Electric power a benefit across jungles and towns
The piece mixes Panamanian jungle lore from O E Malmsbury with a note on electric power transforming industry. It highlights jungle life from Gatun lake to wildcats and orangish apes, then contrasts with Youth's Companion claims that electric motors reduce smoke and fuel use, citing Bury England as an example where 51 chimneys vanish and large fuel savings follow from centralized generation.
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Panama
Gatun Lake
Africa
O E Malmsbury
Govthals
New York Sun
Tryst
Cam
Bury
England
Furthermor
Learn to Swim Correctly and Coinage Aesthetics Debate
A column urges proper swimming technique with steady strokes and graceful dives, contrasting faulty efforts with expert crawl form. It also discusses American coinage design, weighing aesthetics against practical low relief for stacking, noting Saint Gaudens pieces as an example. A Shamokin dispatch reports a teen elopement plan thwarted when authorities intercepted Kathryn Schultz and William Geasy, who faced a brief magistrate warning. A quip about Reginald overboard rounds out the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Saint Gaudens
Music Lost to the World and a Fish Charm
An assortment of notes, including a tale of Rubinstein and a seized manuscript after years in Berlin and Vienna, hints at political cipher use. The piece also recounts a Holland Michigan man claiming a glass bottle device can lure fish with a tinkling spring, gathering them for easy fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubinstein
Russia
Berlin
Vienna
Tho
Russian Pollen Gazette
George Sincair
Holland, Mich
Alko
Single Idea Opposes Widow Remarriage Law
A letter advocates a reform to allow widows to remarry, arguing that women single for decades should not be barred from marriage and urging lawmakers to pass a law granting single women a chance to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrion
Puzzle fragment on silent rifles and reporting inquiries
A fragmented puzzle text shows dialogue about noiseless rifles and how soldiers can make reports. The readable lines include "The soldiers who use noiseless rifles" and a parent question, "How can they make reports," indicating a cryptic editorial puzzle item.
Noted engagement surprise as Jack proposes in style
The conversation reveals a surprising moment when Jack proposed to his fiancée, who describes the scene as splendid and memorable, highlighting the joyous engagement atmosphere.
Dyspeptics Can’t Be Teetotalers Says Rhetorical Exchange
A witty exchange ponders whether sufferers of indigestion could abstain from alcohol. The quip notes a dyspeptic dines and whines, inviting readers to consider temperance with humor and irony.
His Choice in Fragile Verse Amid Oceanic Echoes
A fragmented prose snippet hints at a voyage motif where a speaker contemplates the arrival of a ship and the promise of a drink. Names or places are unclear, but the mood centers on waiting, choice, and a distant reward.
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Monroe
BANK
K. B. Redwine
S. O. Blair
H. B. Clark
Cashier
Baker’s
Monroe Insurance & Investment Compan
Caldwell
Bank of Union Building
Oxford
Jerome Bolick
Columbus
Fowler & Lee, Sale and Exchange Stables
Monroe, N.C
Ercicee
Tyre
Kathryn Schultz
William Geasy
Philadelphia
Reading
Geasy
Reginald
Alice
Jack
M.waller
Farmers Hdw. & Supply Co
Gordon In Investment CO
Philadelphia Life Ins. Co
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank Bldg
N. C
Ford
Bugsy and Wagon
Hendeson
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