Veteran Captain recalls Buena Vista battle in Texas visit
Captain Eli Ramsey of Centerville Iowa, a 17-year-old participant at Buena Vista beside General Taylor and Jefferson Davis, recounts the 1846 fight near Saltillo. He recalls marching from Monclova, Wool’s raw regiments, Bragg’s artillery, and the final Mexican retreat after a ferocious day of combat.
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Saltillo
Viet Eg
Illinois
Santa Anna
Buena Vista
Ng Vista
Ramsey
Monclova
Mexico
Weolat
Palo Alto
Reneca de la
Matamoros
Mon
Wool
Wools
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Brage
Taylor
Monterey
Scott
Vera Crag
Ledonntal
Mountoi
Bowles
Morrison
Hardin
Bell
Mexi G
Ggne
Bragg
Gaia
Buena
Tin the Morch
Mexico City
Clay
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Legends of early Ellis County and a lone gravesite
The article recalls settler romance in Ellis County and the tale of a Comanche warrior who guarded a daughter's grave by the Waxaheteek river. His spirit was said to visit the site at night, a legend linked to the pioneer era and local Native history.
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Ellis County
Lovely Court
Placidio
W. A. Owsay
Misplaced Sympathy From a Texas Staked Plains Visit
A Post correspondent travels in the Great Staked Plains region of Texas where wood sells for 1 a cord and coal 13 a ton. He stops at a half dugout home of a Central Texas couple, notes their scant furnishings, and observes the breakfast payment of two quarters as a gesture of sympathy for their refined, impoverished life. The incident contrasts the traveler’s sentiment with the couple’s modest means and land and cattle holdings.
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Texas
United States
Great Staked Plains
New York
Ler
Train Aid Shown To Destitute Woman On Cotton Belt Ride
A Fort Worth bound passenger helps a destitute mother and child aboard a Cotton Belt train after the woman, leaving a Springfield or Oklahoma town, sought to reach relatives beyond Fort Worth. Conductor Musgrove and F S Harris assist by rechecking baggage and forwarding funds for continued travel.
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Panther City
Wiches
Cotton Belt
Ahoma Town
Fort Worth
F.S. Harris
Nashville
Tenn
Harris
Aese
B. W. Musgrove
Reflections on Love and Inhumanity in Verse
A lyrical meditation contrasts springtime romance with the harsh reality of cruelty toward women. The speaker quotes a line about mans inhumanity to man and notes the harsher condemnation of harm to women, attributed to Joeey Jostyn.
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Joeey
Jostyn
Immersion Rescue After Creek Practical Joke
Cured by immersion story describes Smith and his crew shipping cattle from Baird. After a long night they camped by a creek and fell asleep. A stranger arrived asking about a pony. cowboys captured him and sang as he was pulled from the water. Jake asked if this was customary here. The crowd affirmed and mocked the event.
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Smith
Baird
Jake
Local Farmer Builds Unique Natural History Collection
A young farmer near town started a department of natural history specimens, shipping live and mounted animals, birds, insects, and other curios to patrons across the Union. Beginning last year, he advertised in eastern natural history papers and gathered orders mainly from New England and Canada, with shipments totaling around $500. The venture features live and mounted specimens including green beads, ground squirrels, woolly rats, beetles, butterflies, bird eggs, and a tarantula, collected initially by trapping but now raised as a growing business. The effort complements his agricultural work and shows a promising, lucrative diversification.
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Oolmesset
Umique
Ile
New England
Canada
Aiin
Shirley Dare's Beauty Sermon On Fragrance And Fashion
The essay discusses beauty ideals, women's perfume culture, and ancient and religious ties to cosmetics. It contrasts past esprits with modern trends and extols perfumes as remedies for nerves and mood, urging refined, plain speech about beauty and the care of personal scent.
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Garto
Eith Keypilans
Romana
Pélesta
Pharia
Wits
Complex dental plot described in an obscure manuscript
A muddled historical fragment describes dental practices and a plan involving water and lemon or tin compounds. It references teeth preservation, a mysterious actuation, and mentions individuals and institutions in a convoluted narrative without clear outcomes.
Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show at Tower in 10 A
A chaotic prairie spectacle unfolds with Buffalo Bill and his troupe including Johnny Naber and Sergeant Tom Inbetl. The crowd endures rough riding, breathless moments, and a rapid sequence of performances as horses bolt and riders attempt to tame them. The article recalls vivid scenes of the tent, crowd roar, and the famed marksmen handling the herd amid a tense, dangerous display.
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Buffalo Mill
Baroum
Baton Truffalo
Wien
Colonel Coy
Pyotley
Optie
Ike
Wear
St Pagionville
Fae
Het
Bill Seaterdas
Johnny Naber
Mly
Fourwe
Cenary
Ohio Teutenant
Tom Inbetl
Racel
Rifeys
Tower
Baltera
Minta
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Eile
Johal
Benedis
Elise
Datenlor
Sprae
Eels
Brees
Wiley Am
Min Siderekien
Ana Holt
Avery Toe Bon
Avon
Tonsten
Willtons
Tlouxton
Hanne
Clei
Hernan
Eileen
Lee and
Westace
Taunton
Kne
Houston Home Building Cooperative Company
KIAM
Repsdorph Tent and Awning CO
Travis Street
Houston
Sapolio
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