Ben Franklin Forecast Air Troops at Balloon Ascents
Benjamin Franklin wrote to Jan Ingenhouss after Paris balloon ascents in 1763. He speculated that balloon warfare could force sovereigns to rethink wars as 5000 balloons carrying two men each might threaten vast defended territories and alter military plans.
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Wagon Wheel Ranch Tale Ends in Arizona
Mary Sutherland, lured east to Arkonan by Wagon Wheel ranch ads, meets Len Entmey who claims the business closed. They go to Phoenix where Len rodes Mad Hatter, suffers injury, Mary later buys the Burdan equity in the wagon wheel for 2100 dollars after outbidding Ham Henley.
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Wagon Wheel dispute tests love and power in Arizona
Don Leonardo reveals a plan to gift the Wagon Wheel ranch to Len as a hedge against beef-market pressures. Mary negotiates a sale and favors a mutual, nonmarital agreement while Len confronts emotional stakes and a life apart from romance.
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Light of the World lesson on the man born blind
The lesson centers on John 9 1 7 13 34 41 and the theme that Christ is the light of the world. Four paths unfold: guesswork versus God’s glory, impossibility versus obedience, controversy versus confession, and healing versus hardening as the blind man believes and sees while the Pharisees refuse.
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The Use of Fabric and Thread in Decorating Homes of Tomorrow
Advice from a home decorating feature outlines postwar trends with fabrics and new textiles to create spacious rooms. It notes curtains to alter spaces, longer seams for curtains, and tips for pleats and full fullness. A simple coffee table project uses straight lumber cuts and a glass top with a decorative insert.
Lincoln in Song: Over Five Hundred Compositions About One Man
Collier's notes that more than 500 songs commemorate Abraham Lincoln, the most for any individual. About 420 pieces cover nominations and campaigns, presidents, emancipation, minstrelsy, and comic tunes, plus around 80 funeral marches and memorial hymns.
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