Sitting Bull Once A Cadet In West Point
Liberty Missouri Sept 15 In the death last month of Capt Lewis B Dougherty there is revealed a remarkable bit of history that Sitting Bull once attended the University of Missouri and was a cadet at West Point. Dougherty aged 57 at death was born at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. He told his friend Fred Z Courtney the story on his deathbed. Dougherty entered Missouri in 184y and recalls Edwards a temperamental student later expelled from West Point. Edwards later met President Polk seeking West Point vacancy and finally became a Sioux chief known as Sitting Bull in 1852.
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Ly Kenneth DU
East
Sitting Bull
Captain Dougherty
Edwards
Finnally
Dougherty
Columbia
Washington
Polk
West Point
Prom Point
Semper
Lewis B. Dougherty
Fort Laramie
Wyoming
Princeton Area Church and Family News Highlights
Local families and guests are listed visiting relatives, church activities and births. Daughters born to Willard Harlan. Princes ton and Hermon Presbyterian church events noted. Community members including Flack, Young, Barry, Gardner, Wright, Heary, and Kildoo appear in station personals and social visits.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUE LIST
Puzzle clues span horizontal and vertical entries with numbered positions and theme notes. Solve by filling common crossword words, using crossing letters for confirmation, and rely on practical wording clues to identify each answer.
Newton Young Family Motored to New Castle Saturday
Mr and Mrs Newton Young and family along with Mrs D F Henry and daughters Mary Jennis and son Dougag traveled to New Castle Saturday evening in a motor trip described in local notices.
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Newton Young
D. F. Henry
Mary
Jennis
Dougag
New Castle
Kiwanis Club Constitution Week Plans and Puzzle
Kiwanis clubs across the United States observe Constitutional Week with talks on good government and law observance led by the American Bar Association. The Reading Convention is set for October 5-7 with hotel reservations for six couples. a golf tournament may open September 8 with a $5 entrance fee.
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United States
American Bar Association
Kiwan-i
Lea Marvin
Lee
Ellif
Riga Moscow rail route cut seven hours in new path
Riga reports that Lettish and Soviet governments agreed to reroute trains from Riga to Moscow via India Bigosova and Smolensk, cutting travel time from 31 to 24 hours for passenger trains. Freight still uses the old Se basch line, and the new path allows 31 mph speed.
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Riga
Weetarn
Sebasch
Solutions Puzzle Build a Wetter Mouse Trap
A cryptic line suggests a riddle about improving a trap to outdo a neighbor, with a broader warning that such attempts provoke wider attention and consequences. The phrase evokes competition and social reaction to clever schemes.
Mt Hermon Meeting and Local School Notes
Mt Hermon WC T U to meet at Mrs Sarah Stoner's Rose Point home next Thursday afternoon. Nearby schools began Tuesday with teachers Florence Wilkeson Fox Clair Brown Harlansburg Hilie Book Hamilton Young Lenora White Rose Point Gladys White Stonyside. Hermon Sunday school at 10:90 and evening preaching at 7. Prince ton church hosts district Sunday school convention Friday with delegates Lauretta Wright Mrs Florence Stevenson Everett Boal. Mr and Mrs William Gere of New Castle visited Irwin Stevenson Sunday afternoon.
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Frances Myers
Slippery Rock
Samusle
New Castle
Kennedy's Milla
Florence Stevenson
Lauretta Wright
Everett Boak
Herman Presbyterian Church
Princeton Church
Jessie Kildoo
Plaingrove High School
Princeton
Presbyterian Church
Hermon
Everett Boal
Wiliam Gere
Irwin Stevenson
Turkey Hill Social Notes and Local Appointments
Mrs W A Brown and children visited friends recently. In South New Castle Boro W H and G W Mayberry attended the New Castle Fair Friday and Saturday. Mary Higsfos and Alvela Davis of Chewton attended the Pro Social Friday evening on Turkey Hill. James Kelly of New Castle was accalhar on Turkey Hill Friday. C Brown has accepted a position with the American Cement and Tile Co. Mr and Mrs Carl Coovert and children George and Luella are mentioned.
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W. A. Brown
Friands
South New Castle
Boro
G. W. Mayberry
New Castle
Mary Higsfos
Alvela Davis
Chewton
James Kelly
Turkey
I C. Brown
American Cement ‘and ‘Tile Co
Carl Coovert
George and
Luella
Local Social Notes From New Castle Fair And Visitors
Jane Byers and Mrs. Chas Brown attended the New Castle Fair on Saturday. Bo Brown visits with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Guy Sr of Chewton. A town resident described as full of pep bubbled over and ran into the gutter. Card of Thanks from Thomas Flynn and family expresses gratitude for kindness sympathy and floral tributes during wife Mary Flynn's illness and death.
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Jane Byers
Chas, Brown
New Castle
Bo Brown
Guy, Sr
Chewton
Mary Flynn
Thomas Flynn & Family
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Chieftain
Missouri University
John Dougherty
Platte Territory
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Captasin Dougherty
Pennsylvania
Department of Banking Regulation
Wallace
National Market Company
E. Washington St
First State Bank of
Jefferson Street
Mill Street
Princeton Station
George Hohmann
Bobby
Near Plaingrove
Hermon Presbyterian Church
Howarth
Willard Harlan
Harlansburg
Arthur Flack
Smiley Stop
N. M. Young
John Barry
D. J. Heary
William Gardner
Elenor May
Plaingrove
and Mire
Milton McCracken
Orvilla Kaufman
Steubenville, O
Calvin Wright
Weduffordg Co
Harves
Ocean
Angel
Kavational Syndicate
Ier
Tia
South Holme
East Washington
Russia
LL. Swan & Co
North Mill Street
Love
Megown
Cul-Prica Druggists
Toean
Wallace Institute
D. C. Orr Baking CO
New Castle Pa
MT. Hermon
Turkey Hill
The
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Lawrence Savings & Trust Co
East Washington Street
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