The Sky Scraper and the Calamity at Beverly Hill
In a Kansas railroad tale set during wheat season, Georgie McNeal, rookie engine boy, and veteran Dad Hamilton pilot the skyscraper on a dangerous high speed wheat run to Chicago. A misread red signal triggers a catastrophic crash, saving Georgie at the cost of Hamilton’s health. Father and son reconcile, reveal McNeal’s true lineage, and honor old loyalties as they rebuild a life around the wreck.
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Foley
Wild
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Neighbor
McNeal
Machanic
Georgie McNeal
Dad Hamilton
Soan
Dad
the Narrows
Chums
Hamilton
Georgie
Belgrade
Beverly Bill
Chicago
Board of Trade
Lasalle Street
Lake Michigan
Zanesville
Harvard
Fisu
Harvar,d
Norman
Beverly Hill
Redbud
Bailey
Glencoe Great Jupiter
Samson
Neichbor
Biff
Mr. Reed
Musgrave
Scaylor
Ephraim Scaylor
Father
George McNeal Sinclair
David Hamilton Sinclair
Seaylor
Rascal Scaylor
Acton
Two Doctors and a Baron of Bavaria
The anecdote recalls Baron Lutz former Bavarian prime minister who wounded both legs in battle. He fed the experiment by treating each leg with a different doctor, ignorance about the other wound, and both injuries healed similarly. The baron later vexed the doctors by asking about their methods. A brief food aphorism follows on digestion and appetite.
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Baron Lutz
Bavaria
Secret writing and its critics in early modern times
Polybius cites Aeneas as originator of twenty cipher methods. Frederic II abhorred encryption as diabolical, ordering Trithemius to be burned. Trithemius and Boville debated the odd terms, while Poissevin echoed the claim.
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Polybius
Aeneas
Frederic II
Trithemius
Spanheim
Boville
Poissevin
Frederic
Graceless Children and a French Preacher’s Echoes
Graceless Children Michael Minot a French preacher who died in Paris in 1518 was noted for eccentric pulpit style and rapid mood shifts From humor to pathos from the commonplace to beauty He warned of lax morals saying if law were enforced now two generations would stand in for a small empire He urged honoring aging parents and caring for them over amusement and gambling He used the tree and root metaphor to link parental care to youth’s conduct.
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Michael Minot
Paris
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