One of the Family: Billy and June's Complicated Romance
Billy and June Barry navigate love and social ties as June grows attached to Billy while a rival, Mrs Cliffe, aims to win him. Tommy Thurston flirts with June as she quietly plans a trip, but a note and misunderstanding reveal deeper feelings and a shift toward mutual recognition.
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Tommy
Thurston
Bill
Dea
Witsingly
Junearly
Billy
June
Mra Cutis
Apie
Tommy Thurston
Tward
Barchester
England
Mra Cliffe
Mrs. Hunt
Jane
Mia
Cliffe
Hilly
The Sorceress of Korea and Her Two Classes of Shamans
Dr Casanowicz describes Korean belief in spirits haunting trees, roofs, and homes. Two shaman classes the Pansu and Mutang mediate with spirits, the former male fortune teller master, the latter a lower caste healer who summons and pacifies spirits through kant ceremonies. The Mutang’s paraphernalia includes drums, gongs, copper instruments, banners and ritual dress. The case notes a four hour exorcism ending with patient recovery, while some writers question the drama’s efficacy.
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Korea
T. M. Casanowicz
United States National Museum
Casanowice
Tang
W. W. Rockhill
Emvoy
United States
China
Casanowles
Eure
You Know That Car and the Cranking Dilemma
A fragment speaks of a man limping along with a sprained left hand and an impaired drive. It notes he must hold something with the left while cranking with the right. The tone laments a harsh world and a car habit that risks crash on the pave ment.
Cretenne Bedreom Pillows and Cretonne Fashion
A specimen description of cretonne pillows including a matte of cretenne to match or contrast, a rectangular pillow with a three inch poods edge, a dainty cup pillow in cretonne pattern, and a tiny rose pillow with dimity and leaf details for decorative use.
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Cretenne
Grey fur combiowd en with green velvet or bor
Grey fur combiowd en with green velvet or bor. Fragmentary text appears to describe a garment or trim, but lacks clear persons, places, dates, or organizations to form a complete news item.
Crocheted Straw Hats Adorn Spring Fashion
Crocheted straw hats in bright colors and wide ribbons are popular this season. Styles feature fine crochet with open patterns and lightweight linings, in shades like apple green gold yellow and king's blue, with decorative elements resembling wings.
Bhoe Ornaments Craft Frill with Bling Buttons
A described craft method uses pale square bling buttons set in a frill of colored tulle. The passage also references a gold themed ornament and mentions an Avon comm ration in garbled terms.
Taps Rich Tract Opens Vast Timber Reserves in Coos Bay
The $19 million Coos Bay extension from Eugene to Marshfield and North Bend transformed Oregon coast development. Rail access unlocked 21 trillion feet of spruce timber, major mills, and pulp capacity, with faster freight to New York and San Francisco. Both the harbor and rail spur spurred rapid growth and resource exploitation.
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Northwest
Coos Bay
Oregon
Pacific Coast Territory
San Francisco
Portland
California
Marshfield
North Bend
San Francisco Bay
Congress
Bay
The
Southern Pacific
Eugene
Central Pacific
Sulaluw
Umpqua
Croms
Marahfield
Coos Hay Country
Corvallis
New York
Coos Tay
Mbode Taland
Largest ferryboat described across Carquines straits
The vessel claimed as the world’s largest ferryboat by the Southern Pacific railroad company spans one mile across the Carquines straits between Port Coata and Benteln, Cal. It measures 483 feet overall, 116 feet beam, 4,800 tons, and carries four train tracks with capacity for 36 freight cars or 24 passenger cars, plus two locomotives. Its two paddle-wheel turning engines enable the craft to swing within its own length.
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Carquines Straits
Port Coata
Benteln
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Populae Mechanics Magaazine
Would Build Large Tunnel Proposed Through Cascade Mountains
Brig Gen H M Chittenden proposes the greatest railroad tunnel, a 50 mile bore through the Cascades with a summit about 1,000 feet above sea level. Location near Wenatchee mouth of the Columbia, 80 miles from Puget Sound, with four shafts planned to speed completion in about five and a half years at an estimated cost of 48 million dollars.
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H. M. Chittenden
Cascade Mountains
Chittenden
Columbia River
Washington
Cascade Mountaing
Puget Sound
Wenatchee River
Everett
Seattle
Columbia
Wenatchee
Wehutchee
Cascades
Skykomlyh
Little Things In Railroading And Its Hidden Costs
The article notes small railroading costs matter, detailing that stopping and starting trains incur expenses. President Willard of the B and O estimates about one dollar per passenger stop, with air brake use, coal for steam, wheel and brake shoe wear, and extra steam during headway. It adds a 17 stop train would need eighty paying passengers to cover start and stop costs.
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Willard
Les- He'a
Highest Bridge In America
The Pacific railroad bridge over the Ste Grande river west of San Jose Costa Rica is cited as the highest bridge in America with rail base about 40 feet above water and arch span 448 feet 814 inches. The text notes six higher bridges globally including a Tyrol alpine crossing at about 4a feet elevation and others in France and across the Sivale river valley.
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America
Pacific Railr
Sivale
Vaurlat
France
World's Longest Bridges Fact Confusion
A confused old note discusses the world s longest bridges. It mentions a 21 mile pile trestle on a railroad near Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans, another long bridge over the Ohio at Cincinnati, and the Tay Bridge in Scotland at 10 900 feet.
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Louteville and Nashville Railroad
Lake Pontchartrain
New Oileins
Ohio River
Calero
Scotland
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Capris Int
WG "Chapman
Billy Io
Tor
Madden
Web
June Barry
Mra. Hunt
Willy
Pansu
Contra Costa
FER
Ryboat
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