Desperate Plainsman Trail of Christie Maclaire
Keith, a Virginian plainsman, pursues a violent raid aftermath and a tangle with Hawley and Black Bart. In Sheridan and Fort Larned he uncovers a conspiratorial plot involving Christie Maclaire, Hope, Willoughby, and a family secret that could indict Hawley. Keith vows to expose the scheme and protect the captive sister.
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Hope
Bart
Missouri
Kansas
Willoughby
Fort Larned
Carson City
Hawley
Helth
Christie Maclaire
Keith
Sheridan
Independence
Topeka
Miss Hope
Maclaire
Phyllis
Bome
Wiloughby
Kate Murphy
Scott
Bill
Bottie
Christie
Mquor
Bart Hawley
Jack Keith
Glimpse of a Conspiracy Unfolds in Sheridan
Keith overhears Hawley and Willoughby plotting around Christie and Hope amid a plan to rob Hope. Clues suggest Phyllis or Hope may be a sister or intent on deception. Keith learns a man named Jack Keith is involved as a contact, deepening the tangled scheme.
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Florida
Lake Wels
Woodmar
Woodman
Benuicully Allu
Lake Welr
Atlantic Coast Ling
Gevasign
Lake Leval
Muanled
Hal Block
Ocala
Las
Uncle Joe Cannon’s Dinner Tariff Joke On Crabs
Washington dinner speech by Uncle Joe Cannon uses a humor anecdote about fried soft-shell crabs and bread to mock tariff revisions. The tale contrasts foreign and American producers, suggesting the measure is a costly error.
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Joe” Cannon
Washington
Slank
Duchess Goes to the Front in Tri poli as Nurse No 3
Rome reports the duchess of Aosta abandons royal life to nurse the sick and wounded at the front. She joins other noble women, dropping her title to become Nurse No 3 with the Naples Red Cross despite royal opposition. Princess Elena d Orleans is her former name.
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Rome
Italy
Aosta
Tripoli
Naples
Duke of
Elena d’Orleans
Count de Paris
Clock Made From Old Junk At Wootton River Church
In lieu of funds for a coronation clock, villager Mr. Spratt built a timepiece for Wootton River church using scrap iron steel brags lead and many recycled parts. Agricultural gear milk separators bicycle frames and a steam engine governor ball were repurposed to drive a five bell blaze with one dial bearing Glory Be to God.
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London
George
Wootton River
Spratt
Women Smokers Barred in Chicago Hotels Dining Rooms
Chicago hotel managers declare that women may not smoke in public dining rooms or lounges. If a woman attempts to light a cigarette, the waiter will ask her to stop and, if she refuses, she will be asked to leave the establishment.
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Chicago
Needle in Foot Twenty Years Warrensburg Milliner
A milliner named Misa Mattie Johnston in Warrensburg Missouri had a quarter inch length of needle removed from her foot after it had rested there for twenty years. The operation freed the lodged needle and resolved a long standing ailment stemming from the foreign object.
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Warrensburg
Misa Mattie Johnston
Canada Wheat Crop Costs Less Than 56 Cents A Bushel
Western Canada faced tough weather in 1911, yet seeding and growing were strong. September and October markets saw about 35 million bushels traded for over 31 million dollars, averaging 73 1/2 cents. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta farmers held roughly 130 million bushels on November 1 for sale or seed. A Winnipeg Free Press canvass suggests selling wheat for under 56 cents per bushel after harvesting costs and freight, leaving margins of 17 1/2 to 39 1/2 cents per bushel for low and high grade wheat, respectively, though profits remain modest.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Winnipes Free Press
Just Like Bennett Do You Remind Me of Arnold Bennett
A New York editor praises Arnold Bennett as a great English novelist while noting Wells and Conrad. A club critic jokes with a boastful young writer, saying the young man reminds him of Bennett when he stutters. The exchange blends flattery with gentle humor about literary reputation.
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Bennett
Arnold Bennett
New York
Wells
Conrad
Great Scheme Satire On Household Feud And Language
Mrs Housewife laments a failed cook rotation, while a friend quips that her husband keeps a cook longer by swearing at her in French. The joke plays on venting temper in a foreign tongue and a sly impression of romantic interest.
Did he have help writing that successful play
A reader quotes a dialogue about writing a successful play with a joke about the stage carpenter and head usher rewriting it. The text then markets Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a colon and stomach regulator. It ends with a literary aside about Pericles with a humorous insult.
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Border Plaina
Tack Bart
Neb
Virginia
John Bibley
Willa Walta
Nab
Hind
Black Bart
Jolna
Springfield
Phyllie
Deaiis Brandall
orHor
My Lady OF the
A. C. McClurg & Co
Allere
Christia
Elx
Hopa
Joe
Cannon
Wall
Uber
Duchess
the Duchess of
Dr. Pierce
Pericles
Houston
L. Hunt
Texas
Onera
Particulira
Hal
Washington St
Til
Capra
Fummlualgn, Welto Now
Nowsars Lunteville
Als
Rot Grove Redlands
Woure
Boride
St Tose
Iino
Fallway
Tucta Fouaale
Peres
Gordon
Huxot
Mlauul Ha
Prince Albert
Susk
Fuat
Jullusb
Woodward
Board of Trade
Prinus Albert
Suak
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