Night Escape at Fort Ripley
Major McDonald’s force faces an Indian breakout as Molly and Hamlin ride by stage to Fort Ripley. After Moylan is shot, Hamlin and the sergeant improvise a night defense, preparing a cautious escape plan as the plains tribes circle and watch from the darkness.
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McDonald
Arapahoes
Chayennes
Ogallas
Indiana
Jong
Roman Nose
Moylan
Hamlin
Neaver
Gonzales
Abe
Plan for Escape Amid Frontier Indian Attack
Hamlin, trapped on a stage with Major McDonald's daughter Molly McDonald, fights churning emotions and plots a route to safety. He studies the terrain in the dim night, weighing a climb up the steep bank and a signal with the river and Indians below as vigilant sentinels watch from the slopes.
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Hamlin
Ayss
Dlaga
Hig
Miss McDonald
Major McDonald
Gonzales
Moylan
Molly McDonald
Enemy of the Fly A Parasite Fungus Threatens Insects
The text describes Empusa muscus as a deadly fungus attacking house flies. It notes the fungus clusters on walls ceilings and panes as white spores, which can infect other flies. It remains unclear whether flies ingest spores or merely carry them.
Great Men of Present Day Named by Clement Short a Strand
Clement Short a selects ten contemporary figures deemed to have left a lasting impact across nations. He cites Thomas Hardy and Lord Lister for Great Britain, Edison for the United States, Marconi and Puccini for Italy, Coppee for France, Kauss for Austria, Sudermann for Germany, Maeterlinck for Belgium, and Ella Mechano for Russia, illustrating a broad view of influence amid a wartime setting with casual street scenes featuring a grocer and his wife.
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Nias
Great Britain
Thomas Hardy
Lord Lister
Stas
Thomas A. Edison
Italy
Gugielmo Marconi
Giacomo Puccini
France
Francola Coppee
Austria
Richard Kauss
Germany
That Petition Bird and Other Oddities
A jumble of witticisms and remarks on life, money, and social quirks. It includes quips about teething syrup, boarding houses, unhappy women, and everyday observations.
Danger in a Phrase and the Yellow Peri
Senator Borg hum notes the phrase yellow peri sparks strong curiosity. He believes the term is pictorial and captivating, likely prompting many to seek a condition or explanation to fit it.
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Senator Borghum
Train hits dynamite truck near Dallas Oregon
A passenger train collided with a truck carrying dynamite in Dallas Oregon. The impact hurled the truck over 100 feet onto the engine’s pilot, but the explosives did not detonate and the driver escaped by jumping clear, saving his life.
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Dallas
Ore
Broken Heart Death Tied to London Inquest
A doctor paid for the death of Alexander Hurnens, a master tailor aged sixty four, after a violent altercation over articles to be moved from his former premises. The inquest in London noted a broken heart as the cause of death amid the confrontation with a foreman cutter.
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Alexander Hurnens
London
Iurness
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Users
Letters from Lydia E Pinkham users praise the Vegetable Compound for organic displacement backache and bearing down pains. Mrs Ep Ferron of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin and Mrs April Lawson of Providence Rhode Island describe relief after use and recommend the product to others.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lydia E
Ees
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinklham
High St
Wisconsin
Providence
RIL-1
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Apri
Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R.L
Coffee nerves cured by Postum for a Texas teacher
A Texas primary teacher recounts starting coffee in youth, then quitting coffee and drinking Postum for about a month. Nervousness, thinness, and sallowness faded. complexion cleared. indigestion and headaches disappeared. She notes no headaches switching to Postum and urges others to try it, citing Postum's two forms and preparation tips.
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Texas
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellsville
Postum
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Clement Shorta
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Belgium
Maurice Maeterlinck
Russia
Ella Metchano
Grocer
Tran
Jim
Hiverg
Mira
Winglyw
Agy
Gateman
Feller
Stude
Walter
England
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Eng
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Lydia E.pinkham
Carter
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Odes Cor
Sana
Redusa 93
Desler
W.B. Naform
U.larney
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Ind
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Chicago
Yieta Mi Pernere
Washita
Ernest
W. B
Eddreay Gook & Chadwick
Malta
Zest Oorn
Gaston
Detter
Saskatchewan
Orin
Ulalion
Orn
Wentern
Sodmreogmie
Mescunis L&t
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Metonta
Jotteraa Ave
Dutralt
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