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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1911

Page

8

Kelth the bar plansman hunts murderers in Carson City

Kelth the plainsman travels Santa trail pursuing raiders after a grisly murder. He reaches a camp, spies a wagon and riders, and learns the killers fled. In a prison escape with a Black Bart ally, Kelth and Neb flee toward safety. A cabin reveals a young girl seeking her brother. Hawley intervenes, leading to a fierce midnight battle where Kelth prevails over Black Bart.

Santa Trail Kelth Carson City Age Negro Neb Keith Virginia John ‘Sibley Wills ‘Waite Tha ‘Plainaman Kaith Cannon’ City Plains Mr. Hawley Hawley

Escape in the Night from Hawley’s Campors

Keith and Miss Hope flee Hawley’s gang after freeing a captured horse, plan a long ride toward safety while avoiding pursuit. They rendezvous with Ned, prepare for escape, and cross the river into the dark Comanche country, aiming for the Arkansas line.

Through the Night Shadows on a Frontier Trail

Keith and Miss Hope ride at night seeking a cabin on the Salt Fork near the Arkansas frontier. He studies wind and bark to stay on course while sparing her from danger as they suspect Hawley, a notorious gambler, may be deeper in misdeeds than she knows.

Christie Maclaire Hawley Keith Wathead Mivat Mr. Hawley Ned Miss Maclaire Hope Christie Maglaire Miss Hope Kat Arkansas Hawkey D Xelth Wfe Salt Fork Arkansan Kansas Black Bart Brie

Training in Good Manners Before a Boy Reaches Adulthood

A speaker argues early training of children in polite conduct, noting mothers often delay manners to focus on character. He cites routines taught from trousers onset, including removing hats indoors, rising for ladies, and never leaving a room before a woman, claiming these habits become second nature.

Harper's Bazar

Platform quip mocks politics with free fireworks and pensions

Governor Dix at a Manhattan dinner quotes a political jest about a candidate’s platform. The imagined plan promises no pay for elected officials and pensions for all voters, echoing the Goncourt anecdote about political perks.

Dix Manhattan New York Goncourta South Goncourts

On Ice at Bad Buckes Scarce Funerals Near

The scene at Bad Buckes features cow punchers in a restrained skirmish, with Alkall Ike noting the cool demeanor of the fighters. An eastern taurel adds that the funeral seems delayed by a couple of days for unspecified reasons.

Alkall Ike Bad Bucke'’s Taurlel Yaas

Mistaken Affability at Sea Captivity Questioned

A pirate asks what forced the prisoner to walk the plank quickly. The captive is described as cheerful and familiar in humor, greeting the pirate chief with the remark Oh you Captain Kids. The exchange highlights a moment of strained camaraderie aboard the ship.

Hia Trade Denudt in a Way Hold Life Together

Fragmentary exchange notes a missing context about filling gaps of Ums. The lines hint at a cryptic dialogue on dependence and cohesion within relationships or language. The text presents a nonlinear, incomplete snapshot from the source.

Aged Light Keeper Mrs Williames Ends Long Service

Santa Barbara obituary recalls Mrs Julian Williams who served nearly forty years as assistant and chief keeper at Point Santa Barbara lighthouse. Her husband Albert Williams helped in establishing the first station in 1866. She climbed the steps nightly for decades and trimmed the lamp at midnight, maintaining a constant beacon over the ocean.

Santa Barbara Cal Julian F. Williame United States Little Lghthouse Point Santa Barbara Mra Wiliams Albert Johnson Wiliams California Hima Williams Julian Lght Altica Keleper Mra. Williama

Man Chopped Off Her Leg in Mill Accident

Mary Blaitz, a mill worker in Austin, Pennsylvania, recounted in the hospital the moment a pulp grinding stone toppled through a wall and pinned her. After pleas to amputate, a bystander for whom she begged, Joe Vonargs, could not act, and another man finally severed the leg amid severe pain. The doctor said the stump was dressed skillfully and she would recover.

Austin Mary Blaitz Joe Vonargs Joe Mary Hospital Qaid

Cupid Lurks About Post Office Marriage in Petersburg

Miss Panay Akbridge deputy and Morris Mount of Petersburg eloped to Henderson Kentucky and were married. The bride is the tenth deputy in the Petersburg office to wed in the last year.

Cupid Petersburg Ind Panay Akbridge Morris Mount Henderson

Mystery bones found on Casey county farm

Somerset Kentucky report says a box filled with bones of at least three babies was unearthed on the late Alexander Hicks farm after heavy rain exposed it in a gulley. Local authorities are investigating the find.

Somerset Casey County Alexander Hicks Guily

Cured eczema from Resinol products touted by mother

A Philadelphia mother credits Resinol Ointment and Soap with curing her son’s severe eczema after three weeks of use. The ad quotes Mrs. Florence Griffin of 928 Winton Street and highlights Resinol as physician prescribed for skin irritations. It promotes ointment in jars and soap for general use and as infant care, with samples offered by Department No. 61, Resinol Chemical Co.

Realnol Florence Griffin Winton, Street Philadelphia Pas Resinol Chemical Co Baltmore

Noiseless Koup Spoon Puzzles Guest as Pellet Claim

A reader questions how a noiseless spoon works while a vendor touts iPr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets. The sugar coated granules are marketed as a candy like remedy to regulate digestion and bowels with a claim of no noise during use.

Pierce

Fever’n On Football Fever at Dinner Party

In Philadelphia George H. Earle Jr jokes about a broker’s boy on Third Street who asks to leave early for a funeral match that becomes a football ceremony, the remark ending with the boy withdrawing in blush.

George H. Earle, Jr Philadelphia Third Street

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