Grandma Told Stories In A Winter Country Visit
A family travels to Aunt Emma in Matne Mawimnit for the winter. Grandmother recites old tales by the open fireplace as Pitsie Nell and Isle request bears Indians and adventures. The story includes a melted plate from English manufacturing and memories of life near Yarmouth with a log house, a forest, and a distant garrison.
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Nes
Carr
Grandma
Ina
Pitsie
Pleige
Nell
Ste
Emma
Isle
Mya
Ivon
Nellayn
Lotte
Wereleigh Stand
William Woodeee
Aig
Yarmouth
C. M. Reed
Portland Transcript
Block House Fight During Indian Raids in Early Settlement
A frontier family in a timber-gathering clearing defends a block house against an Indian assault. Mrs. Woodleigh forges bullets from pewter plates as James Smith and William Woodleigh hold the barricade with rifles and knives. After a night of gunfire and a roof strike, the attackers retreat and the family moves to the block house, leaving a pewter plate a memory of hardship.
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William Woodleigh
James Smith
Mary
Mr. Woodleigh
James
Joe Wier
Smith
Woodleigh
Mrs. Woodleigh
Savage
Canada
Block House
Means
Molly Finney
Paper wheels from rye straw stock tires and rail mileage rise
The article notes car wheels made from rye straw with a secondary steel tire after 300000 miles. Rail passenger haul has grown from 23 to 27 miles since electric suburban competition began. It also reports gangrene risk from carbolic dressings and lightning events in Kansas City.
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G. E. Shoemaker
Blithe Young King Faces Etiquette Crisis in Spain
The London Chronicle notes King Alfonso XIII seeks an automobile progress while Prime Minister resists a petrol driven royal car as beneath the dignity of the monarch. It recalls Alfonso XII at Sandhurst in a comic anecdote that Madrid may view with disbelief.
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Spain
Alfonso XIII
Lady Currie
Alfonso
Alfonso XII
Sandhurst
Madrid
London Chronicle
The Pot and the Kettle
A Southern State woman from Horsehead meets a New England woman from Scitico on the Scantic. They exchange city origins in a humorous regional exchange from Harper's Weekly.
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New England
New
Fallacy of Blue Blood in Medical Observation
A General Practitioner argues against birth-based social prestige noting that medicine shows no real difference among individuals. He contends population mixing and intermarriage erase claims of superior lineage as scientifically absurd.
Freedom in Christ Sermon by Rev Edward H Rudd
The Rev Edward Huntting Rudd of Dedham preaches on Freedom in Christ at Tompkins Avenue Church Brooklyn. He argues true liberty comes through faith in Jesus Christ and obedience, stressing repentance, growth, and service as essential stages in becoming children and heirs of God.
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Edward Huntting Rudd
Steeif
Brooklyn
N. Y
Congregational Church
Dedham
Tompins Avenue National Church
Judd
Church
Galilee
God
Christ
New England
Lowell
John
Anan
Emerson
Unitarianism
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Gaul
Britain
America
Christ the Redeemer
Carlyle
Robert Burns
Burns
Calvary
Gray
Eton College
Buxton
Jesus Christ
St. Paul
Ephesus
John the Baptist
St. Paul of Old
Paint Me a Picture for His Sake
A moral urging Christians to serve, painting a spiritual image through consecrated deeds. The story cites Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper as a metaphor for dedicated effort. The message: do every duty for God's sake and seek His aid.
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Leonardovici
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Pitste
Alex
Matme
Papa
Yin
Kansas City
First Congregational Church
Charlotte Street
D. G. Fairchild
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