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Love and a Young Pair in a Lyrical Scene
A youthful couple walks along a fragrant path as he declares his first love. She doubts his claim yet their blending voices and shy kiss reveal a playful fiction of unkissedness. The scene, quoted from J. W. Foley in the New York Times, ends with mutual belief in love.
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Cupid
J. W. Foley
The
New York Times
Fence and Wolves Protect Paravgrad Prairie Chickens
In February 1907, a Doukhobor hamlet near Paravgrad Saskatchewan faced starving wolves. With no guns and a barbed wire crown, brothers Simeon and Alexis Vianovitch rigged a circular straw barrier and wire netting over a sleigh to trap wolves. Elders sent aid as Paravgrad’s fence rose to seven feet and the village kept watch under auroras.
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Simeon
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Wolves and the Straw Fire on the Trail
Simeon and Alexis confront a pack of eleven timber wolves during a sleigh chase. They sacrifice the horses to burn off the wolves, using straw torches and a growing blaze to create a protective circle. The wolves retreat as the fire strengthens, while the boys endure the bitter cold twenty eight degrees below zero in heavy furs and blankets.
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Michael Kelly
Podavsko
Vianovitches
Paraygrad
Russia
Simeon
Alexis
Brother
Contentment by David Swing
The essay advocates a simple lifestyle free of exaggerated aims. It urges a quiet home, self planted vines, select books, worthy friendships, innocence, devotion to right, and a religion free of bigotry. The piece argues this philosophy earns the world’s true joy.
Empty Kansas counties show pauper decline on poor farms
Kansas City Journal notes that of 105 counties in Kansas at least fifty have no paupers and half of the county poor farms sit empty except for the keeper who collects a salary awaiting patronage.
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Kansas
Epicuremaine Finds No Genuine Buckwheat Cake in New York
A New York City epicure complains after a winter of dining that he cannot locate a real buckwheat cake in any restaurant and doubts the metropolis can produce one.
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Epicure
New York City
Metropolis
Inventions and Theories Highlight Berlin Exposition
An article surveys Berlin exposition innovations including liquid air as a power rival to steam and electricity, a Wetterhorn railway elevator rising 450 meters, and seamless copper sheet welding. It notes plans to electrify Afghan forts, electro magnets lifting glass, and radium emanation detection for coal mines. Eddington disputes canals of Mars as wrinkles from shrinkage and imagines ancient intelligent life.
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Berlin
Profs. Bhister
Geitel
Escape of the Newly Wed
A Chicago News item notes a newly married couple who survived a wreck with visible injuries yet display evident happiness. The groom jokes about getting bruised and about throwing shoes, while both appear untroubled by scandal or trauma and remain affectionate.
The Best Cash Register Sales Pitch Ends in Jest
A buyer jokes he already has a cash register that tracks income, outgo, and spending while vendor Dan Beck touts the most wonderful model on the market. The quip shifts to a playful mispronunciation ending with a humorous brand line about the Philippines company.
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Dan Beck
The Curse of Children Exposed in Medical Reports
An excerpt from Lancet alleges exploitation of children to obtain organs, noting they are hired for sixpence a day and that markets for such acts have supplanted human beings. The fragment questions the morality and frequency of these practices.
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Esvitence
The Lonely Croaker Sets Alarm Overcoming Silence
A Chicago record herald notes a man spreading fear with warnings that the worst is ahead. The piece casts him as anxious or profiteering, shaping a tense public mood through his ominous claims.
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Chicaza Record-Herald
Quotable Quips From Historical Papers And Jests
A collage of newspaper-style jokes and quips, featuring wry exchanges about culture, new gadgets, religion, temperaments, and social manners. Notable lines touch on a minister, a fountain pen, a patient doctor, a famed tenor, and playful misunderstandings in everyday life.
How to Make a Ticking Mat for Sinks and Ironing
A simple mat recipe from Boston Pest uses ticking and a newspaper layer. Lay ticking on papers, add an old carpet, turn edges, and stitch firmly. The mat should resist dust if made correctly.
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