Poesy of Castawar Ends in Captain Dick’s Beating
In Castawar Maine old Enoch and his son Lent flee a drunken feud with Captain Dick. When Dick tries to strike, Lent’s son Samuel Carter nicknamed Poesy launches a decisive kick, smashing Dick’s face and leaving him badly injured. After a week in bed, Dick blames a rogue squad.
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Fnoch Gray
Castawar
Maine
Lent
Hnocch
Truport
Torier
Samuel Carter
Sidous Deme
Sammel Carter
Bulyhead
Hbert Pole
Cobb Hreed
Washington
Chel Ato -An-Bake
Ehewder
Mer
Seni” Generaglly
Imam Sue
Roepesc
Tie
Enoch
F Enoch
Lick
Jouniers
Tao
Sent
Tiek
Regent Orders Fraternal Admission After Tragic Tale
An elderly widow speaks to a Grand Regent about her late husband and a request to admit him to the order. The tale recounts hardship after his death, civil service work, and the widow's plea for the Regent to sponsor her husband’s admission.
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Pete
Tie
Smith
Abe
Minith
Oecmeian
Lin
Paris government Pawnshop Reports High Daily Activity
In Paris a government operated pawnshow handles about one thousand watches pawned daily and around one thousand wedding rings pawned weekly, reflecting strong demand for quick collateral loans.
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Paris
Raiiputna’s Vast Artificial Lake Lets Spillover Feed ]
At Raiiputna India one of the largest artificial lakes fills the ecyan reservoir area. The vast water body expands across the landscape creating a major hydroengineering feature with potential flood control and irrigation implications.
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Raiiputna
India
Death in a Snow Storm in Maine Mining Town
An elderly miner recalls the heavy snowfalls of the Rockies and Sierras in the 1800s and tells how avalanches and drifts forced relief work. In Sierra forests and Idaho Territory the winters brought feet of snow, toppled wagons, and ten foot deep banks, shaping a harsh frontier life. A Maine Civil War veteran Alf Carlton and his brother perish in a buried cabin as a storm seals chimney and suffocates the sleeper. a rescue burial follows with a snowbound procession of villagers bearing the body to a pine grave.
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Maine Woods
Rockies
Sierras
York
Mrfe
Ile
Idaho
Dutt
Jeff
Carlton Brothers
Maine
Amy
Alf
Carlion
Jim
Meadow Lake
Carlton
Cariton
Dummer
Atlantic
Various oddities and notes from 19th century world
A collage of curiosities includes a possible ancient carved sun emblem in Colorado, radium power figures, cemetery internments in Jeddah, Navajo labor use on railroads, herring spawning mysteries, Japan Korea postal stamps, a French giants myth, railway scrap values, Persian veiling rules, and English cottage flower passions.
New Walk For Women In Winter Fashions From London
From London comes reports of a new figure and pose in winter fashions. Women now wearing the long redingote coat adopt a slow, graceful walk with upright shoulders and a slight waist bend. The Gibson girl style influences the pose, taught at physical culture schools, with guidance on sleeping positions to preserve the poise.
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London
London Express
Climate Myths About Philippine Health Challenged
Major General Leonard Wood reports to the War Department that there is no subject with more nonsense written than claims that the Philippine climate harms the health of officers and soldiers.
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Leonard Wood
War Department
California Orange Crop Value Last Season
Returns show the California orange harvest valued at 23 925 000 with growers receiving 14 500 000 and railroad and refrigerator lines taking 9 425 000.
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California
Hair counts by hair color in men and women
The article states red-haired men have just over 20 000 hairs on average. Dark hair is thinner, averaging about 105 900 hairs. Fair-haired men or women average from 150 000 to 175 000 hairs.
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Colorado
Avats
Jeddah
Denver and Rio Grande
South Europe
Pew
Japan
Korea
Hanzoin
Adam
Eve
Persia
Will
Columbia Rovelty CO
Dept
East Bestop
Mass
Philippines
Holiday Presents
Hotos
Hewes
Potter
Lincoln St
Boston
National Photographic Chemical Company
Wlth St. and
Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
Ernest
Haskell
The
Eugene P. Lyle, Sr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
Ita
St. Louis Republic
Times Saturday Review
Globe
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