The Flight of the Princess and the Cassel-Wexel Scheme
Nikolai and Summers plot to kidnap the Princess of Cassel-Wexel during her engagement to the Polish Prince Poniatowski. They gain access to the castle, recruit Schmidt the mechanic, and attempt a midnight abduction by car. Offenbach, the princess’s lover, foils them using a staged pursuit and reveals Schmidt’s duplicity before the couple escapes across the frontier.
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Nikolai
Gaxony
Narth
Ife
Cassel-Wexel
Poniatowski
Germany
Czar
Kaiser
Koch Cassel
America
Prince Rudolph
Terr
Acl
Schmidt
Our Lady's
Polak
Hoch Cassel
Ant
Offenbach
Eapitol
Fellows
Tilerr Chamberlain
Hoch Cagsel
Prince Foniatowski
Scamdit
Fark
Prince
Lieutenant von Offenbach
Why the Term Horsepower Originates in Steam Engine History
The term horsepower traces to Watt’s method of comparing engine power with horses. London brewers’ strong horses raised 528 cubic feet of water per minute, leading Watt to define one horsepower as 33,000 pounds of water moved one foot per minute. Early engineers later estimated 22,000 pounds per minute as a more typical value.
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Power
Smeaton
Iowa Hog Cholera Losses Hit Thirty-Eour Million
Des Moines report from W J Kennedy of Iowa State College states that 1150 farmers across all counties report last year’s hog cholera losses near 40 million dollars. About 2 27 907 hogs died, 34 percent of the state total, while 2 470 493 hogs were sold at sacrifice. A conservative sum places total losses around 33 720 000, with 80 percent of the hog crop affected and 130 pounds of pork per person if dressed.
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W. J. Kennedy
Iowa State College
Kennedy
Iowa
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Nena Co
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Plymouth
Gaelia
Kossuth W
Crawford
Cherokee
Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Allamakee
Arapanoose
Clayton
Davis
Decatur
Henry
Jackson
Winneshiek
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W. G. Chapman
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Lai
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Towa
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Nes Moines
Ze McHenry
General Assembly
Secretary of State
Gulliver
Supreme Court
Glenn Cgulliver
Kelly
Osage
Orchard
Iowa Dairy
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Estill
Hardin County District Court
B. H. Gish
State Board of Control
Chamber of Commerce
State Board
Des Moines City Railway Company
Flynn Farm
Board of Control
Storm Lake
Mason City
Atlantic
Woodward
Creston
Rockwell City
Boone
Jowa City
Town Falls
Sioux City
State Executive Council
Executive Council
W. S. Allen
Industrial Workers of the World
Capitol
Clarke
Teamsters
O. Devinney
W. B. Hampton
William Gaston
State Board of Parole
Mitchellville
Iowa Industrial School
J. H. Mec Conologue
Board of Central
J. H. Mc Conologue
Sickles
A. M. McColl
F. F. Treat
Father Jackson
Colfax
Dallas-Melcher
Railroad Commission
Dallas
Melcher
S. H. Sater
Danville
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Isaac G. Scott
Imogene
Freemont County
Freemont Couny
H. E. Frye
Eleventh Judicial District
A. R. Corey
Board of Agriculture
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