Winning Lois From a Railroad Love Story of Pride
A first person narrator recounts Lois and Jim, a railroad worker who earns Lois’s respect through quiet courage and honesty rather than bravado. Jim’s steady loyalty wins friends among railroad men, reveals his wealth only after marriage, and makes Lois a social figure among city queens, while the narrator reflects on pride and perception.
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Lola
Lois
Jim
Moravdhan
Sam
Dols
Ailaister
Efter
Universal gestures speak any language worldwide
A writer cites a story of an impecunious lawyer who pawns his mother’s watch and learns a universal gesture for shame. A New Guinea woman and the English king would understand the same forefinger warning, proving a shared global language of gesture.
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Hin
New York Sun
Mra
New Guinea
England
St. Louis
Giche-Democrat
Launching of a University and Other Papers referenced
In reminiscences by Daniel Gilman former Johns Hopkins president the early pioneer era of higher education is recalled. He notes a lack of library and faculty at the outset and reflects on the costs and ambitions of starting a college in a wilderness setting.
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Daniel Oot ‘Gilman
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Johnn ‘Hopkins
University
Warning
Gilmant
Day
Basid
Siena
Ted's Ghost Party Heats Up a Haunted Worksite
Ted Raymond takes charge at the plant to end a ghost scare disturbing the night shift. He exposes a staged haunting using a lantern and a staged specter to prove the workers can return to work. Nettie and the old man reach a compromise as the contract looms and Ted proposes a private celebration.
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John Ellison
Nettle
Ted
Raymond
Ellison
Ted Raymond
Pattern Room
Nettie
Hleon
Hilison
Specter
Office
Mater Madison
Tam
Madison
Jones’ Hall
Thiattle
Water Butterflies in the Mediterranean
The water butterflies or pteropoda are wing footed sea creatures seen in the blue Mediterranean. They have tiny brown bodies with a translucent shell and large clear wings. They glide in the water, feed with sharp tongues, and lay eggs, thriving in warmth.
Treatment of Open Wounds and Simple Care
Treatment notes the value of cleansing with warm water, drying, and applying boric acid powder over a linen dressing. Uses four cut adhesive strips across the linen, then cotton wool and neat bandaging to exclude infection. Repeats washing when necessary and changes dressings after seven to ten days.
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Tharted H. Bulcliffe
Lever
Jim ‘Furness
Lolg
Em Tvet
Ted’s
K. A. Pareette
Converse, Pres
F. W. CO
Iowa Savings Bank
Dalzell & Rawson
S. 7Th St
Pacific
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Spokane
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Yellowstone Park
Livingston, Mont
E. D. Rockwell
DesMoiner
Walter Crowell
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