Escape Begins From Indian Camp After Mass Fire
In a swift night flight from a frontier camp, the narrator and Brady evade pursuing warriors. Simon Girty aids the escape as a plan grows to slip downstream under guards and reach a Wyandot camp, with danger, doubt, and a hinted betrayal lingering.
Through the Black Night and the Ghost of Girty
Joseph Heyward reveals his true identity to the trembling mademoiselle as the firefight ends. Girty, stooping in the dirt, derides the scene, while Heyward explains he staged the persona to save her life and confront the threats, even as Brady notes the danger that nearly sealed a man’s fate.
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Joseph Payward
Mademvisele
Qulenis
Mademoiselle
Girty
Harmar
Brady
Rene Comes to Aid The Wyandots in Night Venture
In a trapped council area, the narrator recalls Schultz’s death and Brady’s wounds while seeking a route to warn St. Clair. A Ute woman of mixed blood navigates loyalty to her people and Christian morality, wondering how to aid the white captives without betraying her own. She explains lies fed to the Wyandots by white men and reveals her attempt to gain permission to help.
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Hamilton
Monsieur Brady
Girty
Monsieur
St. Clair
Wabash
Rene
Gore
Schultz
Brady
Mademoiselle
Wyandots
Odd Plan for Farmers Keeps Pigs on Regular Feeding
The passage describes an unconventional method to improve pig farming by feeding pigs twice daily and maintaining regular pens. It suggests the plan is popular among household helpers and contrasts it with a German method, though details are fragmented.
President Wilson Calls for War Revenue to Replace Losses
President Wilson addresses joint session urging emergency revenue legislation to offset reduced customs duties and falling importations due to European war. He warns against delay, supports internal taxes, and stresses national duty and economic stability amid wartime disruptions.
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Washington
Jln
Wilson
Senate
House
Congress
Europe
Treasury
Train wreck injures nearly twenty on Chicago line
A passenger train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad crashed near Union Station injuring nearly twenty people. The accident occurred as the locomotive and tendons or engine portion collided while the train was approaching the station, with many passengers sustaining injuries.
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Chicano
Sept. S
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Union Station
Earthquake Felt in Seattle Washington
A slight earthquake was recorded in Seattle on Sunday September 8. The tremor was noted by the University of Seattle seismograph. No damage occurred in the area.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Seattle
Gompers Deplores War and Hopes for Peace
Samuel Gompers in Trattsburg New York on Labor Day urged American workers and commerce to seize wartime chaos as an opportunity. He argued America must lead in international morality and restore peaceful relations, calling for the United States to bank on its moral power to end the European conflict and rebuild global intercourse.
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Trattsburg
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Jabor
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Compers
America
Hite
Ominy
U.S. Education Chief Promotes War Era Study Opportu
Washington September 6 Commissioner Claxton of the federal bureau of education authorized immediate publication of a bulletin on facilities for professional and collegiate study in the United States. The publication, in several languages, targets foreign students seeking options outside Europe and frames America as offering the best opportunities for both its own and foreign students amid wartime uncertainties.
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Commission of Education
Washington
Claxton
Federal Bureau of Education
United States
Europa
America
Americans Insult British as Steamer Event Unfolds
Aboard the British steamer Maroon at Baltimore dockside, several men boarded the ship while officers were in cabins and threw overboard the British flag. They demanded an American case be raised. ship officers said no name was aboard. Captain J. W. Charke planned to report the incident to the British consul, though he did not view it as representative of public sentiment.
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Mademoiselle
Jules Lappin
Harry
St. Clair
Harmar
Brady
Mademaiselle
Simon Girty
Yeu
Girty
Hrady
Urady
Baltimore
Nuame
J. OW. Charke
Palmer of Iowa Elected Commander in Chief of G A R
Palmer of Iowa was elected commander in chief of the G A R for the ensuing year at Detroit Michigan on September 7. It was practically certain that Washington would be the next encampment city, succeeding the Detroit meeting.
Food Dealers Indicted For Foodstuffs Conspiracy
Nine corporations and firms serving as commission merchants in Washington were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to control foodstuffs, violating the anti trust law.
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Washington
Grain Steamers Ashore Off Newfoundland Coast
A dispatch from St Johns reports a grain steamer ashore along the coast of Newfoundland near Montreal Quebec as authorities investigate the incident and assess damage and salvage options for the vessel.
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Montreal
Que
St. Jolns
Newfoundland
United Pratt to register 25 ships under American flag
The United Pratt company announced it would register 25 vessels totaling 117000 tons under the American flag. This move expands U S ship registry and project details indicate the fleet size and tonnage involved.
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U. S
Hogton
Sept
United Pratt Company
Won't Tax Railroad Tickets Debate Abandoned
Washington September conference Democrats of the ways and means committee practically abandon the idea of taxing railroad tickets as a method to raise additional revenue. The government authorizes an advance of 2000000 to the chamber of commerce for corn and supplies to meet wartime needs in Bordeaux.
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Washington, Sept
Democrats of the Ways and Means
Bordeaux
Frares
Gove Emment
Chamber of Commerce
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