Cowboy Bill Halstead and a Cherokee strip encounter
An American cowboy and a Cherokee chief’s descendant captivate a travel party. Bill Halstead, a respected cattleman, shares life on the frontier from a three mile ranch visit to a perilous stampede near the Needles, detailing a daring rescue and rugged cowboy lore.
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Cherokee Strip
Fort Smith
Bushyhead
St. Louis
Missis
Yearlin
M. D
Frank Lyon
Idaho
Frank Lyons
Lewiston
Bill Halstead
Calsie
Bill
Chesqua
Yander
Han
Lidy
Sol
Texas
Benson
Red Gentleman's Hand
Holf Uv
Missourah
Miner’s Mail Bag Rescue in Strawbery Hill Saga
A miner carrier faced a charging bear while delivering mail nine miles twice weekly between Bluff City and Strawbery Hill. The crowd demanded justice as the bearer sacrificed the bag to escape, saving his life but losing his job. The bag held a single letter from Judge Watkins’s wife in Ohio requesting a divorce.
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Strawbery Hill
Bluff City
Detroit Free Press
Stephen Jackson
Judge Watkins
United States
Ohio
Fatherhood as the crowning glory of manhood
A sermon by Rev. Dr. Cherington extols fatherhood and marriage as the ultimate aim of life. It contrasts worldly honors as incidental and warns that the wages of sin is death, even as pleasures fade.
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Cherington
The Weeping Woman in Victorian Debates on Emotion
Readers of Woman debate whether women should cry and how to cry. Opinions range from no to noiseless cries, with advice on form, timing, and social impact, noting changing roles from the 19th to the 20th century and the way crying signals status and appeal.
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Woman
London
Attila and Wormwood Star in a Br Brilliant Bitterness Sermon
Rev. cites Attila the Hun as the Wormwood star from Revelation, detailing his conquests, sacking of cities, and legendary death. He warns modern nations and families that power without righteousness turns to wormwood, urging justice and faith to avert national ruin.
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Mayer
Herr Mayer
Washington Star
Laughmakers and Parlour Gags in Vintage Gossip
Comic snippets from old papers feature a jittery jeweler, a fussy couple, a sugar loving diner, a theatrical manager, and a neighborly mischief. Witty exchanges expose social foibles and satiric portraits across Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington.
Unity in diversity centers Christ as soul of all
The piece argues that Christian unity requires a federation with Christ at its center. Union is desirable but must embrace diversity, not uniformity, and emphasizes that the life-giving spirit is more important than a strict creed. Rev. A. Hadden.
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Bill Haletead
England
Old Missoorah
Jim Stevens
Idaho
Lyons
Attilas
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Christ
James Lenox
George Peabody
Peter Cooper
William E. Dodge
Rev
A. Hadden
Home as the training ground for citizenship
Rev. F. B. Cherington argues that the home is the real school for citizenship, shaping clean, sane, and trustworthy students of history who speak with one voice on the home’s civil importance.
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Rev
F. B. Cherington
Destiny quote from Rev. W. H. Sunday
A brief excerpt attributes a maxim to Rev. W. H. Sunday about self-determination. It emphasizes personal responsibility and belief in one’s own potential.
Lord Helps Those Who Aid Others
A brief saying emphasizes that divine support comes to people who assist others. It frames aid as a virtue linked to spiritual reward and communal well being.
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Lord
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Jerry
Detroit Tribune
Philadelphia
W. H. Sunday
Charlies K. Wires Co
Ss. Fl
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The
Ladies’ Home Journal
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N. Y. City
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Western P. A
Chicago
Lyon & CO. Tobacco Works
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New York Central
Book of Travel
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Grand Central Station
New York
Union Pacific By. Co. Lands
Kansas
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Omaha, Neb
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Sioux City Engine and Iron Works
Pech Mfg. Co
Sioux City
Iowa
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West Eleventh Street
Kansas City
Canada
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Fifth Street
Des Moines
Patrice O’ Farrell
Washington, D. C
Maren
Quincy
Mich
Hngley
B. M. Woolley
Atlanta, Ga
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