Buzzards Foiled Yet Again by Young Prospector
In an Arizona camp, a nine year old boy helps guard a spring and learns to mine. When Apache riders approach, the boy triggers a powder blast that collapses a canyon wall, repelling the attackers and saving the fort. Big Tom hints at older wisdom as the boy proves his mettle.
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Sam Engle
Arizona
Bill Percy
Sam
Big Tom
Tom
Dad
Mister Buzzard
Pard
Engle
Percy
Hart
Bill
Badger Hole
Easter Customs In Yorkshire Parish Football Match
English Easter customs include a yearly Good Friday football match in a Yorkshire parish where winners receive milk hot cross buns and a new half crown. In Hereford shire parishes the Pax Cake tradition persists on Palm Sunday with plain cakes shared in church to end quarrels before Easter communion.
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Yorkshire
England
King's Capel
Sellack
Herefordshire
Wise Men and the Virtue of Silence in Carlyle and Others
The Christian Science Monitor cites Carlyle praising silence as essential for serious thinking and living, noting his 40 volumes urge restraint. It contrasts Neesima and Maeterlinck on silence, calling it a noble, safe, and forbearant virtue.
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Carlyle
Neesima
M. Maeterlinck
Christian Science Monitor
Bankers Use Shortage of Sixpence to Hold Run on Bank
During a Bank of England crisis caused by Bonnie Prince Charlie's invasion officers deployed agents and paid out notes in sixpence. As funds moved out the door, they blocked new note holders, allowing the bank to bring in fresh money to calm panic and meet deposits.
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Bank of England
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Hand Painting Graces Paris Fashion In New Era
Paris fashion authorities endorse hand painted garments and accessories as bold yet tasteful. Designers Worth Lanvin Cheruit Paquin Chanel and others showcase cubist and geometric motifs on gowns hats and millinery with lacquered tones and painted flowers. The trend extends to scarves belts and even beaded satin dresses, signaling a vibrant shift toward artful decoration in modern couture.
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National “Se Society
Washington
Lhasa
Tibet
Nag-wang Lob-sang-gyatshe
Potala
Nag-wang-Lobsang Gya-tsho
China
Paris
New York Times
Worth
Kasha
Jeanne Lanvin
Suzanne Talbot
Renee
O' Rossen
Paquin
Chanel
Cheruit
Cherui
Lanvin
Couturiere
Arts
Directoire
Reboux
Guy
Agnes
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Sero, Debung
Gah-dan
Mongolia
School of Medicine
Lu-Kang Garden
Burma
Siam
Short Story Pub. Co
Big Tom Hart
The
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