Romance of G Troop Relates a Daring Fort Yuma Rescue
The tale centers on Big Smith of G Troop First Cavalry, Dallas-born and tall as the cavalry limit, who earns respect through duty and courage. During Apache threats at Fort Yuma, he aids two women and Captain Kyle, lifting one to safety as Cochise’s attack rages, leaving a lasting frontier romance with the captain’s wife present.
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G Troop
First Cavalry
Plains
Arizona
Washington
R. F. Bernard
Jack” Kyle
Winters
Big Smith
Smith
Dallas
Galveston
Yuma
Fort Yuma
Dallas Cookseller
Leutenant
Billy Murphy
Old Cochise
Gila
Kyle
Happy Jack
Cochise
Cuchfee
Would Grant Have Been Different Without His Name
A quip from the New York Press weighs how Grant’s name variations might have altered history if he had attended West Point under different initials. The note contrasts public perception of initials with Uncle Sam symbolism and unyielding resolve, while a separate jab targets readers for dirty hands in cold weather.
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Grant
Hiram Ulysses
Ulysses Uiram
Ulysses Sidney
Ulysses Simpson
New York Press
New Rail Uses Cut Costs on Locomotives and Mail
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad applies electricity to turntables reducing labor cost from four men at 12 cents to half a cent per locomotive, saving about 700 dollars yearly. Other items note early horseless carriages in France aiding mail delivery, lightning conductivity in trees, and a New York plan for saltwater fire pipes.
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France
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
New York
Chambers Street
14Th Street
Cornwall
Regent Street
Bond Street
London
Warrimo
Australia
H. M. S. Penguin
Fiji
Suva
Honolulu
Honolulus
Sabouraud
Annales de Crematologie
Masses for Napoleon Revered in French Parishes
In multiple French parish churches masses are sung for Napoleon’s soul with Notre Dame offering 113 masses annually. An old soldier’s legacy provides 104 masses yearly, and these services are observed faithfully, noted by W B Curtis in the Chicago Record.
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Napoleon
France
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
W. B. Curtis
Chicago
Egypt's Cotton Crop Under British Rule Doubles in Size
During British rule of Egypt the cotton crop has doubled, now exceeding 500 million pounds annually. The piece notes a shift in policy and industry, with a wry closing line about cats and mice and a playful aside on misleading tricks and fishing metaphors.
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Egypt
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McMinn County
Tennessee
Capt. Mahan
Nelson
England
Duke of Westminster
Russias
Lourdes
Tule
Oaxaca
Mexico
Oxford
Harber
Port Moresby
New Guinea
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