Fight for a Wife on the Cherokee Strip and a Cowboy’s Tale
An American cowboy recounts meeting a St Louis lawyer and a Cherokee descendant wife. Bill Halstead, a famed rancher, hosts the narrator and shares frontier life on his three mile distant ranch. A dramatic cattle stampede near Needles and a perilous escape end with Halstead praising his vigor at age 46.
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Cherokee Strip
Fort Smith
Bushyhead
St. Louis
Yearlin
M. D
Frank Lyon
Idaho
Frank Lyons
Lewiston
Bill Halstead
Bill
Chesqua
Yander
Lidy
Texas
Benson
Red
Missourah
Fatherhood as the crowning glory of manhood
A quotation from Dr. Cherington credits fatherhood as the supreme goal for men, asserting that being a husband and father surpasses all other roles, offices, and honors as the central purpose of life.
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Rey
Cherington
The Wages of Sin Reflects on Mortality and Sin
A reflective line contrasts sensual pleasure with spiritual cost, stating that sin’s enjoyment fades when confronted with the truth that the wages of sin is death. The phrasing echoes moral caution about temptation and consequence.
Bear Attack Delays Miner Mail Run and Ends Carrier’s Job
In Strawbery Hill a bear attacked a mail carrier who saved the bag by tossing it to the beast. The crowd pressed for punishment but the bag was recovered. the carrier lost his job. The lone letter inside announced his wife’s divorce and remarriage plans.
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Strawbery Hill
Bluff City
Detroit Free Press
Stephen Jackson
Judge Watkins
Swarin
United States
Ohio
The Weeping Woman Debate in Woman Magazine
Readers of Woman discuss whether women should cry and how to cry. Arguments range from no to noiseless crying, with warnings against old fashioned whimpering and red faced temper fits.
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Woman
London
Laughmakers and Fussy Tales in 19th Century Gossip
The piece sketches theatrical types and social quirks with racy dialogue. Characters include a jeweler a merchant a judge and a theatrical manager from playful interplays about money manners and manners. It quotes a Washington Star quip about advertising in newspapers as a cure for solitude.
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Philadelphia
Washington Star
Wormwood Star Attila Symbol in Talmage Sermon
In a sermon on Revelations Wormwood, Rev. Talmage likens Attila the Hun to a star fallen from heaven and warns that nations and individuals can turn to wormwood through pride and cruelty. He cites historic wreckage from Thebes to Babylon and calls for righteousness to avert national ruin and the embattled fate of nations.
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Tyre
Togarmah
Dedan
Syria
Helbon
Ashur
Thebes
Tweny
Egypt
Carnce
Luxor
God
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Amytis
Christ
Cites
Corinth
Samson
Dagon
West
Earth
Unity in Diversity Core to Church Federation
Reverend A Hadden argues for Christian unity through a federated plan centered on Christ. Union should be sought, but as a diverse body not uniform. The safeguard of churches lies in the spirit that gives life, not the creedal letter.
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Attilas
Christ
A. Hadden
Home influence as training ground for citizenship
The home is described as the real training school for citizenship where essential germs of good citizenship are inculcated. Clean, sane and trustworthy students of history speak with one voice on the home’s supreme importance as a civil institution, as stated by Rev. F. B. Cherington.
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F. B. Cherington
Destiny and Determination Quotes by Rev. W. H. Sunday
A short quotation on fate and self-improvement attributed to Rev. W. H. Sunday. It emphasizes that each person shapes their own destiny through effort and attitude.
The Lord Helps Those That Help Others
A short devotional note states that divine aid follows acts of aid to others, emphasizing service as a pathway to grace. It urges readers to assist those in need and trust in spiritual reward.
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Lord
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Detroit Tribune
Talmage
Patrick and
Lowth
Thomas Scott
Matthew Henry
Albert Barnes
Wormwood
Attila
Attila Attila
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Adriatic
Black Sea
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Thrace
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Pavia
Padua
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Seine
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Rhine
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Hell
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George Peabody
Peter Cooper
William E. Dodge
Rev
W. H. Sunday
Hood
Hires Rootbeer
Charles K. Hires Co
Emma M. Hooper
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Ladies’ Home Journal
P. O
Natures
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Lyon & CO. Tobacco Works
Durham
New York Central
Book of Travel
Grand Central New York
Kansas
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B. A. McAllaster
Omaha, Neb
Hous City Engine and Iron Works
Pech Mfg. Co
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West Eleventh Street
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ATR Depactive Association
Fifth Street
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Atlanta
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