Jim Beckwourth and the Wests Great Lie Legacy
A study of Jim Beckwourth, famed rider and trader, and the Bonner biography. De Voto re evaluates Beckwourth’s life, separating legend from fact, noting Beckwourth's unreliable numbers romance and personal grandeur while tracing his frontier exploits, marriages and later trading career through St. Louis to Pueblo and Santa Fe.
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Elmo Scott Watson
United States
Jim Bridger
Jim Beckwourth
Old Jim Bridger
Yellowstone National Park
Old Jim
Beckwourth
T. B. Bonner
Sierras
California
Bonner
Cee
Samson
Jim Beckwourd
Francis Parkman
West
Alfred A. Knopf
New York
Bernard de Voto
de Voto
Jim
James
Anto
Fredericksburg
Maryland
St. Louis
Mississippi
Galena
Ill
New Orleans
William Henry Ashley
Missouri
Andrew Henry
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Ashley
Henry
Yellowstone
Jedidiah Smith
Ulysses
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Fitz
Etienne Provo
Provo
Utah
William and Milton Sublette
Jim, Bridger
Hugh Glass
Robert Campbell
David Jackson
Johnson Gardner
General Ashley
Eliza
Jin Beckwourth
Sublette
S °Itzpatrick
Colorado
Arkansas
Pueblo
Pittsburgh
Santa Fe
Senotita Louisa Sandeville
New Mexico
Kearney
Indian medicine man cures Peruvian patient in two days
A narrator recalls a friend in Peru who fell sick and could not be helped by doctors. An Indian medicine man offered dried leaves, smelled them, and after a nosebleed the same leaves were used again to stop bleeding, leading to the patient’s swift recovery in two days.
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Peru
Gervant
Lima
Joye
Damascus to Medina Hadj Railroad Faces Rebuild Debate
The Damascus Medina Hadj railroad, once strong as a world carrier, was destroyed in World War I and now faces a petition to rebuild. It carried no freight and served only pilgrims traveling to or from the Hadj, with Christians barred from passenger use.
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Damascus- Medina-Hadj
Wall Street Journal
King of Homs
America
France
Belgium
Germany
Sign of the Two Apes Inn Joke Reveals Mistaken Name
A humorous anecdote cites a drunken visitor at a pub named The Sign of the Two Apes. He demands to see a partner, only to hear the landlord insist there is no partner and chide the imitation sign. The tale contrasts inns with literary fame and public expectations.
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America
Trees For Iceland Experiment Transplants Canadian Timber
Treeless Iceland aims to become wooded by wholesale transplanting northern Canada grown trees. Initial shipments of spruce pine tamarack and balsam have been well received and found suited to the climate. Securing wood could aid island inhabitants, with funds sought from international humanitarian sources.
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Iceland
Canada
Earth's Wickedest Spot
Macao, Portugal's two-square-mile city island at the mouth of the Canton river, China, is described as the most sinful spot on earth. Its chief business is to exploit every vice including opium smoking, fan-tan, roulette, lotteries, liquor, and sex workers for crowds from Hong Kong and nearby cities.
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Macao
Portugal
Canton River
China
Hong Kong
Collier's Magazine
Vision Unnecessary What are your Views on kissing
A brief dialogue fragment shows a person asked for their views on kissing replying they have none and always shut their eyes in response. The exchange centers on avoidance and eye closure rather than explicit commentary.
Limit in Dumbness Not Very Amusing Story Fragment
A fragment from a literary exchange contrasts wit and doubt with remarks on amusement. The dialogue hints at themes of love, desire, and a failing cough as obstacles to humor and charm.
Act Your Age Health Tonic Endorsed by Men
The ad appeals to aging men with older looks, claiming health restores youth through Fellows' Syrup. It asserts regular use by older men who report renewed pep and life. Readers are urged to buy at the local druggist, take three daily doses, and observe improved vitality.
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Coe
Rector and wife earn pilot licenses on silver wedding day
Reverend John Kyddoke and his wife of Teleussey England qualified for pilot licenses on their sixty first and fifty second birthdays. They tested at Tollerton airfield where one test required a 2000 foot climb and a precision landing within 100 yards. Mrs Pyddoke passed easily after learning to fly two years earlier and encouraged her husband to fly on a later trip despite a rough day.
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John Kyddoke
Teleussey
England
Tollerton
Plus Adding Machine Golfer and Caddie Banter
A playful exchange from Ipswich Star shows a golfer arguing over scoring at a hole. The caddie retorts that the golfer wants a clerk instead of help, highlighting the humorous clash of roles on the course.
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Ipswich
Juvenile Questioning Identity Sparks Household Doubt
A juvenile dialogue centers on identity as a boy asks if he is human. The hired man contends otherwise prompting a tense exchange about belonging and humanity within the home.
Very Useful Smythe Decoy Tool for Rattlesnake Hunting
The message references a rattlesnake hunting decoy crafted or dubbed the Very Useful Smythe. It implies using a rattling tray as a lure or distraction to aid hunting, though details and context are limited.
Seasoned Traveler and the Hitchhiker Exchange
A brief dialogue sketches a chance meeting where a seasoned traveler recalls a past encounter while the hitchhiker hints she once rode with strangers. The exchange suggests shared memory and incongruent recognition between two wandering people.
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Trappers
Rede Vors
Becki
Fellows Syrup
Calif
Hiscox Chem
N.Y
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
W. N. UL
Billings, NO
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