Standoff on Rimrock Sparks Hidden Refuge Plot
Ruth Chiswick confronts Jeff Gray who claims to be an outsider hired to kill her father. After a gun misfire and pursuit, she helps him reach a secret line-camp run by Pat Sorley where Gray is hidden and treated as Ruth plans next moves to shield him and uncover the truth.
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Frank
Dan Brand
Father
Ruth
Broderick Order
Bob
Blue Chip
Buenos Dias
Jeff Gray
Lee Chiswick
Howard
Sherr Howard
Gray
Steven
Holt
Sherm Howard
Rimrock
Pat Sorley
Pat
Ireland
Elis
Ruth Chiswick
Miss Ruth
Valuable Aluminum Pyramid Caps Washington Monument
A 100-ounce pyramid of pure aluminum caps the 555-foot Washington Monument. This 1934 photo captures the cap and the nearby illuminated peak. The monument began in 1848, faced Civil War delays, and was completed with a capstone weighing 3300 pounds.
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Washington Monument
Ball Lightning Said to Be Harmless to Humans
The Indianapolis News reports ball lightning as a puzzling phenomenon with German research by Dr. Walther Brand detailing 215 cases. Balls appear as small luminous spheres or pears during storms, sometimes entering homes, sometimes harmless to people, but attached balls can burn if they touch skin.
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Indianapolis
Walther Brand
Conscience money funds fed by fraud payments rise
Conscience money sent to the U S Treasury from individuals who defrauded the government is placed in the general fund and spent like other revenue. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes yearly sums from a few cents to thousands with total receipts exceeding half a million dollars since 1811, including a single year as high as 30,000 dollars from a mysterious contributor totaling 80,000 dollars.
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Treasury Department
Federal Treasury
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Power of Words in Speech and Writing
A compact reflection on how words influence minds and actions, from lullabies to speeches. It cites Emil Ludwig on Napoleon and notes that words shape perception, stir mobs, awaken genius, and echo through time as a lasting force.
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Napoleon
Emil Ludwig
Curious Acrostic Scandal At Boston Public Library
A Boston library block plaque bore immortal names from literature and science when a reporter noticed the initials spelled McKim Meade and White the architectural firm. Trustees removed the list and replaced it with a non acrostic plaque to avoid advertising.
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McKim, Meade and White
New York
Board of Trustees
Western Newspape Union
Hail-Rod Special Form of Lightning Rod Described
The hail rod, called paragrele in French, is a special form of lightning rod used to prevent hail by drawing off electricity from clouds. Early devices included a wooden pole with a metal tip grounded by a wire, with millions erected in Europe during the 1800s. A later copper version installed high on towers or church steeples gained popularity in France before World War I, though debates persisted.
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Arago
Indianapolis News
Europe
France
Those Good Old Days Twenty First Century Outlook
A Pearson's London Weekly writer argues against lamenting the past. The piece asserts that today is one of the good old days and urges readers to seek fulfillment rather than dwell on aging. It emphasizes mindset, vitality, and personal drive as the true measures of age.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Tschaikowsky the great Russian composer remembered
Tschaikowsky Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky, born 1840, rose from modest musical gifts to become Russia’s best known composer. He died in 1893 after a prolific output including eleven operas and six symphonies, notably the Pathetique. His works remain fixtures on concert programs, including pieces written for a church memorial of Russia’s victory over Napoleon.
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Tschaikowsky
Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky
Peace Within Reflects Inner Calm Over Exterior Sources
A reflective note asserts inner peace as essential, stating that without personal harmony no external peace can endure. It emphasizes self contentment as the foundation for lasting tranquility and resilience amid outside circumstances.
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Sorley
U. S
Oston
Athens
Moses Mozart Wren Cicero
Eucliad Herrick
Kalidasa
Aeschylus
Irving Isocrates
Dante Titian
Milton Luchlid
Erasmus
George van Dorn & His
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Legrande Food
HE Grande
Ood
George Washington
MCKAY
Maxwell House
Pak
Sunshine Cupboard
A. B
MRS
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Coe
Campbell
Camphbell
LeGrande
Pellsbury
Willard L. Swann
Denton
G. C. Cohee
Denton Harvey Fleetwood
T. L. Trice, Sr
Preston Arnie’s
Cash Grocery
Preston
Milford Kline
Hillsboro
Harry Stedman
Ridgely
L. Calvin Butler
Greensboro
L W. Sylvester
Goldsboro
J. F. Lane
H. A. Porter
Barrsville
R. H. Gibson
Queen Anne
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