Buffalo Bill and Pony Express Heroic Feats Across the Plains
The narrative recalls Buffalo Bill Cody as a renowned plainsman, scout for the army, and Pony Express rider. It recounts his fearless actions against attacks, his legal-appointment as a justice, and a wedding at Fort McPherson. It notes the vast 1,986 mile Pony Express route from St. Joseph to Sacramento and Cody’s life-saving ride when ambushed by Indians.
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Plains
Cody
Emory
Fort ‘McPherson
McPherson
Buffalo Bill
Pony Express
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Cal
Wil Cody
Pony
Billy
Will Cody
Rockies
Ian
Ody
Jay
Ind
China Travel Woes and Graft Highlight Mission Tale
A Western observer notes slow steamer travel along China’s coast with delays at every port. Graft, pervasive from official to commoner, hinders corporate life, illustrated by a missionary story of a Chinese boy refusing a graft and returning excess funds, defying provincial corruption.
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China
Peking
Canton
Eleanor Booth Simmons
Worl Outlook
Maury Forgotten Pioneer of Oceanography and Weather Science
Julian Street lauds Matthew Fontaine Maury as a foundational figure in meteorology and hydrography. He notes Maury founded the national nautical observatory and the hydrographic office, mapped the North Atlantic, explained the gulf stream, and helped enable the first Atlantic cable, yet receives little U.S. recognition.
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Matthew Fontaine Maury
Robert Fulton
F. B. Morse
Cyrus W. Ficki
Maury
Virginia
Weather Bureau
National Nautical Observatory
Hydrographic Office
Washington
Gulf Stream
North Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Cyrug W. Field
England
North Atlantic
United States
Julian Street
Collier’s Weekly
The Cruel Wolf Spider
A notorious natural spectacle describes how a wolf spider carries a pea sized egg ball and defends it as the young hatch and climb on the mother. Once strong enough they abandon and devour their mother in a grisly display of survival.
A Bamboo Forest
A Bamboo Forest describes a Japanese grove noted for beauty and aristocratic calm. It extols bamboo as wind resistant and useful, its slender trees becoming pipes fences frames and many everyday items after life as timber.
What She Thinks About What to Wear Next
Quotation exchange notes a Birmingham Age-Herald line about how the average woman spends much time planning outfits. A remark questions the interpretation, with a side debate on wardrobe preoccupations.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
After Dinner Speaker Deflects Judge's Question
Quote from Yonkers Statesman shows a prisoner telling the judge he will speak after dinner because he has a reputation as an after dinner speaker. The humorous exchange contrasts court proceedings with social timing.
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Yonkers
Dangerous Suggestion Warning Shocks Baltimore Readers
In a Baltimore American note readers are cautioned about dangerous talk and a looming rise in telephone rates. The warning emphasizes vigilance against careless remarks and anticipates higher costs for telecommunication services.
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Baltimore American
Directoire fashion and a bloodied case at Murphysboro
The text surveys fashion notes on Directoire inspired gowns with lattice sleeves and embellishments plus a harsh real life update: Gov Lowden commuted the death sentence of Elston Scott to life imprisonment after multiple postponed executions in Murphysboro Illinois, reflecting conflicted official actions and public tension.
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McCall Design
Directoire
Paris
Gov .Lowden
Elston Scott
Murphysboro
Ill
Jackson County
Scott
Ilinois
A Texas Rookie's Lament From a World War I Era Note
A wartime letter from Disston Grucible describes a Texas recruit captured in New York misfortune. He recounts being taken to a scorching climate, stripped of clothes, issued khaki, assigned number 494, and made to labor and march with harsh discipline. He mentions solitary confinement and peering into church ritual as he questions fate.
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Texas
New York
Brownsville
New York State
Croup Remedies and Kidney Pills Advertised in Marshall
An advertisement cites Foley's Honey and Tar for croup and related symptoms and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. as a trusted kidney remedy. It features a testimonial from Mrs. Russel Thompson of 1114 Ash St Marshall praising the pills for back pain and kidney improvement. Price 60c.
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Dean
Marshall
Russel Thompson
Ash St
Pdcan
Neighbor Recalls Foley Kidney Pills Curing Lumbago
A reader recounts relief from lumbago after using Foley Kidney Pills following a neighbor’s recommendation. The letter asserts rapid improvement after two to three bottles and urges others with kidney trouble to try the remedy.
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Foley Sidney Pilla
Ars.g. EH
Eveland
Duncan Mills
Foley
Foley Kidney Pilla
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St Louis
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Walier
Luambago
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
DAILY
Globe Democrat
the Globe Printing CO
St. Louis, Mo
Keifer’s
the City Drug
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