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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1894
Page
10
A 100-year-old tale recalls a Crow chief who rescues his captive wife from Blackfeet raiders, only to face her treachery when she betrays him at the enemy camp. The story ends with the couple's doomed confrontation amid tribal codes and dreams shaping fate.
In a brutal clash near the Blackfeet camp the Crow warrior and an old compassionate woman sparing a prisoner lead to a night raid. The Crow attack kills or wounds most Blackfeet, while a traitor wife is executed. The Crow chief orders burning, and a veteran intercessor woman saves the old helper. The siege shifts as Crow forces overwhelm the Blackfeet, and the traitor is captured. The tale ends with a deliberate act of revenge against the betrayed by the Crow and the old woman’s mercy.
Charles Osbourne a Shasta mining man rigs six fishhooks in his pocket to trap a thief in a San Francisco crowd. The would be pickpocket hides his hand, is led to a policeman, and Osbourne guides him away.
Kate Field's Washington notes a joke catchphrase inspires a new stock of stationery at the senate and house rooms. Makers sell a mother of pearl bookmark leaf cutter stamped with Where was Tat in gold. The Alabama man behind the line might have profited had he patented the query.
The reminiscence questions whether Barbara Frietchie truly waved a flag at Fredericktown and if Brigadier General Stonewall Jackson rode by her house. The tale Whittier popularized is treated as unlikely by the memoir fragment, noting no direct confrontation or injury to her gray head.
A Boston Transcript admonishes to think before speaking. It warns impulsive wrath leads to weak or ridiculous remarks, while deliberate thought yields pertinent and graphic retort that stings like an adder and cuts deeply.
The article states nails grow about 41 percent of a month per inch length and a 70 year old man would renew his nails 187 times. With nails at half an inch, each finger would accumulate 7 feet 9 inches of growth and all fingers total 77 feet 5 inches.
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