Steeple painting saga ends in peril and rope rescue
A church Ladies' Aid-backed paint project ends in a near tragedy as Lem Brown climbs a ladder to repaint the steeple. The ladder slips but he clings to the steeple and a rope rescue by Seth Dewberry saves him. Cy Hoskins' ladder is broken. damages and pay disputes follow. Villagers and the pastor face embarrassment as the incident becomes local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Brown
Lem
Co. Soal
Cy Hoskins
Gideon Smalley
Gid
Gald
Bingville
Wimmen
Deacon Butterworth
Lam
Rafe Green
Sike Peters
Sike
Rev. Moore
Seth Dewberry
Seth
Ald
Bingville Bugle
Itema
The
Boston Post
Bumblebee Panic Stuns Bingville as Mower Party Flees
In Bingville on a Tuesday morning Lafe Hoover and Hank Dewberry cut timothy on Hoover’s 10 acre field. A swarm of bumblebees drove them from the ground, stinging many residents including Deacon Bradbury Mrs Salina Cooper and Miss Sally Hoskins. The bees caused a stampede injuring Hank and damaging the mower. Hoover refuses to pay and Hank threatens suit while the town reacts with humor and mild chaos.
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Lafe Hoover
Bingville
Timothy
Lafe
Hank Dewberry
Hank
Lefe
Deacon Bradbury
Salina Cooper
Deacon Bradberry
Sally Hoskins
Snake Bend
Sinde Petersby
Ras Slocomb
Snide
Suppy
Safe Hoover
Hawk
Boston Post
How to Distill Water and Notes from St Nicholas
Distilling water at home is explained using two bottles, corks, and a funnel to produce small quantities of distilled water. The article also shares anecdotes about buffalo behavior, a word game with poet and author names, why lightning rods are pointed, a toy that talks, and advice on avoiding stings by staying still, drawn from Nature and Science in St Nicholas.
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Colaridge
Shakespeare
Wordsworth
Shelley
Wal-pole
Washing-ton
Longfellow
Blackstone
Isaac Walton
Nature
Science
St. Nicholas
The Left Hand Prejudice and Its Unreal Basis
A discussion notes that there is no physical reason for favoring the right hand. It argues that handedness is learned through education and practice. The piece urges children to train the left hand equally to the right and suggests perseverance leads to equal proficiency.
The White Buffalo Mystery At Kansas State House
Disappearance of a stuffed white buffalo from the Kansas state house recalls old hunter lore about a large reward for a real white buffalo skin. The piece notes myths of albino buffaloes and many hunters chasing elusive white ones, reflecting long running local legend.
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Kansas Statehouse
Animal Kingdom
How to Make a Simple Steam Engine for Boys
An easily built steam engine using an old baking powder box as boiler is described. Holes are punched, a wooden plug fits the larger hole, a wire axle supports a paddle wheel made from a pill box and cardboard paddles. Water is boiled, steam exits the pinhole, and the device is spun by the improvised wheel, offering a safe, cheap educational toy.
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Strik
Neltinture
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Rae
Paul Jones
United States
Portamouth
N. H
Ross House
Philadelphia
Mary Langdon
Commodore Jones
Holgo
John Paul Jones
Nien
Ocean
Twax
Tia Biase
Bo Muy
Arthur Guiterman
New York Times
Seiad Plain Dealer
Ben” Canfield
Plains
Histall
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Canfield
Kansas
Great Plains
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