Yancey Cravat Returns to Oklahoma in Turbulent Saga
Yancey Cravat, lawyer and editor, returns with Sabra Venable to Osage to start a newspaper. He seeks Pegler’s killer, stops a bank robbery, shoots Yountis, declares Yountis killed Pegler, stops a Cherokee Run, and later returns as a Rough Rider amid rising tensions with Spain.
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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
Spain
Sabra Faces Court Duty and War Echoes in Town
Sabra prepares to go to court while the town reels from returning Rough Riders and war talk. Yancey hurries to Dixie Lee's case as Sabra defends her urge to keep him safe and focus on the paper's next edition.
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Sabra
Yancey
Strap Buckner
Longhorn
Bixler
Rough Riders
Alaska
Cim
Donna
Jesse
Jesse Rickey
Southwest
Cliff Means
Dixie Lee
Denver
Pat Leary
Yancey Cravat Defends Dixie Lee in Osage Court
In a crowded Oklahoma Territory courtroom, Yancey Cravat makes a dramatic defense of Dixie Lee as the crowd shifts from condemnation to sympathy. Sabra Cravat papers the head while the jury finds Dixie not guilty amid frontier justice and theatrical rhetoric.
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Sabra
Honey
Osage
Dixie
Yancey Cravat
Yancey
Southwest
Pat Leary
Dixie Lee
Judge Sipes
Territory of Oklahoma
Territory of
Oklahoma
United States
Gwin Larkin
Cimarron
Gwin
Europe
Leary
Sipes
Patrick Leary
Oklahoma Territory
Indian Territory
United States of America
Booth
Oklahoma Country
Sabra Cravat
Upward Path Through Life and Mind
G. H. G. in London Tit-Bits argues that life descends only if we choose it. He urges continual self renewal, viewing ascent as the true aim and warning that accepting descent brings sorrow and regret with stones tumbling behind.
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London
Canada's oldest house in Sillery stands near Quebec
The article notes a three hundred year old mansion in Sillery Quebec built in 1637. It credits the Commander de Sillery as founder of Sillery and its mission, describing him as a favored French court figure and a leading ambassador who later became a Jesuit missionary in New France.
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Canada
Sillery
Quebec
de Sillery
France
New France
Clerical Celibacy Emerges In Early Christian History
The text traces how clerical marriage declined from allowances in early Christianity to formal prohibition. It cites Elvira in 305 as the first council forbidding higher clergy marriage, with later decrees and stricter measures under Gregory VII in the 11th century leading to gradual suppression. The Britannica notes sporadic persistence in Germany and England until the late 1200s.
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Elvira
Gregory VII
Germany
England
Ancient wooden locks burden for strong man
The piece traces the history of locks from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to Linus Yale Jr. and today’s cylinder locks. It notes early wooden locks with long muftahs and pegs, which opened grand palaces, and explains modern miniature keys lifting brass pins to unlock doors.
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Linus Yale, Jr
Yale
Mesopotamia
Egypt
B. C
Will
East
Ninevah
Persepolis
Thebes
Detroit Free Press
Victory at Marathon Marks Historic Greek Victory
The plain of Marathon hosts Miltiades guiding Athenians and Plateans to defeat Darius forces in 490 B C. Greeks about 10 000 strong rout a larger Persian army with 192 casualties. The battlefield mound holds the fallen, and legend tells of a runner bearing news to Athens.
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Marathon
Attica
Athens
Vrana
Tetrapolis
Theseus
Miltiades
Darius
Datis
Artaphernes
Europe
Seek Lost Atlantis Mission Underway Aboard Ship
H H S-Challen ger takes on a search for Atlantis using a moving scroll traced by pencil to map the ocean bed. The voyage heads toward a submarine mountain about 250 miles north of the Azores. An 1850 admiralty chart shows a shallow 48 fathoms patch surrounded by abyssal depths. The aim is to prove or disprove the report.
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Atlantis
H. H. S. Challenger
Azores
Admiralty
Railway Stations for Rent in France
Railway lines facing closures due to bus competition lead to a plan to rent former stations as dwelling houses. The move reflects a shift in transportation hubs as companies repurpose infrastructure.
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France
Sleep Talking Husband Sparks Frustration
A wife complains her husband’s sleep talking drowns out her rest and leaves her unable to understand his words. She seeks quiet nights and relief from the nighttime chatter.
Local editorial urges blunt stance on sensitivity
The column argues harsh resilience and blunt speech as a virtue, dismissing excessive sensitivity and praising unflinching candor in public discourse. It contends a tough mindset fortifies leaders and communities against petty offense.
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Cemarronan EL
Edna Ferber
WNN Service
Larkin
Oklahoma Wigwam
Purity Brigade
Grat Gotch
Carol
McKesson
Hanford
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