The Trade Rat Mine By Horace Robb Story
The tale follows Horace Robb a California miner who befriends a trade rat in a Feather River cabin. The rat steals food and guides Robb to a hidden gold pocket producing 21 pounds before tragedy and triumph reshape his fate and he returns to the world to find his love awaits another.
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Marysville
Croville
Feather River
Horace Robb
California
Robb
Robby
lHloiace Robb
Norace Robb
Sacramento
Literary Treasures Lost and the Alexandrian Library
The article traces the rise and fall of the Alexandrian library, noting its vast collection of up to 700,000 manuscripts and its influence across cultures. It recounts fires under Julius Caesar, the Cleopatra Marc Antony transfer, Theodosius destruction in 391 A D, and the later burial by Saracens in 640 A D, leaving about 4,000 surviving manuscripts.
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Aeschylus
Sophocles
Omar
An Old-Time Quack Tale From The Root
Washington correspondent to the Boston Herald recounts a quack doctor called to treat a boy with chills and fever. He split a root’s bark into two waters, promising different effects though the glasses held the same remedy. The mother challenges the claim as the same, and the doctor replies with a pun on high cockalorum and low cockalorum.
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Washington
Boston Herald
Mixed Stocks in Trade and Novel Shop Choices
The article notes drug stores expand beyond medicine to sell diverse goods as students at Columbia University favor certain vendors for crackers, making them profitable. It also mentions cigar shops branching into watches, an unusual diversification beyond tobacco products.
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Columbia University
Platform Acknowledgment Quip Highlighted by Interviewer
An interviewer questions the candidate about the platform and the reply frames the platform as a tool to avoid personal opinions. The exchange, quoted by the Washington Star, underscores a satirical view of political platforms.
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Washington Star
Actresses Who Married Well in English Society
A historical note on eighteenth century marriages between English actresses and high status husbands. It cites Lavinia Fenton who became the duchess of Bol ton, Miss Farren who wed Lord Derby, Miss Brunton who became Lady Craven, and Anastasia Robinson wed by the earl of Peterborough whose public acknowledgment followed his death. The piece ends with a reflective line on flattery and vanity.
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Lavinia Fenton
Polly Peachum
Gay
Duchess of Bolton
Miss Farren
Lord Derby
The Two Eyes of Willie Walker
A poor carpenter's son Willie Walker endures taunts for his red hair and crossed eye. His uncles and friends, especially Uncle Jim, fund a surgery giving him straight eyes and a fine pony. The town's bullies soon seek his favor, while Willie forgives them and remains kind.
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Willie Walker
Willie
Bricktop
Sandypate
Sandy
Syd
Tom Jackson
Tom
William Walker
Jim
Uncle Jim
Washington Star
Taw-ko the Indian Hero and the Snake
A Detroit Free Press story recounts Taw-ko, a young hunter in a Sioux village, saving his father Makwa from a headless rattlesnake. His quick aim and courage win praise, a better gun, and a lucky snake skin that locals credit with his later charmed life.
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Tanko
Makwa
Taw-ko
At-kik
Charles Smart
Detroit Free Press
Odd thread spool and pencil experiments explained
A half unrolled spool pulled from under the thread rolls toward the hand unless the diameter at the wound point differs from the rolling surface. A pencil through a spool on books reproduces the effect. Also a full spool on a flat surface may not move. George Hayward dies at 91 in Needham Market after a long, holiday-free life.
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George Hayward
Needham Market
Haywood
London Daily Mail
Her Assistant and the Busy Married Life
An authoress praised her husband as a big help in married life. She says he supports her and she values him. A friend asks if he cooks or writes, prompting a brief, light exchange.
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Fliegende
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Eustace V. Bray
Shortstory Pub. Co
Anastasia Robinson
St. James’ Palace
Detroit
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