Fleming's Folly Bank Hold-Up Scene Unfolds
In a tense town moment Fleming and Mike Drew corner Otto Pieper in the Stockmen's Bank after a reported holdup by a man in a checkered shirt. Otto protests innocence while Fleming confronts him with a pistol ready as Kilgo, Benson, and Buzz react to the alarm.
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Helen
Link
Matt Benson
Kilgo
Benson
Edworth
Flemming
Waco
Byrne
Roper
Drew
Haltby
Fleming
Buzz
Stockmen’s Bank
Mike Drew
Jimmy Farlane
Otto Pieper
Farlane
Mike
Pleper
Otto
Holmes Junction
Stephen
Pieper
Star Loop
Roper Kilgo
Fieper
Howland
Thia Bank
Kngo
Laverty
Mell
Jackpot
Bank Loot Heist Triggers Lynch Mob in Boone County
A bank hold up by Fleming sparks a violent mob in Main Street Boone County. Kilgo and Mell push locals toward vigilante justice while Link, held by townsfolk, faces a looming lynching as the irrigation scheme fuels rural tensions and fear of progress.
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Ropers
Otto Pieper
Otto
Tron Spring
Fleming
Roper Kilgo
Boone County
Link
Kilgo
Roper
Helen Hamilton
Waco
Byrne
Drew
Hull
No Trial Fittings The Poured Suit Era Foretold
At the 28th annual convention of the International Association of Garment Manufacturers in Chicago Harry Simons of New York predicted a poured substance will tailor suits by pouring over a body form then cooling to fit. He foresaw a revival of the dandy look in lemon yellow blue and red tones.
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International Association of Garment Manufacturers
Chicago
Harry Simons
New York
Interlude With Death Stirs British Medical Circles
A 20 year old Mary Devonport experienced a seven minute near death during dental work under chloroform. Dr Masser described the episode in the British Medical Journal noting no dreams or brain reaction while deceased. After intra cardiac injections and continued resuscitation she recovered and returned to work in a steel factory two days later.
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Mary Devonport
Alfred A. Masser
Sheffield
Masser
Sermons Trade for Bread Pan Sparks Bargain Pitch
A minister's wife bartered a box of his sermons for a new bread pan. The next spring a traveling rap tradesman returned seeking more sermons, boasting he earned favor by selling the prior batch. He offers five cents per pound for all sermons, recounting how a country preacher benefited from them.
Maiden voyage carries Jewish synagogue on Queen Mary
Jewish passengers aboard the Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary on its maiden voyage carried a synagogue across the ocean. Religious services were held throughout the voyage with most of the about 500 Jewish travelers in attendance.
Women as the most successful peddlers says 2156
A dated remark claims women excel as salespeople while men will not buy from another man to remove him. It suggests self-conceit among men leads to rejection, noting the adversarial stance as a social observation from 2156.
Man of Few Words Discusses Tea Kettle Handle Woods
The piece notes Beech birch maple and red gum are used in large quantities for handles of tea kettles and coffee pots. The conversation spans the morning as one man speaks with another.
Be of good faith and trust the Lord through suffering
A devotional excerpt urges believers to trust God through all trials. It reflects Romans 8 38 39 assurance of love in Christ and says mercy underlies life and death. It encourages fearless faith, obedience, and growth as the Lord orders every experience.
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God
Christ Jesus
Lord
Lfe
Wards Of The King In West Indians To Be Placed On Reserve
Non treaty Chippewas of the Rocky Mountain House district surrender under pressure from food shortages and seek protection as wards of the king. The Indian Affairs Department forms a new reserve of two townships northwest of Rocky Mountain House with Crees from Cypress Hills joining ahead of winter.
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West
Rocky Mountain House
Alte
Dominion
Department of Indian Affaifa
Cypress Hills Reserve
Maple Creek
Sask
Russia plans Arctic ship to study conditions with drift voyage
Following Nansen's idea Russia prepares a 1000 ton ship, larger than the Fram, to be towed by an ice-breaker then drift frozen in for four years in the Arctic Ocean. It will carry an airplane, unlike the Fram which sailed to the New Siberia Island before freezing.
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Russia
Nansen
Fram
Arctic
Siberia
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