Nascent Nifty Nat Forbids Night Visit In Private Tent
Realization dawns as Pane-in-the-Fals confronts Nifty Nat in a late night tent clash. Nat returns seeking the scalp he says was stolen, insisting it keeps his head warm.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1905
Page
6
Nifty and Chief Duel Over a Scalp in Tent
In a tense exchange Nifty taunts the Chief and demands a scalp. The Chief warns that removing it would be fatal, and the two men clash as violence looms. The chapter ends with another encounter promised tomorrow.
Notable Boston Figures and Local Happenings Hit the Headlines
Passengers on the Canopic are welcomed by a music band and friends of Congressman McNary during quarantine delays. Notes report local officials, sports coaches, and police turnover, plus Marlboro fire drill praise and Winthrop yacht housecleaning scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canopic
Congressman McNary
Roosevelt Rail Rate Plan Faces Republican Opposition
The article outlines President Roosevelt pushing for federal regulation of interstate railroad rates, facing strong railroad opposition and a split with parts of his own party. It notes Democratic critic Richard Olney’s arguments and a dubious claim in Railroad Gazette about a supposed dead head trip, which the White House could dispel by clarifying Roosevelt’s refusal of free transport on his Southern trip.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Richard Olney
Railroad Gazette
United States
Washington
White House
Land Purchase Act funding eyed as Irish settlements grow
Treasury officials announce readiness to supply 10 million dollars immediately and issue land stock to raise 50 million dollars next year for the land purchase act. The plan backs a 500 million dollar program, with 150 million in applications and 60 million sanctioned to date, while only 12 million has been advanced. Some see political motives ahead of Parliament elections, but Liberal opposition could outbid without disturbing existing gains.
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Redmond
Treasury
Balfour
AFL Position on Chinese Immigration Emphasizes Individual Fitness
Secretary Frank Morrison argues that immigration tests should assess individual adaptability to American institutions rather than race. He states national greatness lies in virtue, courage, and character, and endorses a Chinese exclusion principle based on these ideals for all races.
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American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Anthracite Strikes Expected Amid Regional Tensions
Reports warn of potential industrial disturbances in the anthracite coal regions as future disruptions loom. Authorities and industry leaders monitor developments for a peaceful resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Om Catron
D. Wright
Public Opinion Pressures New Mine Workers Pact
The article notes President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers pushes for December demands while Divine Right Baer rejects further concessions. A clash could elicit a major conflict, but the 1903 truce holds to April next, offering six months for a renewed amicable accord. Colonel Wright trusts a new treaty aligning with core principles. Public patience is near its limit.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Baer
Wright
Colonel Wright
Save Niagara by Dam Plan to Preserve Water Falls
The article argues Niagara’s water supply is shrinking due to damming for power above the falls and proposes building a dam below the falls to impound river water for power. It calls for international negotiation between the United States and Canada to prevent extinction of the falls and preserve the natural wonder.
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Niagara
United States
Canada
Engravings for Roosevelt Presented by German Embassy
Captain Heb Ebinghaus naval attache delivered to President Roosevelt a collection of engravings depicting Frederick the Great life as a gift from the German Emperor. The scenes include guards at Collin, Frederick the Great leading, Von Buelow at Zerndorf, colors at Hohenfriedberg, and saying goodbye to the dead.
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Washington
Heb Ebinghaus
White House
Frederick the Great
Hebbinghaus
Germany
Life Guards
Collin
Regiment
von Buelow
Zerndorf
Ansbach Baireuth
Hohenfriedberg
Nifty Nat Escapes and Vows Revenge on Indians
In a grim chapter Nat discovers his wife and child dead and scalped and swears to kill all Indians. He is captured but escapes. Indians pursue him again but he fends them off with a clever ruse. Nat then infiltrates the Indian camp and awakens the chief.
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Nat
Georgie McDermott’s Witty Column in The Sunday Post
A playful and rough edged exchange in Cambridge style letters features Georgie McDermott replying to Mike from Cambridge Mass. The piece includes a cockroach comic aside about writing white columns and a mock answer about turning notes into a book.
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Mi Deer
Georgie
Pleese
Mike
Cambridge
Mass
Have
Sum Moar Roat
Bingvill Boogle
The
Sunday Post Rote Som Personnells & Lokles
Georgie McDermott
Pastor who praised Rockefeller driven to insanity
In Sioux City Iowa on October 2 Rev M W Nidermeir of Cresco, once a brilliant pulpit orator at the German Lutheran Church, is placed in a padded cell at the Independence State Hospital after hostile criticism of a sermon. He had advocated Japanese over Russians and urged a charitable view of John D Rockefeller. Three officers struggled to escort him to the asylum in chains.
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Sioux City
M. W. Nidermeir
Cresco
State Hospital
Independence
German Lutheran Church
John D. Rockefeller
Fourth-Class Postmasters Named in New England
Washington, Oct 2 The Post Office announced four new fourth class postmasters today Frank O Furber at Canaan Maine Frank B Griffin at North Chatham Massachusetts and Eugene BH Bowles at Franconia New Hampshire changing local mail leadership and services in these towns
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Washington
Maine
Canaan
Frank O. Furber
Massachusetts
North Chatham
Frank B. Griffin
New Hampshire
Franconia
Eugene BH. Bowles
Waiting for a Kiss Three Weeks In
Percy and Ethel exchange a playful quarrel over timing and romance. The dialogue hints at a long courtship marked by anticipation and witty banter.
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Percy
Ethel
Leiter and Hoadley Stand as Defendants in Chest of Suit
Joseph Leiter of Chicago and Joseph H. Hoadley president of the International Power Company faced trial in Supreme Court today. They are defendants alongside Cyrus Field Judson in a $66,000 case brought by William B. Franklin and George Isham Scott over the 1902 pool and manipulation of International Power Company stock.
Get to Work Says State Journal Amid Discontent
A fragmented verse urges immediate effort despite hardship. It counsels facing struggle, warning brooding gains nothing and stressing action over rent pressures, implying a weathering storm before potential outcomes. The piece frames resilience as the sole path to survival.
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State Journal
Reunited Lovers Return to Old Hills and Sea
A long separated couple, now Alfred and his former sweetheart, meet on a park bench near an evening sea. They recall youth and share plans to marry and work together to uplift others, reaffirming their bond as night falls over the island and sunset fades.
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Alfred
Save Old Ironsides with a protective harbor plan
Boston reports the 50 gun frigate Constitution, 2200 tons and over 100 years old, is leaky and on the unserviceable list. The editorial urges a concrete walled platform or barrier to preserve the ship, entombing the wreck later with a granite marker to honor naval heroism.
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Boston
Constitution
Charlestown
United States Navy
Free
Guild guest of honor at dedication of grammar school
Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild Jr attended the dedication in Braintree of the Noah Torrey Grammar School building named for the late Dr Noah Torrey who served two years on the Braintree School Board.
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