Woman and the snake duel in the Australian bush
A Native Australian squatter camp scene unfolds as Norah Mackenzie lures a tiger snake with a stock whip. The girl calmly dispatches the reptile while Snowball and others watch, then she shares a keen, enigmatic gaze with the narrator, who contemplates danger, cruelty, and a growing attraction amid frontier life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Mackenzie
Savile
Yarry
Amissia
Norah
Snowball
Miseia
Jack
Western Australia
Yanges
Robinson River
Atiiralia
Gibson
Crover
Aetralian
Cate
Howe
Lavity
Talmage’s Big Audience Grow From Daily Sermons
Dr. T De Witt Talmage attracts a weekly audience of thirty million through syndicated sermons while planning expanded literary work. He travels for Chautauqua engagements across eastern and midwestern states and maintains duties at his Washington church remotely. His Easthampton cottage hosts other prominent clergy as neighbors during summer retreats.
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T. de Witt Talmage
Divinity Hil
Easthampton
Long Island
South Carolina
Northampton
Mass
Hasthampton
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Talmage
Oregon
California
Tahnage
Washington
Pabmt
America
Europe
Bern Seeks Modern Store Face but Faces Local Protest
A Bern trader once selling small wares plans two modern department stores on the main arcade. He sought to remove the dark stone arches before his building, provoking a storm of protests from little merchants who fear heavy taxation and failure. The dispute ends with him making his shop the finest in the city and installing an elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley
Jack
Ile
Skeleton Creek
Western Australia
Tyndall
Macarthur
Mackenzie
Norah Mackenzie
Qur Gray
Yarry
Mate
Tare Seth
Ron
Inverness
Brut Sobby
Savile
Anak
Melbourne
Sydney
Samson
Australia
Charters Towers
Elsie
Puarker
Snowhall
Bern
Thirteenth Minnesota in Manila and Luzon Fighting
A detailed account recalls the Thirteenth Minnesota’s actions in Manila and on Luzon during 1898 99 including police duty ending, the Feb 4 22 fires and assaults by Filipinos, and pivotal combats on San Juan Hill and Bocaua bridge. Private Peters describes long skirmishes 7 miles front and the trench like fighting through bamboo and heat. The narrative notes 15 wounded and ongoing operations against insurgents as brigades pursue a broader campaign in northern Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Kalmer
Great North- West
Ieyhure
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Gettysburg
Philippines
Manila
Castile
Minnesota Guard
Snow
Otis
Marqueta Road
San Juan Hill
St Paul Bay
John F. Peters
Gale
Maiahon
Tate
Thirteenth
Ogi
Bocau
Wheaton
Malolos
Bocan
Diggles
Guiguinte
Bocaua Bridge
Metz
Great Plain
Local Accounts of Tail Theft Rivalry in Dahlonega
In Dahlonega Georgia a peculiar incident arose after a wetting in Chestatec county where many horses arrived and their tails were cut off by a party of masked riders. A man from Yehoda district borrowed a horse and lost its tail, sparking chatter about a new war of treating guests.
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Yehoda
Chas
Dahlonega
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Sinner Twain
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Lnvernem
Divinity Hill
Talmwage
Georgica
James M. McLeod
Scranton
John Th. Paxton
R. Heber Newton
Richey
Jban Richey
Jewett
Sonal
Alice
Brinton
Minnesota Bears
A. M. Diggles
Sancta Maria
Thelina
Grorce L. Riuner
Nebraska
Bert
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