Custer the Last of the Cavaliers and Little Bighorn
The June 25 1876 clash known as Custer’s Last Fight at the Little Bighorn River marked the last standout victory by Indigenous warriors against white forces. George Armstrong Custer, born 1839, rose from West Point misfit to Union hero at Gettysburg then led the Seventh Cavalry to his fateful charge. His fame endures as a symbol of cavalry prowess and tragic sacrifice.
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United States
Little Big Horn River
Mont
Custer
George Armstrong Custer
Frazier Hunt
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
Hunt
Charles the Second
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Cullodenmoor
Maryland
Emmanduel Custer
Ohio
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Mexico
Flar
America
Alamo
Emmanuel Custer
Rumley Invincibles
Little Autie
Armstrong
Paw
Autle
Hfe
General Scott
General Taylor
Monroe
Mich
United States Military Academy
West Point
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Jeb Stuart
John Morgan
Union
Washington
Second Cavalry
Ately
Bull Run
Fifty Cavalry
McClellan
General Pleasonton
Michigan Cavalry
Gettysburg
Sheridan
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Smashed Precedent at Oxford Exam
An American girl defied a dress code for an Oxford examination by wearing a green necktie instead of the prescribed dark suit white jumper and black tie. The examiner noticed the green tie and, after a moment of scowling, smiled and acknowledged her as still a rebel.
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Oxford University
Facial Judgments Examined Through Lip and Eye Cues
A quoted adage discusses judging character by facial features, noting that a man’s quality shows in his eyes while a woman’s character is read first from her lips and then by her eyes. It highlights the mouth, lips, and chin as central to emotion.
Distance units in astronomy a parsec defined
The term parsec equals about 3.25 light years or roughly 20 trillion miles, serving as a standard astronomical distance measure. It reflects how vast space is and how distance is quantified through parallax angles.
Notable Quote Fragments Highlight 19th Century Civics
A Greenfield Republican remark notes a homemaker revealing her third child was born between distinct payments on the radio and car, reflecting age old social commentary. The piece also cites two maxims by J R Miller about effort, economy, generosity, and restraint.
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Greenfield
Remembering Days of the Singing School in the Midwest
The Omaha World Herald notes the old-fashioned singing school flourished in the Midwest and East before fading. In the 1870s it peaked in small towns with traveling teachers, tuning forks, and note singing taught on a chalkboard, progressing to songs with words.
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Middle West
Omaha World-Herald
Fruit and flower traders use airplanes to ship perishables
Dealers in Holland fruit garden produce and flowers have solved transport of perishables via airplanes. Two new freight planes will soon operate between Amsterdam and London. Air travel now lets Londoners enjoy strawberries picked that morning. In other news a lawn scene shows a grass rug sprouting as a house cleaning joke.
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Post
Holland
Amsterdam
London
Patent era sales pitch and automotive patent teaser
An assorted advertisement and note set touts money offers and household needs for both men and women, mentions Grove Service Co in Chicago, Coles Studio in Santa Cruz, and a Ford fueled discussion about early automotive invention. It hints at a four wheel drive prototype, patent activity, and opportunities to become owners with models being built at 4319 Fountains Ave. St Louis.
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Grove Service Co
Chicago, HL
Ford
Fountains Ave
St Lewin
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Gpon Co
Cincinnati
Big Ohio Corporation
Liberal Commission
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Chicago
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Scottdale
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Coles
Ocean St
Santa Cros Calif
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E. Broadway
Long Beach
Gait
Ioe Tee Wabash Ave
St Ven Bures
iPad
Baerold Somers
Broetiya NH
Wrtts
California
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