Shelby Proposes Marriage After Barroom Feud
Tom Shelby returns to Calkins shack to ask penniless rancher Iby Calkins for marriage. He reveals he beat two men who insulted her and declines money from a promised $2500 settlement, offering to share only $500 as a fair stake. She agrees to marry him the next morning.
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Shelby
Conan
Flere
Kelly
Coyote
Calkins’ Shack
Red
Rild Eyen
McCarthy
Calkins
Cowan
Chapan
Red' Kelly
Primitive South Sea chart on display in New York museum
A sea chart of the Marshall Islands made from sticks is shown at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Gifted by Robert Louis Stevenson, the chart measured island distances by hours, not miles, and once served as a memorized exam for young chiefs.
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South Sea Islands
Marshall Islands
South Sea
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Dickcissel Notes and Nesting Habits Across Prairies
The dickcissel is a small migratory bird about six and a quarter inches long with yellow white and gray plumage and a black throat patch. It is abundant in the central United States where it favors dry bushy fields and prairies and sings with a simple chip like call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Beads A Lifeline In Levantine Life Across Regions
Beads are essential beyond bread for Levantine people. All ages wear beads to ward off luck and disease, even livestock adorned to deter the evil eye. In cities like Athens and Smyrna, men carry fidget beads, while shops and peddlers flood markets with varieties.
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Athens
Constantinople
Tiflis
Smyrna
Levant
West
Wallpaper Border Savings And Pasting Tips
Old wallpaper can look new with a top border and a desired color change. Up-to-date cut out borders are easy to apply by the average person. Hiring a paperhanger saves time but cutting the border oneself lowers cost. A strong paste can be made from rye flour and water with extra boiling water and resin. Patching worn wallpaper is worthwhile for a neat, unnoticeable repair.
Lucky Woman Enviable Wife of Judge Cleans as Sentences
The judge’s wife, Mrs Gasaway, stands as the most fortunate woman in the world. Mrs Lissen asks why. Mrs Gasaway explains her husband orders all tramps who appear before him to beat her carpets and assist with cleaning.
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Gasaway
Mrs. Lissen
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Randall Parrish
Wli Clup
Iby
Poncasca
pe—Mecarthy
Min
Ila
Red" Kelly
Egy Hoa
H Bai Hon
Ton Utbod
Fendin
Ned
Vewan
Orele
Ed Nennehinan
Tom Shelby
Fletcher
Castoria
Nk City
I. Lewis Cigar Mfg. CO
Newark,nj
Colchester Elevator Company
and Radium Institute
Macomb, Ill
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