Proxy Theory Backfires in Wild West Romance
Colonel Trask builds cattle empire by proxy appointing J. C. Selton as superintendent and falls for her. A rescue on the Kansas prairie leads to trust, love, and plans to marry, proving proxy management can fail and real bonds form.
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Boston
Trask Cattle Co. (Limited
Col. Trask
Western Kansas
M. Trask
Mass
J. C. Selton
Trask
Selton
Little Western Kansas Station
Grainville
Trask Cattle Company
Pennsylvania
Ife
Ilo
Texas
Tam
Mr. Trask
Richards
Clest
Jessie Selton
C. M. Hanerr
Queer Wolves Head Tribute By King Edgar The Peacemaker
An old tale notes a peculiar tribute system where King Edgar demanded wolves heads from Wales as payment. The practice began when wolves were plentiful and payments signified strength. Over time wolves thinned, leading to the removal of nonitals from parts of England, reflecting royal power.
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Ling
Edgar the
Britain
Edgar
Wales
England
Harpe
Jewelry and Timepieces of New Jersey Charcoal Burners
Jewelers' Weekly surveys the pine belt communities of Burlington and Ocean counties where charcoal burners live in isolation. Women treasure heirloom jewelry worn on Sundays, while watches serve as a shared time standard for about fifty families. Few men own ornaments. diamonds draw curiosity from visitors. trips to Trenton take three days.
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New Jersey
Burlington
Ocean Counties
Charcoal
Pines
South Jersey
Trenton
Two Men in Vine Street Saloon Lose Hope and Liquor
In a Vine Street saloon two men mingle despair and coughing fits. One frayed coat man pleads for liquor and work while the stout companion mocks fate. They part into darkness after realizing they wasted hope and money on sympathy. Then a sharp aside jokes about Will Power and a Greene character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine Street
Houk
Hounk
Ile
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Justice in the West A Judge Who Overruled the Supreme Court
A Detroit Free Press account recounts Judge Preusser of Fort Concho Texas in 1886. His unorthodox rulings shielded a rough town where gamblers cowboys and saloon keepers clashed, and he once overturned a U S Supreme Court decision in a local saddle dispute.
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United State Supreme Court
United States
Fort Concho
Tom Green County
Tex
San Angelo
Preusser
el Paso
Dnce
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Detroit Free Press
Mosquito extermination by kerosene in Catskills pool
A writer describes using kerosene to kill breeding mosquitoes in a rain-water pool of about sixty square feet. Four ounces sprayed over the surface after ten days yields about 7,400 dead insects, including 371 females. The method could prevent over 111,000 future offspring if repeated widely. One barrel of kerosene could treat 96 000 square feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskills
N. Y. Post
The Wit of the Woods Turkeys in Clever Hunt
A Charleston News feature recounts expert hunting methods for wild turkeys. It contrasts patient, skilled sportsmen with casual shooters and notes the birds’ wary nature, roosting habits, and the risks and ethics of various hunting tactics. It highlights the turkey as noble game and traces its decline, with observer remarks from an experienced hunter about woodcraft and tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epicure
Mississippi
Georgia
Carolinas
Charleston News
Old Stuffy Burglar and Billy’s Lesson of Trust
A Brooklyn youth warns a carefree boy to reform as eight banana peels cause a street scene. later, Billy Maverick fakes a burglar to guard his house, is mistaken for a thief, and learns the value of keeping his word. Neighbors laugh, but his father notes the lesson and the town townsfolk gossip for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. & Montgomery
Brooklyn
Johnny Jaycox
Larry
Johnny
Billy Maverick
Lyon Jones
Billy
Bill
Jones
Pike
Master Billy
Maverick
Mr. Maverick
N. Y
Paris Bazaar
Our Young Readers poem from Mrs. M. A. Holt
A short verse urging children to imitate nature by being true to themselves. The poem blends calls for simplicity and self acceptance with lines about daisies, birds, and flowers. Published as a quotation attributed to Mrs. M. A. Holt in the New York Observer.
Noble Thoughts and the Beauty Makeover Tale
A fairy tale in a children’s magazine frames beauty as a craft by an artist named Noble Thoughts who asks Ernestine to purify her character to improve her looks. The story contrasts inner virtue with outward appearance and features a playful scene about cleaning ink from fingers using a home remedy.
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Willi
Ternestine
Ernestine
Midget
Nob Thoughts
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Greene
Charlie Haddon
Sears
Reeze
Justice
London
Washington Bar
Tilly
Capt. Cook
Pixley
John Jaycox
Terman Smith
Herman
Trick
Elder Jones
Peter Wise
Father
Peter
Jaycox
Herman Smith
Fellows
Pixley’s
Larry Pike
Little Larry
Jenks
Will Maxwell
Camp Meeting
Alice
Harper
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