Rich Though Red The Mine Owner and the Kiowa Countess
In Henrietta Texas a widow Mary Harbison and her mother suffer postmortem poverty when Harbison’s mortgage consumes their assets including stock and tools. An ex cavalryman recalls a Kiowa squaw, nicknamed the Countess of Monte Cristo, who with her husband looted traders of gold nuggets and vanished after a cave discovery. The squaw hints she knows a great gold deposit and may reveal it to Mary later.
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Henrietta
Texas
Harbison
Mary
Pappoose
Fort Sill
Count and Countess of
Monte Cristo
Burlingame
Breed
Red River
Mary Harbison
Squaw
Miss Mary
Mene the Eskimo Stays in United States After Peary Rescue
The 10 year old Mene from Smith Sound, brought to the United States by Lieut Peary with five Eskimos, remains in New York with Mr and Mrs Wallace at Highbridge. He will stay in the country after his father Kus sah died and his Northward companions returned. Mene attends public school and is noted as bright, with a curious habit of standing during long evenings.
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Lieut
Peary
Mene
United States
Mary B. Sheldon
St. Nicholas
Highbridge
Kussah
Nucooh
Artoona
Ahweah
Willie
Mr. Wallace
Tea Drinking in Britain Sets High Per Capita Marks
Tea consumption in the United Kingdom is described as nearly six pounds per person, with sixteen years earlier at about five pounds. The article notes no other European country approaches this level except Holland for ten pounds per head, while Russia and the United States remain under one pound per person.
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United Kingdom
Holland
Russia
United States
Ostrich Steals Diamond From Manitou Saloon Keeper
Jake Becker a Manitou Cal saloon keeper once wore a 14 carat diamond stud valued at 650 dollars. While inspecting an ostrich farm a bird pecked at the gem and swallowed it in a sudden strike. The incident left Becker without his prized jewel.
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Jake Becker
Buffalo Bill discusses early life and Indian wars
Con. We i Con Wo Con. Buffalo Bill Cody recalls boyhood work driving cattle and freighting, learning Indian country from the Canadian river to the Yellowstone. He explains how U S Army scouts emerged after Civil War, naming generals and his rise to chief of scouts at age nineteen.
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W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Boston
Great West
Canadian River
Yellowstone
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
Indiana
Great River
Atlantic
United States
Washington
Sherman
Sheridan
Hancock
Custer
Carr
Miles
Crook
Augur
Ord
Hazen
Emery
Duncan
Forsythe
King
Reynolds
Terry
Penrose
Palmer
Gibbon
Canby
Henry
Whistler
Crosby
Greely
Sudley
Mills
Hayes
Schwitzer
Bill” Cody
Col. Cody
United States Army
Col. Cody and the West Era Meister Narrates Frontiers Life
An interview recounts frontier experiences from the Indian wars to western exploration. It covers Gen. Miles at Pine Ridge, the Bad Lands fossil expedition with Prof. Marsh and Yale students, and the discovery of minerals and water in Cody. The piece reflects on western settlement, geography, and legend.
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Pine Ridge
Miles
Fort McPherson
Neb
Sheridan
Missouri
O. C. Marsh
Yale
Disies Land Again Controversy Recalled
A brief fragment recalls the long standing debate over the origin of Dixie land and the term Dixie. The speaker suggests the name may have originated on Manhattan Island and notes the ongoing public discussion.
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Dixie Land
Dixie
Manhattan Island
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Hannah
New York
Cody
West
Boston Daily Herald
Great Big Horn Basin
Big Horn Canyon
Beulah
New York Prees
Burraro Brut
Bol
Goodman
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