Train Robbery on Nevada Bound Express Ends in Turmoil
Lieut. Mallory and Marjorie Newton attempt elopement aboard a Transcontinental train. a gang of robbers boards at night, terrorizes passengers, and a tense standstill tests Mallory’s courage while various passengers seek a preacher for a wedding. The caper ends with threats and comic relief as the train fights to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mallory
Marjorie Newton
Porter
Ira Lathrop
Little Jimmie
Wellington
Reno
Maudlin Conition
Jimmie
Sammy Whitcombetter
Mallory
Annie Gattle
Marjorie
Lathrop
Miss Gattle
Kitty Lewellyn
Marfjorie
Prertice
Nevada
Chapter XXXVII Robbers Loot Train Amid Aboard Panic
Marjorie fights to shield Snoozleums and Kathleen as robbers steal treasure rather than life. Mrs Whitcomb hides a diamond locket while a frantic escape unfolds with Mallory, Mrs Fosdick, and a rugged escape plan reversing to the rear of the train.
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Marjorie
Mallory
Kathleen
Mrs Whitcomb
Ashton
Mrs. Wellington
Hands Up Not Fearful Mallory Harrowed by Defeats
Lieutenant Mallory, shaken by harrowing ambush experiences and a string of defeats, remains unafraid yet intensely disgusted with his past days' setbacks, as the chapter advances.
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Mallory
Plan to Make Rome a Seaport Near Castel Fusaro
A proposed Rome seaport would use two jetties to create a 35 foot deep harbor modeled after Ymulden Holland. A 15 mile long, 200 foot wide ship canal would connect to the Tiber via locks, with river facilities below the city. Estimated cost runs to 16 million dollars, supporters argue Mediterranean access would generate substantial traffic.
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Rome
Castel Fusaro
Ymulden
Holland
Tiber
Mediterranean
Embarrassed Judge Confuses Court Officer in Boston
A Massachusetts judge summoned an officer to identify a man sitting in the courtroom but could not recall the name. The officer later reported the man was a bartender at Young's, leaving the judge momentarily unsure of how to proceed.
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Massachusetts
Young's
Boston Herald
The Famous Castle of Carcassonne and Its Fortified History
The article describes Carcassonne as a famed castle fortress on a steep escarpment commanding the Toulouse Narbonne road along the Aude valley. It notes Roman and Visigothic origins, a fort built in 1130, square Roman substructures, and restoration in the thirteenth century, with the site enduring many sieges and remaining a strong strategic point into later eras.
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Carcassonne
Toulouse
Narbonne
Aude
Black Mountains
Pyrenees
Foix
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Spain
France
Clovis
Theodoric
Love Token of the Dyaks from Borneo
In Borneo courtship, a Dyak wooer offers a human head captured from an enemy as proof of prowess and future protection. The head is crowned with woven palm leaf and dried by a firehouse wind. The nest described is made from old sweepings with hairpins and nails woven in, resembling rifles in a fortification.
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Borneo
Hens Get Into Plum Brandy Debauch in Sabatis
Mrs. Harry Stevens of Sabatis Maine found her hens drunk after they ate spoiled plum preserves that had fermented. The once quiet birds staggered about the yard and a hen died from the effects of the debauch.
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Harry Stevens
Sabatis
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Calf Producing Cow Sets State Record in Kansas
A seven year old Red Poll cow owned by HB D Forney of Cottonwood Falls Kansas bore four calves in under a year. She gave birth to twin calves on November 4 last year and again twins eleven months and twenty days later. Calves are large and valued at about fifty dollars each.
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HB. D. Forney
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Bird nest on display at Denver Dumb Friends League
A curiously built bird nest was found on a Denver sidewalk in front of the court building and later exhibited at the Denver Dumb Friends League. Dr. John M. Gower collected the nest.
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Denver
Denver Dumb Friends
League
John. M. ‘Gower
Bees Looted Honey Hives Lead to Bennett Brothers
J M Cornelius a Sterling Colorado honey producer awoke to 15 looted hives totaling 50 pounds. He traced the bees to the Bennett brothers home a mile away finding the swarming bees about the house. The Bennetts admitted the theft and warrants were sworn out.
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J. M. Cornelius
Sterling
Colo
Bennett
Bennetts
Cornelius
Youngist Smokes After Bryan Loss in Ledger Centennial
A 16 year old from Clifton Heights Pa lights a cigar in 1896 after William Jennings Bryan was defeated by William McKinley. The boy, an admirer of the Commoner, drops the cigar in the floor. Thomas Gaffney preserves the stogie in an envelope for McKee to smoke when a Democratic president is elected.
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B. V. McKee
Clifton Heights
Bryan
McKinley
McKee
Thomas Gaffney
Calf Born with Dog Face Stuns Minnesota Farm
A dog-faced calf born on Henry Krekelberg’s farm near Perham Minnesota resembled a dog at birth. The carcass was not preserved and the animal showed a long, nar...
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Henry Krekelberg
Perham
Minn
Peculiar Beliefs About Sky and Sun Across Cultures
The article recounts various myths from different cultures. It notes Fijian beliefs of a multi stomach god Matawaloo who continually eats, Tongans explaining day and night length, ancient Peruvians with sun eggs, and American Indian ideas about sun and moon as spouses. It also mentions Columbus era notions about travel back from India being impossible due to Earth's shape.
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Matawaloo
India
Stone Stairs in Kentucky Preserve Ancient Forest Wonders
Deep in Kentucky forests an ancient 63 step stone stairway climbs about 60 feet on Paul River near Rockport. Hewed by Kentucky pioneers its rugged presence draws visitors to view wide panoramas while myths and traditions gather over the years.
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Kentucky Forest
Kentucky
Paul River
Rockport
Things You May Not Know From a Curious Minute
A quirky compendium notes that fish lack eyelids because their eyes are constantly washed by surrounding water. It adds bismuth and nickel steel expand when cooled, unlike most metals. St Petersburg houses a clock with ninety five faces showing global times and planetary movement. Electricians’ best gloves withstand up to 10 000 volts. Studies claim men reach peak strength at age thirty one.
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Mallory
Marjorie
Kathleen
Wedgewood
Manning
Ike
St Petersburg
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Sammy
Thema
Ana
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DYAKS
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Smoke
Stone Stairs
Walls of
Constantinople
Sea of Marmora
Golden
Horn
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