Yellowstone Colter’s Hell and a 1920 National Park Bulletin
A historical overview explains how Colter’s Hell, now Yellowstone National Park, was first seen by white explorers like Colter and Bridger. It recounts the park’s 1872 establishment, its vast volcanic landscape, geysers such as Old Faithful, fossil forests, wildlife refuge status, and the 1920 Yellowstone Bulletin detailing routes, regulations, and trout fishing.
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Colter
Hell
Sam
Yellowstone
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Territory
Napoleon Naparte
United States
Mississippi
Great Britain
Jefferson
James Monroe
France
Robert R. Livingston
Napoleon
Spain
Louisiana
Canada
Rockies
Texas
Monroe
Livingston
Congress
St. Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
St. Louis
Columbia River
John Colter
Missouri
Platte
Manuel Lisa
Lisa
Fort
Big Horn
Jackson's Hole
Pierre's Hole
Fort Lisa
William Clark
West
Jim Bridger
Warren Angus Ferris
Geyeer
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Uncle Sam
National Park Service
Interior Department
Wyoming
Idaho
National Park
Great Interior
Mount Washburn
Norris
Heart Lake
Rand
Thumb
Grand Canyon
Niagara
Park
Lamar River
Yellowstone Lake
Priceless Money and the Vienna Bank Exchange Joke
An American soldier on an allied mission in Vienna exchanged $10 in gold at a bank, asking for kroners. The cashier replied with a quip that the amount depends on desire. The piece ends with a reflection on why people rush to work when sick and avoid it when well.
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Vienna
Weil
Soldiers of Five Wars Honored Under Pemberton Oak
From Bristol Virginia Tennessee the John Pemberton oak marked by Sycamore Shoals chapter was nominated for a hall of fame by Mrs H F Lewis Virginia DAR secretary The tree witnessed Col John Pemberton muster for Kings Mountain and drilled soldiers in Wars 1812 Mexican Civil World War I II.
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John Pemberton
Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
American Forestry Association
Washington
H. F. Lewis
King’s Mountain
Sycamore Shoals
American Forestry Magazine
Glasgow minister aghast at munition worker’s piano purchase
A Glasgow minister visiting a poor munition worker finds she bought a $200 piano to outdo a neighbor who paid $195. When asked if any neighbor plays, she replies a young man will arrive that night to show them how it works.
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Glasgow
Plano
London Chronicle
Absentminded Doctor Confession Stuns Colleagues
A humorous exchange in Cincinnati features a doctor admitting he once wrote his own name in the space for cause of death on a death certificate. The other doctor questions the notion of absentmindedness as they joke about the help and humor found in medical life.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Warnings
An old promotional notice touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for frequent colds and acute catarrh by building up the system and cleansing the blood. It claims internal action on mucous surfaces and offers free circulars from FB Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Mr. Arendt
Hall
FB. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Kelly’s comic reply tests guard duty absence
The excerpt shows Kelly answering a judge advocate during a mock guard duty inquiry. Asked where he was when chief sentries passed by, he deflects with a humorously evasive reply about being unseen, ending with a wry plea that he’s been worrying about the sight line.
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Kelly
The
American Legion Weekly
Heaven's pick for Toby leaves family in grief
A family mourns after their dog Toby is killed by a car and laid to rest in the garden as the two younger brothers debate miracle and divine reasons. The elder asks about a resurrection, the younger offers a childlike explanation that God took Toby for heaven, then softly calls it a mean act.
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Toby
Making Hay and a Captain's Secret Fund
A Louisville Courier Journal item questions a precinct captain's actions and hints at a large monthly sum of sixty thousand dollars. The brisk remark implies possible misconduct or corruption surrounding the precinct leadership. The tone suggests speculation rather than confirmed charges.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Owstone
FY Bist National Park
Cas
Cleopa
Lerrace Palatone
Lol Springs
Sileek
Yellowstone River
J. F. Arendt
Romiy
Mr. J. F. Arendt
Fletcher
Postum
Cadac
Battle Creek
Mich
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