Bit of Red and the Stampede on the High Plains
Bruce, a ranch foreman, guards a frightened herd as a stampede looms toward a river. A buckboard with a red banner nears, endangering a man and a woman in the wagon. He survives a nightmarish chase, awakens to find Alice by his bedside, and learns their fates are tied to the stampede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce
Thasing
Cat
Watear
Min
Lil
Brovcho
Graqfilly
Jess
Alice
Allen
Bnt
John
Wrank
Korea
Chicago
Ander
Abby
Toreekon
Athaiita Constituti
Living Barometers Describe Barometer Snails And Weather Cues
The passage notes snails as living barometers, absorbing moisture through skin during wet weather and exuding it afterward. They avoid dryness by secluding themselves, moving only when rain is near. Before rain, snails ascend tree trunks. gnats gather near trees, horses fret, swans fly against wind, and spiders, toads, and pigeons appear earlier than usual.
A Cigar That Saved a Life
French historian M. Guizot escaped a potential assault by feigning to smoke. While followed in a Paris garden he lit a cigar, prompting the pursuer to retreat and later be arrested for a separate murder plot against another official who bore a grudge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Guizot
Paris
M. Guigot
Abso
M. Gulgot
Show Wordy Tales and Shifts of Wit Across Towns
A collage of overheard anecdotes and literary notes from an era’s newspapers. Tales range from Riley and a comic diner scene to reflections on Sir Henry Irving’s death and George Ade’s lampooning wit. The piece interleaves banter with obituary-like vignettes and a charity tale of Corporal Tanner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
James Whitcomb Wiley
Holfia
Delversen
Tanner’s Weekly
Irving
Henry Irving
Avila
Mirvel
Knowles
Gavny
Lady Trevineg
Jim
Beit
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County Gribune
Guanwoon
Iowa
W. F. Atll
N. T. Bradway Publishers
W. M. Plimpton
Glenwood
Ofica
Square
F. M. Shriver Surgical and Mechanical Dentist
Dyar Block
Northwast Corner Square
W. S. Elliott
Tyeard
Offico
Towa
E. M. Myers
Glenwood, Iowa
United States
D. L. Heinsheimer
M. Buffington
A.D. French
H. A. French
F. M. Bulington
A. D. French
B. B. Woodrull
A.J. Gettler
Justice OF the Peace
Basihesa
Reliable Actng Indemnity Company
Theo, W. Ivory
Ivory & Otis
Attorneys At Law
Cal YW
OTIS
G. Milhard
Walter Breen
Glenwood Abstract Co
Nobo
Biro Square
A. H. Winkler & CO. Real Estate, Loan and Exchange Agts
Dean Lock
P. C. Glenwood
J. E. Ebaugh Real Estate & Insurance
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
W. Cor. Square
Glenwood, Tows
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
J. Milder
Glenwood House
B. C. Parcells
George Ade
Sumer
Chirizo
Klundlard
Wapshierton Post
Tanner
Janes Tanner
Bul Rio
Womain
Philadelphia
Karpen Bros
Postofice
EM. Myers
Glenwood, Ta
Nebe’s
South
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Ille
Kentucky
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