A night pursuit ends in a fierce encounter with Indians
In fall 1865 a small band near Comanche chased a band of Indians westward. A running fight ensued after midnight in rain and mud, with Jack Wright wounded by an Indian arrow but the party killing most of the attackers. One member died later as the group buried their fallen comrade near Comanche.
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Comanche
Jack Wright
Tias Cox
Malicia
Cox
Jack
Ferdlinn
Jim Millicon
Tim
Wright
Rev
H. Powers
Jim Millican
Bil Carver
Tom Wright
Bas Cox
Mallein Coy
Br. J. Deaton
Twothers
Cox's Ranch
The Killing of Captain Allen Anderson
The narrative recounts a summer pursuit near Comanche in which Captain Allen Anderson is killed during a chase after Indians. After trailing them overnight, the party returns toward Blanket creek and encounters Anderson in a brush thicket. John Cox fires the fatal shot, mistaking him for an Indian, as Anderson collapses in Bill Kingsberry's arms. Cox, realizing the tragedy, exclaims My God.
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Cox
Capt. Anderson
F. M. Collier
James Cunningham
Aaron Cunningham
Wallay Cox
Tom Denton
Tow Corn
John Cox
Billingsberry
Comanche
Sweetwater
Teeqne
Whenke
Comanche A
Blanket Creek
Anderson Esid
Anderson
Capt. Cunningham
Anick
Bill Kingsberry
Kingsberry
Baptists Stand Against Darwin Theory Across State
A committee of fifteen Baptist leaders adopted a strong statement at the state convention in Dallas opposing Darwinian evolution and other modern theories. The document affirms Scripture as the true account of creation, rejects rationalism, and calls for no teachers in Baptist schools who teach these heresies.
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Dallas
Jesus Christ
Prickly Ash Bitters Sold as Kidney Remedy
Advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as an instant attention kidney remedy for back pain and urinary issues. Targeted at elderly men with a price of 1.25 dollars per bottle from Hamilton Drug Co and Win Reeve Co, listed as special agents.
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Hamilton Drug Co
Win
Reeve Co
Two of a Kind
A crude dialogue between two characters discusses getting rid of a mule. One taunts the other about the mule’s stubbornness and personal pride in keeping it, revealing regional dialect and informal rural humor.
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Virginia Darkey
Jim
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Jim Moody
Adaed
Paris Smith
Texas
FBI
Vila
Wayne Hill
the Tailor North Side
Pf. O. Dept
Fort Worth
Texnas-Owned
Star- Telegram
New York City
Jiggs—Mutt and
Jeff Andy Gumps
Sun
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