How I Won My Title Buffalo Bill’s Plains Hunt
Buffalo Bill recounts guiding Union Pacific buffalo hunts in 1867 68 near Fort Hays and Sheridan in Kansas. He details nursing critics, sparring with Billy Comstock in a high stakes buffalo killing match, and earning the nickname Buffalo Bill after numerous hunts and a celebrated three run finale before spectators.
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Utah
Brigham
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Great Buffalo
Fort Hays
Kan
Lie
Military Department
Sheridan
Washington
Union Pacific Railroad
Bill
Comstock
Fort Wallace
Old Brigham
Lucretia Borgia
Union Y Pacific Railroad
Billy Comstock
Kansas
St. Louis
Arta
Lucretia
Plains
Advertising and the Value of A Newspaper Readership
An allegorical piece compares a sewer to a cellar to argue that newspapers earn returns only when their readership can purchase goods. It decries sensational muckraking sheets and urges advertisers to measure productivity, not bulk, ensuring money goes to a respectable paper with loyal, moneyed readers.
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Washington
The Seat on the Horse and Jockey Position
A Strand Magazine note explains why a jockey seated near the horse’s neck can move faster than one near the tail. Practical proof by Ted Sloane shows that forward motion relies on hind thrust. weight over the thrust reduces efficiency by lifting the jockey with each stride.
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Ted Sloane
Strand Magazine
Physicians and Surgeons Office Hours and Contacts
Office open at all hours overhemen store Phone 1312 Office Rooms 10 11 P O Block Hours 10 12 am 2 am and 7 8 pm Sundays 10 12 am Office phone 21 Residence phone 280 Residence Washington Hotel Aberdeen Wass Office 312 E Heron St Office phone 1493 Residence 3809 South L St Residence phone 2681
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and
Heron Streets
Koehler
Washington Hotel
E. Heron St
South L St
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Buffalo Bill
Herbert Kaufman
Aberdeen Meat Market
Vo v
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
BR. Watkins
Bln
Maclafferty
M. D. Mayme Maclafferty
Physicians and Surgeons
DR. McNiven
Mohrmann
OR. C
Koehler Bldg
Bassett’s
Heron Street
J. C. Cross
Wishkah Block
Wishkah Streets
E. H. Fox
Ben Sheeks
Lawyer
Dabney Beck
Austin M. Wade
Aberdeen, Wass
Wilson Buttner
Aberdeen, Wash
The
Centremen
Ralston
Superior Court
State of Washington
Chehalis County
C. W. Hodgdon
F. L. Erwin
Robert Durney
F. Ll. Erwin
A. D
Chehalis
Hoquiam
City of
State of
Co. W. Hodgdon
P. O
Wash
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