Brave Adelaide Rescues Regalia in Harland Stable Fire
In a summer city, Adelaide Carlender enters a burning Harland stable to save Regalia the horse. Her brother Reggie and Clive Harland witness the blaze as firemen struggle. Adelaide survives with Clive embracing her, praising her bravery while Regalia is saved.
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Reggie
Williewinkie
Adelaide Carlender
Clive Harland
Adelaide
Regalia
Clive
Dreamland
Harland
Harland Stables
Carlender
Squire Callender
Common Lilac Long Known Across Centuries
The common lilac known to botanists as syringa vulgaris has been cultivated for over 300 years. Its native home is said to be the mountainous regions of Central Europe from Piedmont to Hungary, introduced to cultivation in 1597. Botanists recognize about 12 wild species native from southwestern Europe through Central Asia and the Himalayas to Mongolia, Northern China, and Japan, with none native to the American continent.
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Europe
Piedmont
Hungary
Central Asia
Himalayas
Mongolia
China
Japan
American
Language notes on the word for cat across European tongues
The passage lists various translations of the animal name cat in multiple languages including Danish Dutch kat Swedish katt French cat German katze Italian gatto Portuguese Spanish gato Polish kat Russian katt s Turkish kedi Welsh cath Cornish kath Basque catua Armenian gat.
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Cat
Kat
Katt
Kattl
Katze
Catus
Gatto
Gato
Kats
Russia
Keti
Cath
Kath
Catua
Gat
Katz
Plants Respond to Music in New York and Boston
A New York musician claims plants have a passion for music and a Boston musician adds that his sensitive plant stretches and drinks in harmony like sunshine. When discord is played the plant trembles and closes, illustrating plant responsiveness to sound.
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New York
Calf Feeding Art Stirs Rural Memories in Britt Tribune
The Britt Tribune recalls strenuous farming moments as a farmer’s boy trains a calf to drink from a pail. The piece highlights calmness, patience, and the need to manage the calf’s energy while feeding. It notes the isolation of feeding and jokes about the reluctance of the homestead women to witness the process.
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Britt
Iowa) Tribune
Britt Tribune
Agricultural Department
Minneapolis Journal
English Strawberries Lead to Quiet Debate at Dinner
Walden and Whistler discuss England over dinner in Cernay with Faulkner. An English guest at a tavern eats all strawberries for a dollar a day, prompting Walden to remark that he likes them too but the Englishman keeps eating, as reported by the Saturday Post.
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Walden
England
Whistler
Saturday Post
Error in Translating Prayer in Delaware Indian Tongue
Dr. Edward Everett Hale recalls a translation error in rendering the Lord's prayer into the Delaware Indian language. An Indian assistant misheard "hallow" as "halloo" causing the phrase to appear as "hallooed be thy name," altering the familiar cadence of the prayer.
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Edward Everett Hale
Hallow
Delaware
Halloo
Whole village to emigrate to Argentina as New Sologna
The entire population of the Italian village of Sologna including public officials plans to move to Argentina and establish a community called New Sologna, with no one left behind.
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Vilage
Sologna
Italy
New Sologna
Senators and governors weigh 1901 presidential paths
Des Moines notes report Senator Allison resisting a candidacy while Governor Shaw invites support. Reports also cover billboard injunction denial, unsanitary marriages debate, swamp land indemnity payments, and railroad grade crossing plans. Dwight Lewis returns from California as interurban policy shapes Iowa law.
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Dwight Lewis
Town Railroad Commission
California
International Commission
Railroad Commission
Iowa Commission
Iowa
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Daily Story Pub, Co
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Washington
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Deemer
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Bill Board
F. M. Powell
Glenwood
Board of Control
St Worgsenbeyg
Baryoaur
Zvondor
Powell
United States
Webster
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S. H. Shugart
Nevada
Interurban Railway Company
N. T. Guernsey
Army Post
Shugart
Indianola
Lafayette Street
Army Post Tract
McSweeney
South Carolina
Town
Charleston
Frederick Dichnan
National Academy of Design
Capitol Commission
Capitol Building
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