An Army Wife Chapter Glimpses at Fort Sedgwick
A 1896 synopsis follows Fannie McLane a young widow invited to Fort Sedgwick to visit the Graftons. Her sister urges caution as Randolph Merriam and his bride are there. Fannie’s marriage stirs family feeling and meets Merriam again during travel. Earlier Merriam was cared for after illness by Mrs Tremaine and Florence.
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Fannie McLane
Fort Sedgwick
Randolph Merriam
Old McLane
Merriam
Wounded Merriam Faces Complications At Army Post
Mrs Tremaine discusses the broken engagement of Randy Merriam and the potential impact on Florence Tremaine. Tremaine fears Florence may have formed feelings for Merriam while he is recovering and contemplates confronting Merriam about his intentions. Wells cares for the ill officer as rumors of love triangle swirl amid family anxieties.
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Mrs. Tremaine
Tremaine
Wells
Grafton
Merriam
Hayne
Florence
Dot
Floy
Mary
West Point
Gray
Far West
Santa Fe Junction
Sedgwick
Cantonment
Randy Merriam
Dalrymple
Doughty Major
O’malley
Light Dragoons
Merriam Rides at Dawn for a Woman’s Honor
A midnight alarm at the fort after a shooting incident spurs Merriam to ride at once. Florence, shaken by the news, confronts the threat to a woman’s honor as Merriam insists he must go, despite the doctor’s warning he is unfit.
Merriam Returns From Mesa back to base amid tense vigil
Merriam reaches the canyon bivouac after a trying march with the Mescalero mission. At a firelit shelter he plans to have a dying man’s statement witnessed by Wells and Whittaker, while the wounded receive care and the feud’s end is noted.
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Mescalero
Merriam
Billy Whittaker
Wells
Whittaker
Billie
Marriage Rumor Reaches Merriam In Secluded canyon
In the Mescalero mountains Randolph Merriam learns of a marriage 48 hours after courier dispatch. Merriam battles fever while Captain Hayne races to Sedgwick with the grim news as Wells treats the wounded and Florence Tremaine waits at home.
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Merriam
Sedgwick
Santa Clara
Wells
Randy
Hayne
Ned Parry
Graeme, Rayburn & Parry
Chicago
Abraham Mellen
New York City
Mission
Mescalero
Presence of Mind An Actor Equal to the Occasion
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls an actor in the farce Never Again who kept composure after a stage blackout. A sunlit window briefly brightened the scene during a matinee, prompting the schoolmaster to remark with quiet wit as lights returned and the company reappeared.
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Opera House
Parting Admonition Roars Through Disputed Will Case
A mock exchange between counsel and a witness in a will dispute centers on the late father’s last words. The barrister presses for a final admonition while the witness retorts the words do not concern him. The father’s quip about lawyers being thieves adds local color.
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Jim
Cos Lawyers
Exam story ends exam with Bible verse quip
A student fails a Scripture exam and, after being pressed, quotes Judas’s line about hanging himself. The examiner asks for another verse and the student retorts with go thou and do likewise. The room falls silent and the exam ends.
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Judas
Smarth Sought by Easterner in New Street Palaces
Dialogue from the New York Weekly places a man named Smarth, once from the eastern section, as having likely prospered amid the palaces on New street. The Easterner recalls he brought money, while the Westerner warns to look toward the poorhouse.
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Smarth
New Street
N. Y
Asafoetida Regarded as Remedy in Treatment Debate
A Washington Democrat editorial weighs asafoetida as a treatment option for various diseases and discusses its perceived medicinal value and approaches to medical use.
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Washington Democrat
Elam's Horn Reflects on Camel and Burden
A wry line notes a sheggwy camel may best a smooth burden, hinting at clever beasts in a concise proverb from Elam.
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Iowa
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W. E. Harriman
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W. HN. Wynn, Jr
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Story County Abstract Books
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Miss Hayward
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Sacramento
Cal
Mescalero Mountains
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Lawrence Hayne
Parry
Corporal Tracy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Read’s Market
Union National Bank
W. M. Greeny
Henry Wilson
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National City Bank
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Undertaker
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