Yancey Cravat Returns to Oklahoma in New Adventure
Yancey Cravat, editor of the Wichita Wigwam and Sabra Venable’s husband, plans to move to the Oklahoma country with their four year old Cimarron. In Osage he aims to start a newspaper and hunts Pegler’s killer, firing a dramatic sequence that ends with Yountis slain. He later quells a bank robbery, urges Sabra to join the Run, and disappears five years as Dixie Lee’s faction stirs Osage wives.
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Yancey Cravat
Indian Territory
Venable
Yancey
Sabra Venable
Wichita Wigwam
Oklahoma Country
Sabra
Cimarron
Osage
Pegler
New Day
Yountis
Cherokee Strip
Dixie Lee
Night Flight From An Untamed Prairie Tribe
Sabra learns of a brutal Osage punishment plan after Anita and her black child vanish. Rumors spread from Pete Pitchlyn to Howling Wolf as details of abduction and a grisly punishment emerge. Isaiah, bound to a stake, faces a fate tied to a scorching sun and enforced exile.
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Sabra
Doctor Valliant
Isaiah
Anita
Donna
Kansas
Big Knee
Pete Pitchlyn
Old Howling Wolf
Return of Yancey Cravat Roars Through Osage Saga
Five years after leaving for Alaska and the Philippines Yancey Cravat returns to Osage with his Rough Riders uniform. Sabra is overwhelmed by reunion as Cim Donna and the children react with mixed emotion and the town stirs over civic virtue and old wounds.
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Yancey
Dixie Lee
Purity Squad
Osage
Yancey Cravat
Sabra
Wigwam
Prince Albert
Oklahoma Rough Riders
Philippines
Cim
Donna
Jesse Rickey
Sugar
The Rattlesnake Bound by Leather Thong
A vivid scene describes a rattlesnake kept bound by a leather thong that prevented its strike. As dusk, dew, and darkness advance, the thong loosens with moisture until it becomes long enough to reach. The creature writhes as its head and eyes remain menacing.
Yancey Cravat Returns to Oklahoma Amid War Hype
In a sunbaked Oklahoma parlor, communities gather around Yancey Cravat as rumors of his Rough Rider past and Alaska gold lure neighbors and politicians. Sabra, prideful and distant, witnesses Cravat prepare to ship out to Tampa for a new campaign, while memories of Wichita and mission-school corridors haunt her.
City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels Born 1781
In 1781 Don Felipe de Neve led a Spanish party from Monterey to establish a new settlement in California. On September 4 the site near the plaza of Los Angeles was chosen and blessed, with 12 immigrant families from Old Mexico forming the city’s first population.
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Don Felipe de Neve
California
Carlos II
Spain
Los Angeles
Don Felipe
Monterey
San Gabriel
Plaza of
Old Mexico
Ciudad de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles
City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
John Steven MccGroarty
Mark Twain Compared to Lincoln in Howells Tribute
William Dean Howells praises Mark Twain in My Mark Twain, saying he pierced life’s heart with breadth of vision and sought reasons, unlike Emerson Longfellow Lowell Holmes and other sages who were similar to one another. He calls Clemens sole and incomparable, the Lincoln of American literature.
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Mark Twain
William Dean Howells
Emerson
Longfellow
Lowell
Holmes
Clemens
Lincoln
Frankfort on the Main’s Storied Trade Heritage
Frankfort on the Main, once Europe’s leading money market and trade hub, remains a city of simple dignity. Its ancient walls, towers, and the Main River echo Goethe’s admiration and the inspiration behind his Faust, reflecting a beloved medieval charm.
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Frankfort
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Europe
Main
Goethe
Faust
Life’s Anxieties and the Burden of Existence
A reflection on human anxiety and the paradox of happiness and hardship. The author notes that whether life is unhappy or happy, people experience anxiety and fear of loss, suggesting existence itself is framed by worry.
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la Bruyere
High Honors Accorded Fourth Century Hermit
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Simeon Stylites who built and stood on a 60 foot pillar for decades enduring extreme weather. He prayed erect with arms outstretched and endured a counted ritual of 1244 repetitions before dying of a thigh ulcer attributed to pride. His death led to a grand guard of honor by church and secular officials.
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Simeon Stylites
Simeon
Elijah
Antioch
East
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Little Damage Done by Missile, as It Happened
Mark Twain recalled a Virginia City incident during a New York publishers dinner. A horse thief threw a boot at a judge, a moment Twain described as a strong example of concise reporting that spared a rival reporter.
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Mark Twain
New York
Virginia City
Blackguardly
Pathfinder Magazine
Fires ravaged 1931 US forests over fifty-two million acres
In 1931 forest fires scorched over 52 million acres, a region larger than Ohio and Indiana combined. Careless smoking caused most blazes, driving estimated damages to about 65.97 million dollars, excluding losses to young growth wildlife and watershed value.
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United States
Ohio
Indiana
Neighborly Claims Stir in Local Exchange
The New Bedford Standard reports a sharp exchange over neighborly behavior with names such as O'Gilder Meechum and O'Grouch-Why cited in a loosely sourced dispute. The piece notes one side praising an ideal neighbor while another denies prior contact.
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O’gilder
Meechum
O'Gilder
New Bedford Standard
Business Motto Hubble
A punny exchange asks for the motto of Siamese twins and offers a quip about unity and finances. The joke hinges on a play on words about collaboration and profit.
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Pawhuska Avenue
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Wick Mangold
Southwest
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Mangold
Penelope
Milton
Wyatts
Louie Hefner
Cass Peery
Matt Bixler
Ike Hawes
Grat Gotch
Dec Nisbett
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Sitka
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Tampa
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Mission School
Wichita
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