Sioux Cavalry Review and Legend of Two Strike
A 1909 feature recalls Gen. Miles and Col. Cody at Pine Ridge during the 1891 surrender of the Sioux. It recounts a mounted falldown from hilltop sentinels, a massed army review, and a fear of massacre followed by a dramatic stampede of ponies. It also retells the Two Strike saga against the Pawnees in 1874 with冲 vivid duel between Two Strike and Sky Chief.
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Nelson A. Miles
W. F. Cody
Miles
Pine Ridge Agency
Ashington
South Dakota
Col. Shafter
Santiago
Guy V. Henry
Arlington Cemetery
Buffalo Soldiers
Allen W.capron
Seventh Cavalry
Wounded Knee
Seventh
Two Strike
Strike
America
Cooper
Nebraska
Platte River
Buffalo Country
Sky Chief
Sky Shief
Tepee
Pine Ridge
Adabel
Ellis
Dag
Sky
Atory-Teller
Wreck near Weirs NH Tested Dispatchers Resolve
Indianapolis News correspondent recalls the 1900s freight wreck on the Boston and Maine line near Weirs New Hampshire. An extra freight ignored orders and collided with a regular train, costing three lives. The dispatchers faced a chilling wait and failed telegraph lines as crews prepared wreck response.
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Monon
Indianapolis News
Weirs
N. H
Boston and Maine Railroad
White Mountains
Parafin Drinking Cups and Sanitary Water Supply Note
Fragment mentions paraffin drinking cups and a rail railroad installing a sanitary system of supplying water through an eastern line. No clear event, date, or names provided.
Daring railroad courage told in Detroit discussion
A Detroit Free Press discussion recalls a heroic engineer named Osborne who stayed at his post on a steep downgrade as two trains collided head on. He kept control, eased steam to prevent explosion, and perished in the wreck, praised as proof of steadfast duty.
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West - Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Osborne
German Railroads Cost Little Compared to Others
Moody's Magazine notes Germany's rail network, though not planned as a single system, is extensive and efficient. Cheap labor and flat terrain kept costs low, with only minor engineering works needed besides river bridges. In 1899 Germany had about 50,000 kilometers of lines costing 12 403 038 875 marks, an average of 253 615 marks per kilometer.
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Hook of Holland
Berlin
North
Germany
Moody’s Magazine
Pennsylvania Railroad Opens Signal Schools East of Pittsburgh
The Pennsylvania railroad establishes signal schools along its lines east of Pittsburgh to train men for the growing block signaling system. About 12 408 signals over 2 385 miles exist. Six signal apprentices will be trained as engineers, in a three year program spanning mechanical works, the signals office, and outside work on electric and electro pneumatic appliances.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Great Star Map From Paris Observatory Project Chronicles
The Great Star Map project assembles work from 17 observatories including Greenwich Rome Catania Helsingfors Potsdam Oxford Bordeaux Toulouse Algiers San Fernando Tacubaya Santiago de Chile Cordoba Perth Captain Town Sydney and Melbourne. For 22 years photographers have charted the sky, producing 22 054 negatives and over 2 000 copper engravings.
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Paris Observatory
Greenwich
Rome
Catania
Helsingfors
Potsdam
Oxford
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Algiers
San Fernando
Tacubaya
Santiago de Chile
Cordova
Argentina
Perth
Capt. Town
Sydney
Melbourne
Scientific American
Freight Losses Attributed to Railroad Negligence
Report states railroad management is responsible for about one fifth of freight losses in shipment. The remark underscores persistent damage and theft issues in rail transport operations.
The Jam is Gone A Lament for a Beloved Spread
A nostalgic poem laments the disappearance of a cherished Jam, describing shelves empty of the familiar spread at a festive table. The piece uses playful personification to mourn the loss, noting inspectors, deposed rulers, and the final metaphor of Jam spreading into eternity.
Sour Grapes A Play in One Act and One Scene
A young woman in a Queen Anne drawing room contemplates a caller as Millicent and Harold reveal a scandalous secret. The man asks for marriage. she declares she eloped with his father this morning, exposing a tangled family entanglement.
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G. B. Pshaw
Millicent
Harold
Offle talk on birds and men in town tale
A humorous country line compares the sacrifice of birds for hat trimmings with the plight of men whose digestion is upset by ostriches pulled for plumes. The speaker repeats a playful mispronunciation highlighting rural speech and moral irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Henry
A Young Penny Saver Dreams of a Corner Store
A father chides his son for not saving small coins. The boy admits he spends coins at a nearby store. The boy envisions growing up to run a corner shop to claim all pennies and nickels.
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Santa Claus
Benny
The March of Reform Visit to Kitchens
A vagrant door confronts a reform official who introduces himself as vice chairman of a sociological and uplifting committee. He outlines a tour of inspection of food industry kitchens focusing on storage of cold foods like chicken cake and pies. The scene juxtaposes a housewife’s reply with the official’s formal bow as he explains his mission.
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Waspatterson
Eneral. Nelson
Aviles Ona
Relater
Washington
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