Doctor Carpy's Story of Sleepy Cat Mayhem on Fourth of July
Doctor Carpy recalls a chaotic Sleepy Cat Fourth of July with a gunfight involving Frank Sanger Buck Boyd and the Calabasas gang. Tracy tries to intervene as Sanger is killed and a slim marksman in a barber shop lathers a deadly dual volley, wounding several and saving Tracy.
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Doctor Carpy
Sleepy Cat
Wentworth
Carpy
Here
Medicine Bend
Benjamin Wentworth
River Quarter
Gunlock
Mary Magdalen
Bunty Bartoe
Lower River Bridge
Bartoe
Atkins
Council Bluffs
Salt Lake
Frank Sanger
Calabasas
Buck Boyd
George Osage
Panhandle
Dave Tracy
Thief River
Dave
Frank
Sanger
Corral
Tracy
Boyd
Slim
Carey
Frontier saga of a quiet gunfight and a strange luck
In Sleepy Cat a barroom shooting erupts when Tracy and partner confront rivals. Wentworth, Carpy, and ailing Dave discuss the fallout and a rising freighting plot as a young man named Selwood encounters a wreck on the Crawling Stone trail. TO BR CONTINUED.
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Tracy
Slim
Wentworth
Mr. Sim
Jim McAlpin
Dave
Jim
Thief River
Selwood
John Selwood
Carpy
Sleepy Cat
Medicine Bend
West End
St. Louis
Bartoe’s Place
Sleepy Cat Growth On the Overland Trail
In Sleepy Cat growth spurt amid the Overland trail stretch near Point the town showed its early bustle as miners and settlers moved west. Christie Fyler anchors the chapter recalling a restless, sunlit landscape and the town's spread along the winding path.
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Sleepy Cat
Point
First Job as Paper Hanger Ends Up A Hilarious Mess
Nye recalls his attempt to economize on wallpaper work by making paste from flour water and glue. A tipped chair leads to papering the piano and his wife, then repapering her face, provoking laughter as he laments unhappiness.
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Nye
Bill Nye
Frank Wilson Nye
Ay That's the Rub in Golf History
The Chicago Journal notes that the phrase scrape meaning trouble is older than rub pinches and squeezes and dates to Scotland where a rabbit burrow called a scrape made a ball unplayable. The rule gave only a small penalty, hence getting into a scrape.
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Scotland
Chicago Journal
Ancient skillful horses captivate crowds in historic displays
The article recalls trained horses delighting audiences from Cortz Altdorf circuses to ancient Italy where horses danced to pipes. It notes a 13th century rope dancer and 14th century artists depicting equine drills including tapping fore and hind legs like drummers.
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Cortz Altdorf
Italy
Amana Name Meaning and Origin
The biblical name Amana means believe faithfully in German Glaub treu. The community was first called Bielb treu meaning remain faithful, a term hard to express in English, so the biblical form Amana was chosen.
European Time Standards and Local Meridian Practices
European countries mostly use standard time from Greenwich meridians, with Ireland, Holland, Russia, and Greece deviating by basing on their capitals. Russia uses Pulkova time for railways and Holland uses Amsterdam time. He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.
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Greenwich
Ireland
Holland
Russia
Greece
Amsterdam
Montacue
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Frank H. Spearman
Scribner's Sons
Doc
Christie Fyler
Packoloxoksks
Xongkskoloroko
Toledo
Ohio
Houston
Galveston
J. E. Willis
Clio
8. C
Southern Chewing Gum Co
Church St
Nashville, Tenn
California
Free Bulletin, Commerce Co
Crocker Ridg
San Francisco
Calif
Bullard Machine Works
Keonseboro
N.C
A. H. Santachi
Glenellyn
Dr. Peery
Babies Love
Mars
Winslow's Syrup
AtAll Drugetats
Mitchell Nys
Mall & Ruckel
New York City
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