Debt Paid by Jim the Indian Boy in 19th Century Cavalry Tale
Captain Tisdale of the United States cavalry buys a captive Sioux boy named Jim for $20, plans to spare him from torture. Jim becomes a loyal servant turned fighter, saves his captain after a siege, and dies after absorbing poison to shield him. The unit gives Jim a funeral with military honors.
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Captain Tisdale
United States Cavalry
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John
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Joe
United States
Tiffale
AR Across the Sea Goblin Helps Poor Village
A goblin in a distant land hears of a poor village where men idle and women and children suffer from cold and hunger. He lures the men to dig a field promising treasure, but neighboring farmers see the mess and share seeds, teaching plow and harvest. The villagers adopt farming, ending their laziness.
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Daddy
Jack
Ind
Evelyn
Chocolate Nuts and Other Simple Dishes From a Bygone Recipe Page
A collection of old fashioned recipes and kitchen tips for chocolate covered nuts, cranberry mold, walnut cake, tea cakes, broiled oysters, a rustic family cake, codfish fritters, and note on simplifying meals for guests. Includes methods, ingredients, and steps with period language and measurements.
CHIC STYLES AND FASHION NOTES OF THE SEASON
Royal blue dominates evening gowns and pearl or diamond pairings. Big rosettes on winter hats, some as large as a platter, are trending. Surpliced waists regain prominence with an up to date reverse design. May Manton pattern offers sizes from 34 to 44 inches bust, 10 cents plus 2 cents postage.
Death by own action ends man in Buffalo police cell
Horace Reed, 30, wrote to County Probation Officer Colley that life was unbearable and he was tired of arrest, then committed cyanide of potassium in a police station cell. Reed, known druggist in the city area, had been on probation for a year after overcoming cocaine addiction. Detectors had arrested him several times for vagrancy despite his employment.
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Buffalo
Horace Reed
Colley
Pallbearers chosen to carry hearseless funeral request
In Trenton New Jersey three relays of pallbearers have been selected to carry out Morrisville Pennsylvania councilman George W Whartons wish not to be taken to the cemetery in a hearse. Wharton died Saturday and will be buried today. Mourners will ride in carriages while the coffin is carried by pallbearers from three lodges across the route to the cemetery.
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Trenton
N. J
George W. Wharton
Morrisville
Wharton
Cheaper Berths Put Into Effect February First
Washington dispatch notes lower Pullman berth rates from New York to Chicago and related route adjustments after Feb 1. The Interstate Commerce Commission orders reduce the upper berth fare from $5 to $4 between New York and Chicago, with the New York to Jacksonville rate dropping from $6.50 to $6 after the date. General Market reports dairy and butter price movements and cheese market steadiness amid varied receipts.
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New York
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jacksonville
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