Liberty A Romance Of Old Mexico S Hovan Loan
Liberty is seized by Mexican bandits led by Lopes and escapes with Pedro. A clash rallies American troops under Major Winston as Liberty seeks safety, marriage, and rescue, while Lopes’s force advances toward Chihuahua. The tale blends peril, captivity, and a desperate bid for freedom.
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Old Mexico
Tdberry Horton
Juan Lopes
Ale
Pedro
Wington
United States Army
Robert Rutledge
Texas Rangers
Pancho Leon
Ure
Winston
Liberty
Manuel
L Iberty
Pancho
Rose
du E
Therese
Anuel
Lopes
Lucinda
Bob
Earth
Maor Winston
Rangers
Ble
Lopez
Falin Wielens
Porme
Lilberty
Chihuahua
Asr
Rutledge
Escape in the Mexican fortress a tale of Pedro and Liberty
In a burned-out fortress a slave named Pedro helps Liberty escape a steel chamber death trap. They dislodge a wall to flee, only to face a burning ordeal and a daring, improvised breakout into the town as guards close in. The cliffhanger ends with them separated from pursuers.
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Liberty
Pedro
Mexico
Senoritn
Dock
Senorita
Benonita
Péro
Ulan
Walla
Fedro
Peru
Artificial limbs boom as war drives demand worldwide
Artificial limb factories operate at high capacity as Europe’s war wounds swell the army of amputees. American firms have equipped branches in London and Paris to meet orders from soldiers and allied governments, with durable legs weighing 2.25 to 4.5 pounds and costing about 100 dollars. Joseph E. Hanger of Washington, a Civil War veteran who built his own artificial leg, now leads a major supplier.
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Europe
London
Paris
France
Ambroise Pare
Hippocrates
Pare
United States
Joseph E. Hanger
Washington, D. C
Hanger
Some Birds and Their Prey in Highland Wood
An observer notes thrushes using a stone to hammer prey, first shells then a slug, in a Highland birch wood. The slug is crushed on the stone, suggesting a purpose beyond breaking shells, possibly killing or rendering prey easier to consume.
Condensations of Industrial Advances in Early 20th Century
A German peat plant turns 10 tons of peat into mine tons of coke with pas and tor as by products. A compact traveling plant weighs 120 pounds and ships like a trunk. Sweden increases beet sugar output nearing national demand while Spain shows only 8 percent of potential hydro power remains untapped. An artificial cork from cork waste and binding paste is invented in London. U.S. pet birds consume 8,704,025 pounds of birdseed in the last year. Los Angeles imported 1,400,000 pounds of butter at 24 cents a pound in carload lots. Northern Pacific Puget Sound division shifts to employing women where duties permit.
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Germany
Sweden
Spain
Los Angeles
Puget Sound
Northern Pacific Railroad
Slug's Thick Skin Sparks Homely Bird Cooking Debate
A fragment discusses a thrush trying to access edible portions inside a slug and likens the process to battering a steak to tenderize it. The odd analogy frames the bird's gut instinct as a culinary method, reflecting curious naturalist commentary.
A Sculptor's Error At General Sherman Memorial
Popular Science Monthly notes a sculptor’s misplacement of the blanket roll on the Sherman statue base. The piece observes that soldiers carry the roll over the left shoulder, while the statue shows it over the right, a discrepancy that critics cite during Washington parades.
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Washington, D. C
General Sherman
Treasury
Popular Science Monthly
Several North Stars Through Ancient Sky Observation
The article traces successive north stars from Alpha Draconis during Cheops era to the present, noting Egyptian astronomers carved a long northward passage through the pyramid to view the sky without glass as a telescope. It remarks the current North Star is a huge sun, fifty to a hundred times brighter than Earth’s sun.
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Great
Pyramid of
Cheops
Realistic Film Draws Waiting Crowd After Show
A manager recalls a striking reaction to a new film described as very realistic. After the screening, eight young women waited thirty minutes outside the theater alley to catch a glimpse of the leading man.
Look Here Buyer Challenges Warranty Over Suit
A heated exchange features Rosie Sho Truth and Jinklestein with the customer insisting on satisfaction guaranteed as he questions the quality of a purchased suit. Verbal dispute centers on promised guarantees and customer frustration.
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Rosie
Jinklestein
Walt
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Robert H. Moulton
James Tanner
Commissioner of Pensions
Dudley
M. C. Butler
Wade Hampton
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