Orphelia Gordon Arrives at Turkey Creek Ranch
Orphelia Gordon arrives to visit her uncle John Taylor at Turkey Creek. Brad Merrell guides the party after defending Gordon from Bill Jakes. A parrot named Polly, a captured outlaw Jeremy Taylor, and a dramatic return to the ranch mark a tense, comic entry.
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Brad
Overland Limited
Sal
Turkey Creek Ranch
Orphelia Gordon
John Taylor
Orph—Miss Gordon
Abe
Polly
Miss Gordon
Jeremy Taylor
Bill Jakes
Jukes
Gordon
Jakes
Bill Jukes
Merrel
Laoylo
Olympia
Minerva
Miss Gondon
Joe
Hetas
Last Days of Kaiser at Spa and Flight to Freedom
Eyewitness account from a color sergeant at Spa details the ex Kaiser William II fleeing in open country after the armistice terms were delivered. Orders collapse, troops scramble for cars and petrol as Hindenburg and others flee, leaving behind a chaotic retreat and a changed war landscape.
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War Lord
Erzberger
Scheidemann
William
Spa
Julian Grande
New York Times
Kaiser
William Hohenzollern
Erzhberger
Schekdemann
Erzberger, Scheidemann and Company
Erzberger and Company
White Castle
Berlin
Cers
Grand General Staff
Hindenburg
Tee
Éortsin
Foch
Haig
Perahing
Orvacht
Code Book Bluff Pretended to Fool Germans in Spy Plot
Admiral Sir Reginald Hall oversaw a scheme before Zeebrugge raids to print a bogus code book for German agents. The fake book was placed on a blockship for discovery, supposedly deceiving the enemy, but it may have badly misled German understanding of British plans.
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Reginald Hall
Zeebrugge
Hall
Man Resigns After 39 Years as Deputy Sheriff at Shabbana
Henry Husk, a pioneer resident of Shabbana DL, resigns as deputy sheriff after a 39 year tenure begun in 1830s? He marks his 63rd wedding anniversary and a long public service career starting in 1860 as bailiff and tax collector. He is 84, vigorous, and proud of his Chicago Daily Journal readership since 1879. He arrived in June 1 four years after the Journal was started, and with Chief Shabbona shared peace pipes in earlier days.
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Henry Husk
Shabbana
Chicago Daily Journal
Tilfois
Northwest
Husk
Journal
Shabbona
Pos ‘Seasion
Thie
Tha
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Brad Merrell
Guardian
Turkey Creek
Jon
Tom Mason
Guard
Henry Mayers Hyndman
Socialist Party of England
Trades Union
Man
J. R. Burnett
M. Duncan
the Dulaney National Bank
Harry B. Dulaney
Bert Bryan
J.R. Burnett
F. W. Greenough
Edwin Booth
Machlan’s
Marshall, Ill
Roush’s
Homer Roush
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