Intrigue in Carolinas as Governors Quarrel Over Appleweight
Thomas Ardmore and Henry Griswold get swept into a border feud between North and South Carolina over a powerful outlaw named Appleweight. Griswold backs Barbara Osborne while Ardmore supports Jerry Dangerfield. Appleweight is captured then moved, with arrests and mistaken identities escalating the crisis at Ardsley.
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Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
North
South Carolina
Griswold
Barbara Osborne
Ardmore
Jerry Dangerfield
North Carolina
Hoth
Appleweight
Jerry
Ardsley
Barbara
Flight of Gillingwater and a chaotic pursuit across the moonlit road
Ardmore Collins and Cooke chase Col Rutherford Gillingwater after he escapes the encampment with Appleweight. A baggage wagon bursts, trunks spill, and a galloping chase ends with Ardmore trapped in a toppled trunk as the trio pursue the errant adjutant general toward Ardsley.
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Ardmore
South Carolina
Osborne
Collins
Mars
Chateau Bizet
Cooke
Sapphire Road, Over Which, By His Last Bulletin, the Adjutant General of
North Carolina
Paul
Gillingwater
George
Ardsley
Rutherford Gillingwater
Georgia
Gov. Dangerfield
Dangerfield
Col. Gillingwater
Gered
Coole
Ceddus
Waste of Ability and the Call to Full Effort
The text warns that wasting ability is a greater tragedy than wasting money. It urges training with vigor to seize life and achieve maximum effectiveness, criticizing those who only touch life superficially. It emphasizes gripping life with purpose and deep determination to produce meaningful results.
Revenue Producers and Knicker Poems in Postal Debate
The exchange centers on magazines allegedly causing a postal deficit. Bocker argues stamps are paid for all poems sent to them, highlighting financial tensions in postal support and publication.
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Knicker
Woodpecker’s Acorn Storage Shows Noted Foresight
In California the woodpecker stores acorns in pine trees each fall by making several holes of varying sizes. It places acorns in these holes but does not eat them, displaying a planful behavior. The cached nuts remain until winter when maggots attack and the birds benefit from this stored harvest when scarce food is available.
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California
Man's Work and Personality and The Wright Brothers
A reflection on purposeful work, noting that worthwhile effort exceeds the worker. The Wright brothers earned world leadership in aviation by relentless focus on one goal. They faced failure without being daunted and avoided diversifying efforts.
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Wright Brothers
A Woman's Wit Croesus Remark by Lydia Childs Wife
The husband of Lydia Childs endured years of illness and poverty yet the family relied on his wife’s sacrifices. He once sighed that he wished to be Croesus, and she replied that he already was Croesus king of Lydia in wealth of character and love.
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Lydia Childs
Mr. Childs
Croesus
Beads of Jerusalem Demand Across Holy Land
The article describes a craze for beads in Jerusalem with rosaries blessed at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Vendors offer native and olive wood beads and even evil eye charms in blue with a white pupil. The beads are worn in horses tails and manes and sold to pilgrims heading to sacred sites amid varied religious fervor.
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Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Mecca
Texas
Gulf Coast
America
Moangere
The
Security Land Co
Washington Avenue
Houston
Bitter clashes stain region with recurring bloodshed
A passage notes ongoing bitterness in the region where violence has become a frequent feature, leaving bloodshed as a common, troubling mark on daily life.
Doctor and druggist mix up names in Boston tale
An East Boston doctor recalls a druggist who sold alcohol to a new customer who warned not to twist the name. The customer said, It is Michael Sullivan, not Sullivan Michael, as listed in the directory.
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Sullivan
Michael
Boston
Michael Sullivan
Sullivan Michael
Boston Journal
T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
Gouraud
the. S
Cimuda
Europe
Ford
T. Hopkins
Great Jones St
New York
Tuberulosia In the Prisona
The annual discharge of 100 000 prisoners from national jails and prisons, with 10 to 15 percent afflicted by tuberculosis, creates a serious need for treatment spaces within confinement. The Prison Association of New York and State Charities Aid Association plan a joint campaign to prevent tuberculosis in state penal institutions, seeking cooperation of prison physicians and antituberculosis societies.
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Prison Association of
New York
State Charities Aid Association i
Mrs Brown Keeps Busy with Frying Fish for Men
In a lighthearted exchange, Mrs. Brown is asked how she will spend the summer, replying that she will fry fish for the men as usual, underscoring her steady routine and community role.
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Brown Jug
Kildare
Illustrations By
Ray Walters
By Meredith Nicholson
Pany
Mr. Collins
Rutherford
Papa
Raleigh
Miss Dangerfield
Turner Court House
Columbia
New Orleans
Old Dangerfield
Charley Ross
Lin
Success Magazine
Beads of Jerusalem
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
Ind
United States
H. B. Brown
C. P. Kinsey
James McGune
Mercer St
Jersey City
N. J
Watson E. Coleman
Wash
Pat Niington
D.C
Chemies! Products Co
Cincinnati
Gerlach
Otto Quakertown
Penn
Alaska
Writeme
Williamson
Cleburnie
State Immigration Board
Albuquerque,n.m
Inn Wheeler
Roberts
Gmy
Stemphin
East Panhandle Land Company
Mobcelle
Acc
Geo
Red River Valley
B.J. Thomas, Cooper, Tex
Iowa
Acre
Harrison, Kempson
Lowe
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