Anti Horse Thief Association chases thief on special train
The Anti-Horse Thief Association, a lodge-based group with 40 000 members from Ohio to New Mexico, funds and conducts protective and detective work. It recently used a special train to pursue a burglar cop and emphasizes lawful action, not mob violence, while seeking to deter night riding in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Anti-Horse Thief Association
Parsons
Kans
Middle West
Ohio
New Mexico
Arkansas
Oklahoma
The Indiana Falls Mill and the Horns that Made It Run
In Jefferson County Indiana a rural miller named William Gordon found a way to harness a 90 foot falls. He used cow horns as buckets in a wooden chain drive to grind grain, creating Chain Mill Falls and attracting settlers from miles around. The story frames Gordon's feat with regional history and notes the broader rise of waterpower and engineering in America.
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Jefferson County
Indiana
Hanover
Ohio River
Hillside Springs
Ohio
Niagara
William Gordon
Gordon
Kentucky
Chain Mill Falls
Practical Fashions Paris Pattern No 2924
Pattern details for a drawer style garment developed in nainsook and light fabrics with a deep round yoke and back opening. Eight sizes 22 to 36 inch waist. yardage and notions specified for 26 waist with or without circular ruffles. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
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Paris
Nainsock
Paris Pattern 2940 waist with Dutch neck design
The pattern details a waist with a round Dutch neck, bias trim, plaited ruffle, and nar row tucks for fullness. It lists seven sizes 32 to 44 inches and material requirements for 36 bust across widths 20, 24, 27, and 42 inches, plus inching.
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Paris
White tigress shot in Dhenkanal Orissa stands mounted
A white tigress eight feet eight inches long was shot in Dhenkanal, Orissa. Its ground color was pure white with reddish black stripes. The skin was presented to the rajah of Dhenkanal, who has it mounted in his palace. local hunters say it is the only white tiger they have seen.
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Weaver
High Heaven
Grand Lodge
Missouri
Bill Rudolph
Ironton
Pinkertons
Antis
Paola
Kans
St. Louis
Bob Worthman
Indian Territory
Anti
Rascal
Dhenkanal
Orissa
The Wickedest People Quote Reflections
A Beecher quotation criticizes those who use genius to advance selfish aims in noble causes. It condemns aloof elites who isolate themselves from common people as they ascend in taste and virtue.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Fisherwoman and angler banter over a missed catch
A fisherwoman notes fish swiped the bait as she speaks of the catch. An angler responds with encouragement, saying the big fish will come once she stays optimistic.
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Clark County
David McKee
Aiskee
W.W. Graves
Hoosier
A. E. Marsh
Aterpower
Buffalo
Great Falls
Montana
International Falls
Minnesota
Switzerland
Victoria Falls
Central
Africa
St. Anthony “Falls
Minneapolis
John W. Wall
Wall
Order
Conan Doyle
William Weaver
Carl Junction
A. H. T. A. Lodge
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