I Meet Cody and Custer on the Great Plains Trail
The narration recalls a spring 1860s meeting between a scout and General George A. Custer at Fort Hays. The guide accompanies Custer on a grueling ride toward Fort Larned on a mule while the general uses the trip to test the scout and gather route knowledge. The account also highlights Major General Eugene A. Carr and a perilous Elephant Rock engagement with Buffalo Bill Cody wounded but surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Custer
Department of the Missouri
Custer
Seventh Cavalry
United States Army
Fort Ternedon
Awnee Fork
Arkansas River
Fort Hays
Fort Market
Ovenshine
Fort Pass
Fort Larned
Pawnee Fork
Cody
Guard Mount
Daingerfield Parker
Eugene A. Carr
Carr
West Point
New York State
Frontier
Colonel Royal
Tall Bull
Plains
Elephant Rock
Beaver Valley
Beaver
Ward
General Carr
Brown
Indiana
Schenofsky
Babcock
W. P. Hall
General Hall
Brady
Repubican
Fort Kearny
Platte River
Great Plains
Midnight Purple Hosiery Trend Hits Winter Fashion
A fashion note highlights Midnight Purple a bluish purple with gray as a new winter color. French manufacturers of silk stockings add silk muslin to toes and heels for a luxurious touch aimed at women who indulge in premium hosiery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snk
Apron patterns and 1866 year without a summer noted
A fabric advertisement offers a girl’s apron pattern in five sizes and a reply for ten cents. The piece also mentions Japanese crape waists with lace, flowered silks for evening gowns, and a trim of satin apples on hats. It then discusses the 1866 year known as the year without a summer and includes notes on frost, crop damage, and early skating history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
New England
Pennsylvania
What Ails You Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Ad
An 19th century style advertisement claims biliousness torpid liver and indigestion cause weakness and headaches. It touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a liver invig orator stomach tonic and nerve strengthener with ingredients listed on the bottle wrapper and asserts no alcohol or habit forming drugs. It identifies the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo as the proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Mrs M Reney's Experience with Foley's Kidney Remedy
Mrs M McReney of Prentica Mina describes three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble. After two doctors failed to help, she began Foley's Kidney Remedy and, after two bottles, she felt renewed and urges other women to try it.
Farmhouse terrier Rough shares breakfast with hens
A London Spectator note describes Rough the terrier at a farmhouse sharing his master's breakfast. He takes a crust with cream, tears off three corners for the dog, then escorts a hen to the gate where she waits for her friend. Rough barks at other hens as they arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rough
London Spectator
Heavily Stocked Feet Relief Advertised
A historical ad copy promises relief for aching feet from wearing heavy stockings and tight shoes. It claims Allen’s Feet Bac fills the need by reducing perspiration and easing discomfort, suggesting a solution for swollen feet and pressure.
Farm Thoughts and Machinery in Rural Life
A long survey of farm practice covers value of investments like milk machines and tiling, weather protection for stock, and the benefits of snow as poultry water. It notes that proper housing and dry air improve health, that land agents' practices harm trust, and that milking machines boost dairy efficiency while reducing manual labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohilo
Michigan
Indiana
Southern Land Company
Personal Appeal for Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy
A reader letter advocates Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted cough and colds remedy. The writer warns against unknown preparations and notes forty years of use, urging personal experience over experimentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
D. Kuestel
Is there a Santa Claus? A rousing affirmative reading
A playful verse affirms Santa Claus with a fatherly figure bearing the burden of Christmas. The poem contrasts consumer spectacle with the strain on the father as the “beast of burden” delivering gifts and cheer, ending with a wry line about lacking money to lend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Lord of Creation
Beast of Burden
Dad
New Year Resolutions and Small Economic Worries
Advice column humorously advises readers to settle grudges and debts, seek medical help for indigestion, and persuade spouses to save. It riffs on practical worries like coal stock and holiday gifts, urging calm planning for a milder winter and frugal domestic habits.
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Buffalo Bill Red
Ovetdicne
Smoky Ill River
Smoky Hill River
Larned
Uits
Europe
William = Fitz-Stephen
London
Charles H
Holland
Bec
Pepys
London Chronicle
M’raney
Allen
By Duncan M. Smith
the Tribune Company
Pearl
New Albany
Ind
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Ohio
Fioyd
Reel House
Lower Fourth
Spring
West Eighth
Main
East Fourth
Oulbertson
Eighth St
Culbertson Ave
Upper Sixth
River
East Eleventh
Vincennes and
Beeler
Main and
Vincennes
Oak and
Thomas
Pearl and
Oak
Weet Union
State and Green
Poplar
Thirteenth
Stone
Eighteenth
State
Lower First St
Ane
Southern Hk
Chartres
Cherry
Constitution
East Ninth
Market
East Tenth
Elm Streets
Fifteenth St
Culbertson Avenue
Charlestown Road
Vincennes Street
Robinson's Pants Factory
East Third and Railroad
Elin Avenue
East Seventh
East
Silver Street
Silver
Willow Streets
Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern Traction Company
Hoosier
Seymour
Courbus
Edinburg
Franklin
Greenwood
Indianapolis
Cha Hs
Seymour- Indianapolis
Columbus
Franklin Greenwood
Indianaporls
Azalia
Lorsville
Whiteland
Kinesia
I. & L. Traction Co
Louisville
Southern Indiana R. R
Omicral
A. A. Andensos
Gen
Mar
Columbes. Ind
Cumberland
West Baden Springs, Ind
Rane
Chicago
Anny
Ary
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