Wolf'sden Escape: Pitt Rivers Plans Flight With Sergia
Pitt Rivers aborts at Wolfsden to collect his purse and plots a swift escape with Sergia through Wolfsden and onto the bridge. Mrs. Steele is seized by Rivers ally Joe Bagley and confined in a garret as Rivers enacts a plan to flee to London with his companion while the others are kept in the dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt Rivers
Sergia
Miss Carbury
Mrs. Steele
Martin
Wolfsden
Joe
Joe Bagley
Bagley
Maisie
the Blackbird
Rivers
Jael
Blackbird
Sergia Polo
Hazel
Heroncroft
Heron's Mills
Heroncroft Parson
Powers
Black River
London
Chestnut Walk
Sergio
Jehu
Nimshi
Graham
Ivy
Mr. Bagley
Wolfsden Flight Deepens a Family Mystery
Hazel Carbury and Graham uncover Wolfsden’s deserted state after Colonel Rivers, his ward, and Miss Carbury flee to town. Jael implicates Mrs. Steele as the mastermind behind the dangerous assault on Sergia Pole, while Francis Heron’s whereabouts remain sought. Hazel awaits news as Graham telegraphs for Heron, hoping to prevent further tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heroncroft
Graham
Francis Heron
Wolfsden
Sergia Pole
Sergia
Martin
Rivers
Jael
Blackbird
Colonel Rivers
Hazel
Miss Pole
Heron
Black River
Sergio
Mrs. Steele
George Langstroth
Plack River
Miss Carbury
Mme, Deland
Madame
Dayton to Welcome the Wright Brothers With Grand Display
The Wright brothers will be honored in Dayton with a river pyro display and a Cincinnati lighted water tower reenactment first shown under Taft. A monster twenty foot high Wilbur and Orville Wright design, linked by a waving flag and fiery wreath, will front the event with eighty feet of fire frontage. The aviators their family and all employees will attend a large public meeting to open Dayton’s festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Cincinnati
Taft
Wilbur
Orville Wright
The Blackbirds Set Heron's Mill Ablaze
In a fever dream a kiss haunts a woman as a grim omen unfolds. She awakens to a blood red sky and the clamor of bells. Outside, Heron’s Mill is ablaze as the Blackbirds carry out their long threatened act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Wolfsden
Story of Towill s horse and related county lore
In Batesburg a public meeting alleged Senator Tillman accused John Bell Towill of receiving a Kentucky horse from a liquor house. Towill denied it, later producing a $275 receipt to show purchase of the horse. Witnesses traced the horse’s history to Kentucky, noting Towill bought more items totaling $296. The matter tied to a wider inquiry into similar charges. The other section details tick life cycles and cattle pasture timelines with an offer for free information from the Bureau of Animal Industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Tillman
Batesburg
John Bell Towill
State Board of Directors
Kentucky
Towill
M. E. Rutland
Messrs
Lyon and
Felder
Lexington
Col. Felder
Tillman
Rutland
Towilll
E. L. Asbill
Kerr
Louisville
Morton A. Goodman
Ullman & Co
Columbia State
Life History of Cattle Tick and Its Eradication Campaign
The article outlines the cattle tick life cycle from engorged females dropping to the ground to lay eggs, the 2 to 20 day spring to fall egg-laying periods, and 18 to 98 days in winter. Eggs hatch into six-legged seed ticks that crawl to vegetation, awaiting hosts, with ticks surviving long periods without food, aiding eradication efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Lfe
Anta
Desks and discipline echo from Kansas City schools
An old Kansas City Star piece recalls school desks as workbenches and irrigation of inked initials. It contrasts the harsh old methods with kinder modern warning, noting a principal who explains shifts in discipline and the role of parents in managing students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlow
Kansas City
Lord
Abel Adam
Board of Education
Board of Aldermen
Joe Cannon
Kansas City Star
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Ram
Ram Ama
Heron’s
Atlantic
Serga
Bird
Joel
New England
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan
Canada
Gulf
Cotton States
Tropics
Europe
H. W. Henshaw
United States Biological Survey
Mexico
Alaska
South America
Pacific
Tennessee
Nebuchadnegzar
Springfield Republican
Si Perkins
Bill Abbott
Uncle Bill
Galveston Tribune
Flying Wrights
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