The Red Storm Of the Days of Daniel Boone Chapter XXV
In Boone s fort at Boonesborough Innis McKee arrives with warnings about a trap treaty by Du Quesne and Girty. Boone and Logston stage a counter plan while Du Quesne returns with cannon and terms. The group debates surrender and a deadly assault looms as Girty presses for action.
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Reynolds
Joel Logston
Innis McKee
du Quesne
Girty
Innis
Boone
Joel
Fleming
Logston
Mr. Alston
Boonesborough
Eap'en
Alston
Mr Fleming
Eliza Ballard
Bland Ballard
Daniel Boone
Boones
Vesuvius
Andrew
Ebony
Captain de Quesne
Monsieur le Bland
Captain Boone
Mr. Fleming
le Bland
Pervidin
Boone's Escort Ambushed At Fort in Trial of Honor
Captain Boone and three men leave the block-house under guard as a tense peace moves near. Reynolds warns to cover rifles while French officers and chiefs approach. Innis Decries mercy for McKee as attackers seize Boone and companions. A sharp rifle volley floors many assailants. pioneers flood the fort’s gate and drag the wounded inside.
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Boone
Girty
du Quesnel
Fleming
Logston
Joel
McKee
Reynolds
Innis McKee
Innis
Captain Boone
McKoe
Anna
Andrew
Ebony
The Sinner's Chance and the Forgiveness Meeting
From the Contemporary Review a tale centers on a black man who stole funds for a minister's collection and faces church judgment. He delivers a penitent plea urging forgiveness, while the congregation, led by the preacher, weighs mercy and restitution, even drawing in the last contributor through a closing appeal.
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Brethen
Blue light as anesthetic eyed by London and Geneva doctors
Reports by Prof Redard and Dr Harvey Hilliard describe blue rays calming patients and dulling pain during dental work and surgeries. They note possible use for insomnia, infant restlessness, mania, and even smallpox germ vitality, with examples of painless tooth extraction under blue light.
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Redard
Harvey Hilliard
Royal Dental Hospital of London
Geneva
Medical Times and Hospital Gazette
Hilliard
First trolley car remains in Stockbridge shed
The earliest trolley car, built in 1880 by Stephen Dudley Field, lies in a shed at Stockbridge Massachusetts. Field, an electrical engineer, planned the trolley after returning from California in 1878. Franklin I Pope aided the project as a telegraph operator in Stockbridge. Plans for a conduit circuit and street railway system were sent to the patent office.
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Stock+bridge
Mass
Stockbridge
Stephen Dudley Field
Cyrus W. Field
Field
Stephen J. Field
United States Supreme Bench
California
San Francisco
Franklin I. Pope
Tis
New York City
New York Street Railway
Patent Office
Field's Trolley Car Pioneering In America
The text recounts John Fremont Field testing a two seat trolley in Stockbridge in 1880, claiming it as the first electrical road. A larger trolley followed for Chicago's 1883 business exposition, charging 10 cents fare. After years of delays and litigation, Field sold to General Electric and Westinghouse in 1896.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Exposition
Field
General Electric and
Westinghous
Eye Teeth and the Gold Mine Lesson
The Granite Enterprise recounts a past hoax of a miner scam and a broker push to invest in the Blank Mining Company. The editor declined a 15-cent stock, later stock jumped to 14 dollars. He reflects it would have yielded about $90,000 on $1,000, yet jokes about wisdom and money.
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Blank Mining
United States
Liberal Washington lawyer shocks friends with religious views
An aging Washington lawyer known for liberal religious views dies. A friend rushes home from Canada to attend the service and asks which part is being held, joking that the defense has begun. The exchange reflects the era’s conduct and humor about Sabbath and propriety.
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Washington
Harper's Weekly
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Y Joel Robinson
Mr. S
Captain du Queime
Deacon Kraft
Korntop
Uriah
Philadelphia Press
Idaho
Palace
Feight & Groves
THE
Idaho Abstract Company
Bank
Caldwell
R. V. Sebree
Brickyard
Boise River
F. P. Kipp
D. Ss. Brown
Picard & Roberts
R.A. Cowden
Cashier
W. BR. Sebrek
First National Bank
Caldwell, Idaho
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