Sleepy Cat rescue seals Selwood stay in town
Selwood and Christie decide to remain at Sleepy Cat after a dramatic rescue of Meg Hyde and Starbuck from the creek. Haynes reports pulling the pair from rising waters while doctors vow to recover Meg, as Wentworth proposes a business partnership to anchor Selwood’s future in the frontier town.
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Starbuck
Meg
Cem
Staurbuck
Haynes
Cat
John
Selwood
Scott
Bull
Plum
Pardalee
Calabasus
Carpy
Pardaloe
Christie
Meg Hyde
Sleepy Cat
Curpy
California
Hit
Wentworth
Thief River
Carey
Rocky Mountain Divide
MacAlpin
Lefever
Bob Scott
Chapter XVIII Hearts in the West on the hotel porch
Wentworth and Carpy discuss Selwood's next move after the Crawling Stone tragedy. Sleepy Cat shows resilience and gains from the efforts to exterminate crooks and murderers. Doctor Carpy treats the question with gravity as the western tale unfolds.
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Selwood
Wentworth
Carpy
Cat
Change in State Law on Coyote Bounty Payment
A new law limits the $2 bounty per coyote scalp to payments made from April 1 to October 1 each year. Payments are suspended from October 1 to April 1. The change, effective July 1, replaces the old rule which had no payment time limit.
Daisy the mail route horse keeps to Kokomo path
Daisy, a bay mare in Kokomo Indiana, has hauled rural mail for 21 years. Though cars and planes emerged, she remains essential, saving owner Ben Boughman twice at grade crossings and returning daily from a long circular route. She takes annual summer pasture breaks but resumes duty each fall.
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Kokomo
Ind
Daisy
New York
Chicago
Ben Boughman
Main Street
Pickling in Paraffin Brings Waxwork Museum Groups to Life
Two workers at the American Museum of Natural History, G. K. Noble and M. E. Jaeckle, solved taxidermy limits by pickling frogs and other creatures in solid paraffin wax. After removing water, they soak specimens in melted wax to impregnation, producing lifelike, natural-appearing groups with preserved colors and occasional gold eye touches.
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New York
Dee
Alice
American Museum of Natural History
G. K. Noble
M. E. Jaeckle
New Gears for Planes Climbing in Rare Air
Iynn Mass report on a built in supercharger for airplane engines developed at General Electric. Dr S A Moss describes its effect, boosting power at all altitudes. This integration aims to raise speeds or load capacity for commercial planes and improves performance like oxygen aids a pilot.
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Iynn
Mass
General Electric Company
S. A. Moss
Doctor Moss
Naturalization Office Hears Irish Born Applicant
A man born in Tipperary tells the naturalization bureau he uses the name John Bull and affirms his identity as a real name holder as he seeks citizenship in New York. The exchange highlights the procedural routine in processing naturalization hopefuls.
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New York
Sam
John Bull
Naturalization Bureau
Tipperary
Mirage reveals distant ships and shoreline sights
Cape May New Jersey reports a striking mirage seen from the boardwalk with ships twenty miles at sea hull down yet visible. Cape Henlopen beach thirteen miles away could be clearly seen with walkers on the sand recognizable, prompting old sea lore about an approaching severe storm.
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Cape May
N. J
Cape Henlopen
Rehoboth
Shoe Shine in Paris A Practical Tourist Guide
The piece explains how to get shoes shined in Paris, noting few shoeblacks near the Gate St Lazare and cost about two francs. It describes public messengers on Boulevard des Opéra corners who can assist, and comments on Americans spending to have shoes polished while Paris observers watch with interest.
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Paris
New York
Chicago
Whale City
Gate St.Lizare
Boulevard Dys Statens
France
Woman Becomes Mayor Casagrande by One Vote
Mrs Earl Garr, a businesswoman, defeats a man by a single vote in a council election securing the mayoralty of Casagrande Arizona. The city council conducted the election resulting in her victory as the new mayor.
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Hearts In the West
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Gehrig- Wright
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A. R. LeSueur
Nebr
Mirage
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G. D. Webster
Gapen
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Roche
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AS. H. Gardner County Surveyor
Joseph Oberfelder
United States
A.lso
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company OF Nebraska
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