The Red Road A Romance of Braddock's Defeat
In a Virginia setting a young Webster Brond ia serves as scout for Braddock’s army and returns to Alexandria from the fort posing as a Frenchman to gather intelligence. He travels toward Fort Duquesne with Round Paw and Galsar Cromit a backwoodsman joins them and they press on to relay news to George Croghan.
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Webster Brond Ia
Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Alexandria
Brand
George Croghan
Round Paw
Galsar Cromit
Mother Cox
Croghan
Great Cove
Cromit
Cromitt
Red Cours
Ohio
McDowell
Craigs
Craig Brothers
Shippensburg
Allegheny
Parnal’s Knob
Mound Paw
Croiut
Knolfe
Pennsylvania
Europe
New
Eng
Oscar Kluck
Burt
Black
Elsie
der Dexenkopf
Tom
Batsar Cromit
McDowell's Mill
Uoroor
Crom
Hillromit
Witchcraft Fear Roils Der Hexenkopf Valley
In Der Hexenkopf a witchcraft scare crescendos as Elsie Dinwold faces mob fury. The narrator helps calm tensions, questions the accused, and seeks a peaceful exit for Elsie and her uncle while Braddock’s looming conflict stirs local chaos.
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Elsie Dinwwold
Bruched & Man
Oref der Besenkopf
John Hokes
George Croghan
Will's Creek
Elete Dinweld
der Hexenkopf
Elsie Dinwald
Elsie Dinwold
Rhi
Iater
Didn’t Have Nerve to Cook the Little Pig
A Cleveland woman planning a dinner for visiting friends admits she could not bring herself to cook a roast suckling pig. Her young son cried at the sight and she decided to abandon the plan, serving roast beef instead.
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Cleveland
South Pole Colder Than North Pole Explained
The explanation cites the South Pole’s inland continental position and higher elevation as factors in its lower temperatures, accounting for the cold conditions compared with the North Pole.
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South Pole
North Pole
Alaska Salmon Puts Gold in Second Place
In Alaska the salmon is valued more than gold mines, with 1916 peak mineral output at 45,000,600 dollars but 1926 salmon exports at 49,000,000 dollars. A normal year like 1927 yields about 27,000,000, proving the salmon’s greater asset to Alaska. The Dayton News notes the salmon’s beauty beside its economic weight.
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Alaska
Klondike
Dayton News
Harvest of strange crop on Wapatoo Island by Multnomahs
In fall years ago on Wapatoo Island the Multnomahs gathered a strange tuber crop. Squaws waded chest high to harvest plants while a siakh canoe carried tubers. They dried and stored flour from tubers for winter and also feasted on fresh tubers.
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Wapatoo
Wapatoo Island
Te Multnomahs
Nature Magazine
New Fire Extinguisher Cuts Fire Time Dramatically
Two Ghlo chemists report a new extinguisher using salts of alkali metals can extinguish a blaze in 12 seconds, three times faster than standard soda acid types. The apparatus reportedly beats the previous 35 to 45 second record.
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Ghlo
Popular Science Monthly
Cuban Junior Red Cross Plans for School Chapters
The Cuban Junior Red Cross proposes forming a society with a chapter in every school. It will promote children's libraries playgrounds school lunchrooms dispensaries health centers and vacation camps for child welfare.
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Cuban Junior Red Cross
Campaign Directions Quip At Odds With Self View
Senator Sorghum answers yes to directing his campaign yet likens the effort to steering from the back seat, a remark noted by the Woebington Star as a self critical metaphor.
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Senator Sorghum
Woebington Star
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