Cimarron a grand historical romance by Hdna Farber
Hdna Farber returns with Cimarron a sweeping historical romance set along the Oklahoma border in the late 19th century editor Yancey Cravat craftsimli narrative and a bold capable wife leads a frontier ascent watched by crowds rushing into new towns and wild excitement applauded as among the era’s greatest romantic sagas.
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Hdna Farber
America
Aketo
Bo Big
Creation
Yancey
Cimarron
Fictional Oklahoma Foreword Reflects Imagined State History
An author explains this book is not a literal Oklahoma history but a blend of imaginary places and characters. While drawing on records and interviews, the work preserves a spirit of Oklahoma’s opening era, featuring melodramatic events and composite figures among a rich, fictional landscape.
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Oklahoma
Ufe
Isaiah
Anita Red Eather
Ogage
Okla
Kid
Billy the Kid
Yancey Cravat
Sabra
Edna Ferbhr
All Venables Gather for Sunday Dinner in Kansas
The scene centers on Yancey Cravat at a Venable family dinner in Kansas circa 1889, with Nubiga servants in garb surrounding the table. The Venables’ Southern manners mix with midwestern restraint as theます ambience hints at grand lineage and faded bourgeois status amid exotic pageantry.
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Venables
Yancey Cravat
Ding
Europe
Kansas
Xow
Venable
Bidsippi
Kangas
The Tale That Binds a Frontier Family
In a grand table scene Yancey Cravat enthralls Sabra Venable and kin with a long mythic Oklahoma tale. Family members react with rapt fascination as the speaker’s charismatic presence and legends of the Nation stir pride, desire, and tension among the gathered clan.
Cimarron Cravat and the Wichita Wigwam Saga
Edna Ferber’s fragmentary scene follows Yancey Cravat, a flamboyant attorney with rumored Indian lineage, as he regales a Wichita feast with tales of the Oklahoma land rush. Amid gossip about Sabra Venable and frontier hardships, Cravat paints a harsh portrait of border crowds, women pioneers, and the perilous thirst on the boundary. The piece ends with a vivid dipper of water offered to a thirsty rider, a moment of gritty realism before a continuation.
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Dodge City
Wichita
Gosalp
Slander
Yancey Cravat
Cimarron
Sunlater Strip
No-Man’s-Land
Wichta
Barra Venable
Sabra Venable
Oklahoma
Commonwealth
Ike
Indiana
Texas
Arkansas
Colorado
Missouri
Tow
Nebraska
Deepla
Yancey
Sabra
Miracia
Red Sea
Arminta Greenwood
Georgia Greenwooda
Sabra Crovat
Felice Venables
Sue
California
Ike Har
United States
Belle Starr
Rose of
Kansas
Tie
Earliest Use of Horse in War Traced to Ancient Civilizations
The text traces domesticated horses to about 2000 B C in Babylonia and notes their introduction to Egypt by the Hyksos in the 17th century B C. It argues horse domestication began in central Asia by nomadic herdsmen, with riding giving strategic advantage, while oxen remained common for plowing into the modern era.
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Babylonia
Egypt
Syria
Lower
Central Asia
Britain
Lenke Watts Orphan Home One of Nation's Oldest
The Lenke and Watts orphan home of New York stands among the oldest in the United States. It shelters 400 boys and 100 girls with no homes or from broken homes. Founded by George John Leake, son of Rohart Leake, commissioner of stores for the English and Indian affairs.
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Old New York
Lenke and Watts Orphan Home
New York
United States
George John Leake
Rohart Leake
Engitah
Glass in ancient Pompeii and medieval windows
The text traces glass use in Pompeii windows to Richard II's era when a writ aimed to repair a castle. It notes late seventeenth century Italian towns mostly used paper on windows, and that glass was a luxury historically taxed. It adds Phoenician recovery and Piiny the Second as sources, and mentions Amorica using parchment or oil skin paper.
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Pompeii
Richard II
England
Italy
Genoa
Piiny
Amorica
Nature's Provision Not One Graf in the War Verse
A fragmented early 20th century piece laments the wartime verse and its impact advising that no line should be spared for it. The text hints at a recording or comment by L Estanga and notes a belief in the value of poetry during conflict.
Far-Sighted Bootmaker Heads Large Industry
Thomas Bata, a Slovak born bootmaker, built a vast postwar industry in Czechoslovakia. His factory employs about 2,000 workers and produces around 100,000 pairs of boots daily. To house workers he constructed a town housing 25,000 residents and used airplanes to market samples across Europe with a small force of trained pilots.
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Thomas Bata
Alin
Czachor Slovakin
Tableanta
Batahan
Europe
Barnacles and their effect on wooden ships
The article explains that goose barnacles attach to floating timber and ship bottoms, necessitating regular drydock visits to remove them. Barnacles are crustaceans related to crabs and shrimp, growing a long stalk to anchor to smooth surfaces, and specialized paints protect ship hulls from them.
Empire State Building Estimated to Withstand Record Pressure
Substantial Building Engineers estimate the Empire State Building in New York City can bear 4 250 000 pounds of pressure, more than any prior earthquake force ever recorded, signaling unprecedented structural resilience for the tallest planned skyscraper.
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New Empire State Building
New York City
Private Church Gossip Sparks Humorous Exchange
Two women in a church meeting exchanged quips about a bald-headed man in the choir. One woman pointed, calling him a laugh, and the other identified him as her husband, prompting amused reactions.
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Midna Ferrer
Indian Territory
Tam
Anfety
Felice Venable
Marcus
Lewis Venable
Armchall
Clat
Booth
Aprang
Edna Ferber
Hdes Farber
WHY Service
Yancey Crayat
Monarch
Erchente
Rinso
W. N. Uy
Dan Moines
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