Fleming's Folly Ends With Dam Breakthrough
In a brutal showdown, Link Fleming defeats Roper Kilgo and survives to learn the dam at Fleming's Folly is flooding the valley. Helen Hamilton aids the effort as Otto Pieper offers big money, but Fleming declines, preserving the 50 acre promise and declaring the plan a victory.
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Helen Hamilton
Ames Stephen
Link
Otto
Helen
Buzz
Roper
Waco Byrne
Byrne
Sheriff Stephen
Fleming
Rawhide
Boone County
Silver Creek
McLendon
Link Fleming
Otto Pieper
Pieper
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Script
An advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming they boost bile flow to aid digestion. It asserts the product acts like calomel without mercury, cures constipation, and improves general feeling and mood.
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Carter
Zic
Spin of light proven by Worcester tech researcher
Dr. Richard A. Beth of Worcester Polytechnic Institute announces the first demonstration and measurement of light's angular momentum. He trained a beam of light on a circular quartz plate to show photons can spin like a speeding rifle bullet, yielding tangible evidence for a once theoretical concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Beth
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts
Beth
Sweden Adds 2 Million Dollars to Defense Costs
Sweden boosts defense spending by 2 million dollars amid ongoing security concerns. The government cites regional tensions and modernization needs as reasons for the uptick in military budget.
Anxious Brantford seeks 150 year old organ gift
Brantford Historical Society seeks to acquire a 150 year old antique barrel organ found in the Chateau de Ramezay Indian room in Montreal. It was presented by King George III to Chief Tayend anega known as Joseph Brant, namesake of Brantford. The society faces access limits and dates of the gift. The organ, two feet high, still plays faint tunes when pumped by hand, though its maker is erased and 32 tunes are listed.
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Chateau de Ramezay
Brantford
Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of
Montreal
Tayendanega
Joseph Brant
George III
England
Debate on English Speaking Nations Growth and Output
The note questions whether English speaking peoples show uniform progress across fields from Britain to the Queen Mary. It cites a Britannia voyage, a Nicholas Nickleby publication, and Emerson essays to illustrate the need for better statistics before declaring vast productivity differences.
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England
Nicholas Nickleby
Emerson
New York Times
Palestine trip stirs praise of adopted Canada
Louis Kassad, long settled in northern Victoria county, spoke in North Sydney after a Holy Land visit, his first 40 years. He praised Canada despite bleak winters, spoke of Biblical sites and Arab Jewish clashes, and expressed joy at returning. His companion teased about a dinner check of ten dollars and a twenty cent tip.
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Louis Kassad
Victoria County
Palestine
North Sydney
Nova Scotia
Holy Land
Canada
Reindeer Names Vary Among Siberian Tunguses
The Tunguses of Siberia lack a single umbrella term for reindeer. They distinguish tame reindeer wild reindeer and young reindeer with specific names.
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Siberia
Refined by Suffering A Spiritual Reflection
A devotional excerpt compares divine refinement to an artist shaping a portrait through sorrow. It urges patience for the suffering soul, noting God uses many touches of sorrow and circumstance to form the highest personal image and warns against resisting such gifts.
Distinguished Veteran Sir Percival Marling Worst Moment
The late Sir Percival Marling V C survived the first Sudan campaign and the Boer War. In retirement he revisited Sudan scenes. his worst moment came not in battle but during a ceremonial escort for Queen Victoria when foam from his horse’s mouth stained the Queen’s veil. The incident drew a sharp rebuke from the Horse Guards.
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Percival Marling
Sir Percival Marling
V.C
Sudan
Osman Digna
Percival
London
Queen Victoria
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandra
Horse Guards
Tiny Exchange at Grocer Over Five Dollar Bill
A brief cartoon style line shows a grocer and a boy. The boy says his mother sent him to get change for a five dollar bill and would return the money tomorrow. The scene hints at daily storefront humor.
Government Costs to Mint Dimes, Half Dollars and Dollars
The report notes that excluding silver, the United States spends $4.50 to mint 1000 dimes $7 for 1000 half dollars and $10.50 for 1900 silver dollars.
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Uncle Sam
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Keen’s
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Keen
Mel
Roper Kilgo
Mell
Kilgo
Inon
Coss
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Ceedy
Meiiceaths
Hocrest
Lrons
Les Cross
Seves
Neo Aches
Sweden
Brantford Historical Society
Wilsons
Wilson Fly Pad CO
Hamilton
Oas
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