The Trader Shaw Dies as Canoe Drifts to Shore
In a remote river setting Mongazid watches Shaw die from a gunshot wound in a canoe adrift after a failed ambush. Little Duck discovers the body while tending a fire and contemplates whiskey as mournful drums echo among Flat Mouth’s people.
Roman Procurator Memorial Stones Returned to London Transport
Roman era artifacts unearthed near Tower Hill reveal two inscribed altar-tomb stones for Julia Pacata and Fabius Alpinus Classicianus. The stones, linked to AD 62 Procurator duties after Boudica’s rebellion, will be embedded in a substation wall at Tower Hill as a commemorative record.
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London Transport
Tower Hill
Inner Circle
Tower of London
London Times
Commissioners For Historical Monuments
London
Mansion House
Tower
Mark Lane
British Museum
Julia Pacata
Indus
Fabius Alpinus Classicianus
Britain
Boadicea
London Passenger Transport Board
First Schooners Built in Gloucester 1713
The earliest schooners were built in Gloucester Massachusetts in 1713 by Captain Andrew Robinson. These fore and aft rigged sailing vessels carried two to seven masts and were widely used for fishing off the Newfoundland coast.
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Gloucester
Mass
Andrew Robinson
Newfoundland
Quick fringe finish for linens with mats and napkins
The article describes edging coarsely woven linens by fringing and whipping edges. It gives size guidelines for mats and napkins, steps to plan cuts, and instructions to pull threads for straight edges and fringe depth from one half to three quarters of an inch. It also invites readers to order Mrs. Spears' Sewing book for home crafts.
Uncle Phil Says on Gossip, Laws, and Life
A collection of quips on ignorance and society. The piece remarks biographers, niceties of death, a dog’s laughter, and the stubbornness of humans toward existing laws. It jokes about city noise and self love while wryly noting misplaced priorities.
Census City Class Threshold Question
The set asks trivia on census thresholds wildlife etymology and historic broadcasts. It includes population triggers for town to city status widow’s mite form meaning of Copenhagen meaning of the circulation money Antarctica wildlife fastest ski run Noah’s Ark resting place Noah’s Ark after the flood and first football game telecast.
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United States Census Bureau
Copenhagen
United States
Antarctica
Amazon River
Mites in the Treasury and Other Quick Facts
Answer the quiz items: 1) two thousand five hundred. 2) mites. 3) merchants haven. 4) As of August 31 1937 total money in circulation was 7 523 901 587 dollars. 5) Penguins. 6) Kjelland the Norwegian ski champion reached about 100 miles an hour at St Moritz on February 16 1933. 7) Mount Ararat in Armenia. 8) Princeton Chicago game in October 1922 was the first big game broadcast. 9) From a tribe of female warriors failed to live on its banks.
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Haven
Kjelland
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Mount Ararat
Armenia
Princeton
Chicago
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