Misery Creek feud widens as Jesse Purry is shot
In Misery country the Purry store is attacked as Jesse Purry lies wounded after a morning shooting. Samson South vows to hunt down the killer while old Spicer South and kin brace for reprisals amid a mountain feud linking the Hellman and South clans.
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Virginia
Scotland
Old Spicer South
Samson
Souths
Jaspers
Spicers
Wileys
Jesse Purry
Jim Asberry
Holman
Micah Hollman
Hollman
Purry
Hellman
Legion
Hellman-Purry
John South
Jesse Purvy
Atar
The Wanderlust of George Lescott and a Quiet Morning
The narrative follows painter George Lescott as guests arrive during a perilous time. Samson, recently wounded, confides his longing to know beyond the hills, while Sally of the Widow Miller observes Samson from the ridge. The day at Spicer South’s house ends uneventfully, with tension looming as Tama rack Spicer and Samson patrol with rifles. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Misery Creek
Sally Miller
George Lescott
Samson South
Lescott
Samson
Spicer South
Jesse Purry
Hollmens
Purvys
Old Spicer South
Times
Hollmans
New York
Sally
Tamarack Spicer
Eullen
The Question of Proposing Marriage in Twentieth Century Love
A discussion on how men fail when proposing and why earnest, straightforward appeals work. It notes four rejections, emphasizes genuine sentiment over dramatic flair, and offers practical advice for choosing the right moment and words to win a lady’s heart.
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Court of Appeals
Mary
Australian cadet system drills boys into four years of service
Norman Duncan describes in Harper’s Magazine how Australian youths begin voluntary physical training at twelve, move to limited compulsory service at fourteen, and endure four years of drills, parades, and rifle practice, culminating in citizen-force integration, with harsh discipline for truants and evaders observed in Kalgoorlie and Brisbane.
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Kalgoorlie
Western Australia
Brisbane
Queensland
Bible societies publish hundreds of millions of volumes
The Bible is gaining reach not losing ground. Since 185 the British Bible Society published 240000000 copies and the American Bible Society since 1816 published 100000000 copies. Total publications in the past century reach 600000000 volumes.
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British Bible Society
American Bible Society
Doctor Dorset’s cholera work saves hogs with serum gift
Dr. Marion Dorset of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry first isolated the hog cholera germ. He then developed a serum, secured patents, and released the process to the public free of charge to help farmers.
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Marion Dorset
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Hearts of Homeless Women
A poem on homelessness among sheltered women, contrasting secure homes with the loneliness of those without a steady place. It contrasts social mockery and gossip with the ache of isolation and longing for companionship and dignity.
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Hearts OF Homeless Women
Do Women Know When They Are Really In Love
An essay explores whether women recognize true love and how romance, ideals, and social pressures shape their perceptions. It traces daydreams, the search for a perfect hero, and the shift from fantasy to enduring affection as time passes from youth into maturity.
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Love
Regicides of Charles I Fled to Massachusetts
After the restoration 29 of the regicides were tried, 13 executed. three fled to Massachusetts namely William Goffe Thomas Whalley and John Dixwell. They lived in concealment in Massachusetts then Connecticut, with Dixwell using the name James Davids and starting a family. Goffe kept a wary correspondence with his English wife and was buried at Hadley Massachusetts after defending the town from Indian attack.
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America
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
Massachusetts
Cromwell
William Goffe
Thomas Whalley
John Dixwell
Connecticut
New Haven
Dixwell
James
Davids
Goffe
England
Hadley
Mass
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Call of the Cumberlands
Charles Neville Buck
W. J. Watt & Co
Jesse
Jim
Micah Hellman
Crippleshin
Hixon
Judge Hollman
Scouts of Capital
Judge Hellman
Hellmans
Mes
Aaron Hollis
Asberry
Berry
Australia
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