Billy and Dalton Seek New Life at Aunt Sue’s Inn
Billy helps his family cope with poverty by renting two rooms for two weeks to Mr. Dalton and Mrs. Cornish at Aunt Sue’s boardinghouse. The guests bring plans for outings and a hoped-for improvement in the family’s fortunes as Billy assists with arranging the stay and guiding the visitors through the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Brooks
Thomas-Dalton
Edward Cornish
Dalton
Bills
Dmima
Sue
W. Allen
Japan Reports Discovery of Unknown Island east of Formosa
The New York Sun notes Japan raises a flag on a hitherto unknown island about 280 miles east of Formosa named Nishigawa. Japanese agent Nishihata touts wealth from shells, mother of pearl, coral, and abundant calcium phosphate for fertilizer. Feathers from osaiori birds fetch Euro markets, with limited fauna and tropical flora described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Nishigawa
Nishihata
Nistinsta
Grat Rumberg Ani
Europe
France
New York Sun
Aesop in Little Italy Story Told by Italian School
In a city Italian quarter a schoolteacher relates Aesop to her class. Tony retells the fox and the grapes in broken English, ending with a comical misquote about the grape being sour and a dynamic bid for Danan. Argentina is noted for funding a national women’s council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Joe
Strength of an Eagle How Much Weight It Can Carry
From Forest and Stream the article discusses eagle lifting power. It cites weights of an adult male eagle about 11.25 pounds and a female around 12 pounds, compares to horned owl four to five pounds, marsh hawk, goshawk, and hawk capacities to carry prey. It claims eagles could carry eighteen to twenty pounds if needed, with an anecdote of an eagle lifting a heavy skid and a man weighing 4119 pounds.
Old Favorites and The Slave in the Dismal Swamp
A fragmented poem collection presents a lyrical contrast between Mrs. Lofty’s wealth and a true heart in a bluesy domestic vignette, followed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Slave in the Dismal Swamp describing a scarred enslaved man hiding in a misty marsh with themes of freedom and Cain’s curse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goa
Cain
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fooled in a Lunatic Asylum Visit in Liverpool
The writer recalls an outing at a primate asylum where guests wore evening dress. A first partner seemed unsettled, while a second, handsome man drew attention before a doctor joined. The piece mixes tales of graft and a golfer’s mishap with a five dollar sting, ending with a fading query on future play.
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Lunatic Asylum
Liverpool Mercury
Wwe 2
Cary
Jove
Dante
Teigigua Martiac
A. Weiter
Lippincott’s
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Mera
Bene
Re,ster
Shome
Léslieys Monthly
Ily
Sgum
Middle Village
Mrs. Fawn
Billy Red
Roem
Pembridge
Play- Snyder
Sua
Ale
Dogsibje
Shea
Bibbie
Joish
Willy
Ohaire
Wan E
Petter
Cornish
Hawk
Ajj
Jeayail
Gaid Dalton
Japan
Aesop
Italy
Argentina
Counci .of
Mina
Neer
Tife
Tia
Bands
Hera
Fleard
Balrush
Brake
To. O. E. G. Fentil
Harrison Avenue
Montcl
Pascuale
Aqotblack
Harissa Rep
Passaic
Bemdrsoda Brutadaee Hove
Stein
Weashineton
Taitan States
Washington
B. Cc
New York
Preas
Saeki
Tirgést
Mores Pears
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