Williston and Langford Join Fight Against Cattle Thieves
Louise Dale, a court reporter from Wind City, travels to Ikemah county with the judge’s support to cover the Jesse Black cattle theft case. She meets Paul Langford of the Three Bars and joins Williston’s effort to bring the gang to justice while navigating a harsh frontier town and a growing attraction to Langford’s world.
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George Williston
Missouri
Brand
Paul Langford
Paul Langford, the Rich Owner of the “Three Bars” Ranch
Williston
Jesse Diack
Ikemab County
South Dunkott
Langford
Willston
Jesse Black
Mary
St. Louise
Wind City
Hin
Louise
Aunt Helen
Tradt
Tion
Haromond Dale
Kemah County
Miss Dale
Jesse Rilack
Wttle
Mary Williston
Velpen
Richard Gordon
South Dakota
Louise Dale
Dick Gordon
Infringed Copyright Tale From A Poaching Tale
A Chicago lawyer recalls Frederick McNally noting a copyright infringement was likely accidental. An amateur publisher, likened to a village tale, sold game at low price. The rector suspects honesty, while a peasant girl claims her father is a poacher to Lord Clare.
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Frederick McNally
Chicago
Lost pocketbook tale and faker prize anecdote
A man at a fashionable summer resort reports a lost dark red Hugslau leather pocketbook with a clasp to the hotel landlord, joking about its shape and time spent there. A second anecdote, about a peasant family and a dog stopping a clock pendulum to quiet a sleeping baby, ends with astonishment from the counter oysters.
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New York
Practical Fashions Dress Pattern No 2321 in Instep Length
Paris Pattern No 2321 presents a ladies dress with a princess front panel and round yoke in instep length. Suitable for thin fabrics. trimmed with embroidery or lace insertion and edging. six sizes 32 to 42 bust. Cost and materials listed. send 10 cents to Pattern Writer with size and pattern number.
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Paris
MISSES SHIRT WAIST PATTERN NO. 2310
Pattern advertisement describes a Paris pattern No. 2310 for a tailored shirt waist for ages 13 to 17 with a box-plait back, seamless yoke, and full sleeves. It lists fabric requirements in multiple widths and notes the pattern editor as the source in the newspaper. Also mentions a war at home headline about 10,000 soldiers of peace killed yearly by machines, including railroads.
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Paris
First Daily Paper The Daily Courant of London 1702
The Daily Courant began on March 11, 1702 as a single page two column British journal titled the first daily paper. It claimed to print only foreign news and avoided authorial commentary, urging readers to form their own reflections.
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Daily Courant of London
EB. Mallet
Fleet Bridge
Bear Put Muzzle On Himself
Four prospectors in Idaho Bitter Root range shelter in a one room log cabin. A bear breaks in at night, ransacks the cupboard for bacon buckwheat and lard, then becomes muzzled by a lard can. The bear bellows and crashes out the door as the men laugh at the comic escape.
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Bitter Root
Idaho
Brain
Reverend Palmer Rides Hearse For Warm Reflections
The Rev Charles James Palmer of Lanesboro Massachusetts officiated at Elihu Ingrahams funeral on a cold day. With an open carriage as his only conveyance he rode the hearse to the parish house and described it as warm and cozy with scenery to reflect on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles James Palmer
Lanesboro
Mass
Elihu Ingraham
Palmer
Berkshire
Harvard
Ingraham
Mr. Palmer
Oldest newspaper hoarded at Heidelberg in 1609 issue
A fragment from 1609 claims to be part of the oldest newspaper. Signed by editor Johann Carolus the 12 page brochure notes a journal published for several years. It lists weekly letters from 17 cities including Frankfort Amsterdam Brussels The Hague Lyons Rome Venice Vienna and Prague.
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University of Heidelberg
Johann Carolus
Frankfort
Amsterdam
Brussels
The
Hague
Lyons
Rome
Venice
Vienna
Prague
Evolution of the patent medicine business from household remedies
The text traces how home made remedies in early America evolved into the patent medicine industry. It notes housewives and doctors creating and sharing cures, the rise of large scale production, and the Peruna remedy by Dr. Hartman of Mennonite origin. Peruna is credited with treating coughs colds sore throats bronchitis and catarrhal diseases and gaining wide family use.
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EVERY
Pennsylvania
Hartman
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Kate and
Virgil D. Boyles
Father
Lord Clare
Mr. Johnson
Bear
CincInnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
Cattur
the Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mid
Water Street
New York City
Wwe
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