Border Scout Keith Faces Murder Charge on Santa Fe Trail
Virginian Jack Keith rides the Santa Fe trail in pursuit of raiders after a caravan attack. He locates the victims and vows to hunt the killers. Keith is arrested in Carson City for murder, accused by Black Bart, and learns one victim is Gen. Willis Waite and another John Wiley. He shares a jail cell with a black man Neb who recalls the Heath family. Neb and Keith plot escape.
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Jack Keith
Keith
Carson City
Ned
Massa Jack
Quiet Northern Escape Through River Crossing
Keith and Ned flee a town at night guiding ponies along a riverbank. They cross a dangerous ford in darkness, fight high winds and sandstorms, and press toward the eastern desert aiming for safety beyond the Santa Fe trail. The escape hinges on instinct, grit, and careful navigation.
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Keith
Ned
Lttle
Sully
Sand Desert Attack Leads to Night Shelter and Lamp Sight
Keith and Ned battle a fierce sandstorm and food shortage as they seek the Salt Fork valley. They shelter with ponies, drifting on shifting dunes until a distant lamp shining through a window offers potential shelter and rescue in the harsh desert night.
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Keith
Santa Fe
Sand Hill
Neb
Ana
Ned
Carson City
Zandeesy
Romeo Caught in Chimney Sparks Village Alarm in Brittany
A Paris correspondence from London Telegraph tells of a man from Morlaix in Brittany who climbed to his sweetheart Juliette’s house seven miles away. He wedged inside a chimney and was freed only after partial demolition. Police fined him for breaking in and causing a public disturbance.
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Morlaix
Brittany
Romeo
Chaucer
Juliette
Paris
London Telegraph
Mitsuis of the East Compared to Rothschilds in Honor
The Atlantic Monthly notes the Mitsui family of Japan has long maintained unblemished mercantile honor unlike the European Rothschilds. Now other great houses and the Sambai chivalry are joining them as trusted representatives of honorable commerce, backed by common honesty.
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Mitsui
Japan
East
Atlantic Monthly
Mitsuis
Apparatus for Finding Water Replaces Hazel Twig
A new device detects underground water by measuring earth atmosphere electric currents. The box shaped instrument on a tripod shows a dial with a needle indicating water presence. A stationary needle suggests no subterranean spring, while the area with the greatest needle movement marks where wells should be boring.
How to Clean Tapestry in Simple Home Method
Shake the tapestry to remove dirt then wash in two hot water baths. Make a jelly from four ounces soap to a quart water, split between tubs, add bran in cheesecloth to prevent color bleeding, then rinse in strongly flavored water.
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Hegar
First Registers at Getty House Yonkers
A newlywed couple arrives at Getty House in Yonkers with new clothes and a flourish. Clerk Mating notes the man’s careless air as he registers and the bride reproaches him for his behavior in a moment of muttered embarrassment.
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Getty House
Yonkers
Faithless but Found Relief via Grape-Nuts in Matchtown
An Ohio woman, age about 40, credits Grape-Nuts with transforming her health after years of suffering from a deranged appetite and stomach distress. She consulted many doctors but finally found relief and mental clarity through the cereal.
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York
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