I Aboard the Black Petrel Aims at French pardon
Jean and Pierre Lafitte discuss moving to France to reclaim status and seek a pardon from Governor Claiborne. They plan to offer aid in New Orleans against the English and weigh personal loyalties, love, and future reinvention as Lafitte contemplates returning to Languedoc and reclaiming his past.
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Petrel
Blagtaria
Gretoire
Lalytte
Louisiana
Emperor de Jres
France
Imeelt
Pierre
Barataria
Diana
Mississippi
Itain
Wiisiana
Languedoc
de Soto
Pizarro
Jean
Elba
Bergir
Gulf of Mexico
Ande Terre
Baraia
Lafitte
New Orles
Toulon
Jengr
Ana
Andrew
Jackson
Tokah
New Orleans
Grande Terre
Thousand mile ride chronicles on Texas and Mexico hunt
Correspondent Willett writes of a thousand mile horseback hunt moving from Texas into Mexico with a Southern Pacific party. The group, from twelve states, reports endless game, generous hospitality, and rail line support enabling camps on vast ranches including Trevino. The piece praises health benefits, scenery, and promises a second annual party.
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Texas
Mexico
Southern Pacific Railroad
N Willett
Lesiie
Willett
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
San Diego
Old
Trevino Ranch
New England
Great Trevino Ranch
Changes in Army Recruiting to Curb Desertions
The War department now drills new recruits for several weeks without uniforms or an oath. If they desert during this period they are not pursued, allowing new recruits to replace them. This avoids countless court martials and reduces desertion losses.
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War Department
Philadelphia Record
Maine's Wayman Lawyer Miss Helen Knowlton
Miss Helen A. Knowlton of Rockland Maine is the state's only woman lawyer. Admitted to the bar six years ago she has practiced successfully. She is not a suffragist and asks if men cannot govern the country, what can they do.
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Maine
Wayman
Helen A. Knowlton
Rockland
Miss Knowlton
Moralizing and mischief mix in a Detroit note
A fragment from the Detroit Tribune mocks moralizers and jokesters with a chaotic tip about washing a cornet in warm water and Ivory Soap. The passage ends with a wry line on a man who believes he is funny. The text reflects humorous, scattered editorial voice and character naming.
Southern Conditions and Possibilities Along Illinois Central Lines
Speech extols growth along the Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroads in Tennessee and Louisiana, noting population booms, new business blocks, rising farm values, and a surge of job openings for day laborers, skilled workers, and farm tenants. Send inquiries via Mr. J B Merry in Dubuque Iowa for printed material and territory details.
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United States
Ilinois Central
Tennessee
Louisiana
J.B. Merry
Dubuque
Iowa
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Palen Bom Ed Capeny
Dent
Ke Can
Claiborne
Mer
Count de Cazeneau
la Roche
la Tete Des Baux
Bayou Bienvenu
Senorita Lazalie
Fierre
Pierre—thire
Picapasnter
Detroit Tribune
Parker
Worth
Somer
Pinent
A.J. Tower CO
Central States
Tappan Shoe Mfg. CO
Coldwater, Mich
Western Canada
Ottawa
Canada
J. 8. Crawford
Ninth Street
City
Migsouri
Ok Free
Central Telephone & Electric Co
Lucas Ave
Ht. Louis
U. S
Emake Lewis
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