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Thrilling Adventures in Stamps Comics #8
This issue features a story about a white trader named John Smith who is taken captive by Native Americans led by Chief Powhatan, where Smith claims to come in peace but is threatened with execution until the chief's daughter intervenes to save his life. The issue also includes "The Spanish River Disaster," a historical account of the Canadian Pacific Express that plunged into an ice-covered Spanish River on January 21, 1905, with conductor Reynolds and passengers trapped in the submerged diner until his heroic actions earned him the Albert Medal, the British Empire's highest civilian decoration.