Lamfada Trick Wins Fort for Cormac In Ancient Tale
In a moonlit lair near Forgall's fort, Cormac the King plots with kin to seize the stronghold. Conan and Cashel lead a ruse using eleven captive women and a slave girl to entrap Forgall, while the harpist's song seals their bold plan. Forgall is captured and coerced into obedience, cattle and wealth lost, and the heroine chooses to stay with Cormac.
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Cormac
Brin
Forgall
la Lamfada
Balor
Conan
Etercel
Cashel
Fergus
Cormacs
Cashal the Hard
Lamfada
King
Cashal
the Dun
Cormacc
Forfall
Mary
Marv
Alba
Ethnea
Leo XI Handkerchiefs in Royal Layette tale
The article notes a historic link as Pope Leo XI handkerchiefs, once owned by Leo XI, were used to fashion layette garments for the newborn godson tied to the Spanish throne. Pope Pius X reportedly chose these cambric handkerchiefs for the infant’s wardrobe, underscoring a notable papal and royal connection.
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Pius X
The
Austrias
Leo XI
Don Afonso
A Chinese Dinner Seen By Missionary Delegates
Rev. Dr. N R Pittman recounts a centenary missionary conference dinner in China hosted by P P Wong of Shanghai. Four Chinese scholars joined, spoke fluent English, and described a two hour feast with sixteen courses. A servant offered hot wipes every ten minutes and birds nest soup plus delicacies from air, earth, sea, and brook. The dinner reportedly cost $100 in gold.
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EB. T. Snuggs
Shiu Hing
P. P. Wong
Shanghai
N. R. Pittman
Missouri
China
Kansas City
Sinsing Wong
Secretary to Harrison Recalled as Lige Halford Name
The piece notes Major B. W. Halford, paymaster in the army, slated for retirement. Known as Lige Halford, he served as Harrison's private secretary during the White House years. Feepersons and White House visitors recall him as affable and accessible, with an army commission signed shortly before Harrison’s administration ended.
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Harrison
Halford
Persident Harrison
Holland Sea Signals Testing New Fog Warning System
Holland pioneers sea signals using sunken bells on the Dutch lightship Haaks off Texel Island. In thick weather the bells ring every three seconds as a test, aiming for broader adoption on Dutch lightships and possibly Belgian ships if successful.
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Holland
North Sea
Texel Island
Belgium
Mica’s Transformation From Stove Glass to Electric Insulation
The article traces mica from its old use as stove glass in parlors to its modern role in electrical apparatus insulation. It notes its adaptability, including lamp chimneys and ornamental uses, and explains how India remains the primary source with Canada the next major supplier. It also discusses factors affecting value such as color, purity, and sheet size.
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Déjer
India
Canada
United States
Brazil
Faucet Motor Power For Home Use
A water motor attaches to any faucet and provides surprising power for chores. Useful for anglers and hobbyists, it can sharpen tools, grind knives, polish spoons, and run small devices such as a sewing machine or a toy dynamo. Includes motor, pulley wheel, emery wheel, and polishing compounds.
Inventions as Boomerangs and Fatal Inventions
A survey of inventors afflicted by misfortune and death, from ancient tortures to modern devices. It lists historical figures such as Perillos, Enguerrand Murigni, the Iron Cage bishop, and others who suffered or were executed by their own devices, concluding with notes on the Mauritania and the Dreadnought as colossal modern creations.
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Bastile—Frugi
Paris
Bastile
Perillos
Phal
Agrigentum
Yrinian
Hammedatha
Amutekile
Agas
Morde
Aha
Enguerrand
Murigni
Philip the
Cardinal la Balue
Lodig Xi
Tron
Ludovico Sforza
Morton
Scotland
World’s Angling Record Set in Central Park Event
Dr R J Held cast a quarter ounce bait 131 feet 6 inches to establish a new world record in bait casting at a New York Anglers Club event in Central Park. TH Freeman was second with 120 feet 6 inches, and David reached 121 1 10 feet as part of the seminority competition results.
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R. J
Anglers’ Club of
New York
Cub St
Central Park
New York Times
R. Johnson Held
Scrich
Bate
TH. Freeman
David
E. Care
M. EH. Smith
Novel Railway Fund Sale to Build Damascus Beirut Line
A government auction planned for September will sell a 17 000 stamp collection and ongoing specimens of current stamps from the Rum and Turkish areas. Albums accompany each embassy and legation with sale terms, proceeds to fund a railway from Damascus to Beirut.
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Wideawake
Aden
Phene
Cintiuius
Reum
Tendex
Damascus
Beirut
Ler
Frederick Market Prices from Frederics County Exchange 1907
Quotations furnished by Frederics County Farmers' Exchange corrected September 4 1907 cover prices for grains hay oats flour and mill feeds. Listings include No 2 Red No 8 Red breamer corn yellow gob white gob shelled and other cornmeal varieties with per bushel prices as well as hay straw oats and millets with ton and bushel rates for multiple grades and feeds. Names of grains such as winter wheat spring wheat oats buckwheat and millet appear with specific price ranges for each item.
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Frederics County
Timothy
Glover Sappling
Alatke
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Forgalt
Damgel
Forgail
Dun
Diarmid
President Harrison
Holand Sea
Mauritania
Washington Monument
Cunard
Eiffel Tower
Feier
Rome
Pyramid OF
Cheops
Frederick
Davis
Ark
GEO. L. Cramer & Sor
Heal Estate
Bale and
Kent
Liberty
Pearl
Cheat
Feavarille
Pooleaville
Linganore
Price
Martinshuri
Emmitsburg
Ladleabare
Priva
Union Bridges
Dhsan
Fina Impecvantants
Walkersville
Heom F
A.g.quynn & CO
Frederieck, Md
Lewis
John T. Lewis & Bros. CO
S. Front Street
Philadelphia
Ball
Ravenswood
W. Va Sarsi
Kodel
C. Oowitt & OG
Chnton E. Main
Diocelst
Peurre
Modern Pharmacy
C.& P. Telephone Co
Winchesters
Gentral Howe, CO
South Market Street P
Besant & Krhott
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