Desert town Fourth of July race saga unfolds
In a desert South est town during the Fourth of July Celestial Day parade Greeny Cat and Tambel watch a chaotic day of races and tricks. Denison, a famed Texan rider, clashes with McCrossen while Jane reconnects with Roger and confronts Van Tambel and Gunlock. The crowd’s drama ends with revelations and relationships tested.
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Greeny Cat
Dentson Ten McCrossen
Dent
Ne van Tambel
Dentson
Barney Rebstock
Mewssen
Dr. Carpy
Roger
Jane
Chen Gunlock Jane
Denison
van Mel
McGrossen
Nso Ag
Jane Van Tambel Seeks Doctor Carpy In Sleepy Cat
Jane Van Tambel travels to Sleepy Cat to consult Doctor Carpy about her father’s past and his ranch debts. He questions her, but she presses for truth and financial help while forging a wary bond with the seasoned surgeon. Bull Page and locals circle the drama as a rustler’s shadow looms.
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Mecogsen
Jane
Bull Page
Cargy
Carpy
Doctor Yi
Jane De‘ly
Curpy
Nellania
BU Denison
Tang
Medicine Bend
Vane
Lou
Doctor Carpy
van Tambel
Carey
Father
Shane
Mother
Tim
Tane
Janet
Bull
Jake Spotts
Spotts
Gunlock
Gus
Medicine Bend Hospital
Oscar
Jake
Panama
van Timbel
Spots
Pumme
Ball
Steet
Cells that drink as well as eat in living tissues
Baltimore report notes that moving pictures show certain body cells drink by a process called pinocytosis. Dr. Warren H. Lewis observes edge ruffles engulfing fluid globules, with some cells taking in large fluid amounts, including cancer and stomach tissue cells in rats.
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Baltimore
Warren H. Lewis
Department of Embryology
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Lewis
Inventor's Device Tunes Ship Radio Despite Heavy Seas
A Paris inventor Jean Rebotier received a patent for a rolling sea tuned antenna system. The automatic condenser adjusts with ship roll to keep antenna capacity constant, preventing detuning of the transmitter and receiver and ensuring constant signal contact with other ships.
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Washington
Paris
France
Jean Rebotier
Lost earthquake found in Himalayas near Everest
The lost earthquake first registered on May 27 and caused world seismographs to search. Relocated by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey and Jesuit Seismological Association, it now lies about 200 miles northwest of Mount Everest in remote Himalayan areas.
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Washington
Himalayas
India
Ganges
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Jesuit Seismological Association
St. Louis
Mount Everest
Safe Mushroom Picking Requires Knowing The Species
Warm summer rains bring mushrooms in woods fields yards and around stumps. Do not eat wild mushrooms without knowing the species as many are poisonous especially Amanitas. Silver tests fail. white gills and veil mark Amanitas which are best avoided. Safe kinds include meadow mushroom morel and white puffballs before dark spots appear.
Shield of Spartan Warrior Believed Found Near Athens
A decorated shield found by American excavators in a well near Athens is believed to be the shield of Spartan warrior Brasidas, tied to the Battle of Pylos in 424 B C. It will be kept in chemical solution for a year before permanent display. an ivory statuette of a woman was also uncovered amid Athens democracy workings and marble machines for citizen allotment.
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Princeton
N. J
Athens
Brasidas
Pylos
B. C
Edward Capps
American School of Classical Studies
Capps
T. Leslie Shear
Seek Oldest Americans at Continent's Doorstep
An expedition led by Henry B. Collins Jr. of the Smithsonian, sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the Smithsonian, travels to Cape Prince of Wales Alaska to study the earliest peoples likely to have crossed from Asia. The summer mission aims to locate the oldest Americans at the continent's northwestern gateway.
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Washington
America
Henry B. Collins, Jr
Smithsonian Institution
National Geographic Society
The
Smithsonian
North America
Cape Prince of Wales
Alaska
Asia
Blaine Defeat Self-Inflicted by Conkling Rivalry
A chancery of political vanity and feud halted James G Blaine's career. Roscoe Conkling clashed with Blaine as young congressmen. Theodore Tilton satire worsened Blaine's image, rupturing his prospects. Conkling then thwarted Blaine for twenty years, blocking nominations and aiding defeats.
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P. Storians
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Roscoe Conkling
New Yorker
Maine
Conkling
Theodore Tilton
New York Independent
Davis
New York
Hyperion
Thersites
Knight
Roorback hoax helps shape 1844 campaign lore
A detailed history of the Roorback hoax in 1844 shows a forged letter claiming James K. Polk branded slaves with his initials. The scam originated in the Ithaca Journal and drew on "Roorback" a fictitious travel book, later exposed as a Democratic manipulation and a lasting symbol of political resort to discredit.
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John Adams
Ithaca
N. Y
James K. Polk
North
Polk
Roorback
George William Featherstonough
Ithaca Journal
J. K. Polk
House of Representatives
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