Return to the Old Church and Lost Names
A reflective poem recalls childhood paths to a church by a silver brook. The speaker mourns vanished friends and a weathered name carved on a tree, then finds solace entering the church where birds provide a peaceful chorus.
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Fire at the Lead woodpile tests town and lovers
A massive woodpile powering Lead’s mills catches fire threatening the town’s prosperity. Jans Jensen leads a desperate effort to smother the blaze from the top, while Nell Onderdock watches, hoping for a heroic turn. The fire dies as the logs are starved of air and the town resumes grinding the furnaces.
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Honest Man and the Temptation of a Ten Dollar Bill
A Boston Globe exchange notes a man with a scar on his chin admitting he took $5 too much in change and hid the excess. The conversation turns to honesty, temptation, and shared guilt, ending with a reflection on moral worth and justice beyond life.
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Choosing a Captain The Rough and Tumble Custom of Hawaii Fishermen
The article describes how Honolulu market fishermen, now largely Japanese, select a boat captain without votes. After launching, crew members—often boat owners—fight to throw others overboard until one man remains, proving leadership and becoming captain. The winner retains the role until retirement or sale of his share.
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West
Recent Inventions Share Clever Mechanical Solutions
A flat spring steel spiral wound around a bar with a sliding collar and four screws marks a new fastened tension device. A California boiler design cleanses water by circulating it to deposit impurities into a bottom funnel drawn off via faucet. A razor sharpener uses a circular powdered surface folded to the blade to grind as it moves. An elevator safety feature adds a curved steel bar with end blocks to grip the ways, held by levers on the cable. Two English patentes cover a lock bottle with a key released yoke to protect cork or stopper. A mud guard bicycle support uses dual hinged rods and a curved plate to scrape the tire and stabilize the wheel when parked.
Only Estate of Its Kind
There is one point to which I wish to call your attention said the owner of a fine or colonial palace to a prospective purchaser This estate is I believe absolutely unique in this particular among estates with buildings as old as this one It was never occupied by Washington as headquarters. Philadelphia Press
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Maine Birch Forests At Risk From Looming Mill Demand
Foresters warn that Maine’s vast white birch stands may not endure long under current output. Seventeen spool mills and numerous 10 valley novelty plants consume timber at about 85,000,000 to 40,000,099 feet per year, prompting concern among industry and conservationists.
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Congressman Botkin Endorses Peruna Cures Catarrh
Kansas congressman Botkin credits twenty five years of stomach catarrh being cured by Peruna and Manalin. Letters from users like Frank Richter and Mrs Selina Vanner support Peruna as an effective remedy, with testimonials on stomach relief and digestion improved. Dr Hartman offers free advice from the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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