Monument marking Texas surveyors killed by Indians near Dawson
A Dallas News clipping retold a Navarro County episode where sixteen men from Robertson's Colony were slain by Indians during a survey party’s push north from the Brazos. The tale follows Battle Creek, the wounded survivors, and note of a monument under an old oak near Dawson, with links to Lane, Henderson, and Hill County names and later discoveries of the Henderson compass.
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Marsh Howard
Hearne High
Dallas News
Dawson
Navarro County
Texas
Robertson County
Robertson
Brazos River
Battle Creek
Annals of
Walter P. Lane
W. F. Henderson
Corsicana
Robertson’s Colony
B. W. D. Hill
Larié
Henderson
Hill
Dr. Hill
Hill County
Violett
Tehuacana Springs
Robertson's Colony
Love's Spring
Minute Men
Texas Rangers
Lane
Button
Old Franklin
Little Creek
John P. Cox
J. Fred Cox
Cox
Colonel Henderson
Dare's Mentha Pepsin remedy advertisement plea
To all who suffer stomach agony gas and indigestion plea and testimonial style copy touts Mentha Pepsin as a quick remedy. It claims relief from stomach distress dyspepsia gastritis nervousness headaches and sleeplessness and promises energy and vigor with regular use.
Squirrellike animal Magically Jumps 200 Feet
A creature from the Indian archipelago, misnamed as a lemur, lacks wings. It has a skin membrane that joins its four feet and tail, acting as sails to glide up to 200 feet per leap. Reported in 1933 by the Western Newa paper union.
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Western Newapaner Union
Purported Death Warrant for Rebecca Nurse Emerges
A yellowed Fort Worth library document is debated as genuine a purported death warrant for Rebecca Nurse, sixth Salem witch executed after trial on April 22, 1692 and execution on June 16, 1692. Fragments show orders to sheriff George Cox to bring Nurse to gallows at high sun. Signatures attributed to Cotton Mather and Jonathan Sewell appear.
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Fort Worth
Sameé
Rebecca Nurse
Salem
Massachusetts
George Cox
Rebecca
Salem Village
Cotton Mather
Jonathan Sewell
Self-Estimation and Limits of Genius in Writing
THOMAS ARKLE CLARK discusses self estimation by artists and writers, citing Bourget on Lafaut and Diderot, Lincoln’s Gettysburg lines, and the difficulty of judging one’s own work. He recalls executives and writers overconfidence, noting William Curtis once claimed to write daily letters despite no prior literacy.
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Paul Bourget
Flaubert
Voltaire
Diderot
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Wiliam B. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Curtis
George Washington’s 1754 Williamsburg Journey Newscard
In January 1754 George Washington returned to Williamsburg Virginia after delivering a message to French forts near Lake Erie. He faced two near death incidents a treacherous Indian guide fired upon him and he was thrown into icy river waters from a raft. The round trip took 78 days.
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George Washington
Williamsburg
Lake Erie
Small factories grow as big plants shrink in harsh cycle
An editorial argues that small factories are thriving while large plants close. It notes easy start up during low costs, cheap power, and dull material prices, with contraction costs favorable for new ventures. It highlights 4 H club participation and farm youth training as a backbone for a skilled generation and farm stability.
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Marlin, Texas
Arlington Hotel
Marl-Tex
J. M. Thompson
Love Abstract Company
Pranklin, Dexas
Dare
Sibirlakov
Arctic
Russia
Japan
Gaspy Gertie
Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Ilinois
Western Newspaper Union
Southwestern Company
Hepa As
Southwestern Bell Telephone
America
Fort
W. H
H. A. Ely
G. B. Mears, Prop
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