Prodigal Judge The Famous Novel by Vaughan Kester
Betty Malroy, mistress of Belle Plain, fears social ruin as Charley Norton and she plan a secret marriage. Kentuckian Bruce Carrington, rejected, deserts Thicket Point and heads toward Belle Plain, where he confronts the rival suitor and the cost of love amid plantation tensions.
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Tom
Betty
Charley
Belle Plain
Malroy
Tidewater Virginia
Sussex
Nortons
Malvoys
Carrington
Murrell
Norton
Jeff
Petty
Charley Norton
Bruce
Betty Malroy
Raleigh
Memphis
Mas’‘r Carrington
Thicket Point
Farmers and parcels post urged for decisive action
Charles S. Barrett, president of the Farmers Union, criticizes farmers for apathy toward a general parcels post. He links slow reform to lazy voters, warns against lobbyists, and urges farmers to pressure their representatives with firm electoral consequences. He notes existing treaties allow a wide parcels post abroad, but domestic costs are higher. He calls for direct action from Missouri farmers.
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Charles S. Barrett
Farmers Coud
Farmers’ Union
America
Express
Parcels Post
Congress
San Francisco
London
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Paris
Berlin
Hong Kong
Portou-Prince
Hayti
Missouri
The Pole Star and its amazing science explained
The Pole Star is a fixed beacon seen with a telescope showing two nearby stars. The brighter is three stars in orbit around a common center, revealed by the spectroscope which also notes motion toward or away. Its apparent immobility comes from aligning with Earth's axis despite vast distance.
The Year’s Record Before the Great Judgment
A Christian Observer meditation uses the New Year as a time to weigh deeds. It paints Old and New Years as active witnesses bearing 365 volumes of human conduct toward the final judgment, urging readers to live righteously and dedicate all duties to God.
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Christ
Earth
Great White Throne
Apostle
Hell
The
Christian Observer
Eagle beak flints push back pre Crag man era in Red Crag beds
London Times notes J Reid Moire Ipswich found beak shaped flints in the base of Suffolk Red Crag, dating to pre Crag warm period. Geologists confirm the bed as Red Crag basement, with tools uniquely beak like and crafted by deliberate blows. Finds imply pre glacial man in northwest Europe, reshaping early archaeology.
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Royal Society
Suffolk
J. Reid Moire
Ipswich
The
Times
Geological Society
Moir
Coralline Crag
Red Crag
Europe
England
France
Germany
London Times
Naturalized painter Legros finds Waterloo victory in reversal
The London Chronicle recalls the artist Legros who, after refusing to learn English, became naturalized. Asked how he felt the day after, he quipped that he felt particularly happy since he had lost the battle of Waterloo yesterday and won it today, a remark reflecting his wit.
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Charley
Tom
Betty
Carrington
Norton
Charley Norton
Helle Plain
Acres
Mr. Ware
Memphis
Pelle Plain
Raleigh
Jeff
Legros
Waterloo
London Chronicle
Daring Wager Win by Wig-Tweak In Front Of Czar
In 1801 the eccentric czar Paul I of Russia faced a dare from Major Vaksel who bet hundreds of roubles he could tweak the czar’s wig. During parade Vaksel raised his hand and adjusted the hanging tail of the czar’s wig. The czar, furious at first, acknowledged the act with surprise and then promoted Vaksel and paid out the winnings.
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Paul I
Russia
Vaksel
Vakgel
Paul
Chicago Record Herald
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Vaughan Kester
Iself
George
Belle
Ware
Judith Ferris
the Parcels Post
Rev. S. Addison McElroy
D. D
Jack Frost
John
God
Man
Patmos
Liberty
Paul J
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