Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West review
A literary appraisal of Stanley Vestal's Kit Carson biography The Happy Warrior of the Old West. The piece traces Vestal's challenge to mold legends, presents Carson as a complex frontiersman, and notes his death at Fort Lyon in 1868 after choosing a buffalo steak and coffee.
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Kit Carson
Houghton Miflin Company
Stanley Vestal
Walter Stanley Campbell
University of Oklahoma
Kit
America
George Bent
Col
William Bent
Owl Woman
Washee
Watan
Watonga
Wolf Chief
Rowan Nove
Edmond Guerrier
James Robert Campbell
Bancroft
Southwest
George Bird Grinnell
Edwin L. Sabin
H. M. Chitteneden
Tt. L. Thwaites
Selanche C. Grant
Cargon
American Frontier
Daniel Boone
Davy Crockett
Sui Hougton
Bit Carson
Mr. Vestu
Hirtu
Every
Yan
Mr. Vestal
The
Carson
Madigan County
Kentucky
Missouri
Franklin
Santa Fe
N. M
Bent, St. Vrain and Company
Fremont
New Mexican
Santa Fe Trail
Rit Carson
West
Rockies
Vestal
Josepha
Fort Lyon
Colo
Jim
Alea
Blue sky laws aim to protect investors in securities sales
State blue sky laws share core aims to regulate stocks bonds and other securities and extend to various investment ventures. They commonly include fraud penalties and grant an officer or body authority to investigate securities transactions.
Peaks Shrink as Fables Face Jasper Park Mountains
In Jasper Park Alberta the old belief that Mount Brown and Mount Hooker towered near 19 000 feet is debunked. Modern surveys show Mount Brown at 9150 feet and Mount Hooker at 10872 feet, ending a long legend of Himalayan heights in the Canadian Rockies.
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Jasper Park
Alberta
America
Alaska
Yukon
Mount Whitney
California
Mount Brown
Mount Hooker
Athabasca Pass
Jasper National Park
North
Columbia River
Prairies
David Thompson
James Renwick
Columbia College
Washington Irving
David Douglas
Hooker and
Brown
Prof
Coleman
Toronto
Mount
Hooker
Brains of Great Minds Show Little Difference
Dr Henry B Donaldson of the Wistar Institute told the National Academy of Sciences that the brains of G Stanley Hall William Osler and Edward Morse show no striking variation from normal. They were slightly heavier than average though overall structure remains remarkably similar. Variations in convolutions may indicate something but do not explain fundamental brain sameness.
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Philadelphia
G. Stanley Hall
William Osler
Edward 8. Morse
Henry B. Donaldson
Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
National Academy of Sciences
Donaldson
North Sea Island milk rich in iodine study notes
A scientist on the island of Foehr reports North Sea island and coastland milk from cows goats and sheep contain high iodine levels up to 210 millionths of a gram per liter. Iodine is cited as a remedy for arterial hardening and related children's diseases, explaining the local prevalence of few arterial issues.
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North Sea Island
Wyk-on-Foehr
North Sea
Island of Foehr
Germany
High Trousers With Plaits for Men in New York
A fashion note discusses trends in spring menswear including high trousers with pronounced plaits and short double breasted waistcoats. Plaited tattersall flannel waistcoats are favored for the season, with a prominent tailor predicting unexpected male attire.
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New York
Not His Time to Die Falls Four Floors Survive
Michael O'Hara twenty four of New York fell from the seventh floor shaft in a building under construction. He struck a wire cable then caromed to the fourth landing and escaped with abrasions and lacerations of the right hand.
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Michael O'Hara
New York
Spite fence blamed as rambunctious car damages Pe tunian home
Old Riley Rezzidew near Pe tunian is knocked down by a runaway car that tears through a fence and explodes. Ben Bumpuss quips that the vehicle was trying to take the spite out of the fence in a colorful local exchange.
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Riley Rezzidew
Petunian
California Fig Syrup Ad Targets Mothers
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a pleasant tasting remedy for children. It claims a teaspoonful cleans the liver and bowels and urges asking a druggist for the genuine product with clearly marked sections for babies and children of all ages.
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California
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