Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok On Frontier Legend
A 19th century frontier tale recounts Calamity Jane alongside Wild Bill Hickok and Deadwood in 1876. The piece chronicles Calamity Jane’s daring rescues, fierce gun skill, and complex reputation while tying her fate to Hickok’s death and the era’s rough justice.
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Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Rede
London
France
Alfonso
Spain
Kaiser
Leo XII
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Buffalo Bl
Egan
Goose Creek
Jane
Captain Ryan
Captain Egan
Plains
William A. Allen
Spearfish
Red Water Crossing
Custer City
Red Water
Roseing
Deadwood Mall
Deadwood
Overland Lne
Wild Birch
Ress
Jack McCaull
Mcnull
McCaull
McCouall
Rodd
Wild Bill" Hickok
Perl
Frank
Buckskin
Buck
Calamity
Deadwood Gulch
Custer
Seymour G. Pond
Calamity Jane’s Tumultuous Life and Death in 1902
An obituary recounts Calamity Jane’s perilous era spanning multiple marriages and alleged involvement with dancing girls sent to Nebraska. After Wild Bill Hickok’s death her life wandered through frontier towns, ending with a lingering illness in 1902 and burial beside Hickok at an unmarked grave.
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Wild Bill
Deadwood
Swarringer
Nebraska
Camity
Jim Wall
Blackburn
Wyoming
Calamity
Douglas
Jane
Monte
Wild Bier
Whd Bill
Livingston Woman Named Chairman of National Music Dept
Mrs S R McCarthy of Livingston received a telegram from Mrs Eugene B Lawson of Novata Oklahoma, chairman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs music department, naming her national chairman of the department of religious music. McCarthy is state music chair and leads all music for the convention to be held here in October. Among the Egyptians Saturday is noted as the week's most unlucky day.
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Fort Laramie
la Bontie
Livingston
S. R. McCarthy
Eugene 8 B. Lawson
Novata
Okla
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
McCarthy
General Federation
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Easy Bowel Relief
A nostalgic ad urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to infants and children of all ages. It claims a tea spoonful today prevents illness tomorrow and warns to request genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitation products.
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California
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