Fourth of July in Sleepy Cat sparks rodeo rivalry
In Sleepy Cat a Frontier Day event unfolds as Jane Van Tambel returns from the East with Dr Carpy. Bill Denison, a skilled Texas wrangler unknown to the crowd, competes with Gunlock foreman Dave McCrossen in a series of dangerous rodeo stunts amid bets and staged tricks. Jane loses her bracelet on track. Denison retrieves it after a tense moment. Later, Denison helps Jane home and is denounced as a cattle thief by McCrossen without knowing her identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleepy Cat
Jane van Tambel
Gus van Tambel
Gunlock Ranch
Dr Carpy
McCrossen
Denison
Stranger
Aigarette
Barney Rebstock
Dr Carp
Jane
Chicago
van Tambel
Jane Van Tambel Seeks Doctor Carpy Over Ranch Ties
Jane Van Tambel visits Sleepy Cat seeking medical help for her sick father Gus and questions why he is disliked. Doctor Carpy recalls old grudges and hints at Gus’s wealth, while Jane asks for truth and a possible future friendship. Bull Page and local barber Jake Spotts gossip about the Gunlock ranch and Van Tambel’s reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpy
Jane
Mother
Father
van Tambel
Carey
Bull
Jake Spotts
Spotts
Gunlock
Gus
Medicine Bend Hospital
Oscar
Jake
Panama
Illinois Brevities: Notable deaths and local events
Richard Snell eighty four president of the Dewitt County National bank died in Clinton from pneumonia. Louis True of Richview saved by a serum after a black widow bite. Roy Cunningham found dead in a horse watering tank near Collison. A boy named George Bruce killed when a truck wheel ran over him in Odin. The diver was exonerated after a separate incident. Fire at Stinson airport near La Grange destroyed two hangars. six planes saved. Auto crash near Du Quoin injures nine sales crew and two basketball players. James Appleby’s barber shop fire in Galesburg killed him. Prince the buggy horse died in Springfield. David Norton Jr found dead by carbon monoxide in Peoria area. E D Talford dies from injuries after an earlier auto crash. A $50,000 Morris clay plant blaze destroying machinery. Wm T Anderson dies in Rockford after 30 years with Hess Hopkins. Aurora car crash kills one and injures others. Northwestern student Harry Stebbings injured by radiator boiler. Lake County subsistence homestead moves first family into near Waukegan Libertyville area. No 1 homesteaders Lewis Jones family. Cecil Shephard of Franklin Grove jailed for extortion against Mary Powell. State treasury December 1 balance 61,226,989 with November expenditures 13,593,977 and receipts 14,323,169. State indebtedness 210,925,971. Tax receipts including unemployment. Illinois Teachers Pension board assistant secretary R Clarida dies. Floyd E Thompson elected president of Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution.
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Richard Snell
Dewitt County National Bank
Clinton
Louis True
Richview
Roy Cunningham
Collison
George
James Bruce
Odin
Stinson
la Grange
du Quoin
James Appleby
Galesburg
Tampico
Prince
A. L. Forward
Springfield
David W Norton Jr
Peoria
E. D. Talford
Salem
de Kalb
Vandalia
Illinois Clay Products
Morris
Wm. T. Anderson
Hess - Hopkins Company
Rockford
George W. Alschuler
Aurora
Harry Stebbings
Northwestern University
Sigma Chi
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lake County
Waukegan
Libertyville
Lewis Jones
Lenox Avenue
Jones
National Envelope Company
Cecil Shephard
Franklin Grove
Oregon
Mary Powell
Windsor
Delos Blanchard
Shephard
Byron
Blanchard
John Stelle
R. Clarida
Illinois Teachers Pension and Retirement Board
Floyd E. Thompson
The
Illinois Society, Sons of the America Revolution
Hotel Ba Salle
Chicago
Wilbur Helm
J. Kent Green
Louis A. Bowman
Charles D. Lowry
New Sewing Patterns Offer Three Styles for All Sizes
OU presents three sewing patterns with options for every family size from 32 to 52. Pattern 1997 features a smart smock in long or short sleeves with gold buttons and easy care fabrics. Pattern 1204 offers a day frock for sizes 36 to 52 with a soft collar and slender skirt lines.
Iconic Phrases And Sewing Pattern Notes From The Era
A collage of foreign phrases defined with translations precedes a lengthy sewing pattern catalog entry. It highlights sizes 36 to 52, yardage for 39 inch material, and instructions for a Miss Two-To-Eight pattern, with pricing and ordering details from Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jenkins
Bill
Frank H. Spearmi
Wnou Service
Moe Crossen
Bull Page
Doctor Carpy
Gunnock
Bill Denison
Medicine Bend
Lou
Millet
Ball
Illinois
Bambino
Pat
Msse
Moter
FOLEY
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
Gluyas Williams
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