Refugees and Fire at Fort Ste Marie
In a perilous siege, Du Lhut and ally defenders fend off Iroquois from a stockaded manor. A French Jesuit pursues Amory de Catinat as a Franciscan fragment arrives with orders to reclaim him. Escape by canoe begins as flames engulf cottages and the riverdark night closes in.
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du Lhut
Seigneur
Amos Green
Amos
Peigneur
du Lbut
du Jadut
du Laut
de la Nove
de Catinat
Ephraim Savage
Ste. Anne of Beaupre
de Ky
Abston
Ste. Marie
Yu Lhur
Theuriet
de Laut
Exch Voat
Adele
Dre Catinat
Amory
Onega
Ustheened
du Lhur
Taos
Pe Catinar
Amaery de Catinat
Familr
Amory de Catinat
St. Lawrence
Richelieu
France
Canada
Quebec
Father
Christ
du Lbhut
Anger and Death in a Moment of Passion
A discussion on anger as a dangerous poison in the body notes historic cases of rulers and physicians dying from fits of rage. It cites Nerva, Paul II, John Hunter, and others, and argues anger harms the nervous system and even infants through nursing. The piece urges child self control, parental guidance, and a mirror-based temper lesson, ending with quotes on anger and behavior.
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Nerva
Paul LII
Papal
Alessanodio Farnese
Viaventini
John Hunter
St. George's
Baddawosk
Wrady
Adar
Marion Ainsworth White
Cheage Tribune
Obelisk dam shocks Niagara current in bold experiment
In 1905 Isham Randolph, famed for river works, built a vertical concrete dam in the Niagara River 200 yards above the Horseshoe Falls. A 20 ton column with eight foot segments and wooden wedges fractured under pressure, raising water depth by ten inches and proving the concept of a dam on end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isham Randolph
Bia
Chicago Drainage Canal
Niagara River
Floriestue
Niagara
Randolph
Niagara Falls
Wiliam Htenhouse
Wedding Superstitions and New York Prison History
A column mixes wedding superstitions with notes on New York's first state prison. It cites beliefs about spiders fairies telegrams and rings plus a tale of the Greenwich hotel advertising near the old West Tenth Street prison and prisoners later moved to Sing Sing with property sales in 1826.
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United States
Patent
Adaragg
New York
New York State
West Tenth Street
New York City
Greenwich Hotel
Colmmbman
Greenwich
Federal Hall
Sing Sing
New York Press
The Law's Delays and the Legal Mind
A Kansas City Star columnist quotes a lawyer on why delays occur in court. He says strong cases prompt quicker trials while weak ones invite longer adjournments and cites unpredictable accidents as possible supports. The piece calls the timing of trials a mystery of the legal mind.
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Kansas City Star
A Judge of Eggs and a Test of Stale Election Time
A judge known for long quotes argued in a case over when an egg goes stale. He recalled a close election contest and declared the true test of staleness is when the egg becomes fit for use in a contested election.
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Addison
Fovntion
Timber and Timbre in a Philadelphia voice review
The Philadelphia Record comments on vocal timbre with playful contrasts noting a rich, matchless tone and comparing it to a bustling sawmill in energy and resonance.
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Philadelphia Record
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A. Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
E. J. Totten & CO. Bond Building
Washington, D.C
Gabriel
Mr. de Style
Mrs. de Style
Washington Herald
Goethe
Your Office
Bucal- Hess
Central
Rawson
Rion
Second Street
Elyria, O
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