Sergeant Hamlin Defends Stage Against Indian Attack
Brick Hamlin leads defense as stagecoach near Fort Dodge comes under attack by a war party led by Roman Nose. Moylan Gonzales and Molly endure the siege. Hamlin’s rapid actions and rifle work halt the assault and drive off the attackers in a deadly minute of combat.
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McDonald
Fort Dodge
Molly
Brick’ Hamlin
Fort Ripley
Joe Dody
Sutter Bill
Moylan Gonsaie
Ham
Hamlin
Moylan
Gonzales
Acre
Pardner
Santa Fe
Canon Bluff
Dodge
Big Buck
Fort Kearney
Roman Nose
Aftermath of the Night Assault
In Chapter VI a wounded sergeant battles feverish delirium as he surveys the fallen and retreating savages. He discovers Moylan dead, Hin in the coach, and Gonzales' revolver fire, while the tense scene reveals a grim end to the night engagement and the danger that still lingers.
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Gonzales
Moylan
Hamlin
Language of flowers in Swiss villages guides marriage proposals
In Bernese Oberland and Glarus cantons, quaint customs persist. Women receive bouquets to signal acceptance risking the suitor’s life to gather blooms, or a lover may leave a single rose and a mote on a woman’s windowsill and await her reply. If the rose is taken, the suitor faces the parents. if not, he is kept waiting, and finality follows.
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Bernese Oberland
Glarus
Alreas
Ancient Indian women in 3000 years ago writer claims distrust
A writer on Indian women 3000 years ago argues they were treated with suspicion. He cites Krenya Kanda claiming women favor husbands only when wealthy and influential, becoming disloyal when circumstances worsen, likening them to a sea of waywardness and deceit.
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Krenya Kanda
Fragmented ad copy and quotes from a 19th century page
The readable fragments include scattered phrases about marriage contracts alimony and a proverb from Marcus Aurelius. There are mentions of seeds prices and a shoe sale with 5c pricing and a doubtful note about a daily thought. The text mixes advertisements with aphorisms and miscellaneous lines.
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Imind
Marcus Aurelius
Old Term Cheek Found in Galway Records
A note traces cheek as an old term for impudence with earliest citation to Captain Murrayat in 1840. It then appears in sixteenth century Galway records showing the city’s officials imposing a fine of 100 shillings and prison for defying the mayor’s “choice.”
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James Murray
Murryat
Galway
Ireland
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Willie
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Soo City
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Samuel Ptcier
the Centaur Company
New York
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Castoria
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Haverstock
Bam
Sloan
Scrath St
Louisville
Y & Linlinck
Price Inc
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Ouchs
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