Mountain Chapter XXII ends with ambushed pursuit and rescue plan
Whitman and companions, tracking Sioux and a white renegade force, decide to wait until dark to strike and then press toward Red Cloud's camp to seize him. They witness Mabel Fleming and Jennie Greyson being paraded to Red Cloud's lodge as Gen Greyson and Col Leroy intervene to save them.
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Whitman
Mabel
Jennie
Utah
Bertram Leroy
Cric
Guide Whitman
Bertram
Ned Castillo
Mike
Guido Whitman
Ned
Blue Creek
New Castillo
Milo
Halpah
Red Cloud
Richmond
Otter Jake
Crib
Mike Castillo
Sted Cloud
Gen
Greyson
Col
Leroy
Guskal
Medicine Man
Mabel Fleming
Jennie Greyson
Med Cloud
Col. Leroy
Mon-noh
St. Armand
Mon-nah
Mon-naah
Crown
Daughter
Monnah
Monnakh
Fle
Mariah
Porter Won Out Harix-Well Bunko Tale
A rustic report describes Porter fending off a bunko scheme in the city. Cy Corntassel-Heow is questioned about the handling while a character rides in a folding boatlike contraption.
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Porter
Harix
Trains Clip Record New York Central Lake Shore Twenty Hour Run
The Twenty Hour Limited trains on the Lake Shore and New York Central lines proved American rail speed by arriving in New York and Chicago three to four minutes early. The westward run to Buffalo maintained 49 miles per hour on average, surpassing some competitors abroad, despite a brief delay near New Carlisle.
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Lake Shore
New York
United States
Chicago
New York Central
Buffalo
New Carlisle
Grand Central Station
America
Merriam Named Census Director With Record Making Service
William Rush Merriam, longtime Minnesota governor and prominent public figure, serves as census director and reportedly breaks records in compiling the twelfth census. The Washington correspondent notes his broad career as banker, businessman, farmer, educator and statesman, and his move to St Paul after a late-life relocation.
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William Rush Merriam
Rensis
Wis
Washington
Minnesota
Merriam
New York
St. Paul
Everglades Drainage Spotlight Prompts Massive Land Gain
For fifty years discussion has focused on reclaiming the Everglades in Florida. Proposals suggest turning nearly a million acres into arable land to boost national wealth. The debate centers on practicality, environmental impact, and long term results.
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Cnet
Everglades
Florida
Transcontinental trains pace and Florida swamp reclamation plans
The piece compares long distance train speeds in the United States and Europe with routes such as the Empire State Express and London to Edinburgh. It then details surveys of Florida’s submerged basin, describing its fertile soil and plans to reclaim nearly 2 million acres for sugar cane, vegetables, rice, and corn, transforming the area into a productive land with canals and drainage.
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Floridan
Great Basin
Florida
Saxo
James R. Keene and His Royal Dinner Debut
James R. Keene, famed Wall Street financier, enjoyed a confidential finance chat with King Edward at Lady Lister-Kaye's dinner. Born in England to a wealthy London merchant, Keene later emigrated to America and remains regarded as an American in spirit.
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King Edward
James R. Keene
America
Mr. Keene
Religious News and Notes Highlights Growth and Challenges
The article notes 227 sects in Britain and Ireland and the first Loyal Temperance Legion in Mexico organized by Miss Effie Dunmore in Guanajuato. It cites the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Great Britain reporting the largest membership rise in nineteen years and mentions Rev. H. G. Jackson addressing difficulties in institutional church work in Ohio.
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Great Britain
Ireland
Loyal Temperance Legion
Mexico
Effie Dunmore
Guanajuato
Wesleyan Methodist Church of
H. G. Jackson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Ohiente
Peace brings loss as British agents ship horses to South Africa
Judge Advocate Crowder reports to the President that British agents at Lathrop Missouri have spent 17,935,850 dollars for 98,687 horses and 75,108 mules shipped from New Orleans to South Africa. They also paid freight forage labor and related costs. prices reached 80 dollars per mule and 50 dollars for unbroken ranch horses.
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United States
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Glasgow
the Twentietilt Century Limited
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