Impersonation and Revenge in the Polaris Timber Saga
Stephen Drake and his son Steve navigate a web of debt and loyalty as Old Jim Flynn’s timber empire rises. Twenty years later Steve uncovers plots, battles Franz, and helps steer the Polaris operation while building alliances with LaPane and MacDonald amid a familial intrigue.
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Stephen Drake
Jim Flynn
Drake
Flynn
Steve
Old Jim
Jim” Flynn
Kate
Polaris
Woods
Franz
Jim
LaPane
Mary Wolf
LaFane
Young Jim
MacDonald
Timber sale puts Polaris on edge in frontier deal
Steve Drake backs Polaris in a tense timber deal with the Laird of Good-Bye as old loyalties strain. Franz Flynn watches, while MacDonald weighs a sale to Flynn interests and a looming transfer. Tensions rise over ownership and threats loom from a gun hidden on Franz.
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Polaris
Franz
Martin
Jim
Tim Todd
LaFane
Steve
Flynn
Mr. MacDonald
Annie
MacDonald
Drake
James
McNally
Old Jim
Laird
Kate
Lad
Jim Flynn
Flynns
Origin of the 12 hour day and dozen explained
A New York Tribune summary reports Oxford scholars tracing the 12 hour day to ancient Sumerians and Babylonian time reckoning. The article notes hours varied with seasons, each representing a twelfth of day or night, and connects the dozen to practical trade measures and finger counting.
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Greece
Egypt
Babylonia
Stephen Langdon
Department of
Assyriology
Oxford
J. K. Fotheringham
London
New York Tribune
Plutarch Named First Biographer in Classic Survey
The article traces the origins of biography from Damascius and myths to Xenophon and Socrates, identifies Plutarch as the first real biographer, notes medieval monks and English biographers such as Sir Thomas More, and mentions Izaak Walton among notable biographers. It also includes an advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Pellets and a remark on the short lifespan of school textbooks.
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Plutarch
Damascius
Hercules
Xenophon
Socrates
Thomas More
William Roper
Izaak Walton
Izaak
Reason for the fez and Turkish ban origins
The Kansas City Star notes President Mustapha Kamal’s decree banning fez hats for Turkish citizens. It explains the fez’s tie to Islam, where prayer requires kneeling and head covering, making a brimmed hat impractical for devout Muslims indoors or outdoors.
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Mustapha Kamal
Turkey
Kansas City Star
Big Apple Cargo Arrives with Nova Scotia Apples in Liverpool
The Baltic brought 19 million apples from New York to Liverpool marking the season’s first Nova Scotia fruit shipment. Dock workers unloaded 36,205 barrels of apples and 6,188 boxes and baskets of mixed fruit. Ferry's Seeds emphasizes fresh dated packaging and quality.
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Liverpool
England
New York
Nova Scotia
Not an Easy Mark Even If It Ends in Target Practice
A Toledo Blade quote notes that an idea is something to shoot at even if it yields nothing, framing concept as target practice and a caution against underestimating looming risk.
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S.S.S
Real Bitterness and Poor Sap in Love and Money
A compact quotation note contrasts financial folly with romantic folly. It pairs a proverb about trading a nest egg for a love nest with a blunt reflection that the deepest disappointment is self disappointment, attributed to the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Four Continents in a Hollywood Letter Extract
A playful note quotes a letter discussing impressions of four continents. It contrasts Africa Asia Europe and America in a witty line about deserts, salaries, and hospitality amid a dreamlike frame set in Hollywood.
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Agia
Mil Lutwig
Hollywood
Europe
Asia
Africa
Boston Transcript
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of Bayer
Cincinnati
St Nicholas
Sinton
HOTEL
Lehman - Humboldt
Kan
Milton
South Africa
Louise
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