Standing Rock Agency Reform at Red Cloud Sioux Settlement
A lengthy report praises Col. Burke’s leadership at Standing Rock Agency on the Missouri, noting major improvements in facilities, organization, and fair goods distribution to Sioux bands including Unkpa pax and Yanktonays. It recounts Catholic and cultural ties, a cattle rotation scene, and ongoing frontier community life at Buford with mail, theater, music, and local reports.
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Missouri
Indiana
Tia
Occanion
Aries
Col
John ‘Burke
Yantepring
Wade
Col. Burke
Red Cloud
Bia
Thor
Ther Tsinune
Vie
Burkey
de Smet
Acso
Blanding Rock
Father Dea- Tier
Thin Agency
Leighton
Jangy
the Pont
Mr. Leighton
McGarvey
Johnson
Bismarck
Mason
Senator Morton Direct Vote Plan Draws GOP Fire
Holman voices opposition to subsidy plans while Morton campaigns for direct presidential election. The piece frames the political clash and argues the measure should prevail.
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Morton
Maxims for a Young Man Never Be Idle
A fragment outlines guiding maxims for youth urging constant use of the mind and productive effort. The text promises practical advice on conduct and diligence, reflecting traditional moral instruction typical of period writings.
Counsels for Life from a Victorian moral guide
A centuries old admonition set urges self control and virtue. It counsels honest living, mindful speech, frugality, and saving, with emphasis on character above wealth. Read daily Bible portions and avoid intoxicants while balancing income and expenses.
Doctor in Lunatic Asylum Locked With Female Inmates
A Washington correspondent recalls Dr. Blank taking three visitors to a government Lunatic Asylum. A guide leaves the party alone in the female ward as an alarm spreads that Judas Iscariot killed the President. The doctor fends off twenty enraged lunatics with little success, battles hair pulling and bites, finally escaping to a grated window with the women. An Irish laborer outside tells them to calm down, and the doctor and his companions are freed.
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Brethren
Brether
Gans
Hilgety
Parson
Dr. Blank
Washington
Nichols
Judas Iscariot
United States
Swan
Aulum
Henry Clay
St. Catherine
Herg
Towly
Hether
Michigan
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Buford
Jock Johnson
Laighton
Gran Ventres
Old Fort Union
HicGarvey
J. W. Raymond & Co
Bismarck Caenne
America
KH. & Morgan
Henry Uall
Tne
Helens
Indians Are Quiet, and No Treble Inapprehended At Present, Doctor Gaylord
Belknap
Fort Peck
Podttrader
Boys In Blue
German Theatre Comique
Sugiet
Fort Buford
Dre
Dakota
O. H. Moore
Biswatckers
Axon
Buford Minstrels
6Th Infantry
Sigter
Moore
Ita
Holman
Uvual
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