The House of Martha Race In Vermont 1922
A recovering narrator visits Miss Martha Race in Vermont describes a studio scene amid an aging household. The piece centers on a portrait of Martha’s fiance, who died before their wedding, and the lasting, haunting aura of the Race estate as guests arrive to a wedding tableau.
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Vermont
Nettie Perkins
Wos Railroad
Nettie
Martha Race
Race Estate
Martha
David Race
Perkins
Miss Martha
Apple of Discord sparked Trojan War myth explains Paris prize
The Detroit News notes Ate the Discord goddess stirred mischief at Thetis and Peleus wedding by hurling a golden apple inscribed to the fairest. Juno Minerva and Venus offered bribes. Venus won Paris with Helen as wife triggering the decade long Trojan War.
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Detroit News
Thetis
Peleus
Juno
Venus
Minerva
Paris
Priam
Troy
Helen
Menelaus
Sparta
Do Animals Reason in Alaska Prospecting Tales
The Saturday Evening Post writer recounts an old timer in Alaska who argues animals, especially dogs, reason. He cites two sledge dogs that locate trails in snow and never miss traps, claiming they act beyond human guesswork and reliably find the next set on his long winter hunts.
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Alaska
Saturday Evening Post
Colter Guides Yellowstone Quest in Early Wyoming
John Colter, famed finder of the Yellowstone, guided explorations in Wyoming in 1807 as the Astoria expedition pressed westward, tallying peaks with relief while crossing the untamed wilderness in 1811.
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John Colter
Wyoming
Astoria
Expressive Sigh From an Incubator Egg Ocean
A playful line from Retail Ledger in Philadelphia imagines an incubator egg reacting to its surroundings as it contemplates moving between layers of nearby eggs. The quirky anthropomorphism evokes a vivid, whimsical scene.
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Retail Ledger
Philadelphia
Local market price list shows mixed commodity quotes
The Star publishes today a wholesale price sheet listing bids for beans, spring chickens, hens, butter, hay, straw, flour, middlings and cotton seed meal. It notes corrections and includes retail prices for creamery butter and young chickens among other items.
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Glaize & Brother
Jessie Hillyard
E. Water Street
Osborn Machinery
Mohair
Alpaca
Palm Beach
Little Joe’s
National
South Main Street
Marte
Mire
McClure
Yellowstone
H. K. Green & Bro
Avd
Mergator
Ant
Millan
W. T. Blake
American Red Cross
Budapest
J. Pedlow
Star
Focal Retail Markels
Baltimore Wholesale
Moling & Seal the
Hamburger’s
N. Main St
Ieee Ee
Wee Renee
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