What Would Neighbors Say ALCOTT Drama unfolds at Sea View cottage
Claudia arrives at Sea View to learn what neighbors think of Roderick Page and Lydia's tragedy. She recalls childhood lessons on intuition, meets gossip about Lydia’s suffering, and finally receives a telegram from Roderick ordering a return home. A decision of heart awaits.
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Laudia
Roderick
Olympic Mountains
Roderick Page
Claudia
Lucy
Mrs. Robinson
Tommy
Gate Post
Nicky
Lydia
Sea View
Claudie
Lydia Page
High Rigger's Job Too Risky for Insurance
A Liberty magazine piece by Wallace Smith explains the hazards of the high rigger or timber tapper in the Pacific Northwest. The high rigger climbs with steel cords and a leather belt to limb trees and rig spar poles, a role deemed the most dangerous in woods work.
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Wallace Smith
Liberty
Pacific Northwest
Straton Remarks on Modernist Banquet Debate
Dr John Roach Straton, noted New York fundamentalist, quips during a banquet that the modernist side is often the popular one. A dialogue among bankers frames the joke as he says one minister failed not by misrule but for aligning his flock with the Bible.
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John Roach Straton
New York
Doctor Steenthly
Holy Trinity
Long-Wear Garments Claim Noted Across Generations
A Scottish farmer boasted of trousers worn 52 years proving durability and sparking claims from other owners of long wear garments. A London news dealer wears an Edinburgh 1870 overcoat of Border tweed still weatherproof after 57 years. An innkeeper from Dartmoor owns a coat made for his grandfather a century ago, worn as Sunday best for two generations.
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London News
Edinburgh
Dartmoor
Treasure Tale Linked to 1816 Corn Famine Hoard
At Green Hill New Hampshire three silver dollars were found near a wood edge fueling rumor they are part of Mrs. James Hayes treasure. The tale ties to 1816 famine when Hayes stored silver after selling corn at a dollar per bushel and burying funds in an old trunk.
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Green Hill
N. H
James Hayes
Dover
Discovery of Metaphen Mercury Compound Aims to Extend Life
Dr George B Raiziss of the University of Pennsylvania introduces metaphen, a mercury based antiseptic claimed to be the strongest yet and possibly capable of prolonging life by decades. An accompanying ad touts Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a single dose worm remedy priced at 72 Pearl Street New York.
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George B. Raiziss
University of Pennsylvania
Oldest West Australian William Y. Taylor Dies at 103
William Y. Taylor, who at 103 claimed to be the region’s oldest man, has died. Earlier this year he had been in court for a violent assault charge, but he testified the other man deserved the punishment and was discharged.
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William Y. Taylor
West Australia
Taylor
Wars High Above In Invisible Battleground
Experts predict a future war fought in the skies with enclosed machines and altitudes from ten to twelve miles. The note compares Swedish farm electrification at about half and American farms at eight percent.
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