Old Uncle Ben Survives Night of Gunfire and Rescue
Uncle Ben, pursued by a mob intent on harming him, escapes after a tense night. He warns Marian and gathers aid from Steve Brayton to reach Royal Kenton wounded in the brush. Kenton is alive but badly hurt. Brayton and Ben vow to protect him as they move toward Rest Haven.
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Uncle Pen
Rest Haven
Uncle Ben
Missus Percy
Winchester
Percy Nigeer
Harrisonburg
Ben
Tyo
Marian
Uncle Ben Percy
Uncle Bent
Steve Brayton
Steve
Fur Shore
Harrisonborg
Mars Kenton
Brayton
Mara Kenton
Bedun
Jake Baxter
Miss
Nahine
Kenton
Mrs. Baxter
Mr. Kenton
Shore
Miss Sunshine
Hart
Bresh
Royal Kenton
Baxter
Captain Wyle
Imboden
Ike Baxter
Kernstown
Ike
Eauth
Wyle
Republic
South
North
John Brown
Virginia
Kansas
Marian Percy
Dovur
Ehn
Uncle Len
Sunshine
Yanko
Rich
Unclear dialogue drives night tense warning
Readable lines reveal a tense exchange about Mare Kenton and a plan to alarm Mrs. Baxter to uncover news. The speaker asks for possessions to be packed quickly and urges swift return before gorillas finish Mare Kenton.
Missing Man Hunt Ends Without Find
A thorough search failed to locate any missing man described as deaf or alive. Despite extensive efforts, no clues or remains were recovered.
When the bimeby time comes roun a note from Boston Courter
A poem about future time and higher pay workers next spring news notes. Also a science note about planetary atmospheres contrasting Earth and the Moon with speculation the moon once had an atmosphere and lakes before lava covered its surface.
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Boston
Earth
St. Louis Republic
Counterfeit Cotton Limitation of Caterpillar Spread
The Pittsburg Dispatch argues that wrapping trees in cotton does not stop caterpillars from reaching leaves. Caterpillars hatch eggs on the leaves and feed there regardless of trunk coverings. The paper says spraying with paris green or similar poison is the only effective control.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Battlefield Typewriters On English Military Tournament
A St Louis Globe-Democrat item describes a novel feature in a British military tournament where a Remington typewriter was mounted on a cyclist’s handlebars. The operator typed messages from signalers while riding among horses and cannon, bracing the cycle when stopping and sending completed messages to the rear by trained dogs.
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England
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Historic trees dot the capital's avenues and gardens
The article catalogs notable trees planted by famous figures across Washington, highlighting the Washington elm, Cameron elm, Thaddeus Stevens tree, and others. It notes the extensive historic grove in the Botanical gardens, with entries on trees linked to Harrison, Forrest, Forney, Pike, Crittenden, Morrill, Hoar, Vance, Holman, Bayard, and a Chinese oak linked to Confucius Dana-Cummings. It closes with a separate note on Professor Colbert's meteorology theory in the Chicago Journal.
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Capitol Park
Senate
Washington
Harrison
Executive Mansion
Lincoln Monument
Capital Hill
Thaddeus Stevens
Botanical Gardens
Tiber
William R. Smith
Smith
Fillmore
Philadelphia
Edwin Forrest
John W. Forney
Albert Pike
General Pike
John C. Crittenden
Kentucky
Morrill
Maine
Vermont
Hoar
Vance
Indiana
Bayard
Confucius Dana-Cummings
Charles A. Dana
Long Island
Amos J. Cummings
Philadelphia Ledger
Differences Between Moths and Butterflies
A compact note explains two sure signs to tell moths from butterflies. It notes antenna shape with knobbed ends in butterflies and feathered or spired antennae in moths, plus the wing position at rest for each insect.
Curious Blunder at Boston Library Over Watt Name
In Boston a public library’s carved cornice list misnamed James Watt as Isaac Watts, the famed hymn writer. The error swapped the inventor of the steam engine with the English hymn writer, prompting local consternation and headlines in the Philadelphia Record.
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Llight
Boston
Public Library
James Watt
Isaac Watts
James
Philadelphia
Grace in Chicago Inter Ocean breakfast remark
A child asks if parents thought of her while away and recalls hearing a man scolding about his breakfast, prompting a family memory referenced by the Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Papa
Mamma
Little Grace
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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Bluffton Banhes
Hashi
Battlefield Typewriters
Colbert
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
Rockies
Chicago Journal
Portland
All
Canada
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