River Boat Trip Down the Tenryugawa Gorge
Alfred Parsons in Harper's Magazine describes a strenuous voyage with five boatmen guiding a thirty-foot flat-bottom craft through rapid, cliff-edged water from Tokimata to Nakabe and Kajima. The journey covers ninety miles in ten hours amid high rapids, shifting channels, and boulder-filled banks.
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Tokimate
Tokaido
Waa
Lunding
Tess
Don Pedro
Matsuba
Nakabe
Iack
Rapida
Kajima
Tokimata
Naka- Shomachi
Alfred, Parsons
Harper's Magazine
Microbes in books curb disease spread in European libraries
European efforts to prevent contagion from books include daily health notices to library directors in Edinburgh. Librarians trace books lent to the sick, then disinfect or destroy them. Similar measures are noted in Bradford and plans regionally, with London facing population hurdles. Paris plans to follow with aldehyde disinfection as a method.
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Europe
England
Edinburgh
Health Department
Bradford
London
Paris
Orlties
Canteens, drums, and memories of war in Hopkins poem
Edwin S. Hopkins recalls soldiers reminiscing over a polished canteen and belt, hearing old tunes like The Girl I Left Behind Me and Johnny Got His Gun. The verse blends pride and pain, linking youth, veteran woes, and the haunting chest of memory from Gettysburg to modern veterans.
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Ot & Teller
Wien
Johnny Gitter
Gettysburg
Edwin
Hopkins
Memorial Day Reunion Reveals Long Lost Brothers
In a quiet valley a stranger and Mrs. Gordon share memories of a grim war. The man reveals he is James Gordon from Ohio, reuniting with his brother George Gordon of Calso. Their tearful embrace and plans to stay until Memorial Day unfold as Nellie and family welcome the homecoming soldier.
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Mrs. Gordon
Adam
Atranger
Pap
George
Nellia
Mrs. Gorden
Mr. Gorden
George Gordon
George Gorden
James Gorden
Ohio
Nellie
Uncle George
Mamma
Attis Valley
Rockies
Mr. Gordon
Almont
James
Jean
England's First Commoner and the Speaker's Role
A discussion of the British speaker as the representative in the House of Commons, elected by free vote, often chosen from the governing party but sometimes from opposition for personal fitness, and the long tradition of dignity and impartiality guiding the office through centuries. The piece contrasts this with colonial practice and notes the speaker’s stability and influence in maintaining order amid political change.
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Halda Offics
Mlely
England
Empire
Operatve
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Vapan
Pty
Harper's
Norfolk
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