Molly Dear Love Triangle in Missouri Railroad Saga
Joe Bostock and engineer Wilton Carruthers face a blocked line at Big Monkey as a rifle kills Bostock and wounds Carruthers. Molly McDonald rescues Carruthers from the mud, her father objecting to the union. Bowyer arrives later and Carruthers proclaims love, Molly agrees to wed him.
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Big Monkey
Missouiti
Joe Bostock
Wilton Carruthers
Aff
Bostock
Carruthers
Sludsongsay Company
McDonald
Molly
Wilton
Bowyer
Tom Bowyer
Lee Chambers
Mr. Carruthers
Fatal snowbound confrontation stirs family rift
Molly pleads with her furious father as Joe Bostock lies dead from a muskeg accident. Carruthers carried the body. McDonald vows to cast Molly out, then recoils at the sight of the dead man and the weathered betrayal before retreating upstairs.
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Molly
Wilton
Joe Bostock
Joe
Will Carruthers
Love and peril in a prairie town stake Missoubi line
Wilton and Molly confront Bowyer and Chambers at the Missoubi store as Bowyer presses for control. A staged confrontation reveals Joe Bostock is dead and Wilton inherits a secret plan to exploit clay land value. Wilton vows to fight Bowyer at the shareholders meeting to save the project.
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Carruthers
Molly
Chambers
Cold Junction
Wilton
The
Molly McDonald
Wiltof
Winnipeg
Will
Bowyer
Kitty
Joe
Phayre
Bank of New North Manitoba
Ebd
Pieenthas
Ontario
Manitoba
Canada
Bushmasters and Anacondas Named Among Earth's Deadliest Snakes
The article reports on the bushmaster as one of the most feared snakes of South America with two Indian names apagafoco and surucucu, noting its nine to thirteen foot length, sight attack, and venomous bite. It also describes the anacondas of Brazil in three sizes, including a 60 foot specimen and a thick 20 foot salamanda described by inner Brazilian Indians.
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South America
T. C. Bridges
London Daily Mail
Bahia
Apagafoco
Brazil
Bowyer Comes and Goes in Recovery
Wilton refuses to rest despite injuries and insists on returning, while Molly fears for his health. McDonald sulks in bed as the two halfbreeds recount bloodstains and a shot incident, claiming innocence and shifting blame, prompting Wilton to order a deeper probe.
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Bowyer
Wilton
Molly
McDonald
Won Fame as a Sea Fighter
The Norwegian naval hero Tordenksjold rose from cadet to admiral in eight years and died at thirty. He defended Norway's freedom and Denmark's integrity through actions against Charles XII of Sweden. Legends grow of bold feats, including inviting a larger foe to board with wine and asking for powder, though he died in a duel in 1720.
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Tordenksjold
Charles XII
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
The Pawnbroker’s Uneasy Rest And A Conjuror’s Plain Ask
A retired wealthy pawnbroker at a fashionable hotel suffers from absent mindedness. A conjurer performs for guests and suddenly asks for ten dollars from any gentleman in the audience. The ex pawnbroker reacts with surprise and curiosity at the audacious request.
The Condition of Modern Architecture Excerpt
American architects note that the Roman workers among the Greeks were superior and employed them to decorate monuments as skilled workmen. The text observes many artists today are naturalized foreigners or born to foreign descent, reflecting on how artists are regarded.
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Leslie W. Devereaux
Best Extinguisher Prompts Fire Comedy at Home
In a village tale from Everybody's Magazine Mr Badger and his wife clash over fires and fire tools. She hiding the poker to keep him from stirring the flames, while he dashes off to help extinguish a real blaze.
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Mr. Badger
Budger
Odd English Currency in the Civil War Era
During the English Civil War Charles I minted much of the plate given by the Cavaliers to pay troops. Lacking proper tools, coins were struck roughly in varied shapes and metals from gold to pewter. Towns issued their own tokens, usually as oval or oblong pieces in base metals.
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England
Charles I
Mongoose Belief Appearance Morals Against Fear
The text portrays the mongoose as the most contradictory four footed animal. It appears mild yet naturalists claim it becomes furious and rampaging in cobra presence. The passage elevates the mongoose as a remarkable creature deserving respect despite the world’s indifference.
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Terry McGovern
Animal Kingdom
Neater Crimson Gulch Tackles Bearcatopolis Roughs
In a Western vignette from the Washington Star Cactus Joe recalls how roughs from Bearcatopolis were handled. A cleanup posse, with brooms and scrapers, organized to make them behave, giving them “their own way” only after action.
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Bearcatopolis
Cactus Joe
Washington Star
How It Worked Out In A Saucy Exchange
A humorous quip contrasts a newlywed couple where the wife learned to drive against a husband’s warning about skirts hindering the car. The punchline has the husband admitting he urged a practical step leading to the wife buying a $90 suit of undergarments.
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