Cruse’s Lasting Valor in the Big Dry Wash Fight
In 1882 near the Big Dry Wash Cruse, then second lieutenant in K Troop of the Sixth Cavalry, stood amid heavy Apache fire. He carried a wounded trooper, killed an Apache, and covered retreat while his two men aided the wounded man, earning a bronze badge for gallantry.
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Ason Cruse
Homas Cruse
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
Colonel Cruse
Tom Cruse
Cruse
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
Arizona
Big Dry Wash
Catholin
Thy
Hin
Edward B. Clark
Chicago Record Herald
Man Defeats Dog in Nighttime Struggle at Newburg Home
Dr. Robert J. Kingston awakened by a ferocious St Bernard weighing over 200 pounds. After a more than hour battle, he strangled the beast to death to protect his family. Kingston had raised the dog from a puppy and kept it at home for protection.
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Dr. Kingston
Kingston
Bryant Young
Odell
Robert J. Kingston
Newburg
N. Y
Bruno
Wire
Tigers on the loose and a heroic rescue at a Clifton fete
A London Chronicle tale recalls a Clifton zoo fete when no tiger escaped. The tiger was found at dawn in a disused monkey house corner after a mass of children enjoyed fireworks and games. A Connecticut sawyer and wife fend off a wildcat. the wife saved her husband with a shotgun strike. An American lineman survived a near fatal wire fall by gripping an electric feed.
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England
London Chronicle
Clifton
Louie
John Green
Green
Sawyer
Cannon Mountain
Connecticut
Whales Attack Men in a Canoe at Fort Simpson
A Chicago Tribune special reports two Charleston telegraph line workers at Fort Simpson were gravely hurt while fending off enraged whales that struck their light canoe on Skeena River. Sixty men are stringing Government wires. three whales chased by a dozen men reached the boat scene. one boat was smashed, an arm broken, and another knocked unconscious.
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Charleston
Fort Simpson
Vancouver
B. C
Skeena River
Chicago Tribune
East Africa cave site and vast engines in a world roundup
A Le Mouvement Geographique writer describes an East African cave chamber reaching 250 feet and another area of 6000 square yards. The report notes India’s coal output rising by about 40 percent year over year and export activity increasing. It also covers a 1.5 million pound steam engine in East Pittsburgh delivering up to 10,500 horsepower, and a French kite propulsion experiment. Additionally, Antarctic ice distribution near the poles and new estimates of atmospheric height by Professor Woodward are discussed.
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le Mouvement Geographique
East Africa
Tanga
Woodward
Columbia University
Rales
Hand Sweeping Machines Gain Praise in Washington
Engineering Record cites Warner Stutler, superintendent of Street Cleaning, praising hand sweeping machines for Washington streets. The report notes less dust, no need for sprinkling, and greater area swept per worker, with cleaner streets and higher efficiency.
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Washington
Warner Stutler
Byri
Ingenious French safety device stops trains at crossings
A French experiment uses a large iron catch connected to a station lever by a wire. When raised, it catches the engine lever and opens an air valve to apply brakes, stopping the train quickly. Advocates say it greatly helps prevent collisions in foggy weather near stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antanatie Plagman Dar
France
Pearson'’s Weekly
The Legend of Felt's Discovery by an English King
Tradition credits an early English monarch with discovering felt as wool pressed with heat and moisture formed in his boots. The tale explains the primitive origin of felt while noting the comfort of cold feet led to an early practical craft rather than a scientific breakthrough.
Your Tongue If it's coated your stomach is bad
An 1890s style药 advertisement for Ayer's Pills claims a coated tongue signals stomach and liver issues and promises to cleanse the tongue cure dyspepsia and restore liver health with a pill that is easy to take and operate. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
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Ayer
Quack Advertising Fragments From A Lost Era
A collage of sensational claims and product pitches. Lurid notes praise Buckingham's Dye and Allen's Foot-Ease promise cures, while teas, gold coins, nerve restorers, and bowel remedies are hawked in brisk sales language. The fragmentary items hint at late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine culture.
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Allen
Shoa
Rample
Olmsted
Bank of France
Tim the barber turns proverb student in Chicago tale
A Chicago barber on Wabash Avenue entertains customers by applying old proverbs to present situations. A weary stranger tests the wisdom with jokes about luck, friendship, and two heads, while Tim playfully defends proverbs and pivots to a Lion Coffee promotion and a saddle of humorous quips.
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Ben
Tim Linkins
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Jim
Tim
Tin
Awly
Woolson Epic Co
Toledo
Ohio
The Danger from Flies in Spreading Disease
Investigators highlight insects as major disease carriers due to their numbers and habits. Miles feed on tuberculous expectoration and typhoid feces, spreading germs by contact and through excreta and dust from decaying bodies. To curb this threat, cities must boost fly control, prevent contact with infectious material, and ensure cooked or washed foods are protected after preparation.
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Miles
Cuba
Great Domain Ho Rules of British Empire Size
An article extols the vast expanse of British possessions in North America, the West Indies, and Newfoundland. It argues King Edward's realm exceeds the United States in continental area by about 100 000 square miles and by over 200 000 square miles when including islands, with imperial reach described as far larger than France, Germany, and continental Europe.
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North America
West Indies
United States
America
Porto Rico
Alaska
North American
King Edward
Unite States
Newfoundland
Edward
Victoria
Globe
Empire
France
Germany
Island
Europe
Garfield Headache Poiviere Samples Sought by Garfield Co
A promotional note requests sending samples of Garfield Headache Poiviere to Garfield Los Co Brooklyn for individuals with headaches low mood and nervousness. The text mentions a judge delivering long sentences in few words and attributes a large China population figure in contrast to Europe and Japan.
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Garfield Los Co
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TALES
Pluce
Oliver Ladoucer
St. Paul
Tie
Hurley Brothers
Robert Street
William R. Burkhard
Ladoucer
Minneapolis Tribune
India
East Pittsburg
Penn
South Pole
Miss Minnie Hoover
Paris, Il
J.C, Ayer CO
Lowell, Massel
Nous
Dtur
Buckingham
St. Paul's Cathedral
Spitzbergen
Civiliazaction
Frey
Pury
Bankarone
Kline
R. H. Kur
Arch St
Phila. Po
Bermuda
E. D. Loonis
Detroit
Mic
Mall
Druggiata
Piso
Doyen
Srinity Springs
Ind
Iit
Morre Denson Ton Ues
Thettegatina
Elaine, Atty Anes
DROSS
Dvey
Conos
Dave
HK HL Green
Erree
West Point
McIlhenny
Lion Coffee
Ment
Ninteen
Lion
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo, Ohio
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