The Tenderfoot George and the Canyon Trader
A rugged tale follows Dustin and Spike Goddard as Dad Kane reveals a red gold mine. Dustin confronts rivals, shoots Dad Kane, and, with Edith Carr, tests a theory that leads to the rich deposit at Red Water while Broken Spur intrigues unfold around Carr Crewe and Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Keene
Joe Carr
Dad Kane
Dustin
Spike Goddard
Stone
Edith
Duro Stone
Carr
Kane
Peyott Gregg
Broken Spur Ranch
Crewe
Edith Carr
Red Water
Chapter XIV Continued He Encounters Sam Dustin
A street scene advances as the narrator notes Sam Dustin’s tall figure looming in the shadows, suggesting tension or an impending encounter that drives the mood forward. The fragment hints at a pivotal moment between the narrator and Dustin.
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Sam Dustin
Night Plot Unfolds in Distant Western Town
Peyotl plots to kill Gerald Keene at the Silver Dollar after shadowing the group that meets at the Hourglans. Dustin warns against public violence while Keene reconnects with old partners under tense poker room lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin
Pryotl
Gregg
Peyoth
Blone
Gerald Keene
Keene
Kans
Broken Spur
Peyott
Peyottt
Peyoti
Stone
Carr
Crewe
Duro
Duro Stone
Joe Carr
Mr. Carr
Joe
Cripple Creek
Mendez
Peyotl
Gerald Kane
Gar
Hitle Derringer
Seco
Kane
Peyotl Gregg’s Hidden Network Revealed in Sheep Herds
Peyotl Gregg kept dope supply hidden through friends in Seco. Sam Dustin believed Peyotl acted alone for five years. Peyotl sought Pascua Mendez after a fallout, who herded sheep and symbolized Peyotl’s decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyotl Gregg
Seco
Sam Dustin
Broken Spur
Dustin
Peyotl
Pascua Mendez
Earth Crust Feels Tides Says Harvard Physicist
Harvard physicist Dr Harlan Stetson reports the Earth’s crust behaves like ocean tides moving in and out twice daily with Europe and America drifting apart up to sixty three feet and then reconverging. He suggests longstanding beliefs about stable land are outdated affecting views on global trade and policy.
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Earth
Terra Firma
Harlan Stetson
Harvard
Thre
Dr. Stetson
Europe
America
Popeye
Barnacle Bill
Christian Science Monitor
The Rhyming Optimist Poem Framed by Infinite Purpose
The poem extols natural symmetry from shells to stars as proof of an Infinite One. It praises unchanging design in turtle shells peacock plumage and spider webs. The verses express fear relief and hope through order and grace.
Real Weather Prophet Insect Signals Alberta Climate
Alberta’s manure beetle Aphodius emerges in spring and autumn in vast numbers. H L Seamans of the Dominion Entomological Laboratory at Lethbridge notes no clear reason for the beetles’ flights but finds a real link to forthcoming weather. The first spring flight signals a cold Snow period, then better growing conditions arrive.
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Alberta
H. L. Seamans
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
Lethbridge
Pony Express Began Seventy Five Years Ago
The Pony Express started seventy five years ago carrying mails across the United States. The most famous service operated between San Francisco and New York. Eighty riders with four hundred mustangs worked in relays, covering the transcontinental route in nine days.
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Pony Express
United States
San Francisco
New York
Toast Definition Prompted By Student Misfire
A classroom moment from 2001 features a teacher asking for a good toast definition. Only John raises a hand and defines toast as burnt bread scraped. The exchange captures a humorous miscommunication in a school setting.
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John
Strange Fashion Origins Behind Coat Buttons and Hats
A collection of curious historical fashion why questions explains coat buttons on the right for accessibility to a dagger, clocks on stockings as gusset hideers, ribboned hats from ancient fillets, busbies from Hungarian headgear, double buttons to keep coats modest, and barristers in black mourning after Queen Anne's death.
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Hussars
Grenadiers
Queen Anne
Queen
High Fees Debated for Hauptmann Trial Experts
U S Attorney General David T Wilentz said handwriting experts who testified Hauptmann wrote the Lindbergh notes billed high fees and would be paid only after cuts. Seven of eight billed 46 592 dollars total while Dr Wilm Souder charged 69 15. Albert Osborn led with 12 000 and his son Albert Osborn junior asked 9 655.
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U.S
David T. Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Wilm Souder
United States
Washington
Albert 3S. Osborn
Albert D. Osborn
Watch Recovered From Relief Food Bag Returns to Ontario Owner
A wrist watch owned by Mrs. Oscar Coleman of Delta is returned after being found in a bag of relief foodstuffs sent from Ontario to Luseland Saskatchewan last fall. News of the missing timepiece spread via a Saskatchewan newspaper advertisement leading to its recovery.
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Ontario
Saskatchewan
Oscar Coleman
Delta
Luseland
Sask
Little Helps For This Week
A religious meditation urges calm and gentleness over wrath and pride. It argues mildness, self control, and peaceful living reflect true strength and attract good company, even when dealing with difficult or contrary people.
Vanderhoof Pile Remedy Offers Private Home Treatment
A Windsor Ontario advertisement promotes Vanderhoof Pile Remedy as a safe home method to relieve piles without surgery. It claims instant relief and invites readers to send name, address, and 5 cents for a trial treatment from Vanderhoof & Co. Limited, Box 247 Dept. 65C.5.
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Pilon
Vanderhoof
Vanderhoof & CO. Limited
Dept
Windsor
Ont
Canada Seeds Act Requires License for New Cereal Varieties
The act bans offering a new cereal grain variety for sale under its variety name in Canada unless licensed by the Dominion Minister of Agriculture after tests by the cereal division of the Dominion Experimental Farms.
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Canada Seeds Act
Canada
Dominion Minister of Agriculture
Dominion Experimental Farma
Dr Dennis Skin Balm Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. D D Dennis known as Campana's Italian Balm chemist offering instant relief for facial pimples and blemishes. The sponsor guarantees money back if relief is not achieved and promotes a trial size product.
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D. Dennis
Dennis
Campana
D.D.D
French Scientist Abandons Ocean Ice Power Quest
Georges Claude, a French scientist, has given up his six year effort to extract power and manufacture ice from temperate differences in tropical ocean waters off Brazil, abandoning the project.
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Georges Claude
Brazil
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