Alberta and the Bad Boy on a magical island
Alberta a kind girl is stranded with the bad boy Robert after a firecracker scheme blows them to a sea island. A tiny old woman ferries Alberta home after a year of servitude and transforms Robert back to a boy if he reforms. Eventually Alberta and Robert reunite with family.
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Lberta
Attec
Alberta
Bobby
Robert
Secon
Dee
Miles
Milex
Somebod
Avery
Birdie
Ono
Berta
Kingfishers Hunt Snipe by Passaic River Outing
In the Passaic River between Newark and Avondale kingfishers dominate the waterside scene, pursuing snipe and other birds while the snipe struggles to escape after a swift zigzag pursuit. The piece notes the river’s ecology and the birds’ aggressive behavior.
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Passaic
Newark
Avondale
Lleville
A Mexican Walk Through Mexico City With A Painful Funeral
In Mexico City the author wanders near the president’s palace and Cathedral, notes pawn shop displays and flower stalls, and recounts a loud funeral procession. A street orator captivates bystanders while a drunk welcomer tries to charm the observer, revealing street life and mixed poverty and courtesy.
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Mexico
Pawnebop
City of
Montezuma
Cortes
Chapultepec
Evores
Pover
Cathedral Park
The Irish Fair and Market Day Traditions Explored
A vivid travelogue celebrates Irish fairs and markets, detailing bustling crowds, cattle and pig sales, butter fairs, and the social fabric. It contrasts fair day excitement with wake customs, weddings, courting rituals, and community cheer, noting humor and resilience in rural life.
One Way to Pay Postage
A Detroit Free Press item shows a girl asking for a stamp at a window. A clerk gives two pennies in exchange and the girl mails a letter without a stamp, then asks about the missing postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ditson Gift Sparks Debate On Home For Poor Singers
An article notes Oliver Ditson left 15000 for a home for poor singers while observers doubt the fund will suffice. It also reports Rev. Arthur T. Pierson resigns from Bethany Church to head missions in Boston and cites rapid growth in the American Board Japan mission from 42 to 7080 converts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Ditson
Arthur T. Pierson
Bethany Church
Philadelphia
Iiment
Missai Wane
Buxton
Japan Mission
The
American Board
Sandwich Islands
Influence and the universal reach of our conduct
The writer argues that no one lives unto themselves but everyone lives within a web of mutual influence. Thoughts words and deeds affect others and draw people to our way of behaving. Even humble individuals are central to someone’s circle and can shape others through example and imitation.
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Theira
Paris
Knowledge Not Always Wealth In English Pensions Spark Debate
The piece discusses self control as a regulator of human power likening man to a machine and love as the guiding force. It notes Rev. J G Wood family poverty and a broader look at the English pension list listing Sir John Steell Miss Gordon Cumming John Bell and others as examples of talented individuals in indigent circumstances.
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Dispatom
New York
Buffalo Bill
Broadway
London
Poole, Whitaker
Hill
Poole
Cowper
Coleridge
Etthusome
Fenelon
Bedlam
J. G. Wood
Society of Authora
John Steell
Gordon Cumming
John Bell
Tullogh
John Leech
Balfour Stewart
Pope
Michael Angelo
Edinburgh
Christ
W. F
Numerical mind reading trick shown by Perkins and Jones
In a dialogue from a theater or lecture scene, Perkins asks Jones to perform a math trick. Jones identifies the method as numerical mind reading after Perkins multiplies a number by 121, erases the first digit, and reveals the remaining digits as 4 563, leading to the puzzle solution.
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Jones
Perkins
Rip Regan
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Bad Boy
Ernest H. Heinrichs
Sues
Mae
Grong
Wesker
Berry Wall
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Taney
Fifth Avenue
England
Prince of Wales
America
Booth
Jefferson
E. Berry Wall
Amon
Seriou
Geous
Seward
Moustebane
T Ee Heeman
Tam
Emme
L. B
France
Athlone
Imelaxo
Donegal
Kerry
St Ballinasloe
Cork
Belfast
Dublin
Limerick
Ballinasloe
Ireland
Whataver
Gree
County Kerry
Seleme
Ay Coortin
Englan
Evear L
Wakeman
Dl Rt
Church News
Duluth
Wrath of God
Canton
China
Science and Religion
God— Murphy
Peacer
Lord Berkley
Rexonse
Lested
Adidress Communications
BE. R. Cuzmounn
Lewiston
Maine
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Isl
Hla
Clalle
E. W. Hamnm
Sineas
Israel
Bins F Eald
Pennsylvania
Bism & Rae Pole Gee
Zeolite
Cadi
Hamet
Selim
Murad
Pirato
Matres
ARMAE
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