Brave Bear Plans A Sioux Wife Theft In Dakota Tale
A narrative recounts Brave Bear, a copper-hued Sioux chief, boasting of past violence and current schemes. He arranges a staged kidnapping of a young wife from High Feather, offering blankets and provisions, hiring a witness for the ruse, and guiding a nighttime capture near the Missouri River camp.
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Beer
Devils Lake
Behoef
Calaboose
United States
United States Army
Tabies
Jord
Anton Urr
Cable
Bear
Brigham Young
High Feather
Brave Bear
Tepe
Inaporata
Missouri River
Dakota
John Grass
Mae
U.S
Tale of Brave Bear and the Sioux Wife Theft
A narrator recounts Brave Bear abducting a Sioux woman for his wife, the chase, and the woman’s reluctant possession of blankets. Pursuit through brush ends with the husband returning. later the man’s two wives feud, ending in a thumb severing. The Bear loses and regains his harem within months.
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L D
Bear
Edwin Forrest
High Feather
Brake
Brave Bear
Monley
Fort Stevenson
Billee
Brave Dear
E.R. J
When May Romance Fades Amid Evening Grief
A lyrical fragment speaks of storm clouds and fading life as spring blooms give way to death and memory. The speaker rails at fleeting love and asks what comes after, while foretelling vows kissed above graves and roses renewed beyond.
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Atkins
Wainwright
Perry Davis
New York
The
College of Electrical Engineering
A Tough Baby Disappears From Moving Train
A mother aboard a Brayton’s Point train loses her grip as the child slips out a window. The engine stops. a brakeman retrieves the infant from a mud puddle while the mother faints, passengers groan, and the scene draws reactions from onlookers.
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Brayton’s Point
Providence Journal
Tur Empress Guard to Command Unique Prussian Bodyguard
The Tur Empress of Germany will have a special guard of twenty four of the largest Prussian soldiers led by an officer and two sergeants. They will wear uniforms from the Great's era, chosen personally by the Emperor.
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Tur
Germany
Aoe the Great
The Buffalo and the White Man on the Upper Missouri
A retrospective narrative by W. T. Thompson recounts the decline of the American bison and the displacement of Indigenous peoples as white settlement expands. It details vast past herds, dramatic hunts by Métis and others, and the near-total decimation of buffalo, with only limited herds surviving in Yellowstone and Canadian Wood Mountain.
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Missouri
Rocky Mountains
Rio del Norte
Saskatchewan
Mississipi
Eagle Hills
Mississippi
United States
Yellowstone Park
Judith Basi
Wood Mountain
Canadian
Hudson's Bay Company
Red River
Canadian Northwest
Texas
Marshalltown
Iowa
Glucose Works
Chicago
Texas Live Stock Journal
Linntus
Canadian Live Stock Journal
Fourth class postmasters paid by mailed matter reveal mail count duty
A St. Louis Globe Democrat interview shows postmasters switching from stamp sales to counting letters before each mail. The change stems from past stamp-sale incentives inflating salaries, backfiring as large cities’ sales fell and country stores boosted mail counts, costing the government thousands until the scheme was exposed.
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Thad
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Ameuvete
A Dudes Great Feat At A Fashionable Dining Room
A tale from the New York Times describes a private dining room where a boastful wager led a young man to throw a knife into a door crack ten times in a row. He trained for years, practicing in isolation to measure distance and force, starting with a jar and bottle neck before succeeding.
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Tam
New York Times
Household hints from old time remedies and crafts
A collection of household tips covers varnish for stoves, cleaning with lime water and carbolic acid, soothing eyelids with alum and egg white, stain removal with boiling water, bread making tips, hair care formulas, hair brushing cleaning methods, linen care, mending china with gum arabic, and early notes on soap glue, picture cleaning, and varnish removal. It also includes a humorous discussion on shorthand literacy and a Morland piece by Prof Eldon.
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John L. Davis
The
Journal of Pharmacy
The Rustler Dreamer Puts Rails Beyond the Prairie
A cor ponders the rustler as a blizzard born force who pursues grand schemes with relentless ardor. He toils without rest, believes intensely, and pursues ventures from corner lots in Pierre to mills in Yankton. He shifts from railroads to finance, promising payoff or bust, never a middle line.
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Pierre
Yankton
St. Paul
Jim” Hill
New York
New York Tribune
Advice from a physician on staying cool in heat
A Louisville Post excerpt quotes a prominent physician offering practical heat relief. He advises heavy emphasis on sleep, light meals, avoiding coffee and alcohol, minimal fluids, light clothing, and a cold bath before bed to induce cooling. He endorses daytime light breakfast, lean steak, bread, tomatoes, and aerated water, plus carrying an umbrella.
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Louisville Post
No locomotive record exceeds eighty miles per hour
The Engineer notes no properly recorded instance of a locomotive reaching above eighty miles an hour. Back pressure and air resistance are cited as limiting factors, hindering any higher speed, according to Caine.
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Caine
Atmosphere of slavery era bred savage courts and murders
The author argues that the slaveholding class bred a culture of dominance and savagery in the South. Expulsion of McDow from the South Carolina Medical Society signals that even respected circles condemn the crime, showing a shift toward punishment of a gentleman murderer.
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New York Sun
South
Bufords
McDows
McDow
South Carolina Medical Society
Grand Army man objects to indirect routes for rail travel
A prominent Grand Army member criticizes predetermination of St Paul and Dineen routes to Milwaukee, arguing against indirect lines that force passengers onto longer trips. He cites self appointed transportation committees and warns that indirect paths impose losses on travelers on returns, urging a direct route instead. He says he will not ride around Robin Hood's barn to fund others' free tickets.
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Grand Army
St. Paul
Dineen
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Columbus
Thore
Robin Hood
Miss Amanda Fisher Wins 15000 Lottery Prize
Miss Amanda Fisher of 201 Champlain Street, forelady at Gray Toynton and Fox candy factory, won 15000 from the Louisiana State Lottery drawing. She bought a one twentieth share of ticket 42758 for the July 14 drawing and received the payout via Commercial National Bank after bank assistance. She plans less work thanks to the fortune.
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Amanda Fisher
Champlain Street
Gray ,Toynton and Fox's
Miss Fisher
Sunday Sun
Commercial National Bank
Wedenee
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Northwestern Conservatory of Music
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Joseph H. Hunter
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