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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1907
Page
7
Frances Abigail Jenks, a timid girl, is carried by a Wingaloo to its nest. White pigeons return with a gold sapphire girdle and fit it to her waist to help her escape. The tale follows her fear and rescue on a windy night.
Frances escapes fear riding Wingaloo to a mountain nest then returns home on a magic girdle. Pigeons gift Frances a belt to float down softly and later she and her siblings use it. The adventure ends with Frances cured of fear and reunited with her mother.
The Lexington and Ohio Railroad was the first in Kentucky and the first west of the Alleghenies. Begun in October 1851 at Lexington and completed to Frankfort in December 1835. It featured distance with flat rails fastened to stone sleepers.
An overview notes the varying fatigue rates of nerves. Smell fatigues quickly, heat and cold adapt fast, hearing and sight endure long hours, and the heart works tirelessly from birth to death. Even after death, salted water can restart the heart, suggesting persistent nerve activity.
A Broadway Magazine caption features the Absentminded Professor reacting to a loud cat with a quip about his family being bad eggs. The dialogue plays on chaos at home and the household pet's interruptions.
J L Harbour recalls Portsmouth as New Hampshire’s oldest seaport founded in 1623. He notes Thomas Bailey Aldrich born there in 1836 and his books An Old Town by the Sea and Story of Bad Boy reflect the town’s historic character.
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