Detectives Ride to Nab Tug Bailey After Shell Clue
In Crawling Water Lem Trowbridge and Dorothy pursue a lead from a dented shell to implicate Tug Bailey in Jensen's shooting. They suspect Moran and Rexhill as higher powers behind the crime and race to intercept Bailey before he escapes Sheridan and nearby rail points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tug Bailey
Jensen
Eagarneas
Wade
Santry
Trowbridge
Bailey
Dorothy
Geman
Raley Gost
Fanny
Lem
Moran
Rexhill
Gordon
Sonry
Monte Joe
Tug
Sheridan
Nellie Lewis
Thomas
Ranchester
Clearmont
Steve
Ambush at the Timber Tract Darkens Wade's Fate
Crawling Water begins with Lem Trowbridge and Bill Santry arriving after a brutal assault near the timber tract. Wade is missing, Wade’s riderless horse found, and old plainsman Wade’s assailants suspected. The scene heightens as Trowbridge contemplates a murder plot tied to Wade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hima
Bia
Rexhitt
Moran
Bill Santry
Ile
Lem
Santry
Trowbridge
Wade
Wild Bill Hickok Defends Rock Creek Station
James Butler Hickok earns the nickname Wild Bill in December 1860 at Rock Creek stage station near Topeka. He and Mississippi Yager held off the McCandias gang, fending off 10 attackers who battered the door. Hickok killed four at the threshold, two in close combat, wounded two, and killed one more while defending his position. Three attackers escaped. one died later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Butler Hickok
Wild Bill
Rock Creek
Topeka
McCandias
Hickok
Ike
Prejudices Against Speed in Early U S Transit
A century ago the postal service ran night stage coaches between New York and Boston amid protests of danger after a fatal first trip. Similar fear accompanied early railways with a March 1825 Creevey letter labeling the locomotive “infernal nuisance” and noting the steam and smoke roiling near Manchester to Liverpool.
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United States Postal Service
New York
Boston
Thomas Creevey
N.P
Ferguson
Manchester
Napa
Liverpool
Rules for a Long Life from Jiji Shimpo
A Japanese newspaper presents life guidelines claiming longevity. The list urges outdoor time, daily meat, a hot bath, thick wool garments, six to seven and a half hours sleep with the window open, one day of rest weekly, temperance in anger and study, remarriage for widows and widowers, moderate work, and avoiding excessive talking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiji Shimpo
Sella Graveyard Home Sells Then Builds in Miami
William Kime, who once built a mansion in a cemetery at New Orleans to have quiet neighbors, sold the graveyard home for 315000 and is now constructing a dwelling in Miami Florida. He comments that nothing jars an invalid more than waking up feeling splendid and then remembering he is sick.
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Trowbridge
Dorothy
Bridie
Mike
Wiliam Kime
New Orleans
Miami
Fla
Pine Air and Catarrh Cure Promises Relief
An advertisement touts CA TARRHOZONE from The Catarrhozone Co Montreal as a vapor therapy using pine forest antiseptics to treat catarrh colds and bronchial issues. It claims safety and effectiveness with a two months treatment priced at 1.00 and a trial size of 60c, urging customers to refuse substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Your Teeth and Family Health Hint at Ancestral Duty
A health education piece urges starting with grandparents to influence descendants. It links heredity to bodily health, warns that decay and exposed pulps can trigger systemic infections, and stresses that mouth care largely rests with individual action to prevent future health burdens on children and grandchildren.
Manitoba Butter Exports Reach 115 Carloads in 1922
The Provincial Department of Agriculture report shows Manitoba exported 115 carloads of butter in 1922, totaling 2,556,120 pounds and valued at 294,642 dollars. Shipments went to New York Philadelphia Chicago the Pacific Coast and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pacific Coast
England
Health claims for Golden Medical Discovery excerpt
An Alberta reader from Mattenford reports recovery from weakness dizziness and breathlessness after using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The testimonial states restoration to normal state and gratitude to God and the medicine, praising its worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattenford
Alta
Dr. Pierce
Eree’s
Cstal Springs Farm
Methal
CP Rly unveils new land colonizing policy for western farmers
Canadian Pacific Railway president E W Beatty announces a plan to take over farmers' debts under contract purchase, rewriting terms over 34 years. Title to land granted after the 34th payment. no annual interest exceeding seven percent of farm cost. The aim is to restore confidence, halt farmer distress, and boost western immigration and settlement.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
E .W. Beatty
H.C
Canada
West
Dominion
Borie
Canadian Pacific
Telnin
Chance Inventions from Accidents in History
Two scientists tested electricity and discovered silver coating on a touching wire during silver nitale breakdown leading to electro plating. Blotting paper arose from a spilled ink accident. Spilled letters absorbed ink on contact with outer sheets. A husband reshaped hairpins by twisting one to help women. A worker sleeping beside brine pot caused glazing of pottery through overflow.
Canada Surpasses U S in Newsprint Production
A historic comparison shows Canada more than doubling its newsprint output since 1917. From 690,000 tons to 1,082,000 tons in five years, while the United States rises from 1,359,000 to 1,448,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Republic
Dominion
Population growth of Japan estimated gains pace
The national census board estimates Japan's population at 57,668,000 versus 55,961,140 in 1920. The rise equates to about 730,000 per year, 2,000 per day, or one person every 43 seconds.
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Japan
National Census Board
Bayer Aspirin Boxes and Druggrats Offer Various Quantities
An ad-like notice describes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin TM with directions on each package and mentions Handy boxes of twelve tablets priced at a few cents. It also notes Druggrats selling hotties of 34 and 109 quantities.
Machine Made Beauty and the Design for Everyday Use
The Design and Industries Association in Britain promotes harmony between aesthetics and utility in mass produced items. Its Year Book showcases pottery metalware windows door fittings fireplaces motor cars shop fronts and other daily articles that meet high standards of artistic merit and practical function.
Lumbering Boom in Peace River District With 700 Men Employed
Reports from the Peace River country describe a large winter lumbering season with 700 workers and a total cut of 45 6900 feet. Operations occurred at Jarvick Chisholm Smith Kinnap Widinate Springburmn and Grande Prairie. Some unrelated remarks on Sunday picnics love and gyrations follow.
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Peace River
Jarvick
Chisholm
Smith, Kinnap
Widinate
Springburmn
Grande Prairie
Mrs Misener’s Aches and Pains in Branchton Ontario
A reader in Branchton Ontario reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham products. She describes long term pelvic inflammation from heavy munitions work in the Great War era and says she found permanent relief after taking Lydia E. Pinkham remedies.
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Branchton
Curios
Lydia
GoLoWwin
Ontario
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Kendall
Wilder Anthony
FF. D. Jennn Gee
King St. Weal
Teresita
Minard
How J. B
Sella
Gertrude White
C. P. RE
Beatty
Chance
Bayer
Peace River District
E. Pinkham
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