A Heroic Boy in the Revolutionary Tale and Mine Rescue
In a Civil War era scene, Sally Erwin rides to warn Marion’s camp and is saved by Ball the horse after crossing a dangerous river at the upper ford. Marion praises her bravery as the camp prepares to move, while Scipio and Hannibal confront danger back at the Erwin house and the stable burns.
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Scipio
Marion
Hannibal
Sally
Chloe
Missus
Miss
Mrs. Erwin
Upper Ford
Indian Fights and Fighters in Frontier Conflicts
Tales of frontier warfare recount Captain Charles King's overview of Sioux and other plains Indian wars from Grattan massacre through the postwar campaigns. It highlights Red Cloud, Sully, Sibley, Custer, Carr, Miles, Mackenzie, Crook, and Sheridan, noting tactics, rifles, and key clashes across Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Arizona, and California.
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Grattan
Missouri
Salt Lake
North Platte
Sweetwater
Fort Laramie
Lieut
Minnesota
Sully
Sibley
Pacific
Ebous
Wounded Knee
Big Foot
Col. Forsythe
Plains
Juron
Kansas Pacific
Big Horn Mountains
Philip Kearney
Old Red Cloud
Ogallallas
J. W. Powell
Powell
Red Cloud
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Sheridan
Custer
Black
Kettle
Washita River
Sandy” Forsyth
Gen. Sheridan
Arickaree
4Th
6Th Cavalry
Satanta
Satank
3Dd
Arizona
5Th Cavalry
Maj
E. A. Carr
6Th
Buffalo Bill
5Th
Bill
Tall Bull
Carr
Nelson A. Miles
Ronald 8. MacKenzie
Crook
Miles
Little Horn
Yellowstone
Spotted Tail
Crazy
Serapene
Nez Perces
Joseph
Gibtene
7Th Infantry
Big Hole Pees
7Th Cavalry
Clark’s Fork
Bannocks
Cheyenne
Merritt
Fort Russell
Thornburgh
Weir
Opt
Payne
Victoria
Juh
Interior Department
Assiniboine
Scipio the mule and the ride to freedom at Deep River
After delays on the road the mule Scipio reaches the Deep River ford beside a damaged bridge. Sally, frightened for her horse Ball, comforts him as danger eases and a war ending peace dawns. General Marion announces his marriage as Scipio secures his freedom.
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Col. Erwin
Great Britain
Scipio
Marion
Sally
South Carolina
Ford
Champion Traveller Racks Up Vast Rail Milage
Philadelphia reporter profiles Willhelm a 73 year old Pennsylvania Railroad employee who has accumulated about 2,883,776 miles over 41 years of service including 38 years as travelling baggage master and seasons on the Camden Amboy division. He tops rivals Boone Layton and others in reported mileage.
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Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Willhelm
The
Pennsylvania
Camden & Amboy
New York
Harrisburg
8. G. Boone
Reading Railroad
Tip Layton
Pullman Company
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Journal
Telegrapher in Hotel Office Meets a Rude World
A reporter observes a refined hotel telegraph operator and a bustling exchange over a long message. The scene highlights cross conversations, interruptions, and a joking misread about a hard boiled egg amid hurried Morse signals.
Fragmentary overheard remarks prompt psycholical inquiry
In a partial transcript a speaker voices shock at hearing men’s intoxicated talk and raises a question about female fidelity. Telegrams and instructions accompany the scene as the conversation proceeds with unsettled doubt and contemplation.
Uncle Allen Tales on Elbow Etiquette in Town Walks
In a Chicago Tribune reminiscence Uncle Allen Sparks rails at young men who elbow women as they walk, calling the behavior a donkeyish habit. He condemns the man and pitying the woman who tolerates such attentions, framed as a sharp after-dinner reflection.
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Chicago Tribune
Uncle Allen Sparks
Heirloom watch challenges modern timekeeping
In a humorous exchange, two men compare an old heirloom watch to a stem-winder. The antiquated piece claims reliability by recalling its 63 years of accuracy, while the other man counters with precise calculations showing a gradual loss of time and the cooling effect of aging on the timepiece.
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Chicago Daily Tribune
Revenier
LARGEST AND SMALLEST IN THE WORLD AND NATURE
A collection of superlatives notes. Sequoia near Stockton stands about 325 feet tall, while two eucalyptus trees in Victoria reach an estimated 435 and 450 feet. Green Lake in Colorado is the highest elevation lake at 10,262 feet. The ocean’s deepest point is 27,930 feet. A massive 186 by 104 inch glass pane from Marseilles tops Cincinnati storefront. A giant steel coil 310 feet long was rolled in Allegheny City, the largest ever. Miniature hogs from southern Australia, the so called pigmy of the antipodes, resemble muskrats in size and form. John J. Taylor of Streator Ill. penned 4100 words on a postal card. Leuwenhoek notes 10 000 spider threads are smaller than a human beard hair.
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Harper's Young People
Stockton
Cal
Victoria
Australia
Green Lake
Col
Vine St
Cincinnati
Marseilles
France
Allegheny City
Penn
London Zoological Gardens
John J. Taylor
Streator
Ill
Leuwenhoeks
South African Trees in drought sheltered Karoo life
Fortnightly Review describes Karoo plant and animal adaptations to repeated droughts. It details drought proof mechanisms such as deep roots fleshy bulbs water storing leaves and air plants relying on atmospheric moisture. The text notes mimicry and camouflage among flora and insects as survival strategies.
Weekly Globe subscription offer boosts magazine access
The Weekly Globe advertises with prepaid postage to secure popular magazines at reduced yearly rates. It lists prices from 1.26 to 5.00 and notes only one magazine per address, no specimen copies, and Boston based THE WEEKLY GLOBE. Bulk orders require a yearlong commitment.
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GLOBE
CLOBE
Boston
Arthur's
Atlante Constitution
Agents
Herald Steenneeee
Andover Review
American Rural Home
American Dairyman
New
Art Interchan
Magazine
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American
Brainard's Musical World
Baurlin Flon Hawkeye
Ballon's Magazine
Bee-keeper's Magazine
Tee
Babyland Fee
Boston Pilot
Heese
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Cleveland
Cincinnati Weekly Times
Osnt Magazine
Christian Union Henne
Courier-Journal
Chautauqua Young Folks Journal
Decorator
Demorest
Donahoe
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Farm Journal
Fornsy
T Terry
Frank Leslie
Rmantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's Monthly
Harper's Magazine
Aeneer
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Er's
Herald of Healths
Home
Parm Onan
ORR
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Town Homestead
Trish World
Ladies’ World
Lifé
Enfeet
Louisville Wee
Littell’s
N.Y
Critio
N. Y. Ledger
Weekly World
N. Y
Weekly Sun
Weekly Herald
Sportsman
Eeewes
Newceton Review
New York Witness
Our Little Men and Women
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady's
Popular Science News
Presbyterian Review
Popular Science Monthly
Souther Bivomac
Ban Francisco
Spirit of the Times
Bosto
Texas - Een Ee
Palm Vick
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazin Ry Ate
Welcome Prien Yankee
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Sumter
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Attad
Eutaw Springs
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Tom
G. T. Perris
Lehigh
Peter Hurley
Peter
Tip
Billy
Dan
Swinford
Pnd College
Thomas Hurley
Mark
Charles King
Lake Michigan
Chicago
John H. Kinzie
Northwest
Dade
Modoc
California
Klamath Lake District
Canby
Lieut. Sherwood
Joss Vi.cers
4Th Artillery
Deep River
CN. Y. Sun
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Uncle Allen
Weekly Globe
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