
America
Martin L. Davey
Chile
Mir Davey
Hig
Rotary Club
Elyria
Ohio
Evory
Old Pilot Town Recalled In Mississippi Bayou Story
A visitor’s noon meal in Old Pilot Town Bayou reveals a dozen residents gathered in a once bustling river community along the Mississippi. The tale recalls the era when the Southwest Pass was a main Mississippi mouth and a pilot once guided ships across the bar.
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Mississippi
Quiss
T- Belf
Gulf of México
Southwest Pass
Old Pilot Town
Pilot Town
Walla
Clark
Parson and son clash over earnings in pulpit debate
In a vivid exchange a pastor quotes a writer selling a few words for £25 while the parson's son retorts about his father preaching briefly and needing eight men to move the money bag. The dialogue satirizes earnings from public speaking and religious duties.
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Tio Kibose
Lim Bu
Parsons
Pistols That Figured in Affairs of Honor
A correspondent details historic pistols used in notable duels. He notes flintlocks from the Burr Hamilton affair also appeared in the Wilkes Burr and Church Barr duels, recounting family ties and a broken pistol found by Richard Church. The piece hints the Burr Hamilton weapon survives as a collector’s item.
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Adropos
Howton Transcript
Thia
Aramilton
Bure
Geneva
N.Y
Richard Church
Mr. Church
Itchard Church
Church
Murr
Angellen Schuyler Church
Darton
Burr
Caine
Hinilton
Vanity and mirrors spark an old gender debate
A French tale and scattered reflections probe vanity and conceit linked to mirrors. The narrative contrasts male sarcasm with female vanity, recounting a voyage vignette where a woman’s gaze on a mirror alters behavior, while a man flees in fear, leaving the dated debate unresolved.
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Mirror
Pathfinder
Womain
Aex
Saan Ad
Qin
Glans
Witla Byttle
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