TRUE AS STEEL A STORY OF ARMY LIFE IN A Western Fort
Major German plots a scheme to trap Colin Morton by using misdirection after Reynolds and Morton are killed. Jean Marat, the sly intermediary, supplies the crucial clothes and alleged evidence to frame Morton for Reynolds death. Morton survives a deadly chase, reaches Fort Clark wounded, and clears himself as the Major and Dr. Ross decide how to handle the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaptha X
Mr. Reynolds
Colin Morton
Jean Marat
Morton
Morten
Jean
Mr. Reynolis
Reynolds
Fish Hawk
Fort Clark
Iely
Colin
Ife
Maj
German
Robert Bracebridge
Leutenant
Mr. Steynolds
Maj. German
Dr. Ross
Colon Mortong
Phelps
Bracebridge
Bracebri
Anaese
Thera
Ross
Nan
Cel
Too Small for a Teacher in Philadelphia School Press
A student was denied a teaching certificate due to a fixed 8 percent “teaching” requirement tied to stature and appearance. Professors testified the metric counted a student’s bearing, not math or subject mastery, prompting the board to sustain the committee’s decision. The applicant will appeal before the Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey
I. B. Brandt
Prof. Brandt
New York
Holme Philadelphia
Presa
Do you understand spoken American ten
A clipped fragment suggests confirmation of understanding spoken American numeral ten. The context is unclear but implies recognition of the phrase or term.
Only Pigeon Ranch in the World Opens in California
A new pigeon ranch in Los Angeles claims to be the world’s sole extensive pigeon-raising operation. The eight acre setup houses about 15,000 birds in gigantic lofts with daily feeds costing over five dollars per meal. The farm, started three years ago with 2,000 birds, ships roughly 250 dozen squabs monthly, with market prices ranging from eighty to one hundred dollars per dozen, and pigeons remain within the ranch boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
California
Los Angeles
The Czolgosz Family and the Assassin’s Origins
The article portrays Paul Czolgosz and Ars Czolgosz as respectable, industrious, law abiding, yet the public shuns them after Leon Czolgosz’s anarchist act. It notes the family’s poverty schooling and Cleveland residence at 306 Fleet Street, and remarks Leon was easily led and not crazy per his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Czolgosz
Leon
Assissin
Fleet Street
Cleveland
Ars, Czolgosz
Las
Jed
The Buffalo Assassin Plotters Father Speaks On Conspiracy
The assassin's father, a Michigan farmer near Alpena, says his son was urged by older, wiser heads to kill the President. He and his wife believe others prompted the act, while mentioning Tom Hughes of the school as a notable peer not involved. Hughes, nicknamed the Executioner, was a popular, cheerful runner at school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czolgosz
Buffalo
Alpena
Mich
Michigan
Thomas Hughes
Tom Brown
Tom Hughes
The Idol of the Boys at Rugby
The Idol of the Boys notes that Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby is a well known book among English speaking boys and mentions Thomas Arnold Jr being at Rugby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Brown
Rugby
Thomas Arnold, Jr
Two brothers debate upgrading a London machine shop
In London the elder brother, leading an English manufacturing firm, and his engineer sibling discuss modernizing a family machine plant. The revival proposal promises higher output and lower costs, but the businessman clings to inherited practice as the old tools served three generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pennsylvania
Tom
List
Father
Grandfather
Tam
A Rattlesnake's Wisdom and Rural Wit
A river of old humor reflects on rattlesnake habits learned in cattle country twenty years ago in Montana and Wyoming. It notes how snakes enter holes head first then turn to view the entrance, allowing the rest of the body to slide down. A light quip ties in a joke about a lecturer and a highwayman motto. A hay price joke ends with rural people renamed straw stacks.
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Montana
Wyoming
Mr. Snake
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Army Life
Major Alfred Rochefort
Robert Honner
Jonny Marat
Major
Fish-Hawk
Red Angel
Jean Ma
Czolgosz Family
Pitt
Penn
Pittsburg
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