Selkirk Legend of Alexander Hume and the Brave Wife
A Selkirk shoemaker named Alexander Hume joins King James IV’s expedition to England. His wife Margaret dies at home after fleeing to see him, carrying their infant. In battle Hume fights bravely with a mysterious fellow soldier, who remains unnamed but shares a leather jacket, iron helmet, and white feather. The tale ends with Margaret and the child dead in an armchair, symbolizing tragedy.
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Selkirk
James IV
Scotland
England
William Brydone
Alexander Hume
Brydone
Hume
Margaret
Alexander
Eng Ushman
Nume
Margaret Hume
Be conciliatory and considerate in negotiations
A brief quotation from Ward emphasizes the value of conciliation and consideration in resolving disputes through calm dialogue and mutual respect.
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Ward
Ruskin and Rose La Touche Love Tragedy of Faith and Death
In 1036 Ruskin befriended Rese La Fouche later Rose La Touche, a young Irish girl. Their bond deepened as he aged, but she remained a devout Protestant. She refused marriage unless he shared her faith, and in 1872, after his refusal to pretend, they parted. She died soon after, and Ruskin mourned deeply. Based on Lyndon Orr’s Munsey’s magazine account.
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Ruskin
Rese la Touche
Rese la Fouche
Couse
Rose la Touche
Lous
Surrey
John Ruskin
God
Lyndon Orr
Munsey
The Ocean's Age via Salt Salinity Estimate
Professor Joly attempts to date the sea by the sodium ratio from continental runoff. He concludes the ocean has existed between 80,000,000 and 170,000,000 years, noting the method is not definite but provides probable results in geological time estimation.
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Joly
Signal Flags and a Failing Message in a Turbulent Command
A naval squadron blunders trigger the angry admiral to lambaste the ship’s captain. He pauses to address the signaler who realizes there are not enough flags to convey the full rebuke.
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Lie
London
Cannibal Motives Across Tribes and Continents
The text surveys cannibalism among various groups, noting motives from insult and affection to religious rites. It cites Indians and Australians as examples and claims African practices range from sacred rites to basic appetite.
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Africa
Traced a Long Way
A witty exchange about tracing ancestry ends with a remark that a grand father once resigned as a country bank cashier and was traced as far as China but escaped discovery.
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China
London
The Remedy on Fashion and Marriage Advice
The Boston Transcript quips about a man with a ripped coat and three-button vest. The joke suggests he should marry or get divorced, reflecting the era’s social humor and styling norms.
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Boston Transcript
Sense of Space Possibly Innate in Infants
London Post reports German experiments and baby studies suggesting a sense of space may exist from infancy. Observations include a newborn reacting with dread as arms loosen and clinging to nearby objects, implying an innate perception of support and distance.
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Infante
Germany
London Post
Slow Death From Fatal Malady Warns Scientist
A physician cites Dr Felix Regnault noting most deaths are slow from diseases like cancer tuberculosis diabetes and other conditions. He argues current thinking misjudges when illness kills and that extended organ weakness rather than old age causes demise, with death often tied to a worn organ.
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Felix Regnault
Ten Years Penance Demand From Graveyard Vengeance
A jealous husband leaves his wife £60,000 with the condition she spend two hours daily at his graveside for ten years after his death, accompanied by her sister whom the husband believes she hates more than him. The will cites their past sulking as the basis for the unusual penalty.
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London
Didn't Like the Walk
A North country pitman and his wife visit a large drapery shop. The obsequious shopwalker asks them to walk this way but the pitman refuses saying he has never walked that way and will not try. The anecdote appears from London Scraps.
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London
Not Deceived. A Droll Courier Humor Note
Short exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal quotes a man claiming honesty with his wife while the other jokes about feigned belief, reflecting lighthearted domestic wit and newspaper humor of the era.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Mind Over Form: Shakespeare Quote Trims Bodily Focus
A short quotation from Shakespeare emphasizes the power of the mind to shape the body. The line suggests that perception drives physical state, reflecting Renaissance thought on mind body unity.
Nature and Functions of the So Called Air Bladder in Fishes
The London Chronicle explains that fish movement is governed by a gas filled air bladder not air. By adjusting gas discharge or regeneration the bladder changes buoyancy allowing level swimming and controlled head or tail elevation. The entire bladder or portions may inflate to shift center of gravity for vertical or horizontal orientation.
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London Chronicle
Quick Thinker Interaction with Two Rascals
In a dialogue from Meggendorfer Blatter, Dittersdorf and Heinz discuss a potential hold up. One says two evil looking rascals approach, and Heinz notes the dollar lent earlier is repaid as they confront the threat.
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Dittersdorf
Heinz
Timber Sale Bid Notice Absaroka National Forest Missoula
Sealed bids for merchantable dead and marked live timber on about 43 acres in Section 4 Township 3 North Range 12 East unsurveyed M P M Absaroka National Forest Montana will be received by January 3 1910. Minimum bid 3.00 per M for both live and dead timber with 200 deposit per bid. Address W G Lantry Forest Supervisor Livingston Montana. First publication December 2.
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Missoula
Montana
Absaroka
Forest Service
Druckenmiller
Absaroka National Forest
Western Montana National Bank
W. G. Lantry
Livingston
T. A. Silcox
Order to Show Cause Why Sale of Real Estate Should Not Be Made
In Sweet Grass County Montana the district court orders Bridget Veasey an insane person to appear on December 13 1909 to show cause why guardian Charles McDonnell may sell necessary real estate and dower rights Edward Veasey formerly held. A copy of this order will be published weekly for four weeks in The Big Timber Pioneer. Frank Henry Judge. Published November 11 1909.
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Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Abel Gardner
H.C. Pound
H. C. Pound
A. G. Hatch
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Bridget Veasey
Charles McDonnell
Edward Veasey
Big Timber Pioneer
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White
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Bozeman, Mont
Caroline Tronrud
Melville
East M. P. Meridian
C. N. Skillman
U. S
Abram Grosfield
Adolp Tronrud
Andrew Tronrud
Fred Sherlock
M. R. Wilson
Register
United States Land Office
Lewistown
Mont
Catherine D. Benjamin
Township
Range 14
Meridian
Charles Jordan
C. E. McKern
Edward Brassey
Bailey
J. W. Bailey
Public Land Sale Department of the Interior
Bozeman
General Land Office
Congress
Range
W. H. Sates
M.P.M
M.R. Wilro1n
District Court
Hans Rudd
Otter Creek
Alfred Rupp
J. BE. Barsour
SoBe Uy Legluli
Frank Henry
M. J. Foley
E. C. Clark Bio Timber
Fentre Insurance
I. W. Seger
F. W. Hahn
Miles City, Mont
Leighton
Hutchinson’s
W. 7. Patterson
Turkey
L. F. Douthett
The
Pioneer
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