Sarah Saves Farm by Marrying for Love and Loyalty
Jackson Smith plots to disinherit his daughter Sarah for being an old maid but Sarah hatches a plan with John Howard. They marry to save the Smith homestead from the will and reveal lasting love, uniting families and ending the feud with the Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackson Smith
Sarah
Jackson Smith
Clarke
Jackson Gugan
Josh Mullin
Josh
Henry Hodge
John Howard
Jackson Goggan
John
Squire Hall
Squire’s
Jackson
Smith
Chicago
Sea as a Bully Aims to Be Measured and Marshaled
A playful essay pretends to weigh gauge and battle the sea using four scientists and vivid experiments. It concludes the sea is only stronger on the surface while land dominates in weight depth and volume. The piece ends with a jelly mold thought experiment of Britain and Ireland doubling as vast sea containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schooling
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
Ireland
England
Wales
Scotland
L'erson
Curious Gusts of Knowledge Spread Across Subjects
A miscellany notes fish growth, insect dyes, moon weight conversions, population claims, Icelandic geology, ancient writing origins, plesiosaur opalization, thunder and lightening behavior, and early gold metallurgy in Egypt. It cites figures on heart rate, sleep therapy, and ancient gold composition with various historical anchors.
Rain Cure Murder Case Hits Samara Court
In Samara Criminal Sessions Court six peasants were jailed for disinterring a dead woman who died from alcohol and floating her body on the Volga to bring rain. The case exposes a village superstition used to justify a grisly act. In a separate note, communities fret over wedding gifts when a suitor travels long distances to visit a fiancée.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Sessions Court
Samara
Volga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oess
Mrs. Smith
Squire Hall's
Hams
Iceland
Zoological Gardens
Benjamin W. Richardson
Nipur
Assyria
Geological Society
London
H. G. Seeley
New South Wales
J. H. Gladstone
Royal Institution
Nagada
Egypt
Menes
Pactolus
Agia Minor
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