Fleming's Folly in a Bank Hold Up Tonight
Fleming and his aides confront Otto Pieper as a masked robber in the Stockmen's Bank bluff with a drawn six gun. The plan to nab the suspect escalates as Kilgo, Buzz, and Benson observe from the doorway, while Sheriff Stephen’s stance remains uncertain.
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Stockmen's Bank
Link
Mike Drew
Fleming
Jimmy Farlane
Otto Pieper
Farlane
Mike
Pieper
Otto
Holmes Junction
Stephen
Star Loop
Roper Kilgo
Benson
Buzz
Kilgo
Bank Robbery Sparks Lynching Frenzy in Boone County
A mob swarms the bank as Link Fleming is seized amid accusations of robbery. Rivalries between Roper Kilgo and Jackpot Mell fuel a violent crowd, with plans for hangings and cries to protect local progress through irrigation. Helen Hamilton watches in alarm as the tense standoff escalates toward a brutal act.
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Helen
Link
Matt Benson
Kilgo
Benson
Edworth
Flemming
Waco
Byrne
Roper
Drew
Haltby
Fleming
Buzz
Pieper
Howland
Linke
Mike
Laverty
Shore
Jackpot Mell
Mell
Agate
Jackpot
Kngo
Otto
Star Loop
Otto Pieper
Roper Kilgo
Boone County
Helen Hamilton
Hull
No Trial Fittings Introduce Poured Suit Era
At the 29th annual convention of the International Association of Garment Manufacturers in Chicago fashion expert Harry Simons forecast a poured substance will tailor men’s suits by pouring over a body form. After cooling it reveals a body fitting pattern. He predicted a return of the nineteenth-century dandy with bold lemon yellow and blue rose mixtures.
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International Association of Garment Manufacturers
Chicago
Harry Simons
New York
Mrs Paterson-Pritchard Unfit to See Visitors
A caller asked if Mrs Paterson-Pritchard was at home. The response said she is at home but not in a fit state to receive anyone after an argument with her companion.
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Mra. Paterson-Pritchard
Quote on gender roles and commerce from 2156
A fragmentary remark asserts women as the most successful peddlers and mocks male buyers avoiding other men. It suggests men would lose self conceit if deprived of their ego, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
Interlude With Death Inspires Medical Debate on Soul
Mary Devonport, a 20 year old, suffered a seven minute deathLike interlude under chloroform during a dental procedure in Sheffield described by Dr Alfred A Masser in the British Medical Journal He detailed heart stoppage failed respiration and a dramatic intracardiac injection and artificial respiration The patient recovered and returned to work in a steel factory two days later The case invites questions about whether the soul leaves the body at death and what dreams or brain activity occur under anaesthesia
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Mary Devonport
Alfred A. Masser
Sheffield
Masser
The Sermons Trade for Bread Pan and Rag Man Revisit
A minister's wife once traded his old sermons for a new bread pan. The following spring a rag man returned asking for more sermons, claiming he earned good money from the first batch. He offered five cents per pound, citing a country preacher who boarded him and his horse for that barrel of sermons.
Maiden voyage tale on Queen Mary carries synagogue across sea
Jewish passengers aboard the Cunard ship report a Jewish synagogue was carried to America on the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary. Religious services occurred throughout the trip as about 500 Jews attended while the ship sailed from Britain. Tea kettle and coffee pot handles reportedly use birch and beech wood among others.
Little Helps For This Week From Faithful Reflections
A brief devotional piece urges steadfast faith amid trials. It cites Romans 8 39 about God’s inseparable love in Christ and speaks of trust, mercy, and growth through suffering. The text emphasizes not fearing hardship and believing the Lord orders all for good, fostering obedience and faithfulness.
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God
Christ Jesus
Lord
Wards Of The King Non-Treaty Indians In West Relocate
Non treat y Chippewa of diana and Rocky Mountain House area surrender freedom due to food shortages and ask the Dominion government to form a reserve. Indian Affairs begins a new reserve of two townships northwest of Rocky Mountain House, with Crees from Cypress Hill joining the Chippewas, expected to open before winter.
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Indiana
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Dominion
Department of Indian Affairs
Cypress Hilla
Maple Creek
Sask
Russia to Build Arctic Drift Ship with Plane Aimed at Nansen’s Route
Russia plans a 1000 ton Arctic research vessel to be towed by an ice-breaker then allowed to drift for four years in the Arctic Ocean. It will study conditions similar to Nansen’s Fram voyage but will differ by carrying an airplane.
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Russia
Nansen
Fram
Arctic
Siberia Island
Arctic Ocean
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