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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
6
Buck Duane, last of the Dunnes, weighs a fateful choice after his uncle warns of Cal Bain’s deadly temper. The family elder urges avoidance or decisive confrontation, fearing Bain’s lethal impulse in a land where Rangers enforce the law and gunfights are common. Buck resolves to meet Bain, embracing a dangerous charge while wrestling with internal fear and ancestral fate.
Duane confronts a drunken rival in Wellton's main street after hearing a hunter for trouble is after him. He draws and kills Bain, then, warned by his uncle, flees Texas as an outlaw. The scene shifts to his solitary camp as he contemplates exile, survival, and life on the run.
Duane, calm after the gunfight, sheathes his pistol as bystanders crowd the scene. Bain lies dead with the ace of spades over his heart, the bullet holes hidden by the card’s black figure. A bystander calls the shot as Reckon Cal’s fate is sealed and Duane departs.
A 23 year old pursues a bleak fate after a life of hardship. Haunted by a deadly past and a spectral Bain, Duane drifts through a remote Texas wilderness seeking food and escape. He travels toward Huntsville, hoping to stock provisions, while fearing pursuit and further guilt.
A teacher boasting she could recite England’s kings backward and forward recalls a boy noting fewer kings in her youth. The witty exchange highlights age and memory with humor.
Fragmentary dialogue describes a proposed punishment at sunrise with a suggestion of alternative suffering over two mornings. No clear names or context beyond a running exchange about risk and acceptance of consequences.
A Puck item notes a man’s sudden disappearance described by a witness as if swallowed by the earth and as if run over a body, reflecting the period’s humor and shorthand courtroom wit. The lines illustrate satirical dismissal of a serious vanish.
Life Mrs. Catterson fears her bank balance because of overdrafts and worried about losing all money. Hatterson advises continuing to withdraw cash until the bank stops further access.
The dialogue centers on a comic dilemma about dating and propriety as Dyer jokes about a girl’s invitation and the limits of acceptable social outings. It frames the question as a playful quarrel over what counts as a proper outing and who may accompany whom.
In a terse exchange Bronco Bob explains that a new prohibition telet grants buy and sell rights only to the authorities’ favored friends. The dialogue hints at a controlled system aimed at limiting access to alcoholic goods under official oversight.
In a Washington Star note, Grancho Bob affirms the team’s beat to improve Crim son Guich. The posse has armed itself with a selection of the latest weapons and plans to erect a cemetery filled with choice statuary before fall.
A sorrowful speaker questions why a small cat suffered and died. The monologue reflects guilt and grief, pondering abuse and the cat’s final moments. It contrasts harsh memories with a wish for the animal to rest in the grass and peace.
Paris reports Monsieur Alfred Croiset head of the Sorbonne notes France will keep war orphans with families when possible and place them with other French families until majority. He explains American involvement aims to support orphans in their own surroundings, not adopt.
The Indianapolis News discusses the jitney boom on the Pacific coast and across cities, noting traction magnates push for regulation while jitneys face wear, price rises after floods and storms, and the coming spring tests to see if jitneys rebound or fade.
Beaux Brummel revival recalls an anecdote of Richard Mansfield. Actor W J Ferguson, then a pirate in Treasure Island, handed Mansfield the hat the wrong way. Mansfield paused the moment, then returned the hat with a bow, guiding Ferguson to correct the gesture. He whispered, Keep it in, as the hat turned right.
The Saturday Evening Post recounts Oscar Hammerstein amid London theater work when a head carpenter reported a worker losing two fingers to a circular saw. Hammerstein dismissively replied, noting the man still had eight fingers, turning a mishap into a wry lesson on perspective.
A Black porter, nearing retirement, was detained on a trivial charge and released. During testimony he showed unfamiliarity with court procedure, addressing the judge as Mr Derthes and questioning the process. He implied fear of legal entanglement and expressed concern about earning a harsher penalty.
Fragmented OCR style lines speak of struggle with Carlyle and America. The text hints at strain on energy and institutions, noting breakpoints and a call to endure like the nation did in hard times. No clear events, names, dates, or places are discernible.
A Chicago shoe store area youth Willie 18, but looks 15, is blamed for past theft and sent to St Charles school for boys. He returns to work on the West Side, is entrapped by a $20 bill given by a female employer, and is prosecuted and placed on probation. The piece argues first offenders need guidance not prison, warning prisons breed crime and urging kindness and trust to redirect youth.
A survey of wartime uniforms from several nations. French infantry wear blue tunics with red cuffs, red and blue garments, and brass helmets. Italians show dark blue outfits with broad plumes for elite regiments. Russians favor double breasted tunics, knickerbockers, and high boots, with gray overcoats in bad weather and blue gray dragoon trousers. German troops appear drab in bluish gray, with cavalry wearing brighter blue tunics and fur busbies. Austrians show dark blue tunics and lighter blue trousers.
A reflective piece recalling Kansas farm life and the hidden costs borne by women who built the plains. It contrasts past hardship with modern progress at home, noting the toll on mothers, widows, and communities, and the enduring resilience of farm women.
From Harper's Magazine the piece notes Death Valley in southern California near the Nevada line as the hottest place in the United States. A Weather Bureau thermometer was set up there several years ago marking extreme heat readings.
The Furnace Creek area near the valley’s lone settlement shows extreme heat with one white miner and several Indian families running a small ranch. A weather watchman records temperatures above 100 degrees for 545 of 1,600 days from 1911 to 1915, peaking at 134 degrees on July 10, 1913. A newer thermometer may reveal even higher readings next summer.
In this national crisis poor education underlies America's fate. The text decries ignorance, disunity, and anti nationalism, blaming congressmen and leaders for failing to prepare the nation for defense and policy. It argues education shapes national thought and warns of dangerous, immature, local thinking.
George Creel argues the U S organized militia remains underdeveloped despite large budgets. He cites 129,408 total militia strength, only 14 states in interstate drills, 1,400 enrollees in training camps, and limited target practice across eight states. He notes federal spending from 1903 to 1915 over 60 million and annual state drains, with inadequate enlistments and interest.
An ill wind in Europe shifts demand as cotton and corn usage rises for explosives and nitrates. The article notes 3,000,000 bales of cotton used yearly in explosive manufacturing, with corn and starch derivatives powering chemical processes. It highlights farm outputs tied to wartime production and broader industrial consumption shifts.
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