The Guddling Day at Bellfield School
A reminiscence of Bellfield schoolyard adventures on a Friday and Saturday. Dominic Forbes' temper, a gang of boys led by Willie and Jack the heron, guddling in Den burn, near Maidencraig, a dam burst, a near chase by farmer Mainehe Milne, and a plan to seek Jeanie after a threatened thrashing. Dominic Forbes later marries Jeanie Johnstone.
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Dominic Forbes
Dominic
Duncan Gray
Bonnie Jeanie Johnstone
Jeanie
Dominie
Bellfield School
Davie Law
Orich
Davie
Haddocks
Davie Law and I
Willie
Jack
Jock
Maidencraig
Sammie Stuart
Rze
Wade
Davy
Rock
Farmer Maine
Farmer Milne
Bonnie Jeanie
Gordon Stabley
M. D
C. M
R. M
Jessie Fremont Memoir Snapshot of a School Concert
A fragment from General Fremonts Memoirs describes Jessie Fremont as the second daughter seen at a Georgetown school concert. The narrator recalls her bloom, health, and a refined mix of mind and face reflecting English and American lineage.
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Fremont
Jessie
Georgetown
The Shortening Days
An amateur astronomer notes October day length shortening from 11 hours 45 minutes to 10 hours 31 minutes. Sunrise and sunset points move south by 10 degrees 55 minutes as the sun declines toward the winter solstice. The article reflects on solar motion and its influence on the heavens and planets.
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Providence Journal
Brotherhood of Planets
Pumping Prince Bismarck in Berlin Letter Scene
Berlin letter recounts an August 28 stop at Reichenbach where Chancellor Bismarck lifts a quiet mood with jokes about soldiers and sausages before drifting into grim remarks on war. The burgomaster Ferdinand Braun and others recall Goethe and Goethe’s Faust as the train resumes. The piece ends labeling him a bad man to interview.
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Berlin
Paris
Figaro
Franzenbach
Bismarck
Reichenbach
Gastien
Ferdinand Braun
Goethe
Faust
Northwest Watershed and Buffalo Chicago Link
A historical Weatherberg style piece explains why Buffalo and Chicago’s roles as lake outlets hinge on a shared watershed. It outlines geology of the four upper lakes, the Black Rock dam, and the Niagara River area shaping regional drainage and continental water flow.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Great Lakes
Black Rock
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Black Rock Oak
Con . Lawrence
Attorney Roger Brennan Fined for Assault Allegation
Roger Brennan an attorney of Egat Dak was fined 10 and costs for assaulting Mrs. Mary R. Gessel. An advertisement pitches Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters as a restorative tonic with signatures claimed from J P Allen in St Paul Minnesota.
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Roger Brennan
Egat Dak
Mary R. Gessel
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Jessie Fremont
Prince Bismarck
Northwest Watershed
Cincinnati Times-Star
J. L. Stephens
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Grand Heel
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Cincinnati
Justin M. A. M
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Iowa
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Thetumbus Medical Yer
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Wilson
Warner
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