Dale Fights and Kills in Mountain Ambush
Bill Dale confronts attackers from Jerusalem Cove and Hatton's Hell while searching for the trestle damage. He shoots at Adam Ball but accidentally kills him. Sheriff Flowers arrives to arrest Dale as kinfolk demand justice, and a tense mood settles over Jerusalem Cove and Hatton's Hell.
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Tie
Goff
Torress
Jerusalem Cove
Hatton
Hell
Dale
Major Bradley
John Moreland
Doe River
Grandpap Moreland
Adam Ball
Hillman
Bill Dale
Black Adam
Cain
Ife
Adam Buall
Gonnies
Ian
Cartersville
Adam
Old Ball
Tom T Flowers
Jim Tie
Jim Ike
Tobacker
Yorreys
Littlefords
Morelands
Bradley
Hayes
Ben Littleford
Balls
Torreys
Ball Settlement
Tom Flowers
Luke Moreland
Longridge
Thar
Sheriff Flowers
Mr. Dale
Law
El Dale: A Tale of Feuds and Coal Wealth in Tennessee
Young Carlyle Wilburton Dale son of coal operator John K Dale leaves a life of ease for independence in eastern Tennessee. He joins the Moreland clan feud with the Littlefords, faces a murder history, falls for Babe Littleford, and navigates love, danger, and a tense coal-developing alliance amid a river crossing shooting and a looming clash.
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Carlyle Wilburton
el Dale
John K. Dale
Walfway Switch
Tennessee
Patricia Clavering
Littlefords
Dale
David Moreland
Carlyle
Morelands
Babelide
Black Adam" Ball
Date
John Moreland
Ben Litheford
Moreland
A Littleford
Babe
Bobby McLaurin
Patricia Claver
Ben Littleford
Penary
Patricia Goff
Secret fate of Adam Ball and Bill Dale in mountain town
Elizabeth Littleford and Babe Littleford confront a tragic escape plan as Bill Dale faces jail. The pact to help him survives a web of truth and rumor. Granny Heck and By Heck add tense, moral tension in a rural community.
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Tom Flowers
Elizabeth Littleford
David Moreland
John Moreland
Bill Dale
Moreland
Major Bradley
Littlefords
Morelands
Granny Heck
Babe
Littleford
Patricia
Adam
Black Adam
Gill Dale
Bill
Babe West
Nanth Calmner
Mrs. Littleford
Elis
Allus
Ben Littleford
Contested Claim on Black Adam Killings Sparks Debate
A fragmentary remark questions who killed Black Adam while contrasting uncertainty with certainty, hinting at lingering mystery or dispute over the killer’s identity. The quoted line suggests an emerging theory or challenge to established narratives without identifying a culprit.
Johnson and Pepper Friendship Shovel Beaver Coat Gift
The article recalls Andrew Johnson’s steady bond with W. W. Pepper of Springfield a Whig and blacksmith. Pepper became a judge in 1854 and sent a forged shovel as a keepsake of their friendship. Johnson replied with a beaver cloth coat he fashioned by hand, a notable late example of his handiwork that survives.
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America
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln
Johnson
Tennessee
W. W. Pepper
Springfield
Pepper
Life's Fits and Misfits and Life’s Gift
A London Answers writer argues that happiness and profit come from using one's gifts to fit into life’s plan. Those who miss their niche or ignore their talents become misfits and fail to value their birth.
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London
Immunity Of Teak And Cypress Against Ter Mites
A Japanese study finds teak and cypress pine resist termite attacks. Immunity not from hardness or weight but likely from repellant compounds, notably benzine extracts. Camphor green oil provides the strongest protection for mosa and camphor when used.
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Formosa
Clever Trick Nearly Foiled Opium Smuggler in Shanghai
In Shanghai a customs official exposed an opium smuggling ruse aboard a tramp steamer from India. An old Chinese woman presented a basket with a dead kitten and a black cat, but the officer eyed a hidden load of brown opium beneath the apparent fare.
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Shanghai
India
London Daily Mail
Time-Balls Through Ages and Modern Uruguayan Broadcast Time
A historical note traces time-balls from European courts to modern uruguayan use in Montevideo. At eight o clock every night the city lights dim briefly to synchronize clocks, a system praised for efficiency but opposed by electricians wary of load fluctuations on central plants.
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Europe
Montreal
Quebec
South America
Uruguay
Montevideo
Montreal Herald
Bath ritual in the Congo's Luba kingdom
Chief Kabongo of the Congo presides over a vast palace of woven basket work with a royal bath and garden of gods enclosed by a reed wall. The bath is a ground hole used by him for mud baths while attendants shower water. outsiders deem it inadequate. His clay crocodile and white pigeons are deities worshiped for political aims, as Kabongo edges toward Mwata Yamvo's throne, often rising to power when a setback seems near.
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Congo
Kabongo
Mwata Yamvo
Luba
Old Dispatch Boxes In Use In Parliament Times
The London Morning Post notes curious red dispatch boxes used for state documents in the crown's service. Some date to George III and Palmerston's and Wellington's eras. Three sizes exist: small circulation, larger cabinet transfers, and roomy boxes seen on ministers' tables during bills and estimates.
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London Morning Post
London
George the Third
Palmerston
Wellington
House of Parliament
Beautiful Sea Forms and the Microcrustacean Reguarin
The article describes reguarin as a minute crustacean whose microscopic shells reveal 5000 patterns. It notes the fragile shells aid buoyancy and explains the life cycle from young barnacle attaching to driftwood and seaweed to later clinging to rocks ships and whale backs.
Aspirin Ad Warns on Bayer Brand Identity
An old advertisement warns buyers to seek Bayer labeled aspirin for genuine medicine. It claims tablets treat colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain, noting small twelve tablet tins cost a few cents and larger packs are sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Life's Little Courtesies
Stillwell returns home irritable after work and storms about visiting the Mortons. He plans to call on them tonight to avoid asking his hosts to leave their house, prompting a domestic debate with Mrs. Stillwell over staying in.
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Stillwell
Mortons
Henry
Mrs. Stillwell
Morton
Collins
Red Cross Ball Blue boosts table linen wear
War scarcity makes linen care a premium as Red Cross Ball Blue promises improved fabric life. Ad note urges shoppers to try the whitening agent available from grocers for five cents. The second line quips that matrimony bonds would gain popularity if they paid cash dividends.
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