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The Pioneer HomeIt was originally located in Washington Township about five miles southwest of Centerville on Social Row Road, about halfway between Sheehan Road and Yankee Street. In the spring of 1953 it was torn down and moved to Carillon Park, where it was...

The Deeds Carillon and Carillon ParkThroughout her life, Mrs. Edward A. Deeds was a lover of music. By the time she had reached her early teens she was an accomplished musician. From then until her passing in 1949, music remained one of the dominant...

Rambles in AustraliaThis little book aims at giving such general impressions of Australia as could be gleaned during a visit lasting from July into September, and including some time spent in each state. We have tried to convey some idea of the aspect of...

Vida de JesúsTe acuerdas, desde el seno de Dios, donde reposas, de aquellos largos dias de Ghazir en que, solo contigo, escribia yo estas pginas, inspiradas por los lugares que acabbamos de recorrer? Silenciosa mi lado, t releias cada pgina y la copiabas apnas...

Op Hoop van Zegen: Spel van de Zee in 4 Bedrijven(zn bril verzettend). Ziet-u as k zoo vrij mag zijn zn kin staat nders en en zn ge bevalle me niet maar zn neus die is m en en zn dassie das mchtig daar...

HerodiasMakairoksen linnoitus kohosi Kuolleen meren itisell rannalla, keilanmuotoisen basalttikallion huipulla. Nelj syv laaksoa ympri sit, yksi molemmilla sivuilla, yksi vastapt, ja neljs takana. Taloja oli kasaantuneina sen juurella muurin suojassa, joka nousi aaltoviivana eptasaisen alueen myt, ja kalliolle johtavan poikkeilevan tien kautta oli kaupunki...

The Vagaries of Tod and PeterA small boy coming down to the drawing-room at half-past five for the sacred hour of play, found a visitor absorbing his mothers attention. For five minutes or so he politely refrained from interrupting their conversation, and he wandered...

The Forest Giant For years on end it had been rolling, across the plains, through the deep meadow grasses, under the dim echoing archways of the forest. Always, in heat and cold, beneath blue skies, or skies clouded with rain and hail and snow,...

The Discoveries of John Lederer - In three several Marches from Virginia to the East of Carolina, and other parts of the ContinentTHE DISCOVERIES OF JOHN LEDERER, In three several Marches from VIRGINIA, To the West of Carolina, And other parts of the Continent:...

Talks with TolstoiIn the following pages we have made a selection from vol. i. of the diary of the well-known Russian musician, A. B. Goldenveizer, which was published at the end of 1922 in Moscow under the title Vblizi Tolstovo (literally Near Tolstoi). In...

Tipos trashumantes: cróquis á plumaLos pueblos, como los hombres, tienen dos fisonomas, por lo menos (algunos hombres tienen muchas): la que les es propia por carcter o naturaleza, o, como si dijramos, la de todos los das, y la de las circunstancias; es decir,...

The Way of Martha and the Way of MaryThe quotation Martha, Martha, thou art cumbered about with many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her is as common in Russia...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 2, August 1841Father, only look at himdo but hear him! said the soft, entreating voice of the daughter, as she looked up imploringly into her parents face, while the sobs of the penitent son shook his frame with agony....

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 1, July 1841The summer is here!here with its fragrant mornings and its noonday heats, its mellow twilights and its moonlight evenings, its days of glory and its nights of starry beauty. It is summer. Let us go out into...

Ranskan vallankumouksen sivistyselämästäVainottuna ja pilkattuna julkisessa elmss oli valistusfilosofia lytnyt turvapaikan 18:nnen vuosisadan henkeviss ja hienoissa salongeissa. Tll se otettiin innostuksella vastaan, eik viipynyt kauan, ennenkuin se vanhasta, ylimyksellisest seurapiirist muodosteli aivan uuden, pienen yhteiskunnan, joka tosin oli yht kevytmielinen, yht loistava kuin vanhakin,...

Within the PrecinctsThe Abbey Church of St. Michaels stands on a low hill in a flat and fertile country. The holy places which are sacred to the great archangel seem to settle naturally upon a mount; and this, one of the noblest structures consecrated...

Practical School Discipline: Applied Methods, Part 1There are no two persons in all the world, however separated by space or circumstances, who do not in some way affect each other. This influence is unseen and untraceable in most cases; it is only when the...

How Old Is It? The Story of Dating in ArcheaologyThere is a whole field of science devoted to the invention and development of dating methodsor clocks as we may think of them. It is called geochronology, the science of dating events. There are relatively...

Souvenirs littéraires... et autresA mon jeune ami Gaston Picard[1], idaliste lascif, jeus limprudence de dclarer, lanne dernire: Si lAgriculture manque de bras, la Littrature ne manque pas de pieds. Cette vrit irrfutable ayant t reproduite par 186 gazettes dpartementales, je jurai, devant la facture...

The House of AdventureTwo stragglers lay sleeping in an orchard near the village of Beaucourt, sprawling upon a grass bank under the branches of an old apple tree. The sun had cleared the horizon and hung as a great yellow disc in the purple...