Fleming's Folly ends with a dammed victory for Link Fleming
In a brutal showdown, Link Fleming defeats Roper Kilgo to save Helen Hamilton. The pair witness the dammed Silver Creek flood beginning to work, transforming wasteland into irrigated land as Otto Pieper presses for cash but is rebuffed. The tale closes with Fleming and Helen embracing amid a prospering valley.
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Roper Kilgo
Mell
Fleming
Kilgo
Roper
Roper Kil- 0
Helen Hamilton
Nanna
Sherif
Stephen
Otto
Helen
Bure
Wuzz
Waco Byrne
Buzz
Byrne
Sherif Stephen
Lin
Rawhide
Boone County
Silver Creek
McLendon
Link Fleming
Stetgen
Ron Fleming
Soviet Big Family Law Introduced For Large Households
Soviet legislation promises state pensions for all families with more than six children, youngest under five. Divorced parents may face up to 50 percent income payments and stiffer taxation to deter nonpayment. Government aid ranges from 2,000 rubles yearly for the seventh child to 5,000 rubles per new baby after the tenth. Kiev court case shows harsh penalties with three ex-officials sentenced to death for embezzling funds for rest homes and tubercular child care.
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Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Kiev
Ukrainian Council of Labor Unions
Firefighters Respond to Odd Detroit Call from Windsor Woman
Firemen rushed to a Detroit call after a Windsor resident left a water heater on, warning of possible fire. The tale ends with an unrelated line about the Great Pyramid, noting it took 1 year to build.
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Wusumor
Detroit
Windsor
Michigan City
Egypt
Mysteries of Easter Island Explained by Dr Metraux
French ethnologist Dr Alfred Metraux, now at Bishop Museum Honolulu, dismisses three Easter Island puzzles. He argues the statues weigh five to six tons and could be moved by 400 natives, the islanders are related to Maori and arrived in the 12th century, and the island script is a memory aid rather than a true writing system.
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Ster Island
Easter Island
Alfred Metraux
Bishop Museum
Honolulu
Metraux
Paris Museum of Ethnology
Honolulu Museum
Pacific
New Zealand
Spin of light proved by Worcester Institute in new experiment
Dr Richard A Beth of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts announced the spin or angular momentum of light is real and measurable. He described a method using a circular quartz plate to demonstrate a photon’s spinning motion for the first time. A robin nest incident and a shopkeeper joke are brief nonessential notes.
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Richard A. Beth
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Masechusetts
Beth
Brantford Society Seeks 150 Year Old Montreal Organ
The Brantford Historical Society seeks a 150 year old antique barrel organ found in Chateau de Ramezay Montreal. Presented by King George III to Chief Tayendangana Joseph Brant, the organ bears 32 tunes and hymns, still audible when pumped. Brantford historians urge Ant iquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal to part with the piece.
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Brantford Historical Society
Montreal
Chateau de Ramery
Brantford
George Tl
Tayendanega
Joseph Brant
Chateau de Ramezay
Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal
Tayfendanega
George I
England
The World's Progress and English Speaking Peoples
The piece argues that comparing growth across fields between Britain and the United States needs more data. It cites Britannia’s voyage and the publication of Nicholas Nickleby, followed by Emerson’s essays, to question whether English speaking nations consistently produce vastly more books, noting the need for better statistics.
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England
Nicholas Nickleby
Emerson
New York Times
Likes His Adopted Country Northern Victoria County Visit
Louis Kansas praises his adopted home in northern Victoria county during a North Sydney stop after returning from a 40 year Holy Land trip. He toured Biblical cities and met relatives while noting Arab Jewish clashes he witnessed abroad. He expresses joy at returning to Canada.
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Louis Kansas
Victoria County
Palestine
North Sydney
Nova Scotia
Holy Land
Canada
Refined by Affliction The Lord's Painful Craft
A devotional reflection cites Isaiah and compares divine refinement to an artist's work, noting fire and sorrow shape the soul. It urges patience for suffering, vows that God’s image forms through trial, and warns against ignoring the lessons of pain. The text emphasizes trust in divine mercy and spiritual growth through trials.
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Alos
Not on the battlefield a royal foaming horse shock
The late Sir Percival Marling VC, veteran of the Sudan and Boer War, recalled his worst moment not in war but during a ceremonial ride for Queen Victoria. Foam from his charger touched the Queen’s veil, prompting quick action by Princess Alexandra and the Ladies-in-Waiting and rankled with a harsh Horse Guards order.
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Percival Marling
Sir Percival Marling
V.C
Sudan
Osman Digna
Percival
London
Queen Victoria
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandra
Horse Guards
Early Diagnosis Stressed For Appendicitis By Doctor
Winnipeg surgeon Dr Gordon Fahral urged early diagnosis of acute appendicitis before operation, noting it had the lowest mortality in early stages. He cited 25 000 deaths annually in the United States and Canada, equal to 20 per 100 000, with appendicitis second only to cancer as a lethal surgical ailment.
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Winnipeg
Gordon Fahral
Canadian Medical Association
United States
Canada
Government costs for coin production per thousand units
The text states that excluding silver content, the cost to produce 1000 dimes is 4.50 dollars, 1000 half dollars is 7 dollars, and 1000 silver dollars is 10.50 dollars, highlighting the production expense differences for Uncle Sam.
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Uncle Sam
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