The Man With The Stick Meets A Wily Grifter
At a Bijou Bar Chicago Fred known as Chicago Fred watches a Pittsburgh dispute and befriends two young men. A fat man overhears then discovers Fred’s cane conceals a ten dollar gold piece. The plan to steal the stick backfires when Fred returns and its secret is revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Felton
Mulberry Street
Chicago
Fred
Mr. Felton
Felton
Pittsburgh
Jack Hickey
Murphy
Tigers
Hickey
Wees
The Cane That Duped a Century Bet in Manhattan
A con man and two Pittsburgh partners lure Felton and his associate into a stick gamble. The elder swindler claims a huge stake, while the others hide ten-dollar coins in the cane. Felton bets a century that the stick holds ten dollars, but Chicago Fred exposes the theft and recoups the money, leaving the Fat Man speechless.
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Fred Felton
Felton
Frederick Felton
Chicago
Fred
Manhattan
Johnson's Island Prison for Southern Officers
Johnson's Island near Sandusky bay on Lake Erie served as a Civil War prison camp for officers. Captured Confederates were housed behind a 12 foot high fenced platform top fence with sentinels day and night. From April 1862 to September 1885 over 15 000 were confined, many prominent professionals among the chivalry of the South.
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Johnson's Island
Sandusky Bay
Lake Erie
Fort Lafayette
Johnson’'s Island
South
Size Range of Bacilli Reported in Microbiology Study
The largest bacillus measured about 1 800 of an inch long and 1 5 000 of an inch wide while the smallest known form averages 1 50 000 of an inch by 1 125 000.
Antecedents of Modern Writing Paper Told
The American Forestry association credits T'sui-lun of China with creating the first proper writing sheet in 75 A D. At 40 he became a marquis for his work. He produced the initial hand sheet from mulberry bark after 80 years, using bark as a raw material to craft a finished sheet through early processes that foreshadow modern paper making.
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American Forestry Association
T’sui-lun
China
T'Sal-Lun
T’sal-lun
T’gal-lun
Don Quixote through Heine's changing view
Henne narrates his shifting attitudes toward Don Quixote tracing childhood faith tears and laughter from youth to old age. He rereads the tale every five years, alternately bore by the knight and later united with Quixote and Sancho. The Times Literary Supplement notes the world has felt similar varied responses.
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Heine
Don Quixote
Jnst
Quixote
Sancho
Thin Knight
Henne
Times Literary Supplement
Saint Leonard Patron Saint of Prisoners
The text notes St Leonard as a French noble turned monk who founded a monastery and gained fame for charity to prisoners. After his death around 669 at Le Noblat, legends credit miracles freeing captives. His feast aligned with Michaelmas term, aiding writs returnable.
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St. Leonard
Clovis I
St Leonard le Noblat
Inca Knotted Cord Adds Ancient Calculating Aid
A Montreal Star report describes a knotted cord or quip found in a prehistoric tomb in Peru. The sixteen yard cord holds 100 knots divided into ten color coded sections for odd numbers one to nineteen, separated by silver beads for even numbers two to twenty, enabling decimal based quick calculations.
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Peru
Montreal Star
Marriage Ethics in East Plays Out on River Bank
Eastward reports a tale of a man with two wives where the first wife stands by the river while the second wife washes dishes. The first wife, who helped choose the second wife, now trains her young rival and gains a maid, ending her own dishwashing tasks.
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East
First Patent for Potash Invention by Samuel Hopkins
The first inventor to benefit from the 1780 national patent act was Samuel Hopkins of Vermont. His patent covered an improved method of making potash from wood ashes and lye. Potash, used in soap and glass, required heavy tree cutting to produce a ton worth about $25.
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Samuel Hopkins
Vermont
Kidney Nerve Pressure and Chiropractic Relief
The kidneys rely on nervous energy to function and drain toxins. Spinal pressure on a kidney nerve can reduce performance, causing a sensation described as a kick from the kidneys. Chiropractors are advised to remove nerve pressure to restore function.
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Denton Journal
Boward Melvin Benz. H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Clarence L. Hay
Short Story Pub. Co
Children OF Bible Lands
West
Franklin Street
Baltimore, Md
Johnson’s Island
Bacilli
Ie Theo
A. Tobin
D.C. Ph
Uncle Ben
Isabelle East
Chiropractic Research Bureau
Denton
Ridgely
Theo. A. Tobin Chiropractor
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Nation
Eastern Shore Gas & Electric Co
Williston
Hignutt
O. M. Hignutt
New Dover Opera House
Delaware
First National
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
President
America
Abraham
First National Presents
Claire Windsor
Adolph Menjou
New York
Montmartre
Paris
Comedy and News
Florence Vidor
Lewis Stone
Stone
Greater
Baltimore
Pratt
Leeds
Nottle Hardware CO
THE
Farmers Supply CO
H. W. Rickey Consulting Poultry Specialist
August Haupt
W. E. Melaney
Hickman
Hobbs, Md
Hoke Smelting AN Refining CO
Otsego
Mich
the Peoples Bank
Denton, MD
Henry J. Nuttle
Prest
J. Frank Wright
Cashier
Maryland
Wsbspape
PHYS
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