Buckskin duel and stock company spark a frontier town
Red Saunders buys a buckskin horse and proves a wild ride proves a turning point for a frontier community. The event leads to a mill site buy in a stone barn, Lettis and Mattie join as stockholders, and Red pushes for local business and self sufficiency amid festive town progress.
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Mr. Saunders
Red
Ma’am
Mr. Demnilt
Lettis
Mattie
Will
Miss Mattie
Mise Mattie
Welsh sculptor William Goscombe John elected full R.A.
The Cardiff born artist, famed for works such as Boy at Play in the Tate Gallery and the Liverpool War Memorial, has been elected a full Royal Academy member. His Coldstream Guards memorial depicts a dying Cold streamer in the foreground with vision of the old guard in battle smoke, praised as beautiful.
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William Goscombe John
Cardiff
Llandaff
Mr. John
Tate Gallery
Liverpoo] War Memorial
Coldstream Guards
Khakikelad Coldstreamer
Monk
Coldstreams
John
Greece
France
Italy
Spain
Cairo
Constantinople
Morneco
Algerin
Pans
Lost Button Sparks Laughter Aboard Baltic
In a dramatic sinking tale, Republic passengers aboard the Baltic saw a bulletin board listing lost items. A woman in a nightdress and fur clutched a notice that read lost one gold button, and she stared in disbelief before breaking into hysterics, recalling the new york times report.
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Republic
Florida
Baltic
New York Times
The Eagle Dam Project Across Rio Grande
The proposed Eagle Dam at the Rio Grande opposite Eagle New Mexico aims to be one of the world’s largest. It would form a 45 mile long lake 200 feet deep and flood up to 2,000,000 acres to one foot depth. Concrete volume estimated at 410,000 cubic feet with a 265 foot high retaining bank and a 1,150 foot crest. Estimated cost is 8 million dollars.
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Rio Grande
Eagle
N. M
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Texas
Roy Crandall
van Norden
Berlin pupil writes on The Kaiser in class composition
A Berlin schoolteacher shares a pupil's essay about The Kaiser. It recounts Kaiser Wilhelm's birthday and a 101 gun salute from the castle dome. The piece mentions a grandfather and Wrangel, a father bowing from the balcony, and a claim that the boy is a Hohenzollern.
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Berlin
Prince Wilhelm
Old Wrangell
Schloss
Old Wrangel
The Caspian Sea Puzzle Deepening Mystery
The Caspian Sea has reportedly deepened since a century ago despite long standing claims it was drying. Recent soundings suggest the sea bottom may be dropping, leaving experts unsure of the cause and future course of events.
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Caspian Sea
Caspian
The Winter Shave Razor Edge Advice
A barber notes winter shaving woes come from a chilled razor not the face. He prescribes dipping the blade in boiling water, drying, and stropping while hot to achieve the keenest edge.
Boots for One-Legged Buy Odd One Boot Market
In a London shop cellar thousands of single boots and shoes form vast bins of lefts and rights mostly from bankrupt stocks and travelers samples. One-legged customers and regular buyers seek single boots as low as eighteenpence, while many odd pairs end up as replacements for the able-bodied or for time-hardened customers. Barricades guard the annual sale amid poverty in the capital.
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London
England
North
Mecca
Comany
Canada
Ordin
Tough on the Count at Newport draws quips about status
In a snappy exchange, Gunner calls out the count's pretensions at Newport last season. Guyer notes the boast as revealing, saying the man’s money is tight and his position fading, while Gunner pushes the jab about being "upper crust" in a witty clash.
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Newport
Guyer
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