The Little Trader's Medicine Challenges a Chief
Rodney Shaw uses a bold display to gain favor with the tribe while Burke Rickman contemplates a plan. Rodney, after a night ambush, returns with a heavy white clay package and gains near-total Indian support, while Rickman plots a swift move from Mackinac to outmaneuver Shaw.
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Standing Cloud
Black Beaver
Rodney
Rickman
Rodney Shaw
Burke Rickman
Shaw
Windigo
Hodney
Conrad Rich
Burke
Antoine
Michilmackinac
Green Bay
Maciver
Basile
Weasel
Rickshaw
Mackinac
Donald Macliver
Washington
Capes
Annette Leclerc
Fastbooting New Sport Draws US Interest in New York
The saltboat sport, common in Europe, debuted in New York with a chartered train carrying over 200 enthusiasts to the Connecticut River. Originating in Germany, the folding boat blends kayak and canoe features, folds into a suitcase size, and requires double paddles for steering. It targets swift rivers with safety gear and waterproof compartments for buoyancy.
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America
New York
Connecticut
Germany
Albert Stoll, Jr
Detroit News
Europe
How to Make a Hidden Ottoman Box and Cover
Step by step instructions for building a wooden ottoman box with four inch deep sides and turned legs, fastening with screws, adding layered cotton and muslin padding, sewing a fabric cover with a four inch band and ruffle, and offering Mrs. Spears Sewing book for purchase.
Read to Consider Not to Contradict or Dispute
Digesting Bacon’s maxim on weighing ideas rather than arguing, the quote urges thoughtful consideration over quick judgment. It emphasizes careful evaluation of evidence before forming belief or dismissing claims.
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Bacon
How One Woman Lost 20 lbs of Fat
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss aid. It instructs weighing daily, taking a 4 oz bottle for four weeks, and combining with diet adjustment and light exercise. The copy promises fat reduction in three weeks with improved energy and clearer skin, and offers a money back guarantee.
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America
Quotations on Virtue and Kindness from Barrie and Oliver
A compact collection of two quotes on virtue. James M Barrie urges nightly kindness while James Oliver praises industry economy honesty and kindness as an unmatchable quartet of virtues.
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James Oliver
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