Prairie Breezes and the Open Plains Poem
A Bohemian verse revels in the prairie wind and wide open spaces. It evokes sage scented air rolling across bunch grass hills as storm winds rise and stampedes form on rainclouds, praising rider spirit, braided reins, and campfire nights along the long divides.
Norah Desmond and the River Houseboat Rivalry
On a riverside social set, Norah Desmond dazzles Dolly Garstin and clashed suitors Sir Charles Morton and a Fleet Street writer in a summer of lunches, walks, and rival proposals. Norah’s wealth interest looms, while Garstin’s scheming parlor games fuel the intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Clayton
Norah
Clayton
Desmond
Miss Desmond
Frank East
Fleet Street
Ling
Norah Desmond
Chayton
Charles Morton
Mrs. Garstin
Philadelphia Telegraph
Paternal vanity and Grigsbys bragging over his kid
Two men discuss Jim Grigsby and his toddler son Sithel in a Chicago Daily News item. They mock Grigsby's constant bragging about the boy and contrast it with Ethel, a poised two year old cousin, noting how Grigsby's stories bore listeners and inviting caution to avoid his company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grigsby
Jim Grigsby
Sithel
Effie
Ethel
Chicago Daily News
Nebraska inventor's salve grows wolf tails in print
A Nebraska man creates a powerful double acting salve that allegedly regrows tails. He cuts off a tame wolf tail, applies the salve to the stump and a new tail grows. He then applies it to the old tail, another wolf tail grows but the wild wolf must be shot. The note ends with a comment on retirements of politicians and boxers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Norah
Dacres
Bob Dacres
Nebraska
Chicago Tribune
Three Women Inducted Into Hall of Fame In New York
The Hall of Fame on University Heights in New York welcomed Emma Willard Mary Lyon and Maria Mitchell with the unveiling of eleven bronze tablets. The ceremony raised the total honorees to thirty nine, as six years of additions continue to expand the collection overlooking the Hudson and Harlem rivers.
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America
New York
Emma Willard
Mary Lyon
Maria Mitchll
Ema Willard
Emma Willard School
Mt. Holyoke College
Maria Mitchell
Vassar College
Hall of Fame
University Heights
Hudson
Harlem
Ships to lay mines join limited fighting ships list
The San Francisco and the Baltimore will move from active fighting vessels to the limited list for special duty. A mine laying craft is discussed, with deck carried mines and projecting stern tracks for dropping across harbors. The piece notes the lack of a dedicated mine crew and the strategic impact of submarine attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Baltimore
Russia
Japan
Harper's Weekly
Bolt
Indiana Neighbor Notes Wide Range of Local Tragedies
The column records a string of incidents across Indiana including deaths from electrocution and burns, accidents involving a child and a horse, a drowning in St Marys river, and a fatal train accident. It notes the Owensville servant girls unionizing, smallpox quarantines near Thorntown, a gas plant site purchase in Princeton, a major burglary at Claypool, and a cholera-like measles outbreak in Muncie with multiple deaths. It also mentions a horse show in Greenfield and other local events and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Staples
Logan Staples
Columbia City
Owensville
Isaac Rance
Thorntown
Clayton Fender
Muncie
Will E. Rowley
St. Mary's River
Fort Wayne
Argus Cartmel
St. Paul
Peter Elbermesser
Bedford
Consumers’ Gas Company of
Princeton
Elias Baker
Monon
Linden
John Sells
Hammond
Greenfield
Hancock County
George Astrike
Jasper
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Garstins
Scotland
Park Lane
Thames
Tave
North Desmond
Mr. Graham
Dolly Garstin
Peope
Perdition
Hall OF Fam
New York City
THE
Hoosier
Raymond Goodyear
Hartford City
William Fields
Evansville
Central Trust and Savings Company
Newcastle
Hosanna Kountz
John Kouitz
Shelbyville
Claypool Lumber Company
Claypool
Claypool Bank
W. E. Barnum
Manilla
I. S. Wade
Arlington
Henry Pfeifer
Peter Yoder
Nappanee
Henry Slot
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Charles A. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Richmond
New York Polyclinics College
Physio-Medical College
Marion
May Gallman
Cowan