Barony Mystery Opens in Southern Plantations Tale
In a worn southern library the Barony sale unfolds through Crenshaw, Bladen, and farmer Yancy as Hannibal Wayne Hazard appears. Yancy reveals adopting the boy, Ferris buys the Barony, and Bennet Quintards deny claims. Murrell tests loyalties, Hannibal is kidnapped then rescued, and Judge Slocum Price recognizes the boy’s heritage as Betty Malroy and Bruce Carrington converge on Belle Plain.
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Unitards
Byonathan Crenshaw
Bladen
Bob Yancy
Hannibal Wayne Hazard
Yancy
Nathaniel Ferris
Quintards
Hannibal
Captain Murrell
Scratch Hill
Dave Blount
Murrell
Blount
Squire Balaam
Betty Malroy
Ferrises
Bruce Carrington
Betty
Tennessee
Carrington
Slocum Price
Judge
Cavendish
Price
Belle Plain
Norton
Mr. Carrington
Ware
West Tennessee
Bet ty and rivals clash at Belle Plain rifle contest
Betty faces pressure from Hannibal and suitors as Judge Slocum Price and Carrington join a pistol and rifle shootoff amid Murrell's bold challenge. Tension rises with betting, nerves, and a dangerous duet of loyalties at Belle Plain.
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Betty
Hannibal
Murrell
Carrington
Judge seeks law practice in prospering town
Judge Price arrives in a woodside camp and pursues a fresh career in a thriving town. He meets Charley Norton at Thicket Point Plantation and secures a house there with Norton funding the rent after clearing a debt ridden past. Tom Ware and Captain Murrell run affairs at Belle Plain office before a continuation.
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Price
Solomon
Mahaffy
City
Mr. Pegloe
Charley Norton
Norton
Thicket Point
Booth
Betty Malroy
Tom Ware
Captain Murrell
Belle Plain
Office
Long-Lived Reptiles In Sacred And Continental Realms
The piece notes sacred crocodiles in India reputed to exceed a century and mentions Madagascar giant tortoises with vast age estimates. It recalls a Cape Town Governor’s garden tortoise that arrived eighty years ago and was believed about 120 at that time.
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India
Madagascar
Capetown
Only a Few Dissatisfied People Try to Improve World
A brief note observes that only a small number of those unhappy with the world take action to better it, contrasting numbness with effort and implying optimism from those who act.
Old stages of New York unearthed near Tallman livery
Workmen excavating under the former Tallman livery in Auburn uncover straps once used on Albany to Buffalo stage coaches. The finds, likely from the Sherwood establishment, evoke early 19th century transport along the Seneca Turnpike and rivalries between Sherwood & Co. and the Pioneer Line, including Sunday running debates.
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Tallman
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Sherwood
State and
Dill Streets
S. C. Tallman
Isaac Sherwood
Skaneatles
Jason Barker
Utica
Seneca Turnpike Company
Sherwood & Co
Auburn
Homer
Ithaca
Oswego
Aurora
Pioneer Line
Sherwood Combination
Western Exchange
Bank of Auburn
The Curious Dining Habit of Mr Clarendon
In a renowned German grill, IT Astonished Cook J Hayden Clarendon by dining daily with all staff in the kitchen. He befriended cooks and waiters after aiding a hospital patient’s wife. A waiter then sent an order for a rare T bone steak, prompting astonishment at his rapid, varied meals.
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Scratch
Hannibal
Mr. Mahaffy
Boggs
Solomon
Carrington
Raleigh
Betty Mal
Betty
J. Hayden-Clarendon
Clarendon
Broiler
Wild Bird Returns to Captivity
A Leith man fed wintering birds and trapped a greenfinch in January 1911. The bird wore an Aberdeen University ring 7185. In March he released it, and on January 13, 1912, the same bird returned, easily identifying itself by the ring.
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Leith
Aberdeen University
The
Scotsman
When Flirting Has No Charm At Hot Springs Aviation Meet
Native Black population in Hot Springs Arkansas witnessed an aviation meet. Two young Black girls discussed the flying marvels and one woman recalled being offered $10 to ride a plane but refused to flirt with an undertaker for money.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Chile
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Bob
Vaughan Kester
D.melvill
Caprerenn
Menai Company
Judge Slocum Price
Hetty
Hicks
John Murrell
Tom
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Mr. Clarendon
Wild Bird
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Resinol Chem. Co
Baltimore
Carter
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LE Roy
Bourbon Remedy Co
Lexington
Pulasbi OO
Jatock
Machy
Eigewolt
Chicago
Pettit
Sont Eye
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