Cravat Family Confronts Frontier Claim and Rivalry
In a tense family gathering set against a western Run for land, Yancey Cravat recounts a perilous race to Little Bear Creek with a rival Kentucky woman and an old plainsman. Tensions rise as Sabra Venable challenges his claims and Felice denounces his departure for Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ileve
Jouett Goforth
Yancey
Cragat
Jonett
Santa Fe
Venables
Yancey Cravat
Kentucky
Jiere
Frontine
Little Bear
Tittwith
Prince Albert
Velice Venable
Whitefoot
Little Bear Creek
G—d
Alain
Sabra
Starinz
Lewis
Mellie Venable
Indian Territory
Mimi
Yuncey
Petrce
Tliter
Felice
Mami
Yancey Crivat
Jie
Felice Venable
Wagallala—Sperry
Wawhuska
Osage
Lewis Venable
Tie
Elive Venable
Yancey Cravat Recalls Indian Territory Visit
Yancey Cravat, back from the newly opened Indian territory, speaks to a large Venable family gathering. He is Sabra Venable’s husband, a criminal lawyer, and editor of the Wichita Viewam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yancey Cravat
Indian Territory
Venable
Yancey
Sabra’ Venable
The
Wichita Viewam
Dreamer Golf Match Interrupted by Alarm
A husband wakes to an alarm and returns to sleep to finish a golf dream with Bobby Jones. His wife finds it humorous, while he explains he wanted to finish the match and punch a pest in the nose, but he cannot recall if he did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band
Bobby Jones
Cooling for a Year A huge mirror
A massive mirror spent about a year cooling before completion. The lengthy process reflects careful craftsmanship and significant time invested in shaping and stabilizing the reflective surface.
Ground Hog Day Superstition Across Europe
The clipping notes that Candlemas fair weather predicts two more winters and cites Latin, French, and German rhymes. It mentions the groundhog tradition and a German variant involving a papett. The passage presents a general survey of cross cultural superstition surrounding February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Pelican Snatches Striking Saltwater Snack in Murray River
A pelican near the Murray River in Australia seized a swimming snake, dragging it ashore with a long beak. The bird swallowed the prey but later lay dead. a hole in its crop revealed the snake had escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Australia
Pelican
Wise
Notion of Nothing Drives Student to Answer
In a classroom a teacher asks for the definition of nothing. A boy, Willie, replies that nothing is a bunghole without a barrel around it. The boy earns a quarter for his answer.
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Willie
Wille
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Edna
Ferber
Ana Ferber
Serilea Ces
Cim
Mellea Venable
Ughta
Ile
Oklahoma
Chon
Fellea
Sammy
Sammy Sausuh
Brother Tacen
Eiron
Parts
Daravard
Thyreon
Pinky Pig
Roe
Pink
Grandfather Porky
Tai
Tre
Phice
Sammy Sausage
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