Apache Chief Saves Child From Apache Raid
In a harsh border tale set near Long Prairie Arizona a settler Ransom Bishop and wife flee a deadly Apache attack aided by Big Bear the respected war chief who shields them. Big Bear dies later carrying the Bishop child Dora to safety at Prescott.
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Sarah
Ransom
Long Prairie
Anort
Old Boge
Rae
Arizona
Bert
Bannom Bishop
Bias
Big Boar
Rantomee
Sarigees
Vaetr
Dora
Rose
Bigar
Chet
Big Bear
Grigsly
Stanely Pass
Risin
Lomestead
Ransom Bishop
Bishop
Pepeenly
Misaic
Peer Bey
Sery
Prale Ti
Bij¢ Bear
Prescott
Rantom Bishop
Tiny
Atif
Last Apache War Chief Remembered by Headstone Carving
A marked headstone bears a crude grizzly bear figure. It honors the last renting place of the only consecrated Croat and war chief of the Apaches, who spent his final breath protecting a white family from the brutality of his own people.
Fame and Infamy Versus the Path of Honor in Verse
A dense prose meditation contrasts fame with infamy, arguing fame arises from unselfish acts while infamy follows selfish behavior and wrecks lives. The piece extols democracy of fame, cites civic and professional deeds, and warns infamy leads to disorder and degradation. Chicago Ledger. A Home in the Mountains describes Kentucky mountain life, a two room log house, shared sleeping, modest hospitality, and pride in virtuous mountain women, noting feuds and rural poverty. Col. Cleveland Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Ledger
Kentucky
Dresaus
Col. Cleveland
A Story About Mand 5 Speedy Kentucky Mare
Mr Hill of the Chicago National Humane Society relays a tale of George Stone who bought a Kentucky mare. Cruel training by a hired man ruined the horse until William Bair employed kinder methods, prompting the mare to improve, learn tricks, and set a 2:10 speed record before harsher treatment might have ruined her. Cincinnati Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hill
Chicago National Humane Socity
George Stone
Cincinnati
William Bair
Bair
Bait
Iman
Beast
Cineinaft Sun
Brother’s Claim Ties Man to Summer Work
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a man greeting a stranger with a joke about a brother who worked two weeks for him last summer, highlighting a chance reinforcement of acquaintance and memory in a casual morning exchange.
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Mr. Blank
Detroit Free Press
Eye-stones Myth and Market From a Drugist Tale
A New York Sun excerpt explains eye-stones a calcareous eye stone from South American molluscs used as a stomach remedy. Sailors sell them to New York wholesalers while locals collect mock versions found in crayfish heads. The druggist demonstrates movement in lime water and debunks life claims, noting proper eye-stones fit the eye and aid flushing away foreign matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Efacourase aiGoles
New York
Ohio
Poland
Russia
Europe
New York Sun
AESOP REVISED Farce of Sheep and Wolf Follies
A humorous old fable set shows a Sheep parading to attract a Wolf who ignores her. The Wolf mocks her, water becomes muddy, and a Spider and a Fly enter playful exchanges. The moral hints not all folks are fools even when upside down.
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Mr. Wolf
Wolf
Fly
He Beat the Mud on a Southern Dirt Road
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls four miles of red clay mud near Birmingham Alabama where a man and his mule cart were stuck. After two days the driver returned to town, claiming patience is needed in the hot South as the mule aged twenty more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birminglans
Ala
Detroit
Kimball
Public school singing books draw praise and critique
New York World reviews “The Long Wave” used in Westchester schools noting its humor and varied topics from cat verses to geography and ships. It highlights charming ballads and playful poems while warning of a problematic line about “the spirit land” and lacks illustrated wood-cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
New York
Salud
Johnny Poole
Tie
New York World
The Richest Woman and Her South American Empire
A Leith built steel twenty five foot launch is made for Mrs Couseno a South American magnate described as the world’s richest woman. The craft will serve as a tender to her large yacht now carrying coal from Lota to Valparaiso. Her realm Lota lies far south of the port under a Viceroy system while a British steam line ships the yacht and coal trade.
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South America
Leith
Mra
Couseno
Lota
Valpariso
Ti Ia
Liverpool
Chili
Teados
Ireland
Boss Pasha
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Aropen Secaet
Ean
Aprak
Bereek
Aee
Aesop Revised
Nota
Canada
Picayune
Reya
Wall St. N.Y
Coodykoontz & Porter
Attorneys At Law
Dakota
C.C. Morrow
Byrnes Market
Nea
Pura
Henry & Orcutt
S Banke
Pioneer Market
J. M. Percy
Prop
Hiahert
Iidee
Blakesmith
Hanin
Cary & Jefferson
Main
Kimball Dakota
Farmers & Traders
BYNE
el Giaton
Ay Haute
Collectiona
General Banking and Exchange
Bimball, Dak
Dr. L. Milliron
Paramura Dé Traders Bank
W. C. Morris
Jeweler & Optician
Kimball, Dakota
F. E. Miller
Braet
Darota
Walker
U.S. Land Office
Mitchell
Atty
Notary Public
Transat Land Orfich
PHOS
Warners
Patrick
Quirke
Pelante Dos
Saleratus
Ida
D. E. Wells
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