The Peach-Fed Ham Onboard the German U-boat
In Part Two of a tale set during World War II, Dutch skipper John Haring bars a German U-boat from sinking his ship by inviting the crew to share a lavish ham and beer. The enemy officers, tempted by food, pause long enough to consider their next move as bombs are readied.
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News Syndicate Co., Inc
Tom Shaepman
John Haring
Breda
England
BennEye
Meer
Beem
Jook
Rae
Herr Commandant
Herrandant
Caey
Last of the Montana scouts faces fatal end in tale of war
The piece recounts George Herendeen and his Civil War era exploits with General Custer and on Fort Belknap. It shifts to a dramatic wartime scene where John Haring poisons three German officers on a submarine mission before detonating bombs on a bridge, ending with the captain aboard the U boat as the end approaches.
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Blaine County
Fort Belknap
George Herendeen
Montana
General Custer
Custer
Herendeen Scout and Custer Battlefield Witness Remembered
The article recounts Herendeen a long time government employee and Civil War veteran who served as a scout in multiple campaigns including Baker’s battlefield and the Yellowstone expeditions. It covers his role guiding Custer to Tullock's Forks and his claim of saving 13 soldiers during Reno’s stampede before Custer’s final stand. He later testified in Major Reno's court martial in Chicago in 1878.
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Heno
Custer
Benteen
Herendeen
Western Reserve
Colorado
Bozeman
Northern Pacific
Montana
Billings
Baker’s Battlefield
Indian Commission
Yellowstone
Sitting Bull
Fort Pease
Yellowstone River
Big Horn River
Pease
John Peck
Baker's Battlefield
Yellowstone Valley
Paul McCormick
Gibbons
General Custer
Tullock
Forks
Battle Ground
Reno
Terry
Travois
Little Big Horn
Chicago
Major Reno
Scott
Overreached Scot visits doctor for repeat prescription
A Scot learns a doctor charges $5 for the first visit and $2 for the second. He returns saying he is not well. The doctor pretends not to remember him and instructs to continue the last prescription for another week, asking for $2.
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Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
Rawlins
Charles M. Russell
United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls
Clark's Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands'Department
Missoula
Wyoming
Ana Hardw
Butte
Russell
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