Rock Ridge Pursuit Ends With Narrow Escape
In a tense mountain chase, De Spain shoots to drive a male pursuer from cover as Nan watches. The pair near a ridge road, Nan aiding with the rifle as De Spain dominates the encounter. They reach the trail’s end as dawn lights the valley and ridge, the valley basked in gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uaain
Spain
Sagorn
Preelsten
Nan
de Spain
Stace
Wretel
Sesseons Punch House
Passage of a tense pursuit through a frontier setting
Lefever leads a posse toward Duke Moren’s ranch to confront Henry de Spain after a double theft and a fatal shooting. El Paso, Kennedy, and others debate tactics as they cross flooded trails, find a washed bridge, and gather clues from Satt Bror at Sassoon’s place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Elpaso
Lefever
Kennedy
Sleepy Cat
Red-Seal
Farrell
Lofever
Henry
Sle
Mace
Henry de Spalavifave
Fred
Lionso
Frank
Elonso
Wickwire
Tammie Afeggeson
Scott Inn
Duke Moren
Duke
Sassoon
Espaso
el Capstan
Henry de Spain
Spain
Ned
Rityag
Eider
Rock Hier
Satt Brorgun
Tie
Satt
Puppets of Fate Drives Night Talk in Calabasas
Henry de Spain confronts a secret caller and a perilous plea as he seeks truth about Sassoon and Duke Morgan. Pardaloe reveals past killings tied to El Capitan and a long buried mystery, while Nan Morgan faces fear and despair awaiting what comes next after a tense midnight encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan
Teo
Cat
Lefever
Jeffries
Calabasas
Warnary
de Spain
Beary
Spain
Nlow
de Spila
Ranchero Strant
Ranccherlo
Igeke
Grant’ Avenue
Ison
Bob Scott
Grant
Rinne Cherlo
Bob
Sui
Tebind
Sassoon
Gale Morgan
Hind
Henry
de Spitn
de Spattty
Idi
Morgan's
Kennedy
Jade
Nan Morgan
Tia
Pantiloe
Joe Pardafoe
Jim Pardatoe
Old Duke Morgan
Gale
Dave Sassoon
el Capitan
Musle
Perduloe
Agate
Ely
Avardaloe
Dave Sasxoon
Tinke
Duke
Hin Chun
Ed Wickwire
Perce
Chlnttasns
Sassoon Suys
Duke Morgan
de Souin
Pardoloe
Denat
Tardalon
Katy
Sassoun
Pardaloe
Parebulue
Mensay
Deliente
John Thiskin’s Turn Toward Social Art and Sacrifice
The passage profiles John Thiskin as an art critic who abandons purely aesthetic work to confront social misery. He rejects luxury in art, argues for using talent to aid others, and vows to move beyond architecture and art to address brutality and starvation, seeking to channel his gifts to relieve suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thiskin
Venten
Fragmentary Passage on Birth Gifts and Old English Medicine
A garbled excerpt blends a personal anecdote about a birthday surprise with a stray note on seventeenth and eighteenth century English physicians. It contrasts charitable medical progress with wealth seeking practitioners and mentions Arbuthnot and Sloane in a critical light, reflecting historical tensions in English medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Poasusa
Eneland
Arbuthnot
Sloane
Not All Varieties Edible Said to Have Neglected Nutrition
A fragment discusses that many cheap nutritious foods go overlooked and that not every kind of food is suitable for eating. It notes concerns about cost and practicality, using whimsical examples to caution against overexplaining nutrition.
Fire Hero of Turnverein and a Saucy Tale
A humorous tale recounts a would be fire hero, the Hon Mrs Susan J Fogg and neighbors at Turnverein in Coon, who avoid a blaze after a chimney fires sparks shout. The narrator describes peppering the chimney with salt and dousing flames with a wet blanket, saving valuables while hilariously misinterpreting the danger and prompting a late night departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan J Fogg
Turnverein
Coon
Boss
Togo
Fogg
Hon
Hilda
Chas Hassock
Fogs
Chimbleys
Chimbley
Thor
Lion
Jess
Hassock
Nerissa Hodges
Far
Thia
Mia
R. R
President's flag described with seal on blue field
The article explains a special president's flag with a blue border and central United States seal. It notes the flag is carried on naval ships and boats bearing the president and mentions its unfurling at the White House during President Wilson's inauguration. It ends with a light cartoon fragment about a child misbehaving at school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
White House
Wilson
Scraps of old notes mix in quirky archival list
A jumble of phrases mentions a Korean student in Dubuque, a ship named MiSstasippi with 33 000 tang displacement, an electrically driven machine, sandpaper and a dining table cover for noise reduction, Greek Euzones troops, and an Oregon inventor’s windmill with horizontal blades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque College and Seminary
Greece
Oregon
Four Weeks in Hospital and a Woman's Recovery
Mrs W C Brown of Cleveland Ohio recounts years of severe lower body pain and fainting fits. After four weeks in hospital she found relief by taking Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and urges others to try it before leaving the drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Brown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cleveland
Ohio
Ivastas
Ihen
W. C. Brown
12Th St
Haunted rifle tales from a captured trench weapon
A WWI reminiscence recalls a German sniper rifle found in a dugout. An officer describes bringing the weapon to the trench, only to be strafed as it’s cleaned. The rifle’s ominous presence unsettled the crew, and the narrator fears the legend survives with later occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wweites
Eolase
Albert
Pritt
War and Theology in Seminary War Dues and Chaplains
War pressures seminary courses and accelerates chaplain service. Rev Ward Meehih of Brooklyn offers as army chaplain, awaiting active duty. postgrad theology at Catholic University, Washington, with full credit if deployed mid course. A child pins an American flag on a trouser leg in Muncie, interpreting the flag as a badge of duty after playground paper wads. An Indianapolis item features humorous exchange about a fat woman sitting with Daggett and Blunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward G. Meehih
Brooklyn
Ilv
Catholic University
Washington
Allede
Indianapolis
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