Alice of Old Vincennes violence and vengeance unfold
The pendulum of peril swings at a stockade as Captain Farnsworth’s actions and Hamilton’s coercion threaten Alice Roussillon. Beverley’s fate surfaces as Long Hair reports a fatal end, forcing Alice to flee into the night while Hamilton pursues.
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Wabash
France
Father Beret
Alice
Hamilton
Helm
Farnsworth
Hammilton
Miss Roussillon
Beverley
Leutenant
Snowshoes for Wagons Revolutionize Winter Travel
An illustrated device lets wagon wheels gain sleigh runners without removing the wheels. Sheet iron shoes with steel runners bolt into place for a ready sleigh ride after a snowfall, offering portability and convenience for daily drivers. The piece notes broader winter conditions and mentions Captain R I Scott leading a British Antarctic expedition.
Remarkable Russian Tuberculosis Cure by Engineer Zagoranski
Kisel Zagoranski, a mining engineer licensed to practice medicine, claims a Siberian mine foreman gave him a formula to treat consumption. He says the medicine kills germs and purifies the body, but does not rebuild lung tissue, which must be restored by careful dieting after cure.
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Russia
Kisel Zagoranski
M. Zagoranski
Siberia
Mousetrap Sparks Death Trap for Rats at Findlay Factory
Night watchman Michael Hornar of a Findlay Ohio table factory invents an electric mousetrap. A tin disc with an electrode holds a tallow candle core. a rat touching the candle wire completes the circuit and dies instantly.
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Michael Hornar
Findlay
Mr. Hornar
Sewage Beds At Birmingham Yield Clear Odorless Water
In Birmingham England some contact beds used coal as filtering media and produced an effluent so clear sparkling and odorless that workers drank from it. The flow from these coal beds was much better than from beds with other media.
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Birmingham
England
Alaska Name Meaning The Great Land
The passage notes that the name Alaska was given by Mr. Stewart to the country he negotiated for and that in the Indian language it means The Great Land.
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Alaska
Stewart
Gallardian of Millions
Hamilton Fish named assistant treasurer in charge of the New York subtreasury, a long prominent figure in New York financial circles for many years.
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Gallardian
Hamilton Fish
United States
New York
Empire City
Fish
General Grant
Oregon's Popular Senator Fulton Bio Emerges
Oregon's popular senator Charles W. Fulton, who followed Joseph Simon as a United States senator from Oregon, was born in Ohio and moved with his parents to Iowa where he studied law and began his career.
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Oregon
Charles W. Fulton
Joseph Simon
United States
Ohio
Iowa
Fulton
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A Sue
Mademolisselle
Miss Roussi
Mademoiselle
Humphride
Tance
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Elty
Tie
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Mervinin
Census Bureau
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Scott
Census Division of Manufactures
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
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Tribune
Santa Fe
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
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Chicaco
Galveston
EL Paso
City OF Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
C. F. Warren
Dooley Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
Liberty Paint
THE
Eureka Paint & Equipment Company
Liberty, Indiana
Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon
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San Francisco
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Co. 8
Williams
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Bon Ton Restaurant
George, Proprietor
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