Sketch of a Water Mill Tale and a Boy and Girl Scene
A narrator recalls an old water mill at a pond edge, once central to local farm life, and recounts a dramatic memory. A seventeen-year-old boy narrates a near death spent rescuing his girl companion Janey from the wheel during a flood, ending with a painting inspired by the tale and a visit to the real people. The piece blends memory, artistry, and rural folklore with a moral about endurance and storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haif
Knights of the Brush
Janey
Casualties of the Cradle in Prussian Lineage
The House of Hohenzollern notes two early eighteenth century princes died in infancy. One succumbed to nervous shock from fireworks at birth and another from burden of coronation regalia. Also a quip about cider being germicidal from Lippincott's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
House of Hohenzollern
Brayley Hodgetts
The Poor Man's Dollar and the Millionaire's
A Hannibal Missouri Commercial Club pamphlet condemns indifference to local commerce. It argues the poor man's dollar should circulate within town to support jobs and wages, countering out-of-town mail order buying by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Hannibal, Mo
Mark Twain
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Jefferson
Liberty
Thomas Jefferson
Crorce c. Vest
J. Blommers & Co
Des Moines
Daily Capital
Pella
Pella, Iowa
Edward Gillette
American Press Association
Stubbs
Doston Transcript
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Light Horse
Lippincott's
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Ill
D. L. Musselman
Ulinoi
Catarra
Ely
SLY Brothers
Warren St
New York
TY. G. Fultz
Lowa
J. C. Mitten
iPost
J. Thomassen
Geelhoed
S. G. Vander Zyi
Owa
P. A. Edmond
Wormhoudt
Pella Public Library
Julia Vanzante
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