The Feast of War and a Secret Escape Plan
In a Native village, Damoan the Fox plots amid a feast while I, with Labrador and Six Fingers, prepare a risky escape for mademoiselle. Six Fingers reports peril, a hidden hole, and a brutal display by Damoan as tension erupts over the white woman’s fate.
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Mademoiselle
Isam
Damoan
Mademaiselle
Imadempetselle
Labrador
Six Fingers
Virginia
Damian
Labra
Spider
Tam
Damon
Narbonne
Acaanibas
Stirt
Mindemoiselle
Monsieur
Walt
Damean
Jeft Mademoiselle
Turkey
Damoan the Fox
Mae
Twag
Bienville
Strong Bow
Thimoan
Dallican
Humas
Heating Methods Through History
The article notes ancient stoves concealed fire, German stoves still do. England used open grate fires for room heating, a method still common but wasteful of fuel.
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England
First Clasp Knives Rise in 1650s From Flanders
The clasp or spring knives emerged around 1650 with origins traced to Flanders, a hub for numerous industries. An English inventor, George Kent, later introduced a knife cleaning machine in 1844.
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Flanders
George Kent
England
Forcing Food Into captive Pythons Described In Magazine
A Wide World Magazine writer details a method to feed captive pythons by forcible means. The process involves three people handling the snake and packing meat down its throat toward the stomach using a short stick and careful manipulation.
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Wide World Magazine
Inyorka
Johnny's Swear Word Lesson Ends With Cold Joke
A minister scolds Real Frigidity Johnny for swearing and warns of a chilly consequence. Johnny retorts that his father's mishap with a clothes wringer would have frozen anyone, finishing with a grim punchline about a frozen pie.
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Johnny
Playful Collie Echoes Ancient Wolf Fights
Old Man Negley explains that a collie's play mimics ancient wolf battles as Bruce targets forelegs and then throat. He cites human children learning by imitation, plus two long journeys home by collies showing instinctive direction finding and loyalty.
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Negley
Colonel Prouse
Spuanfel
Burke
Col
Bruce
Spaniel
North Carolina
Georgia
Callie
Fort Scott
Kans
Albuquerque
N. M
Fort Scott Zoo
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Women in Fistic Ring and Early Boxing Challenge
The piece recalls early female boxing ambitions with 1722 London challenges. Elizabeth Wilkinson from Clerkenwell invited Hannah Hyfield of Newgate Market to a stage fight for three guineas, each woman holding half a crown, with the winner determined by the purse. Hyfield replied she would not yield to words and would not spare blows, promising “home blows” and a good thumping if challenged.
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London
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Clerkenwell
Hannah Hyfield
Newgate Market
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