Thorpe Rampage and Winter Drive on Ossawinamakee
Thorpe confronts Morrison Daly forces over dam control during a log drive on the Ossawinamakee. He posts daily results, braces the camp, and assigns Scotty Parsons to guard a dam with a Winchester. A legal injunction is served, but Thorpe prepares to defy it and finish the drive.
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Thorpe
Dyers Crew
Acros
Red Jacket
Long Pine Jim
Rallway Charley
Jim
Long Pine
Jimmy
Longine
Injin
Charley
Detroit
Injin Charney
Wallace
Imin Charley
Ty Carster
Morrison & Daly
de Manmis
Ossawiramakee
Tim Shearer
M &D
Shearer
Sherman
Ossawinamakee
Tim
Scotty Parsons
Scotty
Winchester
Daly
Manila
Marquette
Morriseon & Daly
Figuring Interest and the Doubling Time at Simple Rate
An excerpt explains simple interest, showing money doubles at 1 percent in 100 years and at other rates in defined day counts. It demonstrates calculating interest for varied sums across days and percentages, noting the 360 day year for standardization and that days times rate times hundreds of principal equal 360.
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Thorpe
Hughes
Helen Thorpe
Harry
Helen
Alice Southerland
Battaca
Directions for Making a Fine Box Kite
Instructions describe selecting eight bamboo sticks about eighteen and three quarters inches long and ten eleven inch uprights. Bind pairs at midpoints with waxed thread, notch ends, insert uprights to join cross sticks, add thirty inch connecting sticks, and ensure five and a half inch projection beyond the framework before continuing.
How to Make a Parachute INDMILLS
Parachutes make great summer playthings when wind is light. Build with two sheets of issue paper and four cotton ties at corners. Add a cardboard figure for balance, string the framework, seal joints with hot glue, cover with nonstretch fabric, and hem edges.
Coral Creatures Feed Schedule At Lottery Park Aquarium
Custodian Spencer tends the coral creatures at the Lottery Park Aquarium. Once fed daily, the corals now receive shredded clam bites three times a week. Each tiny tentacle gobbles a small share, and even hungry neighbors benefit later, ensuring most reach nourishment when a portion eats.
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Spencer
Aquarium
Lottery Park
Grandson Teases Grandma About Glasses at Cake Cutting
In a brief family exchange Tommy asks if grandma will remove her glasses while she cuts his cake. Grandma confirms, saying the specs magnify. The lighthearted moment centers on a playful visit.
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Tommy
Who is She Cheerefulness Don’t Forget
A whimsical riddle presents Cheerefulness as a bright, welcome presence everywhere. The verse suggests she brightens every place she visits, is sought and cherished by all, and invites readers to be friend to versel and others.
Funny Funnel Trick Delights and Mystifies Youth
A described toy uses two joined funnels to create a water column illusion. By sealing the bottom and releasing, air pressure moves water in and out, simulating magical water flow. The effect appears from a person’s ear or nose, intended to amuse children.
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Remy
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Phil
Injin Charley
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Aftar
Mrs. Renwick
Wallace Carpenter
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Amos
Amos Thorpe
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