Rare Ohio frontier duel tale of Andrew Poe and Big Foot
The narrative recalls Andrew Poe and his brother Ada's 1781 chase of Wyandots after a raid near Harmon Creek. Poe defeats two native warriors in hand to hand and gun combat along the Ohio, with Big Foot mortally wounded and other acts shaping a border legend. The tale blends frontier courage with danger and features the Poe brothers and the Wyandot chief Big Foot.
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Eloghenet
Farad
Fia
Tian
Edgar Allen Loo
Andrew Poe
Kou
Washington County
Cena
Andrew Vee
Ada
Ohio River
Tarmnon's Creek
Andrew
Adam
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Harmon Creek
Poe Brothers
Kennedy
Indiana
Priton Tr Nmwan
William Jackson
Andrew Pau
Big Moot
Andrew Due
Will
Vey
Hin
Poe
Riv
Tevanur
Pope
Moe
Livhanil
Big Foot
Voe
Big Poot
Hoe
Ag Yoo
Big Four
Pye
Bip Muor
Mae
Adi
Andrew Hhontud
Adam Vor
Hig
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Adam Lanl
Big Paar
Adam Moe
Big Font
Charles Dennis
Great Kansas City mill plan promises vast cotton works
A Kansas City dispatch outlines Whaley's scheme to build the world’s largest cotton mill twenty miles from Kansas City with an $11,000,000 capitalization. The project includes a 25,000 population company town with water works and electric lighting, air, halls, and modern machinery, aiming to supply packing houses with cotton cloth and cured meat coverings.
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Volundia
Smith
Hin Selroma
Will Kligs
Ohi
Columbia
Kansas City
Whaley
Hastéra
Tve
Olympia
City of
Thaides
Olytpia
Nowavniv
Kansas
Dams Create Private Duck Lakes Attract Wild Fowl
The New York Sun describes Mitchells Lake near San Antonio as a man made pond from rainfall damming that attracts thousands of ducks and other waterfowl. Ponds like this are being built across the West and Southwest where land is cheap and easy to flood.
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New York Sun
San Antonio
Texas
Mitchell's Lake
Jacksuipe
Gulf Coast
Rolla Heikes
H. Hough
Wildlife Flourish Around Newly Formed Ponds in the West
The article describes birds and animals gathering around newly formed ponds as vegetation rapidly grows. Quaile, blue and brown ducks, geese and swans use the waters while wild turkeys and doves forage nearby. Fleeting mysteries remain about how certain waterfowl reach distant salt waters.
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Cheaspeake Bay
Now Lakes
Another Reason for Baldness: Hats and Hair Loss
The piece argues men wear hats tightly and women wear hats for ornament. It explains constriction of scalp arteries at the temples restricts blood flow, causing hair loss. It advises men to wear hats that press lightly on the temples to preserve hair.
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