Tragedy Closes In as Tornado Rages Over Chicago Home
Amy Castaldi of Chicago endures a night of terror as a freak tornado destroys her home. The eight year old boy suffers eye injury, lightning and hail pummel the house, and the family seeks shelter in a factory while debris rains down transforming a normal night into a cyclone. The mother’s rescue by a night watchman saves them.
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Ello
Amy Castaldi
Chicago
Amy
Louisville
Castaldis
Wisconsin Dells Formations and Timeless Rock Shapes
Long ago the Wisconsin Dells formed as the Wisconsin River shifted course over limestone valleys. Glacial action carved the rock, creating famous features such as the Turk's Head Balanced Rock the Needle and the Devil's Doorway among others.
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Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin
Dells
English Expressions and Their Peculiar Meanings
A compact note contrasts English expressions with American usage. It cites phrases like a pretty middlin affair and not art to illustrate how British speech conveys degrees of severity and emotion differently.
Threads of Life
A meditation on fate and the intertwined paths of human lives as a single loom weaves patterns unseen. The speaker reflects on how one life crosses others, creating threads that reappear, guide, or drift apart through unknown forces.
Gottes Acker Cemetery In Schoenbrunn Ohio Inscribed
The Moravian village cemetery in Schoenbrunn now in Tuscarawas county Ohio is called Gottes Acker God’s Acre. Read inscriptions include Rebecca daughter of J Levi and Salome who died June 17 1773 Anna Rosina who fell asleep August 1775 and Phoebe widow a great sufferer who passed over January 17 1774.
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Schoenbrunn
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Rebecca
J. Levi
Salome
Anna Rosina
Phoebe
Back to School Around the World in September
The piece surveys students in Manchukuo Russia Egypt and China as September marks the return to studies. It notes white Russian children in exile under government schools and homeless waifs educated in state programs while Egyptian and Chinese pupils pursue lessons amid regional upheavals.
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Manchukuo
Johnny
Robert
Egypt
Belgian Congo
The Tin Can Industry and Its Rising Market
The United States uses about 12 billion cans annually representing a major steel consumer after automobiles. Roughly one hundred cans are produced per person with about 60 percent used for food. The can’s origin traces to Nicolas Appert in 1804 with heating and sealing methods still in use.
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America
Nicolas Appert
Choice of Two Mrs X in a humorous nine
A humorous exchange contrasts two hat styles for fall. Mrs X notes concern over affordability while Mr X jokes about unsuitable choices. The dialogue ends with a light, carefree tone.
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Snoopie
Snoop
C. M. Payne
OWNY
AmBrose
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Jr. Millar
Watt
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Fred
Frank
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