Custers Last Fight and the Cavaliers Legend
The piece recounts the Lit tle Big Horn battle of June 25 1876 known as Custers Last Fight and portrays George Armstrong Custer as the last of the Cavaliers. It traces his life from Ohio frontier roots through West Point and Civil War heroism to his final stand with the Seventh Cavalry against Sioux Cheyenne and Arapahoe forces. It emphasizes his fame and mystique, his youthful rank as a general at 23, and Hunt’s portrayal of him as a romantic Indian fighter who met a famed death.
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United States
Little Big Horn River
Mont
Custer
George Armstrong Custer
Frazier Hunt
Cromwell
Charles the Second
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Cul- Jodenmoor
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Emmanuel Custer
Ohio
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Mexico
Flar
America
Rumsey Invincibles
Little Autie
Armstrong
Paw
Autie
General Scott
Taylor
Monroe
Mich
United States Military Academy
West Point
Academy
Hunt
Confederacy
Jeb Stuart
John Morgan
Union
Washington
Second Cavalry
Ately
Bull Run
Fifth Cavalry
McClellan
General Pleasonton
Michigan
Gettysburg
Sheridan
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Lee
Stonewall Parkney
Jeb. Stuart
Pelham
Plains
Smashed Precedent D Girl Defies Oxford Exam Tie
A reader recalls an Oxford City examination scene where a student refused to conform to given directions. She wore a green necktie to signal defiance and waited nervously as the examiner approached her desk from behind, laying the papers before her.
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Oxford City
Facial Judgments and the Gendered Face a Quote
A compact quotation notes that to judge a man one should study eyes while for a woman lips reveal character, with the mouth and chin forming the emotional region of the face. It contrasts how facial features convey inner traits.
Meteoric Distance Measured In Light Years And Miles
A terse note describes stellar distance in light years and roughly twenty trillion miles, converting vast space into familiar units. The fragment hints at scale, noting light year as standard unit and an approximate mile-based figure for comprehension.
200 Chinese on Good Will Tour
Shanghai reports that over 200 prominent Chinese will sail August 24 on the President Cleveland for an extended Sino-American friendship and trade tour. The Friendship Tour Company promotes the trip with first class accommodations on the Dollar net and a special train through the United States. Cities include Seattle to San Francisco with stops for inspections of major industries and side trips to Yellowstone Yellowstone Niagara Falls and Grand Canyon of Colorado. Interpreters guides a Chinese press representative and a moving picture cameraman accompany the party.
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Shanghai
Cleveland
United States
Friendship Tour Company
America
Seattle
Portland
Minneapolis
Chicago
Detroit
Akron
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Yellowstone National Park
Niagara Falls
Grand Canyon
Colorado
China
African Wild Boars to Make Sport in Texas
Kingsville Texas natives report a novel experiment on the Henrietta King estate 1 280 000 acre ranch with three African wild boars released in the chaparral to mingle with javelinas. Officials expect rapid multiplication and hunting sport within years though boars are ferocious yet no more dangerous than javelinas which roam in large droves across South Texas ranches. Hunters often climb trees when confronting a drove of javelinas, awaiting rescue by companions from camp.
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Kingsville
Texas
Henrietta M. King
Africa
South
Former Citizens Hold Ghost Town Reunion in Traver California
Travel California towns back to life as about 500 former residents return for the forty fifth anniversary of Traver founded as a grain and horticulture center. Every building is gone after last year’s Del Zante hotel fire and alkali irrigation destroyed the town’s economy.
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Calif
California
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Traver
del Zante
Intoxicated in county jail sparks 80 day sentences
In Spencer Iowa Harry Nelson and "Red" Welch were each sentenced to 80 days after being intoxicated while in custody awaiting investigation. The incident highlights conduct while under detention and the county jail discipline applied.
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Spencer
Iowa
Harry Nelson
Red”Welch
Old Ironsides Work Over Half Completed
The Constitution restoration at the Boston navy yard is more than 50 percent complete. By year end it will be ready for service. So far 687,000 has been raised to cover rebuilding costs. total expected expense is 834,000.
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Boston
Mass
Ironsides
Boston Navy Yard
Chefoo China Hairnet Industry T imeline in War Era
Washington bulletin notes Chefoo China rose to fame as a hairnet hub. The city, in Shantung, served as headquarters, with a foreign settlement and bustling markets. War, cheap labor, and rail links shaped decline. 1921 employment fell from fifteen thousand to a few thousand.
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Washington
Chefoo
China
National Geographic Society
Europe
Asia
Shantung Province
Cape Cod
Yellow Sea
Korea
Cincinnati
Ohno
Denver
Colo
Pacific
Chefon
Shantung
Tientsin-Pukow
Tsingtao
United States
Lights Out in Time to Save Woman Swindler
In Zanesville Ohio Providence guards prevented a female check swindler from escaping after two stores accepted a bank drawn check. A third store detained her and called the Cambridge bank. When the bank flagged the check as rubberized, the lights went out and the woman vanished during the blackout.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Providence
Focal
Cambridge
U S French Visa Fee Cut to Aid Tourists
Paris reports an accord between France and the United States to reduce the tourist visa fee from 10 to 2 dollars. Norman Armour, American charge d affaires, announced the plan. The fee will be valid two years instead of one, easing passport difficulties for travelers.
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Paris
France
United States
Norman Armour
Song of Praise in Psalm 108 The Privilege of Worship and Thankfulness
Lesson for June 23 centers on Psalm 108 a song of praise. It extols God's forgiveness healing redemption and steadfast love. The order highlights adoration for benefits then praise of God's justice mercy and enduring goodness toward all creation.
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Andrew Bonar
Jesus Christ
Sina
Christ
God
Messiah
Moses
Israel
Jehovah
Belief and Faith And Jesus Fragment
A fragmented quotation presents Jesus urging faith in God and moving mountains. The text appears as an incomplete biblical citation with broken phrases and unclear attribution.
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Cavaliers
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Coster
Cadet
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