Geronimo Surrenders After Five Months Pursuit On Arizona Front
Gen Miles recalls the long campaign to capture Geronimo and his band. He compares the hunt to corralling mustangs, describes the district strategy, heliograph communication, and the decisive role of Capt Lawton and Capt Wood. Geronimo agrees to surrender after hostage exchange with Fort Bowie.
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Washington
Nelson
A. Miles
Geronimo
Arizona
Mexico
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Cuba
Natchez
Lawton
Skeleton Canyon
Fort Bowie
Lawson
Skeleton ‘Canyon
Gen. Sherman
Fort
Bowie
Mount Colima Eruptions Draw Local Awe and Hazard
In Tuxpan Mexico locals view Mount Colima's long semi active eruptions as a spectacle and routine danger. Earthquakes accompany bursts, but villagers stay in place enjoying the show while scientists warn seismic activity is local to the volcano.
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Tuxpan
Mexico
Colima
Mount
North American
Mount Colima
Penn Professor Plans Balloon North Pole Dash Next July
George E. Nitzche head of Penn publicity prepares a Spitzbergen expedition with three balloons and possibly an aeroplane. He aims for a polar crossing in July, following a mild Arctic survey by a 30 member party on the Kongharold.
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North Pole
Andre
Wellman
Nitzche
Spitzbergen
Arctic Circle
Greenland
Kongharold
Hesitating Sim Who Never Knew Exactly What He Wanted
In a tale of Sim Housington a hesitant man dwells on choices from fence building to marriage. Neighbors discuss rail versus board fences and Sim's indecision, while the schoolmaster observes counterviews before Sim's final moment with a decisive partner. The toast ends with his fiancée promising to decide for him.
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Sim
Sim Housington
Wash Hancock
Harrer
Hank Tulliver
Hancock
First Grandchild Letter Brings Grandmother Joy
A Columbus State Journal excerpt reflects on a grandmother reading her grandchild’s first letter. The writer extols the moment as a universal, unmatched source of bliss, surpassing literary giants and invoking deep emotion, memory, and affection.
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St. John’s
Columbus (Co
State Journal
Casey the Contractor Laid in State in Parlor
An old Irishman named Casey, once a wealthy contractor, built a fine home for his children who spurned him. After his death the family displayed a lavish funeral, but an old Irish woman visiting the parlor recognized him and quipped that he’d finally been let into the parlor at last.
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Casey
Lasht
Grizzlies Vary In Diet By Locality In Rockies
A Fur News note describes grizzlies in the Rockies eating dog tooth violet and spring beauty leaves in one area while further north or south they prefer shooting star shoots in the Bitterroot mountains. The piece argues locality explains debated views among nature writers.
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Rockies
First Freedmen Enlistment Ceremony at Beaufort
On November 7, 1862 the first muster of freedmen into the U S army occurred at Gen Saxton's Beaufort headquarters South Carolina. Capt James read the roll as the men answered Here and took the oath of allegiance administered by Gen Saxton before marching back to camp.
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United States Army
Saxton
Beaufort
S. C
Port Royal
Department of the South
James
Lent Beginnings and Meat Prohibitions Through History
The text tracks Lent's origin to Pope Telesphorus and shows early practice shifting from Sunday observance to a 40 day fast after additions by Pope Felix III. It notes England’s first observance in 1640, prior meat prohibitions, Henry VII's 1543 white meat permit, and later full meat bans under James I and Charles I.
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Telesphorus
Felix III
England
Henry VII
James I
Charles I
Jim Case at South Hollow Trotter Recalled in Anecdote
A reminiscence recalls Jim Case in South Hollow where a man watches a horse's trot and tests speed. The speaker recalls driving the animal for about three minutes to cover a mile, comparing the pace to a spirited ride.
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Jim Case
South Hollow
Dangerous literature on a steamship sales pitch
A steamship agent offers illustrated booklets describing trips to many parts of the world and urges recipients to take them away. The fragment suggests a promotional scene with eager presentation of travel literature.
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Chase
Fluke
Oppenheimer Block
Gibbon
the Drug Store of Quality
Chariton, Iowa
Jime
J. W. Brown McManns & Johnson
Gen. Miles
Savage
Nelson A. Miles
Mexico’s
G. E. Nitzche
New York
George E. Nitzche
Department of Publicity
University of Pennsylvania
Borge
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