First Buffalo Hunts Telling of Long Texas Trek
Aged Texan recounts early buffalo hunts in the Texas plains. He describes leaving Brown County, marching east to the plains, facing Indians, hunting thousands of buffalo, curing meat by drying and boiling, and the hardship and endurance of the expedition. He notes winter camps, camps alongside the Colorado river, and interactions with other hunts and rival Tongue seekers.
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Thrown
Ray
Brown County
Colorado
Crosby County
Taheka Lake
Tahoka Lake
Plains Lakes
Sta
Fort Worth
Colorado River
London State Research Blamed for Lost Dogs
London residents appeal to authorities as dog thefts rise. The Research Defense Society accuses researchers of paying workers to steal dogs, saying this fuels pet losses. Researchers counter that they believed the dogs were homeless and not pets, taken by dog catchers.
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London State
London
House of Commons
Research Defense Society
Franklin the first civilized American and world man
By Elmo Scott Watson, the biographer of Benjamin Franklin, the article portrays Franklin as a versatile pioneer in printing, journalism, science, diplomacy, and politics. It traces his life from apprentice printer to publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette, his role in founding civic clubs, his scientific experiments, and his diplomatic triumphs in England and France, concluding with his death in 1790 and epitaph.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Benjamin Franklin
Tine
Franklin
Besyleyud
Brepistnesteen
Literatu Telan
James
Boston
New England Courant
Ienjamin
Philadelphia
Deborah Read
England
Loinneheimer
Frankin
America
Pennsylvania Gazette
Ing
Hugh Meredith
Gazette
Ben Franklin
Bradford
Wen
Meredith
Richard
The
Junto
Ben
Assembly
Junta
Ite
Murope
Nut
Congress
Thirteen Colonies
Albany
Braddock
George Washington
Frankln
General Franklin
House of Commons
France
Anglo-American Press Association of
Paris
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Count de Vergennes
Dr. Franklin
Ife
Pennsylvania
Wild Woman Found Frozen to Death in Copper Country
Calumet Michigan reports the death of Maggie Harrogton a seventy year old forest wanderer known as Old Maggie after being found frozen eight miles from her cabin near Central Mine in Copper Country. Once roaming daily from camp to camp she lived barefoot and fed on wild berries subsisting in a stove-less shack as tourists glimpsed her along the northern highway.
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Calumet
Mich
Maggie Harrogton
Copper Country
Michigan
Maggie
Central Mine
Miagegie
Lfe
Gher
Pone
Mnoggie
Ragby Harbor
Trench Mouth Epidemic Strikes Trenton and Nearby Areas
An outbreak of Vincent's disease or trench mouth has spread through Trenton New Jersey and nearby towns in recent days. Dentists report thousands affected spreading from person to person with the health department urging people to stop kissing to halt transmission. Doctors note the illness was rare in the United States before the war and was brought back by American troops.
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Trenton
N. J
Skillman
Health Department
United States
Priest Plans to Restore Mission San Juan Capistrano
Rev. Lt. John O'Sullivan announces start of a construction program to restore Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. The plan aims to return lands and ruins to the Catholic church for religious and educational purposes, converting the north wing into convent and religious school quarters.
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California
San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Quincoln
Land Office
Mission San Juan Capistrano
John O'Sullivan
Jaw of Mammoth Found Near Warsaw in Excavation
The jaw of a mammoth was found 24 miles from Warsaw during excavation for a new house in Warrka. The jaw measures 34 inches across. Government officials sent an expert to Warrka to search for more skeletal remains.
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Warsaw
Warrka
Carries Weight in Atlanta Man With Long Family Life
Washington, Leander O Gentle of Atlanta aged sixty five weighs 250 pounds and has fathered twenty eight children.
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Washington
Leander O. Gentle
Atlanta
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Frigger
Ty Wales
Sherrod
Obja Sts
B. Franklin
Franeilis Liglnt
Michigan Woods
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