Family intrigue deepens in Blake estate dispute
Sam Blake presses toward control of his father Tom Blake's estate while plotting to wed Myra Cushing. Old Tom guards a dangerous memorandum tied to a missing heir, as past disappearances and a boy named Little Joe fuel suspicions, lies, and threats at the Springs hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Blake
Samuel
Jefferson
Sam
Jeff
Joseph
Blakewell
Myra Blake
Myra
Joe
Mrs. Blake
Kentucky
Little Joe
Blake
Gust
Sam Blake
Myra Cushing
Cincinnati
Pompey
Dar
Tom
Old Tom
Jane
Jan
Maysville
Jefferson Blake
Jeff Blake
Pompey the Hostler
Chile
Aunt Winney
Lost St Elias Marks a Shift in Alaska Boundaries
The piece explains that Mt St Elias has been determined to lie within British territory as boundary lines shift to the 141st meridian. It recounts frontier surveys, the 1867 Alaska acquisition, and compares Alaska’s height with other mountains while noting the new boundary leaves the United States without the tallest peak and situates Alaska as a vastly larger territory.
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Sam
United States
North America
North Atlantic
Great Britain
Mt. St. Elias
Alaskan
England
St. Elias
Coast Survey
State Department
Alaska
Washington
Land of Liberty
Behring
Great Peak
St. Elias Day
Williams
I. C. Russell
National Geographical Society of America
Blanc
Alps
Europe
Russell
National Geographical Society
Gilbert
Alaska Gulf
Mt. Hood
Oregon
Mt. Brown
Rockies
Mount Whitney
California
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Ben Nevis
Snowdon
Scotland
Wales
Old Country
New England States
Texas
Aleutian Islands
San Francisco
Point Barrow
Cape Fox
Maine
Florida
Potatoes as Weapons End Duels in Kentucky District
A traveling preacher named Bowman used a half-bushel of large Irish potatoes to force the end of dueling in a Kentucky district. The challenged desperado stood fifteen paces away as potatoes were hurled one by one, striking him repeatedly until he cried "Enough" and withdrew. The crowd celebrated the unusual defeat, and dueling faded from the area.
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Kentucky
Dominic
Bowman
Mr. Bowman
Desperado
Marriage Customs Across Cultures
The article surveys diverse wedding traditions. It notes in Java the bride washes the groom's feet as subjection, Tartary horseback weddings, Borneo head-hunt traditions requiring a head gift, Greek rustic gauntlet runs, and a Roman threshold lifting carried by the husband symbolizing a new union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Tartary
Borneo
Tournefort
Sayings and Doings on Rail Line Telegraphers
A unique Sunday school conducted by telegraphers on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis line links lessons to wire questions and answers. David McCoy, a 104 year old California voter, has lived under every U S president from Washington to Cleveland. Mexican patents issue to applicants with fees, with no government inquiry into merit or prior invention, leaving disputes to courts.
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Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
David McCoy
Redlands
California
McCoy
United States
Washington
Cleveland
Mexico
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Winney
Mammy
Denyer
Ilon
Rand
New York Weekly
America
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