Yancey Cravat Plans Oklahoma Wigwam Newspaper Venture
Yancey Cravat, a criminal lawyer and editor of the Wichita Wigwam, returns from the Indian Territory with wife Sabra Venable and their four year old son Cimarron. They travel in two covered wagons to Osage to start a new Oklahoma paper and seek the killer of Editor Peg ler of the New Day.
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Yancey Cravat
Indian Territory
Venable
Yancey
Sabra Venable
Wichita Wigwam
Oklahoma Country
Sabra
Pitchlyn
Estevan Miro
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Miro
Pete Pitchlyn
Osage town newsman confronts threats over Pegler murder case
Yancey Cravat, a bold newspaper editor in Oklahoma’s Osage country, presses local figures on who killed Pegler while boasting of a model empire. Sabra warns of danger as Yancey taunts Estevan Miro and dispatches a terrifying Cherokee death cry, signaling rising peril.
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Socrates
Estevan Miro
Yancey
Pete Pitchlyn
Pegler
Spaniard
Miro
H’m
Yancey Cravat
Sabra
Cim
Isaiah
Yancey Questions Silence on Peg Ler Die
A lone figure named Yancey probes a small town crowd about Peg Ler’s death. He moves through Pawhuska avenue attracting wary glances as groups break apart at his quiet, determined approach. The scene shifts between saloon porches and street corners.
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Yancey
Pegler
Prince Albert
Pawhuska Avenue
Pete
Hair Trade Thrives at London Soho Fair
In Europe hair merchants travel countryside bidding for women’s hair as a livelihood. London’s Soho hosts a major hair market with dealers from many nations. Barbers crop the hair after bargains, fetching up to 30 or 40 dollars per pound. Germany and Alsace Lorraine supply much of the stock, with dark hair from France and Italy noted as premier.
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Europe
Soho
London
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Italy
First Black Slaves in Bedarian Egypt Alleged
A dated claim suggests Bedarian civilization around 10000 B C included the first black slaves. The wording presents an ancient Egypt hypothesis tied to slavery origins and early peoples.
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Ancient
Egypt
Mercolized Wax Keeps Skin Young
England hails rising births while alarm grows over a slump in birth rates. The piece notes a surprising drop in feline births, described as a problem greater than any previously faced, with manager Bustede of the Kensington Kitten Club not knowing the cause.
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England
Bustede
Kensington
Castoria promoted as safe remedy for children
An advertisement touts Castoria as a gentle, non narcotic medical aid for infants and older children. It claims safe relief from colic, digestive upset, and minor illnesses with a branded guarantee that the product bears the genuine name Castoria.
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Castoria
A Child Trades Hat For A Man With A Haircut
A lighthearted anecdote shows a child giving his father a hat that proved too small. The man who received it says it would fit after he gets a haircut, illustrating a small good deed and practical humor.
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United States
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Osage
Washington
Kansas
Gulf Coast
Abilene
Kan
Dodge City
Sooners
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Middle West
Reese
Reptilian
Cimarron
Chapter
Jaynes Vermitage
Elsie
Anna
Ned
Garfield
Henderson CO
Hot Springs
Ark
Kans
Frigidaire
J. W
Chelsea
Jacksonville, Florida
Dent Agency
16Th & Barrett
Sedalia
Darrow
Laclede
St. Louis
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N. x
Kansas City
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