Power Plant Built On Air Bubbles In Canadian Wilderness
A historic mining camp near Cobott in the Canadian wilderness describes a pioneering power project. Miners built an underground air driven plant with a vast water turbine, steel shafts, and a twenty inch steel pipe line to deliver compressed air for drilling, while fighting harsh rapids, dangerous tunnels, and remote terrain.
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Dod
Fts
Gcolarlo
Mont- Teal
Kotsten
Cobott
Cobalt
Odges and Moisture The Strangest School Smell Tale
A Chicago Record Herald recounts a prep school graduate recalling a commandant who could detect the faintest smoke odor in a room during daily inspections. By dampening a fingertip on the nostrils the odor became perceptible, a trick attributed to moisture carrying smoke particles to the olfactory nerves, with broader notes on odor detection in chemistry and perfumery.
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Seo
Bos
Oolf
Chicago Record-Herald
Counting Heads The First Census By Moses In The Wilderness
The article recounts ancient census practices from China Japan Rome and the Bible noting Moses conducted a one day census of fighting men in Israel totaling 608 550. It contrasts apportionment by wealth and status across cultures and cites the World newspaper summary.
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China
Japan
Soion
Athens
Servius Tullius
Rome
Campus Martius
Moses
Israel
Aaron
New York World
Why on earth do you come to me to borrow money
In a brisk exchange, Harkaway chides Billups for borrowing money and suggests Jorrocks as the prosperous lender. Billups notes Jorrocks spends every penny, while Harkaway claims Billups should save. The scene captures a light, humorous moment from Harper’s Weekly.
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Billups
Harkaway
Jorrocks
Harper's Weekly
It Was His Own. Shirley Brooks Meets Composer Salamar
Shirley Brooks, famed Pinch editor, met composer Charles Salamar. Salamar quipped that he had seen Brooks’s face many times but did not know to whom it belonged. Brooks replied that it always belonged to him.
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Shirley Brooks
Charles Salamar
Shirley
Brooks
Brooke
Stronger Than Sympathy inbarbarous fight dialogue
A Chicago Record-Herald snippet presents dialogue referencing stronger sympathy for the underdog in a barbarous fight and a dealer emphasizing money bet on the dog. The quoted lines reflect tense wagering and a callous tone about the contest.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Tenor Joins Vested Choirs Amid Mixed Reactions
A Life column quips about a new tenor joining the choir causing chatter among members. The piece notes comparisons to Felice and Jones and hints at tension as the newcomer earns attention.
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Smith
Felice
Jones
Customs Officer Baby Born at Home or Abroad
A terse note questions whether a baby was born at home or abroad, with the mother stated as abroad and a quip about paying duty. The source text reads as a cryptic exchange and illustrator caption rather than a full article. The details are fragmentary and uncertain.
A Charming Princess and a Daring Barbdos Sail Rescue
A portrait of the Greek royal child Princess Rene and her lineage as daughter of Crown Prince Constantine and sister of Princess Sophia. A separate tale from Barbdos recalls a boy clinging to a 45 foot sail during a sugar mill accident, then safely descending after a 1800 foot perilous ride.
Selected Words Game and Riddle Exchange
A description of a word guessing game between two sides using common words with multiple meanings. It includes sample questions and answers like why a wig fits a riddle about a head and tail and when tailors and house agents share business.
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D&ks
Renta
The Small Gray Mouse and the Kitten
A verse from St. Nicholas describes a small gray mouse fleeing a kitten. The mouse runs east, west, north, and south trying to escape the kitten’s teeth. The kitten grows vain and curious, then the mouse slips up the chimney to safety.
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Amber
Wilderness
Barpados
Conundrums
Kitty
Pantie
St. Nicholas
Grocers—Butchers
Walnut Street
Nutley, N. J
Barr Brothers
Barr Service
Barr Bros
W. O. Davis
Passaic Ave
Chestnut ST
Harry E. Hunt
Office
Columbia Building
Nutley Station
W. A. .Johnston
First Ward Shoe Store
Joe Ciccone
Prop
Franklin Ave
Keyser & Fleming
Beech St
Nutley, WN
Chestnut. Street
Post Ofice
Don
Chambers
Street
New York
Insurance and Real Estate
A. L. Huntley
High Street
App. W. Nutley Station
Nutley Terrace
John Hart
P.O
Passaic, R. F.D
Povershon
S. E. Blair
Centre Street
A.m.decker
Chestnut Street
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