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Mabel Ross, the Sewing Girl

Read by Jennifer Fournier


Unknown


Orphaned Mabel struggles to raise her sisters by working as a sewing girl for long hours and low wages. She meets her challenges with a calm…

The Republic of the Future

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Anna Bowman Dodd


or Socialism a Reality In the year 2050, Wolfgang travels to the socialist city of New York. He writes enthusiastically to his friend Hanne…

Chapter 19

In Wandl the Invader (version 2)

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Ray Cummings


There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began…

To Knit a Stitch

In The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book

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Jane Eayre Fryer


Mary Frances is a little girl whose Aunt Maria intends to teach her to knit and crochet, but she's very strict and demanding. It's a good th…

Jazzing Up the Universe

In Astounding Stories 20, August 1931

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various and Captain S. P. Meek


This issue containsTHE DANGER FROM THE DEEP by Ralph Milne FarleyMarooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at t…

George Washington, January 8, 1790

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

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Thomas Jefferson


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Footprints and other Impressions ii

In Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…

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Hans Gross


Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

Four Miles Within by Anthony Gilmore Chapter I

In Astounding Stories 16, April 1931

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various and Ray Cummings


Contents of this issue :-MONSTERS OF MARS EDMOND HAMILTON - Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Long…

The Five Senses - Read by JEF

In The Five Senses

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Arthur Macy


Arthur Macy was a Nantucket boy of Quaker extraction. His name alone is evidence of this, for it is safe to say that a Macy, wherever found …