The Prairie Rose and the Vigilantes of New Chicago
Lawhead, recovering in a claim house, learns of the Vigilantes and meets Rose the Prairie Rose as Old Man Beadle, Potts Beadle, and the group navigate the night's violence. The vigilantes grieve for a dead husband, while Rose and Lawhead grow closer amid danger and rumors of threats to the editor. Dan Shannon, head of the vigilantes, contemplates loyalty and duty as night riders remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otts
Potts
Ned
Jerce
Phil
New Chicago
Pap
Beadle
Lawhead
Rose
Yanna
Dan Shannon
Baby
Missouri
Kansas
White Horse Creek
Argonauts
Rairie
Ionath
Beadow
Val
Uoon
Keadle
Preacher Goodnight
Goodnight
Dragancs
Danshannon
Fotts
Clarion
Hercules P. Lawhead
New Chicago Clarion
Fanshaw
Neex
Chicago
Wal
Shannon
the Clarion
Vigilantes
Pierce
Fin
Ike Rawson
Rawson
Miss Rose
Shorty Wicks
Mr. Lawhead
Potts Beadle
Ti Lawhead
Sam
Ole Man
Phil Atchison
Pardner
Dan
Atchison
Night Riders
Bontesly
Nightricers
Ole Dan
Acer
Santa Clara Mining News Feels Like Half English Paper
In New York Herald dispatches a remark on the Santa Clara Peninsular California Mining News. It notes a six page bilingual edition and describes editors delivering a week-old issue after a 24 hour horse ride to a distant press. The item highlights chairs and tables arriving and a raffle for early copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Santa Clara
Peninsular California
Carp
No Great Advantage in Color Photography Yet
Mr Highlive notes the New York Weekly reports people can photograph in colors while Mrs Highlive jokes about using the old process before it is abandoned.
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New York Weekly
Sealed Proposals Opening Stirs Elderly Spinster
An elderly spinster at the Navy Department remarks that sealed proposals will be opened today. An official confirms the process, and she states she will wait rather than discard the chance.
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Puck
Navy Department
Burlesque show at Grand Army Hall Dorchester delights crowd
The burlesque military musical and miscellaneous opera li Reerutio was presented last evening in Grand Army Hall Dorchester before a crowded house. War time scenes drew great laughter and applause as the entertainment operated under the auspices of Benjamin Stone Jr Post 68 G A R K.
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Grand Army Hall
Dorchester
Benjamin Stone, Jr
Post
G. A. RK
Fair shopper reads novel in store while waiting for change
A New York Weekly item notes a humorous scene in a large shop where a shopper asks for a book and a clerk replies by reading aloud to pass the wait for change. The vignette captures light retail humor of the period.
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New York Weekly
Burning Sioux Village at Jack Hills Aftermath of Crook Mission
Charles King recounts the dawn burn of a Sioux village under General Crook on September 10. Troops destroy lodges and robes, while Upham’s battalion covers withdrawal under heavy Indian fire. A chaotic retreat ensues as scouts brace the ridge and skirmish lines hold against pursuing warriors.
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Powell
Fourth Infantry
Fifth Cavalry
Third
Second Cavalry
Crook
Merritt
Jack Hills
Upham
Travois
Mason
van Vliet
Prairie City
General Carr
Sleeping Car Philosophy from a Pittsburg Porter
A Pittsburg & Lake Erie sleeping car porter says the railroad requires passengers to choose head or feet toward the engine for bed arrangement. He notes head toward engine risks engine draught and potential fatal smashups, while feet toward engine may spare head and body in a crash, a view tied to railroad superstition and fatalism.
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Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Pullman
Wagner
Family in Prison Reveals Haft of Law Relatives Behind Bars
In Indiana a 12 year convict Benjamin Law, jailed for manslaughter since 1887, stands to inherit 76000 from a grandfather’s will only after finishing his sentence. Remarkably, three of his relatives share prison terms in separate offenses, including his father William Law serving 1242 years for murder and Benjamin’s wife Alice Glass Law with two brothers in custody for larceny.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Prison
South
Benjamin Law
Franklin
Johnson County
Young Law
Law
William Benjamin Franklin Law
Sistyee
Alice Law
Benjamin Law, Jr
Glass
Edward
Stephen Glass
A Judge's Courtship Tale From New York Press
A jurist meets a woman returning from market and asks about their future. She replies in brief, “Up to the knee and ninepence.” He proposes, she agrees, they ride to town and marry. The union is described as eminently happy.
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New York
Queen Victoria’s Rings Show Her Lasting Symbols
The Detroit Free Press notes three rings Queen Victoria valued: her wedding ring worn constantly, a small emerald ring with a central diamond gifted by the France Consort at age 19, and an emerald serpent engagement ring. After Prince Consort’s death she slept with them on, removing them only to wash hands to protect the enamel.
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Victoria
France Consort
Prince Consort
Maesty
Growing Old The Period of Decline and Its Guard
Dr. Hammond outlines the three life stages with focus on the decay phase. He describes physiological decline, loss of strength, sensory dulling, and changing mental faculties, and prescribes moderation, exercise, and maintaining interest to delay death and age gracefully.
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Dr. Hammond
Riet
Perth
William A, Hixson
Anecdotes of Children From Grand Rapids to Detroit
A four year old boy falls from a fence and injures his arm while his mother frets about the pain of the fracture reduction. The child consoles her with a brave line about the arm being only bent. Other vignettes recall a dining mishap at a hotel dinner with a grandparent minister in the family and a child’s candid remark during blessing. A finger bite during play leads to an apology about not knowing where his mouth was going. A girl notices a turquoise piece in a cousin's ring and comments on its color and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawhead
Fetn
Beadle
Goodnight
Uncle Potts
Wal
Treckon
Rose
Otts
Yistidy Nur
Potts
Mr. Lawhead
Potta
Hercules
Cole
Upham
Napoleon
Ney
Carr
Crook
Mason
Netroit Tribune
Grand Rapids
George
Charlie
George B
Celia
DA J
Annie
Lidie
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Man Beadle
Mynele Potts
Potts Beale
Jone White Oak
Ole Dan Shannon
Anshaw
Tke Rawson
Kose
Geoth Potts
Prairie Rose
Pierce Fanshaw
Pierce Fanhaw
Hercules P. Lowhead
Whittier
Praire
Lan
Cap
Old Dan Shannon
Vigilantes of
Eureka
Allus
PONY
Uncle Sam
Yellowstone
Terry
Grand River
Crazy Horse
Larestys
Wisconsin
Leip
Upham Senas
J. Upham
Kellogg
Lcs
Charles King
Pittsburg Press
Detroit Free Press
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