Liberty bond tale links civil war veterans to new fundraising
An old soldier Josiah Barry travels to buy a Liberty bond at a broker’s office and, through a chance meeting with Earle Revere, helps reunite with a long-lost veteran. The story weaves family sacrifice and wartime memory into a civic pledge, ending in renewed friendship and a blossoming romance.
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Aina Barry
Lina
Erna
Edna
Hdna
Josiah Barry
Liberty Bond
State Street
Josiah
Old Josiah
Earle Revere
August
Mr. Revere
Revere
Shiloh
Earle
Ethel
Caves Create Mixed Seasons in American Ice Mines
Popular Science Monthly notes caves in the United States show a confusing climate with winter ice lingering then melting to a subdued summer underground. Examples include caves at Coudersport Pennsylvania and Decorah Iowa where locals avoid exploration while Edwin S Balch explains cold air entry and spring thaw water trap ice year round until autumn warmth returns.
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United States
Popular Science Monthly
Coudersport
Decorah
Edwin S. Balch
Philadelphia
At the Ringside Novice and Old Sport clash slang
The column notes a pugilistic exchange with quick quips about posture and pride. It references quips from the Old Sport and the Novice and mentions the Southern states producing 1,450,000 pounds of cottonseed oil annually.
Amateurs form fishermen club and old sayings quoted
In a light tone the piece notes amateur fishermen forming a local club while joking about cooperative societies. It quips on relationships and quitting smoking for love, praises capable housewives and modern girls, and jokes about baking powder versus gunpowder. It ends with a Mendicant asking for help for a starving wife and children.
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Lande
Clarendom
Frossart
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Michael
Cre As
Invants
Castoria
Saxon
Detroit
Saxon Motor Car Corporation
Murine Eye Remedy
Cepts & Druggiste
Murine Eye Remedy Co
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