The Wind Chills Kemah as Cattle War Burns On
In Kemah county South Dakota cattle thieves led by Jesse Black clash with rancher Paul Langford and Williston’s family while Louise Dale and Dick Gordon race to bring witnesses. A northern gale threatens the doomed town as a courthouse fire looms and Mary Burton is revealed alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Williston
Brand
Paul Langford
Jesse Black
Kemah County
South Dakota
Langford
Mary
Wind City
Richard Gordon
Kemah
Jim Munson
Louise
Bill Brown
Mag
Munson
James R. McAllister
Jake Sanderson
Gordon
Louise Dale
Williston
Three Bars
Dale
Red Sanderson
Sanderson
Mr. Williston
Fire at the county hotel in a perilous night
Louise and Mary rush from a barnlike room to a raging town fire. The meetinghouse bell rings as wind hurls sparks and plumes from upstairs windows. A brave attempt to save county records unfolds, but the fire consumes the building as the night ends with “To Be Continued.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Mary
Jonny Alnry on Buttermilk
A brief note by Geo. VI Hobart under the byline Hugh M’Hugh presents a rural vignette titled Jonny Alnry on Buttermilk detailing a local character and setting with a period voice and light humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. VI Hobart
Hugh M’hugh
Buttermilk Saga and Histories in a Parlor Letter
A narrator extols buttermilk as a cure for dyspepsia and a fountain of vitality. The piece spins jokes about Julius Caesar and Napoleon, riffs on reincarnation, and riffs on public figures like Roosevelt and Dewey praising buttermilk as a mark of greatness.
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Milwaukee
Rome
Julius Caesar
Calathumpla
Rudolph March
Forum
Julius
Callie
Calathampia
March
Joe Weber
Bunch
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt
National Rock Creek Reservation
Washington
Gen
Miles
Admiral Dewey
Fairbanks
Earth
Between Two Suns by Harry Stilwell Edwards
A plantation scene follows a posse tracking a robber through a grove. A dog reveals the suspect, a nude but trusted black man, and the daughter identifies him as not the intruder. The crowd relents, and the man is released after a moral test and the daughter’s remorseful confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleck
Peter
Silas
Light
Shrioksa
Missy
Mammy
Nee
Jim
The Worst of Enemies Cardinal De Retz Quote
A fragment citing Cardinal de Retz on obstinate enemies. The note suggests skepticism about factions that persist as adversaries despite conflict.
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Cardinal de Retz
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Virgil. D.ars
AC Msclurg &Co
Temple of Justice
Prairie Hotel
Jonn Alnry
Brutus
Thea Mines
Caesar
Pompey
Napoleon
Waterloo
Moving Picture
Wellington
Boulevard Des Dago
Champs
Milord
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Jeff Wellington
J. HH
G. W. Dillingham Co
Stor A
Harry Stilwell Edwards
Shortatory Pub. Co
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