Murder mystery on a frontier trail unfolds in camp records
Sergeant Seymour pieces together a Yukon style crime involving a staged robbery, a stolen uniform, and a deadly shot to a deputy, as Ruth Duperow and Bart Caswell figure in a tangled plot. The pursuit follows boot prints, a copper cartridge case, and a coppery trail through brush toward a river.
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Ausbush
Tia Seymour
Wey Aus Exre
Ruth Duperow
Moira
Bart Caswell
Seymour
Bart Faswell
Goled
Marie Creek
Eitl
Mase
Rex Kilting
Ride
Thad
Crooks
Ned
Bart
Lsc
Ruth
Working Girl's Experience in Medical Troubles
A distressed worker recounts illness treated by doctors for Soomsia with little relief. She describes prolonged cramps and heavy bleeding lasting weeks, severe pain in the right side, and inability to work. A fragmentary note hints at financial strain shown in a pay gavalope and ongoing weakness.
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Soe Pang Aienes
Suspicion Arises As Stranger Faces Group
In a tense scene Seymour confronts a wary crowd while Biancelt becomes the focal point for a potential victory. A stout man with a dangling cannon watches as a hush falls and a small voice questions what happened, leaving the truth uncertain.
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Seymour
Biancelt
Air Pressure Railway Tried in South Devon
An air powered railway in South Devon claimed to be a unique experiment. Trains ran entirely by air pressure, with a pipe along the track and pumping stations every few miles to provide propulsion. Return trips proved difficult as riders needed to walk part way home.
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South Devon
London
Monklands
Kirkinitiloch
Bible Society of Maine Completes Unique Handwritten Bible
The Bible Society of Maine completes a hand written Bible after a year’s effort with over 1,600 contributors. A mix of social roles including a millionaire and a housewife helped fill pages and create pages of copy and illustrations for the society founded almost a century and four quarters ago. The project aligns with the society’s aims and objects as it presses forward with its religious mission. The news item also notes a record for rapid reading aboard the Innertom mail ship after transporting 274,560 bushels of tea in six and a half hours at Montreal. In aviation, 13,000 passengers were carried by the British air transport service last year, with one incident recorded of a loss.
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Bible Society of Maine
Cn Fe
Montreal
Innertom
Ancient Bronze Warrior Unearthed By Peasant Plowbound
A Bulgarian peasant unearths a bronze suit of armor with helmet shield sword spear and figures of Apollo Athena Poseidon Minerva and Mars. Experts say the find, dating to the pre Alexandrine era, suggests the remains of a high status Greek influenced warrior buried after cremation.
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Buiga
Apollo
Pallas
Athene
Poseidon
Minera
Mars
Zeu
Ilies
Velkoff
Chinese Family Sells Child to Colonial Mission Failing Funds
A distressed Chinese family en route from Hankow to their home in Ning were stranded by illness and ran out of money at an American Church Mission. The father offered his child for sale to raise funds as aid workers intervened, and the hospital treated the child before further help could be arranged.
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Hankowo
Ining
Ima
Weston Wan
Algonquin Park camp honors Saskatchewan camper leader
Albert Brown was named Apenin dis meaning the selt reliant one after earning the Order of Gitehianmek honor at a camp closing banquet in Saskatchewan. Donor Regina businessman Burt McDonald supported the award with a scholarship enabling Brown to attend the camp, where leaders praised all around activities including canoeing, woodcraft, citizenship and discipline.
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Mateneman Roy
Migh
Menore
Tunis
Boye
Algonquin
Albert Brows
Algonquin Park
Burt McDonald
W Bea
Saskatchewan Turis
Albert Brown
Apenindis
Buelish
Hari Mcdonald
Regina
Brown
Reforming the Calendar Scheme Advocated By Winnipeg Man
A Winnipeg man JW Harris long ago urged an 18 month year with thirteen months of four weeks and one extra day. The proposal, supported by the American Meteorological Society, adds Leap Year Day between weeks and proposes month names from first to thirteenth, aiming to simplify time computation and avoid business disruption.
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Winnipeg
American Meteorological Societe
JW. Harris
Harris
Mary
Bulky vegetables and weight loss advice from Francisco Bulletta
The excerpt offers dieting guidance praising bulky vegetables like cabbage cauliflower lettuce spinach tomatoes and greens for quick fattening avoidance. It oddly mixes nutrition tips with a note about English sellers and a sea omen superstition linked to a whale crossing before a ship's prow attributed to Francisco Bulletta.
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Francisco Bulletta
Size Of Hailstones Maximum Record Questioned
The article notes uncertainty in the largest hailstone size. It cites historic incidents: a stone near a pound and a half in a 1874 hailstorm. stones reportedly up to a man’s height or more than a pound in other cases. instances in South Wales and Spain with heavy blocks. events in 1844 at Cette damaging homes. The text discusses coalescence and the difficulty in positively rating maximum sizes.
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Hallatunea
Etones
South Wales
Cagorla
Spain
Cette
Babs Own Tablets Promote Quick Relief for Ill Babies
An old catalog note touts Babs Own Tablets as a fast remedy for infant distress and digestive discomfort. It claims to soothe crying, colds, fevers, teething pain, and indigestion, with universal safety and guaranteed benefits. Sold by The De Williams Medicine Co. Brockville, Ont.
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Tie
Babs
de Willams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Oat
Noted Maharajah of Travancore English Scholar and Ruler
The Travancore Maharajah Rama Varma, famed as a great English scholar and progressive prince, avoided meals with his wife and water after greeting foreigners, while his son faces succession amid dynastic customs and royal wealth. Travancore, a premier Malaya state in Southwest India, spans 6,730 square miles with about 2.53 million people and a grand palace at Trivandrum. The ruler bore a 19 gun personal compliment, signaling high status among Indian princes.
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Maurax
Travanore
Rama Varna
Im Iuaury
Travancore
India
Trivandrum
Frozen meat voyage to Harwick England reported
A fragment notes Eskimos delivering frozen game to Harwick England, signaling early meat trade across Arctic routes. The unreadable text limits precise details but indicates frozen meat shipments reaching European markets.
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Eskimos
Harwick
England
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