The Millennium Mine and the Lost Partner
John Mills, a lone miner, befriends Rube Jackson, a hopeful youth, and grants him half ownership of the Millennium. A fatal accident kills Rube in a powder blast, leaving Mills to claim the mine and seek Sue Campbell in Missouri, where he discovers a changed life and torn papers suggesting he cannot honor the partnership.
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John Mills
Mills
Rocky Canon
Rube Jackson
John
Rube
Susie Campbell
Missouri
Sue
Campbell
Milla
Bue
Anyon
Mille
Holt
Miner
P'raps
Wardners
Pardner
Take Her or Leave Her In Millennium Deal
Mills visits a mining expert after doubting the Jackson place mortgage. The expert signals jubilation as Mills is offered papers and a check for a deal titled The Millennium. John-Argo naut explains a quick business trip to his partner.
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Jackson
Mills
Est
John—Argonaut
Ikey and the Gotham Gambler’s Misadventures
A New York man recalls his partner Ikey’s boastful escapades across cities from Albany to Detroit. Ikey’s travels brought misfortune, mistaken identities, and petty theft, enriching the tale of a self styled genius who met odd fates, ending with a wary warning to handle him gently for a future payoff.
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Ikey
New York
Ike
Newark
New
Gotham
Albany
Senator
Hli
Rochester
Panama Canal
ODM
Bufside
Cleveland
Trey
Buckeyes
Toledo
Detroit
The Fifth Age Adds A New Life Phase
A narrator reflects on a new fifth age between youth and old age in a witty aside by Warrington Fosd. The dialogue questions Mrs Blank’s age as she introduces her eldest son, implying she is “young” in a social sense despite aging.
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Warrington Fost
Water purification by electric currents tested in Bruges Canal
Reports describe Tyndall's water purification using 1600 volt current achieving pure, palatable water in Belgium. Other notes discuss apples acids aiding kidney function, drug absorption on empty stomach, railroad workers' hearing tests, pine needle anatomy, Bouvet Island sighting by Valdivia, and Italian sky blue brightness linked to dust and moisture.
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Tyndall
Bruges
Belgium
Europe
Moritz
Valdivia
Antarctic
Bouvet Island
Cape of Good Hope
Italy
Nat
Buick
Pioneer Greek Letter Society Origins at Will iam and Mary
The Phi Beta Kappa society began at William and Mary in 1776 with charter members including John Marshall and Bushrod Washington of the Supreme Court, Spencer Roane Virginia senator John Brown and Stephen T. Mason among others. A second item notes a Cincinnati kitchen dispute where a cook’s singing triggered a headache complaint and a humorous reply.
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Pioneer Greek Letter Society
Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary
John Marshall
Bushrod Washington
Supreme Court
Spencer Roane
Virginia
John Brown
Stephen T. Mason
Wiliam Short
Spain
Holland
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Reuben Jackson
Furtuer
Denver
Rocky ‘Canon
Susan Campbell
Efe
Teube
Henry Campbell
Hale
Colorado
Ruybe Jackson
Paw
Wravious
Pardners
Susan
Cincinnati
Bridget
Alreight
Ari
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