The Lone Ranger of the Texas Panhandle Initiation
In 1891 Bill McDonald becomes Ranger captain in Company B Amarillo. A false Indian alarm triggered by cowboys leads to a midnight hunt across Hall Salisbury and surrounding counties, revealing the enduring danger of pranks and panic along the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Jim
Mineola
Hogg
Quanah
Frontier Battalion
Amarillo
Potter County
Randall County
Panhandle
Bill McDonald
Hall County
Salisbury
Texas
Mr. Good
Bill
Childress County
Pamhandle
Free $3.50 Recipe Claims Kidney Cure
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure kidney and bladder troubles. It claims rapid relief from pain, scalding and dribbling, with a suggestion to mail for a copy via Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit. The pitch emphasizes home treatment and low cost.
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A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
One Use for Skins of Cows Comic Exam Jape
A Leeds area school exam day turns into a playful incident as a wily inspector asks what items are made in Leeds and then what the skin of a cow is used for. Johnny Binks shouts an eager answer claiming the skin keeps the meat in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Tommy Jones
Sammy Jenkins
Johnny Binks
Consolation tale of a Connecticut widower and humor
A young woman meets rural neighbor Mr Green in a city store and learns his wife has died three months earlier. He jokes that not all is lost as he has good help while grieving, reflecting a now sorrowful yet wry attitude in a small village setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Mr. Green
The Right Spirit on Valentine Day
A Bermuda passenger recalls a Mark Twain Valentine tale of an Irish wooer who asks a girl to be his valentine and accepts rejection with grace. He sighs that he wishes she were twins so he could have at least half of her.
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Texas
Parker
Coleman
Crockett
Fannin
Travis
Bowie
Quanah Parker
Quanah
Tex
Cynthia Ann Parker
Austin Colony
Austin
Grimes County
Fort Parker
Benjamin Parker
John Parker
Kellogg
Cynthia Ann
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Texas Congress
Ranger Movement
Ranger Companies
Mark Twain
Valentine
Coffee Free Home Brings Sunshine to Family Life
A Wisconsin mother credits stopping coffee with Postum for ending headaches and improving health. She says her husband and daughter also found relief from bilious attacks after switching to Postum. The letter argues coffee causes nervousness and irritability and that eliminating it lifts family mood.
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Wellville
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Captain Bild Milcora Teras
Albert Bigelow Paine
Pearson Pus
Ing
Ranger Service
S. A. McMurray
U. S
No-Man’s Land
Cherokee Strip
James Hogg
Gov. Hogg
McMurray
Jam
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