Robbery plot unravels around Florence express stop
In the Florence area a tense scheme unfolds as Buck McKee and Bud Lane plot to rob a train payout of 3000 dollars at the station. McKee plans to use Lane, Terrill, and a staged burglary to shield the crime while Payne and Echo Allen’s wedding scheme fuels motive.
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Payson
Bud
Parson
Jack Payson
Jack
Mick
Josephine
Echo
McAhee
Lick Lane
Bnd Lane
Pinal
Buck McKee
McKee
Lane
Vayson
Echo Allen
Florence
Toro
Eebo Allen
Dolly
Allen Hadeoda
Terrill
Chtery
Fiorene
Man’ Terrill
Colonel Hardie
Fort Grant
John L. Sullivan
Bud Lane
Buck
Dick Lane
Mehee
Stanlem
Poignant Prose From An Old Western Tale And Baby Care
An excerpt blends a rugged dialogue about Buck McKee and Terrill with a domestic advice piece on infant foot care. The scene features a poker game and tense exchange, followed by guidance urging warm, well-protected feet for babies to prevent illness and ensure health through winter.
Election Addresses Through History and Oddities
A survey of election addresses from the past, noting long florid proclamations and a few eccentric samples. Examples include a century old Lyttelton family address, a 4000 word West Country speech, a Pretoria bound single word message, and a Merthyr Tydfil misprint about wealth and world travel. A Leicester Christian Socialist tailor delivered a striking yet votes total of fourteen.
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Lyttelton
Aso
Birkenhead
Elliott Lees
Pretoria
Yeomanry
Merthyr Tydfil
Cardiff
Leicester
Snall
Lord Lovat and Short Speech Record in Lords
A portrait of Lord Lovat head of the Clan Fraser noted for his South African campaign leadership and engagement to Hon Laura Lister. A telegram thread from a subordinate injured in a railway accident shows discipline under pressure. Lord Lovat is said to have made the shortest speech in the House of Lords with sixteen words.
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Lord Lovat
Clan Fraser
Laura Lister
Kibbiesdale
Lovats
Lord Lovat i
House of Lords
Alfred Sandham Montreal historian and collector dies
Toronto laments the loss of Alfred Sandham a leading historical writer and compiler who shaped press clippings biographical sketches and pictures. At his death he prepared an illustrated five volume history of Montreal for his family and was a tireless collector of engravings enriching past records.
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Toronto
Alfred Sandham
Sandham
Montreal
Moki Bread Making Across Deserts of New Mexico
Describes Moki women preparing bread sheets no thicker than caper, ground corn mixed with water into a thin batter, spread on hot stone and baked in turns. No salt in batter, bread has a sweetish taste and a bluish hue, taking color from the cooking coin. Chicago Record-Herald
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Indiana
New Mexico
Chicago Record-Herald
Hatchling Hijinks In Pocket Eggs Delight Kirkcaldy Reader
A Kirkcaldy resident kept an unexpected brood when a hen hatched ten chicks from eggs she placed under a broody hen. While traveling to Edinburgh with a friend she forgot the eggs in her pockets and traveled home with a chick in each pocket. She returned to Kirkcaldy to finish hatching the remaining eggs once at Waverley Station.
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Caldy Lay
Edinburgh
Carien
Waverley
Kirkcaldy
Sue Hes
Jary
Burglary Dispute Over Missing Loot Sparks Tense Exchange
A burglar wakes a man and demands repayment after claiming to have taken $10 and a bum gold watch last week. The victim admits loss figures differed, noting a $190 claim plus $50 jewelry, and the burglar insists on full restitution to cover the discrepancy.
Siamese chew tea in plugs for work and scent praised
In Siam tea is chewed as meng in plug form similar to tobacco. It is fermented after burial for 15 days producing strong fragrance. Boatmen and litterateurs use it claiming it improves work. At Cape Town pageant Miss Rosman wore a flowered brocade dress with a Cane heritage from 1749.
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Siam
Rick
Cape Town
Cape Argus
Rosman
Helland
Now then, Smith a Messina hero sinks in West Australia
A Welsh sailor known as Now then Smith, famed for rescuing a family during the Messina earthquake aboard the Afonwen, has drowned at Banbury in West Australia. He became a hero after guiding survivors to safety, earned a royal mention, and was to receive a medal from King Edward before his next voyage.
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McKee
Sommething
Bucky
Smith
Banbury
West Australia
Afonwen
Perithera
Faust
Wales
Cardiff
Audence
Edward
Stale Bread Utilization Tips and Quick Remedies
A loaf of stale bread can be steamed tender by wrapping in a wet towel. Cold biscuits can be toasted or dipped in water then heated in the oven. Very old bread may be crumbled into breakfast cakes with maple sirup. Crumbled bread with milk and tart apples makes a pudding with butter and spices baked. The bread heel can clean a vegetable grater.
Don't Burn Leaves And The Airs Gift To Plants
An essay argues leaves should not be burned as ash returns to the air. crops rely on atmospheric carbon and nitrogen, while soil keeps essential potash and phosphorus deeper underground. It urges soil replenishment, crop rotation, and using decaying plant matter to feed living plants, citing old agricultural wisdom.
Troop of Missionaries Invades London With Beards
Report describes a group from Exeter and Boston forming a sect with long beards and shoulder length hair. They publish a book by Benjamin the Seventh Messenger about the Twelve Tribes of Israel, claiming 144000 elect are born to rule and that hair growth marks spiritual status.
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London
Exeter
Boston
Mass
Benjamin
Israel
Unjust Newgate Fees Trap Acquitted Prisoners
A London Old Bailey practice forced acquitted defendants to pay jail fees or return to Newgate. The policy led to many prisoners dying in Newgate due to lack of funds and continued coercive fines.
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Old Bailey
London
Newgate
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