Flowers and prairie peril weave a somber verse
A long fragment from a Free Press page blends poetic meditations on flowers and resurrection with a stark Overland Trail vignette. It shifts to a grim frontier scene where emigrants face Sioux danger, vultures circle, a nightwatch is slain, and a brutal raid unfolds amid moonlit plains. An adjacent tale recounts Opie Read’s odd wartime rank humor and a near-court martial anecdote from the Perryville conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Loorado
Man
Beast
Kyven
Stomach Troubles Prompt School Session Change
Prof Jordin of Minneapolis public schools aided by physicians reports that most sickness in lower grades stems from stomach issues caused by long morning hours with no meals. Superintendent plans to abolish one session in two grades and restore the old two-session day.
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Jordin
Minneapolis Publi Schools
Fiery Ghost Haunts Hawel Town Cabin Near Cincinnati
A brilliant light appears in an ancient cabin beside a widow’s dairy in Hawel town, a Cincinnati suburb, spooking passing gardeners and alarmed dairy workers. The ghost, seen as a tall man, is blamed on a slain pioneer or the owner, causing cattle unrest as it vanishes after hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haweltown
Cincinnati
Huurs
Anotd Pionee
Monkey steals ring on ship and comforts owner
A shipboard monkey on the Euphrat steals a rare zodiac ring from the captain's wife. The crew chase it. the monkey dives and swims under the hull, then returns to the woman who forgives it. The scene ends with the ring recovered and the wife reunited with her pet.
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Cape Coast
Africa
Ynu
Ftn Law
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Christian G. Rossetti
Joe
New York
Opie Read
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Read
Perryville
National Guard
Hob Newton
Little Rock
Major Read
Newton
Mead
Bob
Ben
Inter-Ocean
Mr. Buxton
Herry
Airth W
Lady Managers
Chicago
Frenen L
Diep
Dle
Paris
Tonust
Institute
Haid
Goldberg
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