Arrow to the Mark in Brewster Intrigue
Monty Smith confronts violence and moral peril as he forces Tucker Jibbey from a mine prison. Verda Richlander’s loyalties are tested while Smith contends with his own capacity for ruthlessness and restraint in a perilous pursuit through Brewster. The rescue ends with Jibbey surviving a near death in the river and returning to safety.
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Smith
Colonel-Daddy
Stillings
Onc
Crawford Stanton
David Kinzie
Corona
Daddy
Allen
Kinzie
Verda Richlander
Brewster
Tucker Jibbey
Stanton
Jibbey
Timanyonit
Dexter Baldwin
Maxwell
Little- Butte
Starbuck
Tibbey
Little Butte
Nolone
Colonel
Bik
Monty
Verda
aCtie Abate Jobbey
Lawrenceville
Tucker
Monty Smith
Denmark taxes surge as war austerity hits luxuries
Denmark enacts a broad wartime tax package raising wine beer cigars cigarettes tobacco jewelry and high value property taxes. The plan doubles wine tax to the consumer price and nearly doubles beer tax while boosting income and property levies and rail rates. The finance minister cites war necessity as fuel shortages threaten industry and prices.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Brewers’ League
Night journey to Red Butte mine depths
Smith leaves the road four miles from the turn and enters the mine area at Red Butte. He uses a key to a small door in the bulkhead and lights a candle as he enters pitch darkness. The mine corridor is silent and empty except for Jibbey’s suitcase left from a prior disappearance.
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Butte
Smith
Jibbey
Six Ton Army Building Carried by 250 Soliders
In Mercedes Texas 250 North Dakota soldiers moved a six ton frame building housing the army Y M C A without machinery. The 72 by 24 foot structure was braced and had runners so the men could lift it together and carry it 200 yards to a new site.
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North Dakota
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Army Y. M., C. A
Mercedes
Tex
Boston Sets Public School Salesmanship Program
Boston appoints Isabel C Bacon as director of salesmanship in public schools. She presented at the National Retail Dry Goods Association session on cooperative courses in high school salesmanship and store training. Her report shows four years of class growth with store executives aiding the program through practical demonstrations and role play.
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Christiania
Olav Thommesen
Tidens Tegn
Christania
Thommesen
Borre
Inn High
Valders
Dagbladet
Boston
Isabel C. Bacon
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Mexican haciendas shift from cotton to food crops
In the Laguna district near Torreon Mexico planters replace cotton with staple food crops as demand for corn and wheat rises. Hacienda owners plow cotton lands to grow feed and staple foods amid price expectations.
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Laguna
Torreon
Mexico
Central
Norway Seeks Hidden Coal Beds and Ancient Treasures
Norway begins extensive explorations in the Gjerpen valley amid hopes of new coal deposits to ease shortages. A Viking ship is reported at Jarlsberg with an axe and sword found alongside, while Moss shipyard launches a steel concrete floating dock, first of its kind, prompting interest in larger future docks.
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Norway
Gjerpen
Jarlsberg
Pougner * Ah ‘Shipbuilding Company
Moss
Floating hotel excursion steamer cited with bell buoys
Its Staff describes the excursion steamer as a floating hotel that reliably receives supplies, noting its reliance on bell buoys. The language suggests a maritime or transportation context with focus on the vessel and provisioning.
Briggins Promises Failing and Public Disappointment
A fragment recounts Briggins failing to keep promises and causing hurtful melancholy. The subject laments his excuses and the public sympathy he seeks, noting the pattern of disappointment and emotional impact on others.
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Briggins
Chatsworth House A Tale Of Legacy And Mystery
A London Chronicle inked portrait recalls Chatsworth as a vast historic seat with a long absentee owner era and a paradox of fame. It notes Holker favored by the seventh duke, 1910 visitor tally of 80 000, and a living wing mixing primitiveness with grandeur with a liveried man awaiting orders.
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Chatsworth
Holker
London Chronicle
Call or Invitation: A Minister’s Dilemma
A minister tells an old friend he may move to another parish for a higher salary. He wonders if the offer is a true call or merely a command, reflecting on the nature of vocational motive. The Christian Register frames the issue as a test of conscience.
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Dominic
Christian Register
Dates Brought From Africa Boost California Palm Growers
Several date palm trees from Africa have been planted in California where date cultivation is reported as thriving. The note highlights successful adoption of imported varieties for local farming expansion.
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Africa
California
Her Vow. Not Quite. A Quirky Wedding Prophecy
A playful Life magazine line recalls a bride vow "to love her favorite motion picture here" and to honor her husband and obey her physician in a humorous, tongue in cheek quip reflecting wedding rhetoric.
No Desire for Spirit Medium Claims
Mrs A promotes a new medium who can summon any spirit on demand. Mrs B declines, saying she has no desire to contact spirits that must be called forth.
What He Learned
Gerald returns home with an 80 percent deportment score and mother presses for a lesson learned. He sulkily admits he learned nothing except how to be good, reflecting a child's stubborn take on school discipline.
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Gerald
Indianapolis
Reminiscences Span Civil War to Mexican War
A dialogue between An and Old-Timer highlights Uncle Jed recalling the Civil War while Uncle Peleg extends the memory back to earlier conflicts such as the Black Hawk and Mexican wars. The exchange emphasizes different generations valuing distant military memories.
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Uncle Jed
Peleg
Mrs Tart Governs Husband In Financial Dispute
A woman named Mrs Tart controls her husband’s spending, taking money from his hand while he remains passively compliant. The exchange suggests a dramatic shift in domestic dynamics and authority within their marriage.
Just His Way in a Sleeping Car Allegory
A brief snippet contrasts a man who boasts about trivial status claiming the upper berth in a sleeping car would become an occasion for bragging. The exchange hints at vanity and social pretension in a compact dialogue.
Pleasant Thought Card Quip Highlights Diamonds
A fragment presents playful dialogue about cards and diamonds. The speaker compares the ten of diamonds with the ace, favoring the ace as better and imagining a cluster of diamonds as a visual cue. Contains garbled punctuation but centers on card imagery.
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Lawrencevillé- “Athletic Club
Ben Wee
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Ake
Washington
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Storting
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Germany
Christianid
Baron Rautenfels
Finland
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University of Christiania
Chicago
Thomas Warloe
Anton Holmboe
Anders Doe
Ivar Munthe Doe
Rolf Hammer
Ivar Wessel
Hans Hasund
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Torger’ Kleiberg
Magnus Gunderson
Billf Guthfeldt
Hans Gurstad
London
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