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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
1
Adele Garrison narrates a tense moment as Lillian, weakened by a heart attack scare, orders a staged confession. Katherine and the narrator map a plan to trap Eldridge and Lee Chow, coordinating a deception that hinges on Lee Chow’s silence and staged meetings at the house and the nearby shack.
Baton Rouge September 10 A questionnaire is being sent to 250 Louisiana pecan growers to gather data for coordinating common problems. M Hull LSU Extension plans to provide a growers directory and state industry history to aid cooperation and growth in the pecan sector.
Liberty Missouri September 10 In the death last month of Capt Lewis B Dougherty there is revealed for the first time a remarkable bit of his history of the Indian wars that Sitting Bull greatest of Indian chiefs had been a student at the University of Missouri and had been a cadet at West Point Captain Dougherty was 97 years old at the time of his death He was the first white boy born in Kansas His father Major John Dougherty United States commissioner of Indians in the Platte territory stationed at Fort Leavenworth Kansas where Captain Dougherty was born December 7 1827 Not until he was dying did he reveal the secret of Sitting Bull He talked a little to his closest friend Fred Z Courtney attorney of Liberty and when he knew that the end was hours off he brought out his notes and gave Mr Courtney the story of Sitting Bull He entered the University of Missouri in 1845 The next year there appeared on the campus a dark skinned haughty
The narrative recounts Edwards seeking a West Point appointment from President Polk after traveling on foot from Columbia Missouri to Washington. Polk refused three times, but Edwards earned a later cadet slot before being expelled again. Years later, Lieutenant Dougherty met Edwards embodied as a Sioux chief, later identified as Sitting Bull entering a Fort Laramie council tent.
Thousands line Sydney streets as the U S Fleet marches through Australia. A young student named Edwards, once praised by teachers, forms a friendship with Captain Dougherty. Edwards, known for brilliance and a fierce temper, is suspended after outbursts and disappears, only to return months later with an unresolved campus conflict.
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