Aqua Pura's Fall From Western Kansas Boomtown Dream
This tale recounts Aqua Pura in Fountain county, a western Kansas boomtown built 1886 by Harvard and other university alumni families, its rapid drought driven decline, Barringer’s failed leadership and debts, and the final rain that did not save the town as the founder died beside his papers.
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Kansas
Pennsylvania
Johnson and Barringer
Harvard
Nichols
Princeton
Bemis
Bradley
Licks
Vassar
New York
Agua Pura
Lttle
Barringer
Agua Pura Brush
Fountain County
Board of County Commissioners
Opera House
Chicago ‘Air Line
A. Loan “Company
Egme
Cola Shad
Johnson
Aqua Pura
Ringer
Mary
Sfall
Postmster
Mr. Barringer
Brrringer
Indian Lodge Tales explains origin of winter by Manitou
Ford C. Frick recounts a Native American legend in which the Manitou withdraws the sun, brings winter and famine, and later restores warmth as tribes pray. Two ancient chiefs seek aid, the sun returns, and the tale notes this legend exists in many tribes from the Arapaho to Cherokee and Dakota peoples.
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Manitou
Jess
Arapshoes
Inn
Ute Creation Legend of the Sky Manitou and the World
The Ute legend recounts the Manitou dwelling in the sky creating the world by pouring snow rain dirt and stones through a hole in heaven. Mountains plains lakes rivers and forests form as trees grow from touching earth. The tale ends noting the Manitou’s loneliness and the later creation of living beings.
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Deaven
Manitou
Heaven
Llenven
Maniteu
Dart
Annd
Had Him Won Over by Seductive Pictures
A southern Californian pride in making seductive images contrasts with a Hawaiian drummer whose Pacific voyage ends in memory and homesickness. After a month away, aboard a homeward-bound steamer, locals sang Aloha Oe and he cried, forgetting his wife’s first name.
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North Pacific
San Francisco
Foreordained Fortune Teller's Mockery Ends in Spat
A terse report notes a quarrel where a fortune teller mocks a client and his wife admonishes against spending on fortune telling. The exchange centers on inherited pride and warned budgeting missteps. The fragment hints at domestic tension without detailed names or location.
Husband Outwitted by Father-In-Law After Honeymoon
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt recalls a young man who believed he could live with his new wife’s parents but was outsmarted. Before the couple returned from their honeymoon the man sold the old home and moved to a hotel, leaving the family scene unsettled.
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Hin
Birmingham Age-Herald
Hand to Spare Mystery at Mist Evening
A fragment describes Vdwie T and Herold holding hands while Angelina laments that only one of her hands was offered for someone to hold. The account hints at missed connection as the other person did not approach. The text reads as a brief social note with uncertain details and relationships.
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Vdwie
Herold
Angelina
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William Allen White
The
Macmillan Co
Hutchinson
God
Newton
Hell
Nickols
Hicks
Dick Barringer
Richard Barringer
Lazarus
Abraham
Yhougumul
Ford C. Frick
Mr. Peewee
the Times
Gracttinger
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