The Old Man of the Forest Fairy Tale Rescue
In a crowded city tenement a poor family suffers until Julius learns of a mysterious forest recluse who lends gold as a loan. After hardship, the family prospers and Julius seeks repayment only to find a protective guide and a cave treasure. He returns home to find a palace and a golden key promising peace and plenty.
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Julius
Ulias
Black Forest
Belva
Black Foret
Julies
Trenacle
Ebetna Otheen
Jalias
F. Me
Whittier Oak Knoll Visit and Family Mocking Bird Tale
A New York Herald writer recalls a Whittier visit at Oak Knoll for Danvers's 80th birthday. In the library, Whittier's 18-year-old niece Phebe shows a black cat Rip Van Winkle and a mocking bird, noting the trio of pets as a "perfectly happy family." A Boston visitor joked the bird would not last long, Whittier dryly replying the bird has been in the family for over 25 years. The bird's fate remains uncertain.
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New York Herald
Whittier
Oak Knoll
Sage of
Phabe
Boston
Mr. Whittier
Cuiron Trighoure Phabe
Individuality Even the Typewriter Can't Conceal Identity
Dr. Nofsinger Kansas City Postmaster told a Times reporter that typewriters cannot hide the anonymous writer. He said stock phrases and catchwords reveal the author over time through punctuation and machine keystrokes, and even mistakes expose the sender.
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Dr. Nofsinger
Kansas City
Times
Cause of Sea Sickness The Blood Theory
The article reviews sea sickness causes linking it to blood vessel pressure. It notes vessels shift due to waves, causing irregular blood flow. Remedies are said to be traditional and unproven, with a mention of a pork on a string folk remedy.
Revelation and the necessity of divine revelation
The text argues that God exists as a rational, personal being and that revelation is essential to true religion. It defends revelation as a God given means of truth beyond human discovery, answers questions about possibility and likelihood, and links revelation to conscience and the divine will.
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God
Garden of Eden
The Revelation of Truth in Hebrew History
The speaker argues that religious knowledge among nations varies, with the Hebrew nation showing clearer, progressive truths. Revelation, not discovery, underpins five core beliefs: God, duty, providence, forgiveness, and immortality, revealed gradually through Moses, Isaiah, and Jesus, culminating in Christian revelation.
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China
Egypt
God
Moses
Isaiah
Jesus
Nasareth
Christ
George Hones
Columbus
The Little Erskine Williams Child Cartoonist of London
A 10 year old boy Erskine Williams of Stockwell Road is profiled as a remarkable young artist known as Little Erskine the Child Cartoonist. He sketches faces with 다양한 media, including pencil chalk charcoal oil and watercolors, and recently sent a portrait of Mr Gladstone who replied with a handwritten compliment.
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Otto Hegner
Erskine Williams
Little Erskine
Stockwell Road
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
W. E. GuapsTore
Mushroom Poisoning Among Italian Peasants Reported
Illustrated American notes mushroom poisoning is widespread among Italian peasants. Rural dispensaries keep antidotes but delays in delivery often prevent treatment, leading to multiple deaths within families.
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Italy
City of the Sultan and the dogs of Constantinople
The narrative tours Constantinople’s Old City, describing rainbound view from the Bosphorus, the crowded streets, and 700 dogs roaming the wards. It notes the Seraglio, harem legends, Abdul Hamid’s nervous rule, and a visit to the Mosque of St. Sophia with its giant dome and marble halls.
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Seraglio
Mohammed II
St. Sophis
Constantinople
Heliopolis
Baalbec
Mecca
Suffering Sultan and sights of old Constantinople
Mary J. Houmwes recounts a Turkish visit with vivid notes on the sweating pillar of Heliopolis and the mosques of the Bosphorus. She describes the Hip podroma square, the grand bazaar, Turkish beauties, veiled ladies, and Western men gazing amid Moorish etiquette. The narrative ends with a sunset over mosque and minaret as the voyage continues to Athens.
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Heliopolis
St. John
Hippodroma
Theodosius
Constantine
Asia
Scutari
Europe
Bosphorus
Marmora
Athens
Mary J. Houmwes
Boulanger’s Ambition to Win Africa With a New Weapon
A New York World piece portrays General Boulanger as ambitiously plotting a conquest of Africa. It describes a Jersey retreat with a powerful but dangerous weapon that fires tiny projectiles causing extreme pain. The plan allegedly involves ten guns, 1000 troops, and aiding French forces in Dahomey to rally soldiers for a broader campaign against England and Germany.
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Africa
New York World
Boulanger
Napoleon
Isle of
Jersey
Europe
Asries
Dahomey
France
Making Plaster Casts From World Museums
The Corcoran gallery curator explains sourcing plaster casts from major museums in Berlin Paris London with a dealer permitted to cast works from the British Museum. Casting a head needs 50 to 60 plaster pieces and careful layering to form a mold then separate pieces to shape the final statue cast.
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Berlin
Paris
London
Corcoran Gallery
Washington Star
British Museum
Precessor
Civisaris
Reflex nerve action in ice cream shock
A Washington Star writer explains that a large mouthful of ice cream can trigger a chilling reflex in the larynx and pharynx. The sensation is relayed to the brain and follows a branch of the facial nerve across the temple, causing a brief, agonizing pain possibly affecting the eye area.
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Washington Star
Noted Wordplay on Self Praise and Difference
A fragmented verse passage contrasts two similar terms and mocks selfimportance. It uses analogies like tweedlelum and tweedledee to discuss vanity, self-praise, and judgment, ending with a cryptic signoff NELAONIAN.
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Tweedle
Lum
Crabb
Lawn
Anil
Double Cross Word and Acrostic Puzzles Recounted
Instructional puzzle items appear with clues and sample wordplay in a historical page. Entries include 1006 Double Cross Word, 1098 Anagram, 1099 Curtailment, and 1100 Stumerical with brief slang, definitions, and } contextual hints across poetic prose and puzzle prompts.
Cramps And Stitches From Muscle Contraction
Washington Evening Star explains cramps arise from muscle contraction due to cold or fatigue. A stitch in the side, neck prick, and neck strain are also muscular contractions due to cold or irritation, causing sharp pains but not lasting harm.
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Washington Evening Star
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