The Last Shot not clear frontier war tale
On a frontier home Marta Galland and her mother host Colonel Westerling of the Grays as Captain Lanatron of the Browns is injured. A decade later Westerling schemes to spark war while Marta recalls the folly of war and resists his plots.
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Graya Marti Galland
Colonel Westerng
Grays
Lanatron
Westerling
Wre
Carly
Marta
Roy
Btransky
Wnarehilst
Lanstron
Netron
Blarta
Feller
Marta Ely Lanstron
Meller
Anstron
Eller
Gray
Partow
Brown
Tha Brown
Artiteler
Stransky
Marte
Galland House
Fuller
Phons
Spneal
Patton
Emila
Dames
Wester- Ming
Dellarme
Strapaky
Minna
Hugo
Teva
The
Star
Galland
Ufdie
Anager
Forno
So-and-So
Weeterling
Turcas
Marie
Lena
Marta and Westerling meet amid siege at Galland
Marta confronts a Gray staff officer over disturbance at her home as General Westerling takes command. She leverages wartime disruption to secure shelter and signals, while Westerling plots strategic moves with Turcas and Bouchard, hinting at a fragile alliance amid conquest.
Tea on the Veranda Again
Mrs Galland frets over Marta and a changing household arrangement with the Grays occupying parts of the estate. Marta insists on sharing space with Minna and staff, while Mrs Galland worries about propriety and the impact on the family.
World Mission of Chivalry and Its Gentle Power
The article discusses chivalry as a force drawing bold talents from students and religious austereness toward romance and virtue. It links chivalry to European cultural exchange, literature, and fine arts, citing Charlemagne Arthurian figures and notable knights as embodiments. It notes chivalry guided crusades, administered justice, refined court life, and shaped humane warfare across four centuries.
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Plutarch
Charlemagne
Siegfried
Arthur
Chaucar
Malory
Spenser
Richard and
Blondel
Black Prince
Tancred
Godfrey of Bourtlon
Gaston du Foix
Bayard
Warwick
Templars
Knights of St. John
Teutonic Knights
Speed of Run of Stream
The text notes a stream under air shows a velocity relation where a fifth of the depth below the surface runs fastest and the average speed equals two-fifths of the depth above the bottom.
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AC Atream
Cascarets Claim Quick Relief From Bilious Headache
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for biliousness headaches foul taste coated tongue and bad breath from liver and bowels. It promises stomach cleansing elimination of undigested food and toxins overnight with a 10 cent box, claiming the head will clear by morning.
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Lver
Out For A Financier and the Slot Machine Mystery
A passerby offers help to a tearful girl at a wayside inn. The girl explains she nets pennies from a slot machine but finds no return. The man inserts six pennies without effect and leaves poorer. Her mother later reveals the boy is the tenth customer and she has netted three dollars that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pye
Kate
The Flight of Time and Uncle Rastus In Through Easter Eve
Uncle Rastus returns home to a quiet bungalow on the town’s edge on the eve of Easter. A broken gin bottle stains the scene as onlookers wonder what happened. He mournfully notes the loss with a puzzled exclamation about “Dar Bastih come an' gone.”
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Rastus
Rastua
Uncle Rastua
Authorization for Grazing in California National Forests
Secretary of agriculture authorized grazing in California national forests for 1915. Allowed 213,280 cattle and horses, 505,750 sheep and goats, and 7,950 swine. This marks a sizable increase from 1914. About 33,504 acres were removed from forest ranges during the year. A tongue in cheek aside notes more men with blockheads than wool on legs.
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Secretary of Agriculture
National
Californaa
Doctor's Wife Endorses Grape-Nuts For All Patients
A trained doctor’s wife attests to Grape-Nuts benefits for a range of patients. She describes a recipe using soaked Grape-Nuts, water, beaten egg white, and fruit juice, claiming it nourishes even weak stomachs. Her husband, a physician, also uses the product for his patients and recommends it as ideal breakfast with fruit.
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Italia
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Frederick Palmer
Charles Scribner's Sons
Lanny
Officer of the Grays
Delfarma
Pilger
Thea
Signal Corps
Francola
Bouchard
Wits
Laostron
Weaterling
Atart
M An
Oritl Elem
Yen
Ives
Atail
Tureas
Lea
Tes
Jove
Wester- Ting
Aha
Syen
Francois
Turena
Ateel
Wood
Gallanda
Star of the Grays
Oura
Mara
Barts
Mrs. Galland
World Mission OF Chivalry
Astlon
Bilious
Foot
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