The North Side battalion battles riot in Wyoming town
In a dramatic 19th century siege, Colonel Drummond leads a company to quell a violent mob amid burning buildings and smoke. Lieutenant Wing orders restraint, then charges, ending with a fatal wound to the rioter and the revelation of a long-held vendetta. Wing mourns as the regiment reunites with family and a romantic entanglement blossoms.
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North Platte
Drummond
Wing
Mark
Feeny
Haa
C Troop
Lord Evandale's Bold Courtship on the Cobra Sea
On the Cobra voyage from Buenos Ayres to Southampton, George Carew rises from social ostracism to reveal a hidden ring and win Joyce Neville. The ring theft scare exposes his innocence and he learns he inherits a title as Lord Evandale. Mrs Bouverie’s prized ring is found and returned.
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George Carew
Royal Mail
Cobra
Buenos Ayres
Southampton
Carew
Ida Lennox
Mrs. Bouverie
Corunna
Lord Evandale
Joyce Neville
Miss Neville
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Giant Stride: How to Build a country toy pole saddle
A detailed set of instructions from Youth's Companion explains constructing a wooden pole ride dubbed a giant stride. It describes selecting a straight hickory pole, shaping a top iron pin, adding a cross bar with rope saddles, and forming a hand piece to swing around the pole with two players looping their legs through saddles to stay aloft.
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Frank
Little People In Other Lands From the American Agriculturist
The article contrasts German childrearing with Japanese child development. It notes German children weed gardens early, train as farmers by age 12, and face ten months of schooling with outdoor work during breaks. It criticizes Japanese babies learning to creep on hands and feet, describing their awkward early walking posture.
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Wing
Wyoming
Drummond
Jim
Fan
the Newbern
Ruth
Carew
Miss Lennox
Lennox
North
George Carew
Miss Neville
Bay of Biscay
Caren
Gray
Joyce
Corunna
Germany
Two Tiny Salvation Army Babies Share a Platform
The New York Ledger describes Commander Booths two young children, Myrtle Theodora and her sibling, appearing at Salvation Army meetings. The older child speaks briefly to audiences while both are taught to give away toys and sweets to the poor, with their mother noting concern over spoiling them.
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Salvation Army
Commander Booth
Army
Ruth
Esther Cleveland
Booth
Myrtle Theodora
Theodora
God
New York Ledger
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Stone
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Fanny
Department Headquarters
Lord Rosebery
Lord Roachery
England
Liberal Party
Archibald Philip Primrose
Rosebery
Windward
Misa Neville
Soudan
Harper
Dolly
Pat
St. Nicholas
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Wyndham
Dangeven
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