Red Clouds Attack on Major Jim Powell at Fort Phil Kearny
An account of Red Cloud leading a Sioux assault on Major Jim Powell's camp on August 2, 1867, at Fort Phil Kearny. The defense featured breech loading rifles and a brutal three hour siege, with 800 warriors opposing a small white reinforcement group. Reports suggest heavy Indian losses and a dramatic rescue across a rope linked by lariats.
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RED Cloud
Jim’’ Powell
Big Horn Country
Crazy Woman’s Fork
Wyo
Rea Cloud
Powell
Twenty Seventh Infantry
Fort Phil Kearney
Nad
Rocky Bear
Department
Sartin
Theur
Walt
Ginral
Horses and Mules for War From Farmers Offered
County Agent H F Grote seeks horses and mules directly from farmers for wartime needs. Specifications cover age weight height and calm dispositions for cavalry artillery infantry and pack or harness use. A buyer will visit Fredericksburg to weigh and measure animals on September 20, 1917 at the Farmers Produce Co.
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H. F. Grote County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
War Department
Signal Corps
Engineer Corps
Fredericksburg
Grote
Farmers Produce Co
Estimated Wheat Quirements for Winter and Other Cereals
The Department of Agriculture Circular 79 projects sowing 47,337,000 acres of winter wheat and 5,131,000 of rye this fall with total world needs near 48.7 million winter wheat, 19 million spring wheat, 5.6 million rye, 7.9 barley, 45.2 oats and 111.5 corn. Compared with ten year averages these acreages show large gains, especially 124 percent for rye and 22 percent overall cereals, while 1917 comparisons reveal mixed shifts. The report stresses serious thought on feasible planting levels given U S and allied European food needs next year.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Europe
Osel Bros Buy Agricultural Produce Ad
Local grocer Osel Bros advertises top prices for poultry eggs butter and all country produce promising savings on groceries with a direct buy slogan aimed at farmers and households.
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Osel Bros
Death of Louis von Hagen, Texas official in Austin
News of the passing of Louis von Hagen, longtime member of the Texas Board of Paroles, evokes mourning in the capital. Described as a picturesque, devoted public servant with a strong heart and keen mind, he earned the nickname Captain von Hagen in Austin.
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Texas
Louis von Hagen
Parsons
Orman
Captain von Hagen
Austin
Rheumatism Arrest and Service in Prussian Army Biography
A fragmented obituary style notice describes a man who had rheumatism and served in the Prussian army during a siege. It notes an October 1858 commission and later emigration to America. In 1870 he became a first lieutenant in a ranger regiment and served with Governor Hogg as co commander. Governor Co appointed him to the Board of Pardons in a May review.
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Tria
America
Hogg
Board of Pardons
Resolutions Commemorate Death of H G T Kowert
The Ladies Auxiliary honor H G T Kowert as an iron upright citizen and true friend to the school and community. They express deep sympathy to his widow and children, acknowledge his service to local interests, and resolve to publish the resolutions and place them in minutes, signed by committee members Miss Elsbeth Hanisch Mrs A W Mours and Mrs L K Tainter.
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H. G. T. Kowert
Anusii
Elsbeth Hanisch
A. W. Mours
L. K. Tainter
The Joke Reco led Riggs and the Teasing Transcript
A fragmented dialogue recounts a joke about marriage and identity. The speakers joke about not knowing a wife’s prior marriage while a person named Riggs comments on a portrait and a mistaken relationship. The text appears as a clipped transcript with garbled punctuation.
Mosel Bros Flour Oats and Feed Wholesale and Retail
Mosel Bros offers flour oats cold pressed cottons and all kinds of feed wholesale and retail with delivery availability. Local business notes indicate a broad range of grain products and farm supplies served to customers.
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Mosel Bros
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Andrew Burt
United States Army
Jenness
Corral
Ligoett & Myers Tobacco
Scott
Reco
Riggs
Lars
Kolmeier
Kieri
Kolmeier & Klier
Kolmeier& Klier Co
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