Their Name Was Legion WW Courtney Ryley Cooper epee
Review of a Western oil boom tale by Courtney Ryley Cooper featuring Bart Rogers a former marine turned town marshal in Belleaine Wyoming. The story blends Legion service values with frontier danger, romance, and brisk action as lawlessness erupts during an oil camp boom.
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Legion
Courtney Ryley
Epee
Wnt
Courtney Ryley Cooper
United States Marines
Mr. Cooper
American Legion
West
Bart Rogers
Bel‘laine
Bart
Marshal
Pete
Powellat
Bart Rogers and the Barrows Mortgage Mystery
Bart Rogers, newly freed from debt, visits attorney Leon Barrows to endorse a mortgage payoff. Barrows hides a complex legal scheme tied to a benefactor and a political vote, while Rogers anticipates a life free of debt as election tensions rise outside Barrows's office.
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Raff
Bart Rogers
Run Barrows
Rogers
Leon Barrowa
Ocenr
Bellaine
Bart
Leon Barrows
Tom Jordan
Aple
Pranniston
Jordan
Leon Burrows
You Don’t Need a Blaze to Stir the World
A reflective column urges steady effort over spectacular feats, arguing that small, consistent progress can drive meaningful change. It frames ambition as steady work, warning against chasing dramatic gains and praising practical, patient action by individuals and communities.
Under Perfect Control Some Women Drive Their Husbands
A compact quip from the Boston Transcript notes social roles where women influence or direct their husbands. The line captures a satirical view on marital dynamics with period voice.
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Boston Transcript
Ecuadorean Industry: Straw Hats Rise to Prominence
The text outlines how straw hat making evolved into a principal industry in Ecuador, highlighting the craft’s growth, regional centers, and economic impact on communities tied to hat production. It notes key producers and the shift from artisanal work to organized labor and commerce within the sector.
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Ecuador
Animals With A Keen Sense Of Humor Across Species
A quirky survey notes monkeys and many birds like parrots jackdaws and magpies display crude humor. Parrots prank dogs and even fool crowds while a London zoo monkey toys with tails of others. Seals playful walruses solemn elephants sly rhinoceros dull white monkeys notably humorous or not.
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London Zoo
No Real Meaning to Voices of Insects
Dr. Frank Lutz of the American Museum of Natural History argues that insect sounds carry no meaning for the insects themselves. He explains their squeaks buzzes and hums stem from body form and movement and may embarrass the insects as armor rattling might betray knights.
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New York World
Frank Lutz
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Ingenious ruse at country hotel promises quiet night
Two tourists cause a noisy scene then devise a loud misdirection asking staff to wake them at daybreak. They pretend they lost a twenty dollar bill and plan to search at dawn, leaving guests assured of an undisturbed night. The plan succeeds as the travelers are left alone.
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Landford
Remark on bank notes cleanliness by an elderly customer
Sir Robert Kindersley chairman of the National Savings and a Bank of England director notes clerks see dirty notes. He cites an elderly lady who deposited bundles that looked immaculate after she claimed she cleaned and ironed them at eight this morning.
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Robert Kindersley
National Savings Organization
Bank of England
Candle auction rites still practiced in England
The London Wi-Bits notes the rare revival of selling by candle in England. At Warton grazing rights along the roadside are let by candle, while Alder Maston lets church land every three years. A candle is lit, a pin marks the cut, and bidding starts as the pin nears the melt point, creating suspense as to the next bidder.
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Warton
Aldermaston
London
World’s Largest Tome Displayed in Vienna Dominican Cloister
The world’s largest book, mounted in a case along a cloister corridor in Vienna, is made of parchment leaves with death notices and biographical dates. The cloister’s foundation dates to 1220 under the Babenbergers, making the book historically significant. Each leaf is four feet high and three feet wide.
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Vienna
Dominican Cloister
Babenbergers
Ah Beenaway Visits Home Town Recalled
A fragment from the Kansas City Star shows Staidhome greeting Ah Beenaway and noting that old friends welcomed him only if his visit promised a local enterprise. He says absence of a planned project left him with few friends.
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Kansas City Star
Sun-Dried Oysters Widely Eaten in Mongolia
Sun dried oysters are a common article of food in Mongolia and are sold in markets. They appear loose, in wreath forms, on rattan spears, or hung for display. They are less palatable than fresh oysters but are consumed dried or stewed.
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Mongolia
The Dewdrop and the Vain Red Rose Tale
In a garden a dew drop seeks shelter from the sun with a vain red rose. The rose shelters it for the day but dismisses it harshly at night when the dew drop pleads for help. The nightingale witnesses the rose’s vanity and punishes it by guiding the dew drop to a kinder rose where true beauty and gentle love prevail.
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Red Rose
Rose
Ruxe
Dewdrop
McClure Newspaper
Brighten Brass And Steel With Vaseline After Clean
Advice says apply slightly smeared vaseline to brass fixtures after cleaning to keep them bright for weeks and help water runoff on steel surfaces such as gas stoves to prevent rust.
Ocean voyage cures run-down patient in joke
A physician tells a sick man to take an ocean voyage to recover. The man cheerfully replies he is second mate aboard the Anna Maria, recently returned from Hongkong, implying the voyage is already part of his life and business.
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Aurora
Hils
Arizona
Anna Maria
Hongkong
Fravel by Caravan Reference in Historical Text
The note discusses the term caravan and its specialized use for groups of travelers merchants or pilgrims. It explains its origin and association with mutual protection in deserts and dangerous regions, highlighting the security function of such organized bands.
Club Made Pies Famous at the Kit-Cat Club
The Kit-Cat Club flourished in London from 1708 to 1733. It met at the Cat and Fiddle run by Christopher Cat, whose mutton pies known as kit-cats gave the club its name.
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London
Christopher Cat
Refused High Rank in Napoleonic War Killed in 1800
Refused generalship offered by Napoleon the La Tour d Auvergne, a French soldier who chose the rank of first grenadier of the republic. He died in 1800. The text contrasts dependence on others for meals with irregular dining and reflects on judgment by company and vanity of seeking ideal replacements.
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la Tour D*auvergne
Napoleon
Republic
Opinion Rules Than Laws in Society, Says Channing
The speaker argues that governance rests more on public opinion than legal decree. He asserts moral judgment by individuals and masses shields property and life, gradually replacing armed force as society progresses.
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Channing
Boston Hub of the Universe Phrase Not Centered
The geological survey notes Boston is often called the hub of the universe a phrase suggesting the city as a center from which intellectual influence radiates to the country.
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Geological Survey
Boston
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