The Tenderfoot Brings News to Exlith at Hour-glass
Dustin rides to the Hour-glass with risky information about Sam and the gang. Exlith confronts him with sharp defiance as angry townsfolk gather, fully aware of the brewing trouble and the coup in progress.
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Sam
Hourglaas
Soda Springs
Kane
Spike
Dustin
Crewe
Carr
Stone
Seco
Hidden Hourglass Motive Drives Western Drama
In Seco a tense confrontation unfolds as Dustin and Edith grapple with a murder frame against Crewe. A memo of motive centers on old Peter Vinton’s will and a Derringer gun found near Gerald Keene. Dustin proposes a grim trade to clear Crewe, while Edith weighs a perilous future and a marriage bargain to expose the true killer.
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Gerald Keene
Crewe
Keene
Aevond
Dustin
Mr. Keene
Joe Carr
Peter Vinton
Doctor Epps
Epps
Seco
Daddy
Cart
Fred
Keena
Bangs
Edith
Stone
Semenoa
Jameson
Broken Spur
Peyott
Kane
Golpe de Caballo
Tiny apple tree survives underground in Ontario mine
Miners 600 feet below surface in an Ontario nickel mine rescue a tiny stunted apple tree growing from a seed in an abandoned core. The workers shelter and carry the plant home, praising the unbreakable sentiment found in a mining camp.
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Ontario
Gray
The Rhyming Optimist And A French Exercise Book
A poem urges belief in spring and resilience with lines about flowers thrushes and renewal. It contrasts youthful doubt with later understanding that hearts mend and beauty returns. An aside quotes a Russian phrase about being struck by lightning and recalls a French exercise line about a dog and soap.
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Tung
France Considers Bans on Overtime Work
A 2004 report notes France mulls outlawing all overtime, with potential impact on labor costs and production in the national economy. The piece cites discussions among policymakers and industry groups about regulating extra hours.
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France
God Our Refuge in Trouble
A devotional reflection on Psalm 46 and reliance on God amid waves storms and loss. It asserts that external troubles cannot touch a steadfast soul resting in God and that His unchanging hand sustains future life and present trials.
Applications Falling Off For New Inventions
United States Patent Office figures show a sharp decline in patent applications in recent years. The article speculates causes include widespread unemployment in the mechanical industry reducing inventive activity and the high precision of modern machinery narrowing the field for new devices. It suggests a temporary lull in invention may be needed.
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United States Patent Office
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Oysters Promised as Aid for Nutritional Anemia
The text notes oysters as a useful food for treating nutritional anemia due to high iron and copper content, comparable to liver. It comments on observational humor about someone sitting idle. The two quotes illustrate casual dialogue and a dietary note within a broader context.
Witchcraft relics lure bidders at London auction
A Pulborough woman Mary Holt’s hand from witchcraft days was offered in London and nearly sold for 20 before the owner bought it back. A heart pierced with pins and other Sussex charms sold little. Hallett of New House flaunted his “life-giving” stock, with a glass grotto Nativity fetching 55.
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London
Mary Holt
Pulborough
Curie
Hallet
New House
Constipation Relief Promises from Montreal Woman
Mrs. J. H. Laliberte of Montreal testifies under oath that Fruit-a-tives brought quick relief from chronic constipation. She says irritability, sleep loss, and headaches vanished and energy returned after using the product. Sworn statement available upon request. Fruit-A-Tives 45¢ and 50¢ everywhere.
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J. H. Laliberte
Drolet St
Montreal
Lauberte
Waite Frustatives Limited
Ottawa
Canada
Egypt Keeps Ancient Egg Hatching System in Use
Egypt exports hundreds of millions of eggs yearly yet rarely shows hens with chicks. Eggs are hatched in steaming ashes for hours in pits, then placed under dark Nile clay domes, on camel dung and palm leaves. Attendants time hatches to the hour with remarkable precision.
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Nile
Egypt
Nile Road
Detroit News
Australia gifts sealed gold to Duke and Duchess of Kent
The wedding gift box from the Commonwealth of Australia containing two cups of gold arrived at Plymouth England nearly three months after the ceremony. A Dutch laboratory comes within five thousandths of a degree of achieving absolute zero.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Plymouth
England
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