Texas Rangers Through 90 Years Of Noted Valor And Law
The Texas Rangers, long famed as a premier law force, faced a temporary 90 year gap when a district court ruled the ranger act unconstitutional. Chief Justice Fly reversed, restoring the force to its historic status as Texas preserves its storied fighting body. The article recounts Ranger legends from Bowie to Wallace and Ross, and notes the force’s enduring courage and efficiency.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Texas Ranger
Lone Star
W.S. Fly
Court of Civil Appeals
District Court
Texas
Rangers
Canadian Mounted Police
Texas Rangers
Ma Pergusco
Mexico
United States
The
Republic of Texas
San Felipe de Austin
Republic
General Council of the Republic
Sam Houston
Richard Coke
Hosor
James
Resin Bowie
Bowie Knife Fame
Jack Hays
Kit Ackland
Tom Green
Afustang” Gray
Big Foot
Wallace
Shapeley B. Ross
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Sal” Ross
Shapetey B. Ross
Eastern University
Peta Nocona
the Wanderer
Bigfoot
Ross
Cynthia Ann Parker
Parrot Talk Explains Hospitality and Zoo Arrivals
A lively Parrot dialogue defines hospitality and introduces new zoo residents. Mrs Parrot and Mrs B Parrot discuss nesting, sharing, and language while noting arrivals such as Lewine Waterbuck from Africa and Cape Aard Vark.
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Mrs. Parrot
Cape
Honors for Longfellow and Major Andre in Westminster Abbey
The article notes a 1884 bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Westminster Abbey as the only American honored there. It recounts Major John Andre, hanged as a spy, buried at the gallows near the Hudson, later moved to England in 1821 with a monument showing Washington urging a humane death. Washington’s place is linked to early American oil history in Pennsylvania. The piece ends with a curious line about peas generating ozone in sunshine.
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Mrs. Parrot
Mrs.b. Parrot
Mrs. P. Parrot
Mr. P
Henry Weadsworth Longfellow
Westminster Abbey
Maj
John Andre
Major Andre
Hudson River
England
Washington
Andre
Petroleum in America: A Franciscan Letter Cites Springs
A 13th century letter by Franciscan missionary Joseph de Rech d Alion from around 1293 notes springs found in the Americas. The document discusses natural resources and suggests early awareness of petroleum-like seeps in the New World.
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America
Joseph de Rech
Alion
Stewart Returns to Limelight with Oil Buyout
Col Robert W Stewart chairman of Standard Oil of Indiana resurfaces after a Teapot Dome era episode. He leads the purchase from Doheny of Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company, acquiring 501000 voting shares worth about 38000000 and gaining control of its Mexican properties tanker fleet of 81 vessels and California assets. Stewart will chair the new combined company's board.
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Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Robert WW. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Mezlin
Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Standard Oil Company’ of
Indiana
Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Company
California
Stewart
Grant Granddaughter Bertha Cantacuzene to Marry Bruce Smith
Princess Bertha Cantacuzene, granddaughter of Gen. U S Grant, will wed Bruce Smith of Louisville Kentucky this summer. Engagement announced in Washington at the Cantacuzene home. her parents Prince Michael Cantacuzene and Princess Cantacuzene confirmed the plans.
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Washington
Bertha Cantacuzene
U. S. Grant
Bruce Smith
Louisville
Prince Michael Cantacuzene
Princess Cantacuzene
Bertha
Clarissa Curtis
Boston
Chicago
Russia
Potter Palmer
Siberia
Honore
Kentucky
Frederick Dent Grant
Ida Honore
A. S. Grant
Te Smith
Thomas Floya Smith
John Cantacuzene VI
Constantinople
Speransky
Miss Grant
Cantacuzene
Newport
Rt. L
Much Too Many Father at Dinner Table
A joke exchange between a father and son about spelling mistakes. The father scolds the son for being late in the spelling class and the son explains he added too many twos in the word scissora.
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Son
Scissora
John Hays Hammond 40 to 70 a life of global achievement
The 70th birthday profile recalls Hammond at Rock Creek Washington and recalls his near death in 1896 during the Jameson Raid in South Africa. He later led mining operations for Cecil Rhodes at Johannesburg and held key roles in the American engineering and mining fields.
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John Hays Hammond
Toansion
Rock Creek Park
Washington
South Africa
Hammond
Cecil Rhodes
Johannesburg
Dom Paul Kruger
United States Coal Commission
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Pinchots May Seek Congress Team Bid From Pennsylvania
Gov Gifford Pinchot and his wife reportedly plan a joint campaign to enter Congress. If Pinchot wins the Senate race against Pepper and Ware, Mrs Pinchot may seek the House seat held by Louis McFadden. The couple aims to run on a bone dry platform with strong prohibition enforcement.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress
Washington
Pinchot
United States Senate
Pepper
William & Ware
Ware
Keystone State
Senate
Mare
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WarEer
Frances Slocum
Wyoming
Quanah
Adobe Walls
Quanah Parker
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Sal’ Ross
Bill McDonald
BL McDonald
McDonald
Indian Territory
Texas Panhandle
Bill
John TR. Hughes
J. J. Saunders
Lone Star State
Rilo Grande
Pt Tanadlets
Anak Ferker
Ree -Ponner
Longfellow
New York
Alleghanies
Netroleum
Pinchots
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