Night at the tavern amid hidden westward danger
Curtis and companions shelter in a tavern as two strangers from the east arrive and Skinners threaten an attack. The landlord trembles as Curtis, Acton, Holt, and the narrator fortify doors with tables while preparing to fire from above. They plan to learn Walfort’s message while awaiting possible pursuit.
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Acton
Curtis
Gowan's Ferry
Curris
Holt
Tolt
Rob
Episode of Holst Tavern Continues in Smoke and Strife
In a perilous hideout Curtis Acton and Balfort plan escape from a besieging group. Gunfire bursts through the tavern as a coded meeting point is set for New York No 2 Broadway while a dying courier entrusts hidden papers and a dramatic showdown erupts at the burning inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Acton
Curtis
John
Greanwich
Rob Curtis
Balfort
Washington
Rob
No. 3
Broadway
No. 2
No. 2 Broadway
Aaid I
Clinton
Moe
Pension for the Army Mule Denied by Commissioner Ware
Washington Post reports Colonel John A. Joyce pressed for a pension for a Kentucky mule citing a blistered back lost molars and absence of hair. Commissioner Eugene Ware rejected the plea citing the mule’s longevity and immortality as factors making pension impractical in a satire that critiques bureaucratic contrivances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
John A. Joyce
Bunday
Kentucky
Eugene Ware
Old
Abe
Ware
Thor
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A long testimonial letter praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for womb ulcers irregular menstruation and related female troubles. It claims wide endorsement from women across Minneapolis and the country, urging refusal of other medicines and asserting superior proven cures for ovarian and womb conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia Hy Pinkham
Minneapolis
ElLen Riple
Lydia E. Pinkham
Farmer’s Aches Raise Questions About Harvest Work
A farmer toils in the fields as weariness grows with every pass cutting crops. He faces backache, sore muscles, and stiff joints from routine labor, prompting debate over work conditions and safer farming practices.
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ST. Jacobs
Chicago Tribune
Hall
Linpincott
Freddie
Mrs. Austin
Puck
John W. Henry
Fostoria
Ohio
Roumania
Feut's
Mai Yeas
Ieee
la. A Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Libby
McNeill
Chicago
Capyro. Pienk A
Irles
Cutris
Telson
Curtis Caotly
Walfort
Hols Tavern
John Acton
Putas
Ellen Ripley
Ladies Aid
Grand Army of the Republic
No. 7
B6th Ave
N. E
Minn
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms
New Haven
Conn
Baekea
Montana
Wan NT
Sint
Su Aue
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