Outlaw Plot Unfolds In Dakota Frontier Tale
George Williston uncovers a band of cattle thieves led by Jesse Black on the Missouri river frontier. Mary, Louise Dale and Paul Langford collide with danger as Williston and Gordon confront the attackers. Mary dies defending, and Williston vows justice alongside Gordon in a perilous pursuit.
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George Williston
Paul Langford
Gang of
Little Thieves
Jesse Black
Kemah County
South Dakota
Langford
Mary
Williston
Louise Dale
Hammond Dale
James R. McAllister
Jake Sanderson
Mag
Gordon
Wind City
Jim Munson
Three Bars
Louise
Dale
Red Sanderson
Sanderson
Trial Hurting for Gordon Ends Day With Hope
The ongoing state testimony fills the day as the defense awaits its turn tomorrow. Gordon appears fatigued yet gains cautious support from friends and jurors, while Langford remains hopeful about the outcome. Gordon rode off into the country, leaving his whereabouts unknown at nightfall.
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Munson
Gabriel
Gordon
Langford
Paul
Louise
Doubly a Victor. Syrus: He Conquers Twice
The wry moral of Syrus hints that true victory comes from self restraint and disciplined effort rather than loud triumph. A brief maxims fragment reflects on ambition and measured success.
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Syrus
Star achievement of a surgeon and a comic tale
Dr. George F. Shrady recalls a life saving tracheotomy performed with a penknife on a choking boy, done in minutes without instruments and deemed a star achievement. The piece switches to a humorous anecdote about Mr. and Mrs. Joyce, noting Joyce’s cigar mishap and Mrs. Joyce’s witty remark.
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George F. Shrady
X Ray Dermatitis Ends In Double Amputation Of Arms
Mr Hall Edwards a civil servant honoured for work in radiography underwent multiple operations at his Birmingham home after X ray dermatitis attacked both arms in February. The left arm was amputated below the elbow and later the fingers of the right hand were removed despite attempts to heal. The procedures were performed by Mr Gilbert Barling with assistants. He has since recovered from anaesthesia and remains hopeful.
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Hall Edwards
Bristol Road
Birmingham
Gilbert Barling
Macardle
Vickers Whitby
London Times
Remarkable Gen Stephen Turr Dies in Budapest
Budapest reports the death of General Stephen Turr a bold revolutionary commander who served in the Austrian army fought for Hungary against German revolutionaries joined Garibaldi in his struggle. He fought in Omar Pasha's Crimean War service and later worked in the British transport service. He was captured as a deserter in 1855 but Britain and France protested leading to banishment. He then settled in Paris.
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Budapest
Stephen Turr
Garipaldi
Omar Pasha
Russia
British Transport Service
Bucharest
Paris
Hatch Chickens by Electricity Exhibit in Yonkers
The Yonkers Electric Light and Power Company displayed an electric incubator in a window to show how electricity can hatch chickens. A thermostat regulates heat as temperature rises, expanding and cutting off current, while an incandescent lamp inside a glass dome shuts off automatically to lower the temperature.
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Yonkers Electric Light and Power Company
New York Tribune
Photographer mocks request for unedited self portrait
A joking exchange features a photographer telling a customer to try the police station for a Bertillon style mug shot rather than a photo representing the customer as she is. The line underscores the clash between art and procedure in a humorous vignette.
Painter Complain Over Paint Materials Sparks Exchange
An artist arrives to protest the materials purchased, declaring the paints unusable. The dealer retorts that imagination should be applied to painting, prompting a sharp exchange.
The Less Age Dialog Sparks Mock Philosophy
A brief humorous exchange shows Cholly praising wild modern wonders while Maude dismisses them with a sharp quip about thinking and brains. The light banter exemplifies a playlet mood.
One by the Colonel Noted Weather Tale
A storyteller recalls extreme heat with a colonel dismissing ordinary heat. He claims in the South it is so hot the popcorn pops on stalks and cane juice becomes molasses, mixing into a famed popcorn and molasses treat.
Coffee promoted as cause of headaches and Postum as cure
A reader letter extols coffee’s harms and claims Postum as a safe replacement. The testimonial cites long-term coffee use causing daily headaches, notes family switching to Postum reduces illness, and promotes Postum as good for health with a slogan and a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Fime
In Your Youth At The County Fair
A reminiscence of a county fair day with a new suit a roadster and a blue sash wearing girl. The narrator recalls daily expense pack items like candy pancakes and rides, and a moment of imagined romance at the midway.
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Dewey Munger
Shoaling Gallery
Los Angeles Express
Government Land Opening in Tripp County South Dakota
Tripp County South Dakota awaits a government land opening of about one million acres of farming and grazing lands likely around October 1. The Rosebud extension of the Chicago and North Western Railway reaches the lands with Dallas as the rail terminus and nearest reservation border town. The U S land office is expected to be located there. Pamphlets describe land and how to secure a quarter section homestead free on application to W J Kniskern at the M C N W Ry Chicago IL.
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Rosebud
Chicago & North Western Ry
Dallas
U. S. Land Office
W. J. Kniskern, Pt. M.C
N. W. Ry
Chicago
Fragmented Advice and Advertisements in a 19th Century Page
The clipping merges slogans and product pitches from several ads and quips. It references dressmaking troubles, smoking cigars by Lewis, a talking machine, Winslow’s Syrup for children, Ajlen’s Foot Elixir, and a Milton quote about goodness, all in a compact periodical style.
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Billings
Joyce
Offended
Castoria
Astoria
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Sea
Chas. Hl. Fletcher
Y. Gerald Blattner
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustavo A. Elsengracber
St. Paul
Minn
J. Dennis
St. Louis
8. A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
J. B. Simpson
I. H. Bekildeen
Omaha
Nel
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin I. Pardoe
New York City
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Brooklyn
Centaur Company
TY Murray Otrecy
New Yorn City
Cholly
Maude
ECE Voy
Tripp County
Lewis
Win
Winslow
Ajlen
Yudr Drugaist
Olmsted, le Roy
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Milton
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Carters
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Amy
Sendford
TVA
California
Stanislaus County
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Chamber of Commerce
Modesto
Art Optical College
State St
Guicagu
Jern Tlinois
Parker
Iowa Cave
Farina
Corn Belt Land & Loan Company
Des Moines
Las
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Snony California
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Maywoo
Market St
San Francisco
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Lexus Panhandle
Texas
J. Clyde Wolf Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Leon W. Hershberger
Johnstown
Pas
Ohio Investment Securities Company
Willame Gon Building
Cleveland
Ohio
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