Miss Preserves! A young peddler earns cash for mortgage
Cynthia Brannon bands a market wagon to sell home preserves and jellies at the shore camp. She proves a shrewd doer by matching supplies to campers and cadets, promising to sell more on commission to pay principal and interest. A rescue drive from Captain Morgan’s cadets backs her effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Brannon
Cynthia
Dobbin
Tong Hill
St. John's
Morgan
Ciptain Meargan
Werline Levil
Cynthia Mund Beret
Moatie
Joeles
Crnthia
Arnold
Mr. Thompson
St. John
Johnnie
Captain Morgan
Johanie
Blardian
Captain Een
Cyntha
Wien
Captain Bane
New Life at Nineveh as American Machinery Reaches Mosul
An American traveler reports rapid change as Chicago reapers and other machinery arrive in Mosul across the Tigris from Nineveh. He notes oil and gas sources, German excavations at Ashur, and local resistance to modern tech driven by religious and political tensions. He predicts industrial growth, a push for American goods, and a future center for grain and commerce in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Nineveh
Turkish Empire
Mowul
Turkey
Asia
Nineveh
Aymiprom
Assyria
Tigris
Americas
Chicago
New York
Liverpool
Port Said
Persian Gulf
Tigria
Bagdad
Jonah
Anice
Allah
Kelek
Mosul
Nebi
God
America
Turkl
Tenaelu
Philadelphia
de Wittlans
Talcott Williams
Phildelphia
Heaven
Hell
Ain
Tresaperta- Ven
Americem
Biz
Pennsylvania
Hebel
Stergat
Alte
Asabur
Aweyria
Thorouxhoess
R Tntorume
Ely
Passels
Ielr Pompeil
Ibrahim Pasha
Cportanmma
Joseph B. Bunten
Gardens Aid Moral Uplift Plan for School Aged Children
Commissioner Claxton advocates a national plan where each school child cultivates a small plot to learn farming, earn money after hours, and improve health and morals. He argues it could reduce labor factory pressures by combining education with practical work, shaping useful citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clastwun
Protecting street trees from horse damage through wire guards
A letter argues that property owners and cities must enforce laws to shield street trees from horse damage. It urges enclosing tree trunks with small mesh wire guards to prevent gnawing, noting low cost and high benefit and calling for public cooperation with officials.
Anthracite Supplies Strain As Shipments Rise Urgently
The article notes anthracite’s clean qualities and rising demand despite limited field use. August shipments reached 5,591,786 tons, up 725,753 tons from the previous year, with only 1907 matching higher totals. Lehigh Valley led rail tonnage, followed by Philadelphia and Reading and Lackawanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia and
Reading
Lackawanna
Embstlien the Beheo Grounds and Parkways Notice
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Embstlien landmarks with parks boulevards and private citizens planting. It mentions a central date space and an event or show with unspecified path and location, implying a civic or public display attitudes toward access and use.
Fragmentary Interchange in Unknown Language
A crumbling line of text shows a man asking about a carried item or situation with garbled speech suggesting a foreign or invented language. The passage provides no clear names places dates or events to identify.
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Captain Mergno
William T. Glu
Jere
Ninorad
Berlin
Constantinople
Bhergat
Shergat I
Asshur New Baling
Garman Ge
Canada
Halifax
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