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• In the mid-1300s, a Mafia-like fraternity arose in India. For centuries, this organized band of thieves specialized in robbing and murdering travelers. They were not interested in single travelers as much as they were interested in large caravans, which carried much more loot. • Members of this criminal underclass were trained in discipline and deceit. Their tactic involved having members of their band join the travelers in order to gain their trust while acting as spies. As the journey continued, more robbers would infiltrate, lulling the travelers into a false sense of security. • Eventually the caravan would settle in for the night where the terrain made it easy to attack and difficult to escape. While the group was sound asleep, the deceitful travel companions would call their compatriots to attack. Taken by surprise, the innocent travelers would be overwhelmed by the military precision which the gang employed. • This group of bandits wreaked havoc in India for centuries. Not until the British arrived in the 1800s was the group challenged, overcome, and disbanded. turn the page for more!

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• During Prohibition in 1924, a wealthy banker from Massachusetts named Delcevare King backed the Prohibition laws and was angry that people blatantly broke the no-liquor rules. He decided to sponsor a contest to come up with a new name to describe “a lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor,” offering the substantial sum of $200 in prize money (worth about $2,775 today). • Because King was a graduate of Harvard, the editors of the school newspaper promoted the contest and followed the results with interest. King was quoted as saying, “People can poke fun at the idea that the violator of law is a menace to the government, but after all, law is the basis of government.” • He hoped that his contest would result in coining a new term that was so stinging it would turn people away from drink. He received over 25,000 entries submitted by more than 6,000 people. • The winning entry was submitted by two people, and they split the prize money. Most people, especially linguists, thought the new word would never catch on, and an editor of Funk & Wagnalls dictionary commented that the term, “widely publicized several months ago as the term applied to those who violate the prohibition laws, is fast fading.” • However, the new prize-winning word survived and is now a common term denoting a petty criminal who flaunts the rules or ignores regulations, or refuses to show up in court for minor violations. The word is scofflaw, one who scoffs at the law.

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• In 1802, at the urging of Robert Livingston, U.S. minister to France, Fulton turned his attention to steamboats. After two steamboat trials in France, one a failure and one a success, Fulton returned to America in 1806 and proceeded to build his famed steamboat the Clermont that successfully plied the Hudson River in New York. The Clermont’s first significant trip was from New York to Albany, a distance of Rick 319-981-3335 sales@tidbitpapers.com or Renatidbits@southslope.net approximately 150 miles. The Clermont left New York on August 17, 1807, and completed the voyage inOL 30 hours, anE overnight STRANGE BUT TRUE 4 LIF S including TO stop. by Samantha Weaver ROXANN CAN HELP! BY DR. JIM COYLE • The first voyage by the Clermont was met by Specializing in “G.P.S.”Many referred to the ● In 2012, a Swedish man named the public with suspicion. “Guide thru Personal Storms” High-End Homes Henrik Ismarker was fed up with boat as “Fulton’s Folly” due Mile Markers (Ptto 5)its unusually Expertise in people speeding down the road in his In ancient times mile milestones werefire used to measure long length andmarkers the orsmoke and associated the distance between certain points of travel. They came in all different Interior Painting! Stockholm neighborhood, so he went to with vessel’s newfangled engine. shapes the and sizes and were usually separated by asteam specified distance the local police department and asked Call Roxann: 319-481-1857 and identified by numbers. 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In regards to our personal Guide was embarrassed, he said, but added through Personal Storms, milethe markers will be useful tools in guiding to destinations on Hudson River. Fulton that he was “very satisfied with the Mention while driving into, driving in, and driving out of the storms that surround this ad for a us. Establishing our personal markersand will takeled a concentrated effort in subsequently formed a company police response.” identifying important events, circumstances, and roadside assistance offering services on sixor major and the Free we have received, we are receiving, that we willrivers receive. Whether ● Thanks to extremely flexible jaws, design traveling daily, weekly, or yearly, these markers will help us in navigating Chesapeake Bay. the African egg-eating snake can old roads and new roads. Everything that has happened to us has gotten consultation. 240 Classic Car Ct. 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Editor the South have more playtime with murderers, rapists, and other illegal arrivals by 1834. their parents than kids in other parts immigrants. •He The era in for the smaller United States VICTORIES FOR VETERANS of the United States. In a nationwide hassteamboat also campaigned Sam Johnson continued until the 1870s, when railroads government and fewer incarcerations. So survey of parents with children ages 2 started ofsupplanting the steamboat instead the word deport he shouldas usethe to 8, 76 percent of Southern parents say exile whentransporter investigating politicians. preferred of passengers and goods. they play with their kids at least once a day. Compare that to the West at 46 percent, the Midwest at 40 percent and the Northeast at just 38 percent. ● I imagine that if someone screamed, “Eeek! A foggy-toddler!” you wouldn’t have any idea what was going on. If you’d studied the vernacular of 18thcentury England, though, you’d know to watch out for a bumblebee.

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