Lone Star Ranger installment tests Buck Duane courage
Buck Duane, a young man with a killing impulse, flees to the Texas cow country and joins Bland's outlaw gang. Euchre warns of Jennie the abducted girl, leading to a deadly confrontation. Buck kills Bland, is wounded by Mrs. Bland, rescues little, and remains haunted by Jennie’s fate as he contemplates dire chances for justice.
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Texas Cow Country
Buckley Tuane
Bland
Euchre
Jennie
Buck
Euchie
Buck Duane Ghosts Off Lynch Mob To Ranger Camp
Duane escapes a Texas lynch mob and is confronted at Shirley by a reward poster. He faces Jeff Aiken and deflects the wall of suspicion, then moves to Fairfield where Captain MacNelly invites him into ranger camp after hearing his side. Duane learns his family remains well back home.
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Buck Duane
Duane
Trudie
Shirley
Dianne
Duard
Buck
Donne
Tee
Jett Aiken
Crandy
Schirles
Shirvey
Soie Railroad
Dounie
Thess
Loyane
Bin
Bridie
Jef Aiken
Dunne
Desistiunes
Euge
Soho
Tift Cowboy
Abe
Nelsy
Aiken
Here
Upper Nueces
Lucy
Libert
Lucey
Puane
Sibert
Mama
Duuane
Hess
MacNelly
Kairfield
Duane Chooses Unknown Ranger Captain at Road Crossing
Duane reaches a road crossing where a signpost airfield name persuades him to head toward an unknown ranger captain. His prior clarity of thought fails and he moves forward driven by a sense of compulsion.
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Duane
Jeff Aiken
Captain MacNelly's Plans for Duane Revealed
The inquiry hints at Cap tain MacNelly preparing a strategy for Duane's fate. Whether Duane will consent or face prison remains uncertain as events unfold and negotiations continue.
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Captain MacNelly
Duane
The Man Who Shot His Wife On The Ranch
A humorous Abilene Reflector tale tells of a ranch hand who marries in a border town then mournfully returns alone. He explains in tears that his wife broke her leg two days out and he had to shoot her, noting she was a good woman.
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Duane
Thie
Shirley
Dunne
Lin Buck Duane
Battardan
Vin
Jeff Aiken
Aiken
Sibert
Jeff
Tyuane
Juane
Libert
Siber
Texas
Sibect
Abilene
Ixan
Twain
Ten Cents to Wealth A Boy Grows Ewes and Wool
A ten cent investment by a neighbor boy last spring leads to a thriving flock and cash through cucumbers, a ewe lamb, twin lambs, wool sale, and savings. By this spring the three sheep are worth twenty dollars, wool brings in 2.45, all saved for his own bank account.
Alexander the Greats Voyage Through Mesopotamian Marshes
The text recalls Alexander the Great’s late life voyage down the Euphrates to Pallakopea near Babylon to inspect the Great dike and marsh sluices built by Assyrian kings. His flotilla ventured into vast lakes and swamps where the fleet reportedly lost its way.
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Mesopotamia
Alexander the Great
Euphrates
Pallakopea
Babylon
Alexander
Sawed Off Sermons and Stage Shadows
A humorous collection of pithy quips on theater marriage and fame from the Indianapolis Star. The wry notes compare a girl’s acting ambitions to a beau's wisdom while mocking grand sermons and the value of a wife's affection against a husband’s sue-for amount.
Things to Forget and the Burdens of the Past
The Evening Bulletin reflects on releasing injury and worry while embracing kindness and trust. It urges forgetting harsh gossip and past mistakes as lessons, not anchors, in pursuit of happiness and future success.
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Evening Bulletin
Proverbs of the Desert: Folk Sayings from Tol. Harold Jacob
A collection of Bedouin maxims about women, dogs, camels, and politics. The verses compare creatures and behaviors, caution against misjudging the camel, and joke about governance versus tribal speed.
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Tol
Harold Jacob
Quotable Wry Sayings From The Indianapolis Star
A collection of sharp saws about human nature and social behavior. Themes include self interest, perception, and the ironies of life with a tone reflective of a midcentury newspaper column. No persons or events named.
Notable Personalities Comment on Health and War News
Walter Hern of Nashville sells artificial legs and is involved in orthotics. Dr D H Kress of Washington cautions that handshakes spread germs. Dean Henson of London opposes displaying battlefield moving pictures. Dr Eugen Czarnall of Budapest reports bacillus linked to spotted typhoid fever. Dr W B Griggs of Philadelphia warns barefoot children may contract infantile paralysis.
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Eugen Czarnall
Budapest
W. B. Griggs
Philadelphia
Things To Think About In A Small Town Wit
A columnist muses on nerve and ability, nature and cleansing, vanity tied to wealth, and the comic practicality of long whiskers saving on neckties in a small town.
If a girl uses paint she may be the picture of health
A collection of whimsical proverbs compares appearances to health and virtue. It ponders how color and image can mislead, and whimsically imagines gender roles and folly. The tone is humorous and cautionary about surface judgments.
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Washington
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London
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