Among the Lilacs in a Berkshire Veranda Romance
In a warm spring evening a New York city girl Katherine Hope arrives at the Howard house with her mother, seeks rest and beauty among lilacs, and forms a quiet bond with Selden Howard. A chance garden meeting leads to romance as Katherine finds enchantment in the moonlit lilac garden and Selden proposes she stay as their bond deepens.
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Howard House
Selden P Howard
Lving
Postoffice
Mr. Howard
Mrs. Jones
Katherine Hope
Eleventh Street
Katherine
Belden Howard
Perdita
Marpessa
Ariadne
Jones
White House
Mr. Selden
Mr. Selden Howard
Dimates
Selden Howard
God’s Green Earth
Mollie
Collies
Selden
Tois
Hlaes
The Kangaroo at Hay Fight with Dogs
An account describes a kangaroo fleeing pursuers and entering the river where it stands on hind legs with tail for balance. It drowns dogs by holding their noses underwater until a second dog or hunter intervenes. A courageous male kangaroo can repulse twenty to thirty dogs, sometimes being killed by a bullet to end the scene.
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Hay
The Scorpion of Ceylon Exhibit Measured Threats
A historic note describes large scorpions of Ceylon, some exceeding a foot in length, emerging from dried wood to bask on rocks. The vivid image portrays their jointed sting arched and ready for attack, embodying a fierce, agricultural pest-like presence.
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Ceylon
Water and digestion use in meals debated by experts
A New York World excerpt argues for drinking water with meals, citing digestion benefits and reduced constipation. It notes babies and animals instinctively drink with or after eating, explains water's role in moistening food and gastric juice, and warns against denying thirst between meals. It cites Dr. A Facobi on albumin digestion and emphasizes water as a nutrient-like aid rather than mere fluid.
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Menis
Oliver
Meala
A. Facobi
Walter
Druga Ie
New York World
Typhoid Fever Risks and Prevention Tactics
An article from Youth's Companion explains how typhoid fever spreads mainly through contaminated water and food. It cites Philadelphia as evidence of filtered versus unfiltered water impact, notes ice on ships and oysters from contaminated streams as infection sources, and recommends boiling all drinking water and shielding food from flies to prevent outbreaks.
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Dixenne
Philadeggnia
United States
Mediterranean
Atheny
Pointed paragraphs from the Atchison Globe
Aまとめ of terse moral reflections contrasts jealousy, frank refusals, self interest in giving advice, limits of medical knowledge, disappointment, faith in courts, and the hazards of early career ambition ends with a note on young men pausing at trivial comforts on their path to success.
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Atchison Globe
Cannibalism as a People Name in Early Texts
The term Cannibalism is presented as the Carib people name in West Indies history. It notes Columbus heard variants like Cant ba and Carib on islands, and Shakespeare’s Caliban as a related form. Early philologists linked the term to Canis or the great Khan, with later views simplifying to brave and daring meaning.
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Carib
West Indies
Columbua
No Faith In Him and Gossip Across Papers
A remark from the Cleveland Plain Dealer mocks a rumored romance with a freckled daughter and a “newfangled contrivance” gas trick, while the Chicago News opines on the overuse of the phrase “a certain girl” and the stereotype of women as uncertain, reflecting contemporary humor and cynicism.
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Quesa
Thompson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago News
Fading Fragments Offer Moral Reflection on Virtue
A brief moral reflection discusses true virtue as the sanctifying element of life, noting how faithfulness and steadfastness lift character. It contrasts comfort and independence with restraint, urging patience and self-control as a path to holiness and higher living.
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Iowa Savings Bank
Dalzell & Rawson
S. 7Th St
Minneapolis
Estherville
Rock Island
F. G. Reese
Estherville, Iowa
Walter Crowell
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