We Thee Stranger Babe Left At The Manse Door
A lone infant found soaked and cold is brought to the minister Mr Lorraine and Solomon Mucklebackit. The child proves to be a girl and is cared for at the manse as Mysie Simpson tends her. A mother’s note warns the child’s fate as the mother’s body is later found on the Annan bank.
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Solomon
Mr. Lorraine
Lorraine
Mysie Simpson
Mysie
Ava
Annan Water
Mr.Lorraine
Solo Mao
Solomons
Marjorie
Bonny Doo
Solomon Mucklebackit
Meemister
Jock Stevens
Jock
Musie
Hottom
Manse
Mysse Simpson
Annan
Solway
The Mashonaland Doll
An excerpt from The Strand notes the Mashonaland doll as possibly the earliest toy, valued for its simple form and personal attachment. It contrasts child preference for worn dolls over new bought dolls and describes a crude, single string dress as its entire attire.
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Helen
Mashonaland
Novelty Type Material Combines Glass With Celluloid
A new idea in type material uses rubber or celluloid bodies with glass topped letters cemented on. The face is slightly smaller than the body to avoid contact, giving longer wearing glass and sharper print. The elastic base and small letter sections reduce breakage during rapid work.
Alaska as America’s Switzerland and the Seward purchase
A nostalgic portrait recalls Secretary Seward’s 1867 Alaska sale from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. It celebrates Sitka and Fort Wrangell, the native totem poles, and the blend of native life with U S governance. The piece praises Alaska’s vast glaciers, forests, and seas, calling the land a grand, poetic American frontier.
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United States
Union
Alaska
Seward
Russia
New England
Johnson
Japan
Sitka
New York
Charles Summer
Senate
Russian America
America
Siberia
Zero
Charles Sumner
Great Land
Sitka Bay
Yosemite
Pike’s Peak
Neptune
Queen Charlotte Sound
Dixon Entrance
Fort Wrangell
Muir
Voyage Into Alaska's Icebound Coastline And Glacier Wonder
The narrative describes a transfer of land to the United States, then a journey by ship along a coast dotted with thousands of islands and icebound scenery. Tourists are drawn to rugged shores and the dramatic Mulr glacier, flanked by Mount Crillon and Mount Fair Weather, towering over a frozen landscape with towering ice cliffs and ice river ascents.
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America
Sam
United States
Victoria
Pacific
Massachusetts
Chary
Mulr Glacier
Mount Crillon
Mount Fairweather
Helium Found Rich in Norwegian Cleveite Mine
A Norwegian mine near Ryfylke yields abundant cleveite containing helium. London tests show high helium content and the mineral sells for about five dollars per pound, reflecting its rarity and lab demand.
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Norway
Ryfylke
London
Population of Johannesburg by nationality
Johannesburg current population totals 136000 with 51000 whites. The census breakdown lists 16265 British 3335 Russians 226 Germans 819 Dutch 442 French 331 Swedes and Norwegians 206 Italians and 648 from other non African nations. The remainder are from the Orange Free State and British South African colonies.
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Johannesburg
Orange Free State
Figs and Thistles Echo Moral Sermon Fragments
A reflective, polemical piece critiques religious hypocrisy and emotionalism in 19th or early 20th century tone. It contrasts genuine care with performative piety and warns against demoralizing the youth through lax church behavior. It cites Pentecostal zeal and criticizes insincere penitent acts.
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Nei Anenniie International Press Association
Coxuixany
Ubala
Sol
Governor's Castle
Bay of Napies
Fire Mountain
Edgecumbe
Switzerland
White Horse Rapids
Yukon River
Kind
Hell
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