Apache Knife and Deserted Streets Rise of Paris Apaches
A New York Tribune piece by Abdie Fridon describes Parisian Apaches, street gangs using silent knives and brutal tactics. It details their policing, social status, and path from youth to jail, with African battalions as a grim backdrop and the cycle of crime and punishment in French society.
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Varlektig
France
Republic
Sahara Desert
Jing Sun
Alls Wells
Horsey
Cty
Abdie Fridon
New York Tribune
Deed of daring saves twenty seven in shipwreck
In 1867 captain William Jackman rescued 27 seafarers from the Le a Clipper after a reefed wreck near the Spotted Islands. He escorted eleven to safety, then carried a castaway on each return trip. A woman was found alive but died hours later, her gratitude echoed for the captain’s bravery.
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Lea
Ao Reef
Spotted Islands
Willam Jackman
Kid
Bari
Jackman
Wide World Magazine
Frightful Sea Trial Proves Ship Heats Water Aft
A steamship with a record passenger list speeds over the ocean. A curious young woman questions the pace, the captain asserts the friction of the boat makes the water hot aft. He drops a bucket under the galley drain to show the water steaming, as a puzzled onlooker comments on the scene.
Change of Course on Sea Friction Debate
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Times quotes a captain and a Yankee arguing over changing course due to friction. The exchange humorously weighs the cost of constant course adjustments and their effect on the ocean.
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Philadelphia Times
Sugar’s journey from sukkuar to sugar across centuries
The article traces the word sugar from Arabic suk kar through Europe via Arab incursions. It notes its spread from Persia to Arabia to Cyprus Rhodes Sicily and Egypt where refining improved. From Egypt sugar production spread along North Africa to Spain about 1150 with fourteen refineries. Columbus introduced sugar cane to the New World.
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Europe
van Lippman
Persia
Arabia
Cyprus
Rhodes
Sicily
Egypt
Africa
Spain
Columbus
New World
When the Loss Was Felt
A wife notes her husband’s mood after a lengthy visit as the maid recalls he seemed downhearted in the last day or two, suggesting he felt her absence strongly during the separation.
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Mary
First National Bank of Athena Granted Long Term Charter Extension
The Treasury Department Comptroller of the Currency certifies First National Bank of Athena in Umatilla County Oregon is authorized to extend its corporate existence until close of business December 12 1980 under the act enabling national banking associations to extend existence. Signed December 12 1910 with the Comptroller Lawrence O. Murray seal. Charter No 4516 Extension No 2992.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Hirat National Bank of Athena
Athena
Umatilla
Oregon
Lawrences O. Murray
First Nationals Bank of Athena
Atte
Lawrence 0. Murray
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Paris
Koife
Carson
F. Sharp
Valla
Third Street
Athena Oregor
G. S. Newsom
M. D
Weston
Peterson & Wilson
Attorneys-at-Law
Pendleton
Homer I
Watts
Jos
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. E. Froome
Prop
THE
ST. Nichols
Rodate
Troy Laundry For
Henry Keene
Foley
Praemonia
James Coffee
Raymond
Missouri
C. J. Peter Dunes
Mich
J. W. Bryan
Lowder, Ill
Chicago
New York
Marion Jack, Pres
AKERS
Sec-Treas
Pendleton Iron Works
Pendleton Busnes College
E. O. Draper
Pendleton, Ore
C A. J. Parker
Maik Street
Utah
Ballard
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
North Second Street
ST. Louis
Byron N. Hawks
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