Winning 2 C Against Fate by Edward Ed Clarko
A wartime Washington letter by Gen Nelson A Miles praises five enlisted men of the Sixth Cavalry for heroic actions near the Red River Texas in 1874. Officers Biddle and Compton led a two-troop force against 600 warriors while couriers rode to Camp Supply, and Sgt Zacharias Woodall with four men held off Cheyennes under pressure.
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Sixth United States Cavalry
Red River
Texas
Sixth Cavalry
Kansas
Nelson A. Miles
Fort Dodge
Biddle
Compton
Tule River
Sixth
Indian Territory
Nanteera
Sergt
Zacharias T. Woodall
Ady
Woodall
Sergt. Woodall
Divonne
Carbings
Uttle Prairie
Old Plains
White River
Colorado
Fort
D. A. Russell
Wesley Merritt
Merritt
Lieut
Welr
Ordnance Corps
Military Academy
Fifth Cavalry
Paul Hume
Weir
Leutenant
William H. Hall
Washington
Oicer
Hall
Far West Youthful Spirit Seen as National Asset
Rev A Eugene Bartlett reports on his western tour praising the Far West for its irrigation push and conservation efforts. He argues the U S must move beyond Eastern standards and notes vast room for population and wealth, urging unity across regions and Canada. He also cites forestry declines and a national push to protect forest resources.
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Chicago
America
Rome
New England
Far West
New
United States
A. Eugene Bartlett
Church of the Redeemer
Middle West
West
Canada
Rich Convicts Targeted by Blackmail in Riverside Penitentiary
A prison investigation accuses guards at Riverside Penitentiary of extorting wealthy inmates for “good behavior” marks. It alleges the prisoners, mostly wreckers, attempted to run the prison, prompting intervention from War Department Francie and leading to action against officers.
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Pittsburg
Riverside
William Montgomery
Caubler
Allegheny National Bank
Rinehart
Sermnern
Dearare’, Beaks
C. Eaburg
Ing Po
Coal Freight Rates Challenged by Colorado Group
The Colorado Coal Treffle Association filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against Colorado & Southern Denver & Rio Grande and Chicago Rock Island alleging illegal freight rate practices in Colorado and routes toward Nebraska and Kansas.
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Washington
Colorado Coal Treffle Association
Firma
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado & Southern
Denver & Rio Grande
Chicago
Rock Island
Aimar Tetas
Colorado
Pointe
Nebraska
Kacsas
Curtiss Captures International Aviation Cup At Rheims
Glenn H. Curtiss wins the International Aviation Cup in Rheims after a rapid preparation period. The New York inventor built an eight cylinder water cooled motor, achieved 60 horsepower, and piloted a 20 foot wide biplane weighing 1800 pounds. He previously set speed and endurance marks in America and contributed to aero motor development at Hammondsport.
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New York
Rheims
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtise
France
Rhelma
Hammondsport
N. Y
America
Alexander Graham Bell
Arelal Experiment Association
Baddeck
Nova Scotia
Hammondaport
Curtins
Curtiss
Aeronautic Society of
New York City
Morris Park
Hempstead Plains
Mineola
Europe
Eeerete Sak
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Edward ED. Clarko
Nee de To
Bia
Iieuten
Hume
Halli
Tie Wen
Lee
Treadwell Cleveland, Jr
Bureau of Forestry
Cleveland Con Houes
Banda
Glenn Curtiss
Aviation
Curtles
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