The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War
Fragmentary page text depicts a tense scene with Knox, Throckmorton, Kirby, and others. Characters discuss loyalties, threats, and deception amid frontier conflict. The excerpt hints at pursuit, stealth, and personal betrayals shaping events in a rugged period setting.
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Night on the River: A Chase and Hidden Rescue
Stranded after an assault on deck the narrator escapes into the Mississippi night. He finds shelter with a free Black man named Pete near Beaucaire Landing and learns his official papers are safe with the governor. The narrative pivots on pursuit, captivity, and a crew’s schemes against Beaucaire’s daughters.
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Colonul
Silas Carlton
Knox to the Rescue of the Beaucaire Women
Article notes Knox intervenes to rescue Beaucaire women in a dramatic incident. No further details in the fragment.
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Knox
Beaucaire
Flying Machines and Odd Facts From a History Page
The piece highlights planned agricultural airplanes for surveys and警 detecting outlaw cotton planters in the southwest, notes Lt. Compere's prior cotton investigation and upcoming reorganization of coast aviation, then shifts to curiosities about jewel farms in Lower California, a Tenby memorial, horseshoe superstition, ventriloquism basics, flying fish, Maine’s first post offices and early rates, all drawn from a 19th century miscellany.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
San Francisco
Texas
Arizona
California
Compere
Ellington
Mexico
First
Maine
Kennebunk
Falmouth
Bath
Two reporters boast of shorthand speed in a warm meeting
In a curious reminiscence a reporter describes the rapid hand movements at a meeting and how heat and friction affect writing. He recalls a damp cabin interior revealed by turning a bent chair and the crude furnishings made from saplings and packing boxes. The scene shifts to a vivid, almost diary like memory of events.
Famous Welshman Robert Record and his scholarly legacy
The passage notes a Welsh-born figure, Robert Record, born in Tenby, described as an early English arithmetic writer and the first to write on geometry and algebra in England. It highlights his pioneering role in introducing algebra and astronomy knowledge to the realm of English scholarship.
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Wales
Robert Record
Tenby
Enwogton
Cymrd
England
The Right Way to Reckon
Mut How asks how Skidley imagines staging many auto accident scenes. Patt He claims he always oils the chains and prewreck prerequisite car quons.
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Skidley
Patt
Paws Here for Reflection Provokes City Property Debate
A quirky editorial remark contrasts valuable city property and dogs, noting a difference in how each is valued and taxed. The line humorously suggests property is sold by the front foot while dogs bear a tax burden, reflecting a satirical take on civic policy.
The Future Judgment in Matthew and Revelation
The lesson argues the Bible presents multiple judgments not one end of world event. It identifies the judge as the Son of Man and places the throne in Jerusalem, with living nations judged after the church is translated. It contrasts the gospel of the kingdom with the gospel of grace and outlines the sheep and goats outcome.
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Doctor Pentecost
Israel
Joel
Zechariah
Jerusalem
Mary
Jesus
David
Jacob
What It Is to Love God by Lacy Larcom
A reflection on loving God as sharing in his life and fullness. When filled with divine fullness, one overflows in giving to others, since life is found in him.
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Kirby
Carver
Joe
Tn Basta
Moe
God
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Proverb Origins Mentioned With Child Announcement
A muddled note discusses the proverb A fool and his money soon part ed and references Thomas Tusser and a misquoted line. It then shifts to a casual remark about a newborn baby and a boy’s playful description calling the infant the prettiest red thing he had ever seen.
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Thomas Tusser
Martin
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Wilson Wins Over Crowd With League of Nations Talk
President Wilson addresses 12,000 to 15,000 at Indianapolis state fair coliseum. He defends the League covenant, explains Article X and XI, and urges arbitration over war while noting Shantung settlement and American deliberation on global peace. Thousands cheer as he contrasts public skepticism with clear policy.
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Wilson
Goodrich
Urbana
Shantung
Japan
China
James P. Goodrich
Jewett
Thomas Taggart
Samuel L. Ralston
Franklin McCray
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Paris
Various historic notes on industry and technology trends
Scraps cover topics from concrete mooring buoys and vast robber stamp counts in the US to hell casting in English foundries. They note Asia Minor prospects for agricultural machinery and early use of tractors, British agents in Asia Minor, and ancient artificial limbs in Egypt.
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United States
British and Foreign Bible Society
Asia Minor
Asia
Minor
Great Britain
Egypt
the Nile
Clarke Strickland
Daltanta-Purness
England
Council
South Africa
Germany
Flaciencia
Pairing in Legislature Aims to Skip Critical Votes
The Louisville Courier Journal explains the pairing practice where one legislator asks a colleague to abstain when a key vote is near. If both stay away, the outcome equals a vote split, letting both miss the proceeding without advantage. The article notes the tactic as a workaround to absenteeism.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Fragmented quote and social notes from a small town
Timed remarks mix gossip and local color. A line hints at a breakup in a poker game and a wife walking to an office. Other snippets reference Mrs Crabshaw and Mrs Nurleh plus wealth from a munition factory and town life after prohibition.
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