Barbanet’s scheme leads to a barber shop standoff
Selwood traps Barbanet and Bull Page in a barber shop as Lefever’s men close in, with Starbuck’s looming confrontation. Christie Fyler fears for her life while Christie and Starbuck clash outside. A chaotic dawn erupts with gunfire, pursuit, and a burning hint as Pardaloe braces for action.
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Bull
Starbuck
Barbanet
Selwood
Cliff Starbuck
Harry
Bull Page
John Selwood
Fyler
Nelits
Page
Harry Barbanet
Margaret Hyde
Margaret
Christie Fyler
Christie
Chiristia
Marennet
Barband
Lefever
Pardalee
Mateo
Bartoe
Burtoe
Pardaloe
Stubuck
Chistie
Pardaloc
Duel in the riverfront alley ends with knife grasp
Starbuck and Selwood fight for control of a knife amid a brutal death struggle. Pardaloe and Tope watch as Starbuck is overpowered and wounded, Selwood nearly claims victory before Pardaloe seizes the moment to intercede and take the weapon. The loser’s deck is ruined and authorities move to quell the gang after a riverbank chase.
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Selwood
Starbuck
Pardaloe
Tope
Pardnice
Jon
John
Pardatoc
Starbuch
Pardalee
Lefever
Scott
Calabosag
The Young Lady Across the Way
The wiry young lady notes how dental condition greatly affects overall health and urges consulting a good dentist at the first sign of pyro mania, attributed to the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Early Boston & Lowell RR rule on Sunday rides
The Boston & Lowell Railroad forbade taking engines out on Sundays without superintendent permission to curb joy riding. In that era engineers often offered friends pleasure rides on locomotives, as there were no Sunday trains, a practice noted by the Boston Post.
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Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston Post
Riddle on the Fence Post Trick Shoots Crows Joke
A joke exchanges a math trap about three crows on a fence post. The punchline centers the mistaken counting as the survivor birds fly away after a shot, leading to confusion over whether two or zero crows remain.
Woman Accorded High Rank in Intelligence
Anatole France valued women highly in a conversation quoted in Sandor Kemeri’s book Rambles With Anatole France. He praises women’s intelligence and their drive to assert themselves, arguing women foresee the future and guide history, though he suggests their fate rests on men.
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Anatole France
Sandor Kemeri
Adam
Lfe
Desirable dwelling on Third street offered by Nichols firm
Desirable dwelling on Third street fully equipped with bath negate and water gave condition. Apply H. Nichols & Co Denton Md.
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Third Street
H. Nichols & CO
Denton, Md
Foods That Boost Human Efficiency in Ancient Myths and Modern Diet
The article links mythic speed with winged sandals of Mercury to today’s quest for efficiency. It notes Hawaii pineapple plantations supply energy via pineapple sugars and fiber. kraut juice with lactic microbes and nutrients is touted as a fine body booster. It cautions about pre Volstead era drinking context.
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Mount Olympus
Mercury
Jupiter
Vinus
Hawaii
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
Frank H, Spearman
Charles Scribner’s Souza
Margaret Hide
Flo
DAIS
Alan. Coons
Anna Q. Nilsson
Sne
Ystad
Sweden
Miss Nilsson
S. Frank Cole
M. K. Newnam
Jack Rowdy
Caroline
Talbot
F. A. Deford
Chesapeake & Potomag Telephone Company
W. A. Smith
Denton
Journal
Howard Pritchett & CO
Greensboro
Maryland
Wyatt Mat Chick
Cornell
Blamberg Bros., Inc
Commerce St
Baltimore, Md
Farmers Supply Company
F. J. Wright
Denton, Maryland
Ernest G. Cooper Denton, Md
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