Buffalo Bill rifle to join Cody Memorial Museum collection
Buffalo Bill’s famous Winchester Model 73 lever action rifle will be added to the Cody Memorial Museum in Cody Wyoming. The gun from Colonel Walter F Steegmunds’ private collection will be presented during Frontier Day, part of the museum’s homage to Buffalo Bill Cody whose life inspired dime novels, comics, and his Wild West show. The rifle carries World War II autographs from Nimitz and Wainwright and ties to Cody’s life from age eight through his death in 1917.
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Buffalo Bill
Winchester
William Frederick Cody
Cody Memorial Museum
Cody
Wyoming
Walter F. Steegmunds
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Olin Industries, Inc
Mary Jester Alten
Black Hills
Chester Nimitz
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
Bataan and Corregidor
Scout
Scott County
Inova
le Claire
Denver
Lookout Mountain
Edward Zane Carroll Judson
Ned Buntling
Judson
Prentice Ingraham
Colonel Cody
United States
Annie Oakley
England
Walter F. Siegmund
Buffalo Bill Museum
Col
Siegmund
CHILD PRODIGIES Spotlight on America's youngest musicians
The contest for America s greatest child prodigy centers on Beverly Bowler Babcock 3 and Jerard Jennings 8 as they perform piano and organ selections. Beverly, from Newport News Virginia, plays by ear with perfect pitch and can read no notes while Jerard from Newark Connecticut trains with Brahms Mozart and Chopin selections. their parents and backgrounds are noted.
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America
Beverly Bowler Babcock
Jerard Jennings
Beverly
Jerard
Brahms
Mozart
Chopin
David Babcock
Newport News, Va
Irker
Youtgater Progression Highlighted in Mrs Jennings Note
Mrs Jennings reports that the youngster began piano with nursery rhymes at two and a half, advancing to concert work by four. The account emphasizes early talent growth and the child’s rapid development in musical skill.
Prodigies Retain Childlike Qualities
Fragmented text notes prodigies in America retain childlike imagination despite fame. It mentions radar of radio and concert presence, with garbled phrases about lives, popularity, and professional focus. Strong entities or dates are not clearly present in the readable fragment.
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America
Neat Afternoon Frock For the Larger Figure
A graceful afternoon dress designed for fuller figures features a gored skirt option and adjustable sleeves. An interesting yoke treatment adds charm, offering SIM and PRETTY styling for women seeking elegant comfort.
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Sim
Vegetable Symphony of Extracts for Leather Soles
A quirky listing notes vegetable extracts used to harden or soften leather soles. It names wattle gquebracho divi divi sumac gambler mangrove and myrobalans as components in a botanical recipe.
Three Generations Praise Crazy Water Crystals
Mrs. C. C. Cowan of Waco testifies Crazy Water Crystals have been a family staple for decades. She and her relatives claim long use as a laxative and to mix with artesian water for a refreshing drink. The ad extols nature’s product and links faulty elimination to common ailments.
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C. C. Cowan
Trice Ave
Waco
Folke
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Monkey Island
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Facundo Buoso
Puerto Rico University
Rafael Louis Neeva
Bellef
Ki Rade
Pony Express
Jonathan Wainwright
Chester W. Nimitz
Newark
Conn
Frances Hayes
Promiere Danseuse
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Booth Wells
Chicago
Bil
Henelong
Cowans
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