Mrs Spider Seeks Advice On Hidden Home Design
In a woodland chat, Mrs Spider explains her silk tunnel and layered door system to Cheerups and contemplates improvements. She describes silk, waterproof earth, and a gluing door with a hinge, worried a stronger visitor could breach the secret dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Spider
Cheerups
Cheerup
Mrs. Spider
Mrs Spider
Nie Frost
Cheer Ups
Cheerupa
Cheertps
Spider
Mra
Rtte
Stile, Drown & Co
Not Enough Text for Clean News Card
Fragmentary quoted dialogue describes a door being opened forcefully and a brief exchange involving characters Mrs Spider and others. The excerpt ends with Spider retreating to a home and mentions a trap door. No clear event, date, or setting is implied.
The Camel's Back The Abyssinian Uprising
Comic relic recounts a fictional Abyssinian revolt led by Blubjaw and Dimbo. The wary crowd resists, while grievances about harsh taxes, limited wives, meals, smoking bans, and movie theater closures fuel tension. The scene ends with a surge toward Alog Dimbo's bungalow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harhar
Abyssinia
Blubjaw
Orderup
Dimbo
Dimto
Blub- Jaw
Charlie Chaplin
Doug I
Alog Dimbo
Matthew Adams
Superstitions of Death Linking Series of Relatives
The article surveys a widespread belief that deaths come in threes or twos within families and sometimes among relatives, tracing origins to ancient ideas about the dead’s needs for companionship and ritual sacrifice. It cites Attila’s grave rites and Indian widow deaths, noting ghosts that linger when proper attentions are not given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attila
Stygiap
Hercientes
McClure
Eve and Zoe: origins of names in old English and biblical roots
The article traces Eve as the oldest English name, from Chavsa to Zoe, with Latinized forms Tiesu and Eva. It notes Eve’s fluctuating popularity in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany, and mentions Jade as a talismanic stone. It also discusses puritan appeal and modern revival of Zoe and related forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe
Tiesu
Eve
England
Adim
Ura
Ireland
Scotland
Germany
Eva
Uncertain Homer Birthplace Sparks Greek City Rivalry
The fragment discusses Homer the ancient Greek poet who lived in poverty and traveled for shelter. It notes seven Greek cities claimed him as native, with mystery over his real home and birthplace. It cites birth year estimates between 1000 and 700 B.C. and mentions The Iliad and The Odyssey as his best known works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Greece
Hilum
Troy
Hieren
Sparta
Paris
Odysseus
Ulysses
Penelope
Busta—Uali
Wayne D McMurray
Veotga
Matthew Adama
Western Brevities from the Many Western States
Short notes from across the West report a Minnesota youth jailed after a downtown haberdashery robbery in Los Angeles, Idaho judging victory at the Pacific International, and ongoing labor and political developments including postmaster appointments, press freedom cases, and a fight contract controversy involving Jack Dempsey. Additional items note potato price spikes, a 1000 day jail sentence for Alfred Lindsley, a state hearing on film industry wages, a bank payroll heist, flag desecration case, a Rock Springs store fire, and a million-dollar Wenatchee building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles Delpsch
Minnesota
Cob Jogolifa
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Freano
Calif
Washington
Idaho
Santa Rosa
Clarence EF. Lea
California
Lea
Sacramento
Court of Appeals
Alfred Lindsley
Eureka
Lindsley
Humboldt County
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Quixies
Benen
Cliss Stewart
Mra. Spider
Irene Rich
Milas Rich
Nof Pereviate
Irving Et
King
Prio
McClure Nevapapaer Syndiede
Mildred Marshall
Wheele
By John Kendrick Bangs
Min
Syndiceia
Rob Roy Benton
Jack Dempsey
Fltzsimmons
Dempsey
Harry Wills
University of Idaho
Montana State College
University of British Columbia
Washington State College
Oregon Agricultural College
Cal
Labor News
Denver Sevier
State Industrial Commission
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Colorado River
United States Senate Committee On
Delph E. Carpenter
Interstate Colorado River Commission
Roberts Bros
United States National Bank
Ball
Dyer
Joseph Chambribers
Defensa Rcoursel
Rock Springs
Wye
Union Pacific Coal Company
Wenatchee
Phoebe C, Litster
Susanna Cocroft
Fort
Duchesne
J. W. Stevens
Wallace Calder
Uintah State Bank
Lewis Brothers
American Legion Witbeck Post
T. W. O'Donnell
Uintah State Bank Building
Vernal, Utah
Robert H. Wallis
Boston
Salt Lake City
Wasatch
TOP
Gray
Warren Bowden
Charles Demoisy
Bank of Vernal Building
WES Fas Telephone
Anal.u
Uintah Abstract Company (Incorporated
US Land Office
State Land Office
H Siddoway
LD DB Samuels
Herbert Tyzack
Secy
Siddoway
Treas
WM H Siddoway
GEO E Adams
JN Davis
John S Hacking
CD D Samuels
Uintah Abstract CO
Vernal
Mack, Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande
Uintah Railway Co
L. C. Sprague
Mack
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