Murder in Ambush at Silver Creek Camp
Seymour confronts a staged crime scene after a staged murder where Russel Seymour used the alias Bart Caswell. Ruth Duperow reveals her uncle was a missionary and that the dead man posed as a mining expert while in truth a staged stagecoach robbery exposed his identity. The deputy sheriff and coroner, named in the tale, add to the tension surrounding the investigation.
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Seymour
Miss
Ruth Duperow
Moira
Russel Seymour
Bart Caswell
Sweet Marie Creek
Working Girl's Experience With Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
Arnprior Ontario reader Miss Hazev Beanor recounts relief from severe menstrual irregularities and anemia after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improvement in weight and energy and recommends the remedy to friends and letters from others asking about it. Her mother also reports satisfactory results.
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Arnprior
Ontario
Ave
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Hazev Beanor
Onttario
Sergeant Tracks Killer’s Trail In BC Express Case
Sergeant Seymour investigates the Bart Caswell murder scene in the forest near the river Cheena. He finds horse tracks, a 30 30 cartridge case, and a tied horse's evidence while Ruth Duperow mourns beside the victim. Ruth and Bart may be connected to a stage robbery and a mounted police uniform theft.
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Hardiey
Bart
Seymour
Misa
Caswell
Crusoe
Man
Miss Duperow
Ruth Duperow
Moira
Bart Caswell
Kan
Chance
Bart Wa
Ruth
Ruth Deperow
Teo
Stranger at Northern trail under cloud of suspicion
Seymour arrives at the Northern trail camp to cold stares and muttered accusations. A stout man with a pistol asks what happened as the group contemplates the crime. The scene shifts to interrogation as Seymour contemplates remaining silent.
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Seymour
Air Pressure Railway Adventure on 1847 Line
The South Devon Atmospheric Railway operated for a time in 1847 using air pressure pushed through a central track pipe. Pumping stations were set every three miles to supply air, and the return trip required riders to dismount and walk the vehicle back.
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South Devon
London
Monklands
Kirkintilloch
Unique Bible Completed by Maine Bible Society
A hand written Bible by 1600 contributors ends after nearly a year of work. Contributors span millionaire to pauper and include merchants, housewives and prisoners from diverse faiths. The Bible aims to advance the society founded about 125 years ago.
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Bible Society of Maine
Innerton Sets World Record for Wheat Loading Speed
The steamship Innerton reportedly loaded 274,506 bushels of wheat in 6% hours at Montreal establishing a new world record for rapid loading.
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Montreal
Innerton
One Life Lost Among 15000 British Air Transport Passengers
During the past year the British air transport service carried about 15 000 passengers with a single fatality.
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British Air Transport Service
Roman Knight With Sword and Buckler Unearthed in Bulgaria
A peasant plowing near a Bulgarian village uncovered a marble tomb containing a bronze armor suit, shield, sword, spear and an ornate vase. National Museum director Velkoff and Greek antiquities expert Mr. Popoff date the find to the pre Alexandrine period, suggesting the knight belonged to a Hellenic coastal colony. The helmet bears Apollo and Athena figures. Zeus with a trident appears on an ear piece. Cremation appears to have cremated the knight’s body, leaving only ashes.
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Bulgaria
Velkoff
National Museum
Popoff
Black Sea
Apollo
Pallas
Athene
Poseidon
Minerva
Mars
Zeus
Chinese Honored Mission Intervenes in Child Sale Case
A destitute Chinese family stranded near Hankow and Nanking sought aid from the American Church Mission after the husband owed six dollars and planned to sell his son. Missionaries provided care for the wife and funds to continue, revealing a widespread urge to sell children, mostly girls, among those aided.
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China
Hankow
Nanking
Mie
Oregon Lumber Shipments Send 18000 Doors to England
A single shipment of eighteen thousand doors was completed by an Oregon lumber concern for a firm in England, marking a large export delivery amid trade activity.
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Oregon
England
Saskatchewan Scout Albert Brown Wins Burt McDonald Scholarship
Albert Brown, a Sas katchewan Taxis boy at Camp Ahmek in Algonquin Park, earned the Burt McDonald scholarship for general proficiency after two months of camping. He received an Indian name, Apenindis, meaning the self-reliant one, as the camp noted his outstanding all round abilities. He was the only boy to win an Indian name this year and qualified for 16 activity bars across swimming lifesaving canoeing campcraft woodcraft astronomy trees flowers citizenship public speaking diving boxing entertaining Indian life and riding. Burt McDonald, former Regina resident and donor of the scholarship, attended the closing banquet and congratulated Brown after cups were awarded by camp director Taylor Statten.
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Albert Brown
Saskatchewan
Ahmek
Algonquin Park
Burt McDonald
United States
Canada
Saskatchewan Taxis
Regina
Brown
McDonald
Tayior Statten
Reforming the Calendar Thirteen Month Scheme Advocated by J W Harris
A 1919 proposal from J W Harris promotes a 13 month calendar with four weeks per month and 28 days, plus an extra day as New Year, and a leap day between Saturday and Monday. Months would be renumbered as first to thirteenth to avoid traditional names.
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American Meteorological Society
J. W. Harris
Mr. Harris
Harris
Reader asks for quick thinning diet guidance
A reader seeks a rapid thinning regime like the quick fattening plan. The reply suggests eating less, or nothing but bulky vegetables such as cabbage cauliflower lettuce spinach tomatoes radishes turnips beets squash pumpkin and string beans to feel comfortable while thinning.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Sailors Believed Whale Crossings Portend Ill Luck
The article notes that English seafarers once regarded a whale crossing ahead of a ship as an omen of misfortune, a superstition tied to the dangers of the sea.
Size Of Hailstones Maximum Size Yet to Be Confirmed
Weather Bureau records say the largest hailstone size cannot be positively stated though reports exist of stones larger than a man's fist weighing over a pound. Events cited include a Natal hailstorm in 1874 with stones weighing 1.5 pounds, 14 inch circumferences in New South Wales 1847, and four and a half pound blocks at Cazoria 1829.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Natal
New South Wales
Cazoria
Spain
Crile
France
When Baby is Ill and Cries High and Long
When baby is ill crying is constant and attention fails to help. Pabys's Own Tablets are a mild laxative that regulate bowels sweeten stomach and ease teething. Guaranteed free from opiates and narcotics safe for newborns. Sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Out 25 cents per box.
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Pabys
Dr. Wiliams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Noted Maharajah and English Scholar of Travancore
From Madras news reports the Maharajah of Travancore Sir Rama Varma dies. He was known as a great English scholar and progressive prince who would not dine with his wife of low birth or drink water after meeting foreigners until bathing. The crown passes to his elder sister’s son, as custom requires. Travancore covers 6,750 square miles with 3,030,000 people. He lived in Trivandrum and had a 19 gun salute plus two honorary guns.
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Madras
Travancore
Sir Rama Varma
India
Trivandrum
Frozen game brought to Harwich in 1816 by Eskimo party
In January 1816 a party of Eskimos delivered frozen game in air tight cases to Harwich England, marking the first widely known contact of frozen preservation with the civilized world.
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Harwich
England
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