Soda-Water Sal Rescues Runaway Trains in Acton Run
In a dramatic West End tale the老 Soda-Water Sal engine nicknamed by Foley as a bright green class H battles wind and time. Fireman Dick Burns crawls onto the coal cars to flag the runaways while Dad Sinclair pilots the salvaged engine. The chase ends with a bumper save and Burns earns the honor of an engineer.
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Zanesville
Acton
Denver
Dad Sinclair
Oxford
Willow Creek
Georgie Sinclair
Foley
Georgie
Omaha
West End
Sinclair
Acton Run
Dad
Morris Is
Reynolds
Riverton
Burns
Sodia-Water Sa
Bilnkat Ft
Dick Burns
Horns
Greenhorn
Frontier Division
Lair
Dodd
All West
East End
Nelah
No. 1
O'Faden
Scga
Ick Burns
Baldwin Consolidated
The Heel of Achilles The Story for Bors
A group of four city children at 4 PM on a schoolhouse street discuss life and social hierarchies. The freckled boy, a leader among them, confronts a tall stranger across the street as the last day of school ends. The scene shifts to the cream brick house gate.
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Nolens Volens
A Pretty Little Colonial House for $2 500
A quaint colonial style home offered for 2500 dollars, twenty by fifty six feet, with wood exterior, clapboards, and a heated option. The interior features a hall, dining room, two large bedrooms, and practical storage under eaves. A vivid neighborhood scene follows with local children, a street accident, and a careful rescue by a Polish lad and violin maker.
Christmas Greeting Calendar Sheets by Author Autographs
Each sheet features a specific author with his autograph and a quotation from his work. Beautiful photo tint printing on heavy plate paper 12 1 2 by 10 inches. Three sheets tied with silk cord. Priced 25 cents each mailed to any address. Specify calendar number and quantities.
Bats Names Freckled Friend As Future Helps Johnny
A rough voiced boy calls the freckled lad Bats and offers friendship despite shabby clothes. The Polish youth, impressed by the shared dream of improving life, joins him and Johnny, while a detective-leaning narrator notes such tact needed by those pursuing criminals.
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Liezen Gronland
Fate
Johnny
The New Year Poem by Samantha Whipple Shoup
The poem envisions the New Year arriving with gifts and opportunities for growth and virtue. It contrasts the hopeful future with the Old Year’s ghost of loss and failure and calls for courage, self discipline, and generous deeds. The speaker prays for renewal through divine aid and steadfast effort.
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Samantha Whipple Shoup
The Detective Instinct Inborn To Some Men
An old detective cites the detective instinct as innate in some people and describes traits like quick situational sense, keen perception, rapid thought, deduction, and nervous energy. He notes great detectives gain distinction through hard work and that the impulse can emerge naturally and be useful.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Greatest Bridge in America
Colliers Weekly highlights the new East River Bridge as a landmark of engineering. It notes its 7,900 foot length, double deck roadways, and massive steel cables built from thousands of wires, delivering far greater capacity than the old Brooklyn Bridge.
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Collier's Weekly
East River
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Hudson River
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Lone Tee
Tidewater
Wid
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Scotty
Namin
John William
Howard Hilbert
Pluggy
Big Brothers
Normandy
the Journal
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tarkington
Maurice Thompson
Gen
Lew Wallace
George Ade Meredith Nicholson
Eotion
America
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