Hi and Rod Face Ute Attack on Yard Bridge
In a bid for safety Hi defies fatigue and a looming Ute threat while guiding Rod to safety. He holds a river bridge against a raiding party, fires to protect his wagon train, and later traps a fleeing Ute in the Bear River gorge.
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Ervy
Hi” Sanders
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Oleson
Grayling
White River
Tenderfoot
Treckon
Bear River
Olesun
Colorado
Wyoming
Hiram Senior
Hiram
Rod
Bat
Elk Mountain
Ted
Pap
Little Snake
Jack- Rabbit Springs
Yampa
Creek Hill
Utes Flee and Freighter Sets Course to Wyoming
In a tense frontier scene Hi endures a near drowning and a wounded arm as Utes vanish from the river bluff. Grayling’s riders pursue, but Hi and the freighter decide to move on, seeking new routes after the Meeker era reshaped Colorado’s trout and game lands.
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Tosa
Grayling
Rod
Colorado
Wyoming
Washakie
White River
Meeker
Public bans on marriages urged to curb elopements
An article cites Edward Bok urging reestablishment of public bans on marriages. It argues thirty days notice posted publicly would deter runaway marriages and moonlight unions that harm girls and bring disgrace to families, noting European practice reduces divorce.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Edward Bok
Koshack Philosopher Skewers Endless Ancestry Talk
In a regional wry opinion, Tom P. Morgan jokes about boastful claims of illustrious patrilineage. He mocks a man who touts being a distant descendant of a Revolutionary figure and notes the absurdity of judging worth by ancestry rather than deeds. The piece urges practical virtues over family legends.
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What
Bunker Hill Monument
Mebdy
Tom P. Morgan
How to Pronounce Krucer
The article explains pronunciation of the celebrated old gentleman's name. It argues the "n" is not silent, the U carries a mark indicating a German u, the g is hard, and that the correct form follows continental spelling rather than a Dutch mispronunciation. It notes the name is spoken phonemically by those close to the family.
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Krucer
Kreeger
Loudon Mail
A Country of Colonels in Bulawayo Defense
The Bulawayo defense was run by locally formed corps that boasted many colonels. A young staff member met a self-styled colonel who introduced him to the Bulawayo Club, then left with the youngster hearing a chorus of twenty-three men saluting good night with hats tipped.
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Bulawayo
Carrington
Realized Dream of H H Vreeland Leader of New York Streets
The article profiles H H Vreeland head of New York surface lines and president of the Metropolitan Street Railway, tracing his rise from a grocery clerk to a railway chief. It notes his role in electrifying routes, introducing the conduit system, and expanding a 400 mile system carrying about 500 million riders annually.
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Herbert B. Vreeland
New York
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Vreeland
Third Avenue
Metropolitan Company
A & Great Corporation
Glen
Amsterdam
Hudson River
Long Island
Walker
Bushwick
Horse Road
Lenox Avenue
Metropolitan
Manhattan Island
President Vreeland Brakeman to Conductor Dream Turns True
A young worker nicknamed President rises from car duster to brakeman then earns trust as he leads a train. After setbacks including a discharge and an accident, he wins a chance to prove himself with directors aboard and earns appointment as brake operator for a major line. The railroad declares the role worth $20,000,000 and notes the road’s investment and employment impact.
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Land
Vreeland
Leading M E Debater John W Hamilton to Speak in Chicago
Rev John W Hamilton D D a leading figure in the coming M E church general conference in Chicago will address the assembly. His current post as secretary of the Freedman's Aid society is in Cincinnati but he is from Virginia and long identified with Boston Methodism. He is recognized as a strong speaker and organizer and is known as a prohibitionist and former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate.
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M. ER
Chicago
John W. Hamilton
Johin W. Hamilton
England
Massachusetts
Appendicitis and Its Varied Symptoms and Treatments
A discussion from Youth's Companion explains the appendix as a small hollow tube attached to the large intestine. It describes typical symptoms from mild bellyache to severe fever and shock, notes on hiccough, and debates treatment approaches between rest, diet, and surgery with emphasis on middle-ground as often best.
Surgeons Cite Air Bubble Theory For Mauser Wound Lacerations
South African physicians argue that air driven by a high speed Mauser bullet causes large lacerations. They note a bubble forms ahead of the bullet and can reach many times the bullet’s size, with experiments in water supporting the idea of projectile air expanding upon impact.
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South Africa
Nome's Rapid Boom In 1899 From Tent City To Town
Appletons Popular Science Monthly recalls Nome evolving from a tent site to a bustling town by September 1899. By mid September three to four thousand residents crowded along a central street as lumber arrived from far distances and local saloons and entertainments lined the way.
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Nome
Appletons
Popular Science Monthly
Various Authors Named in Curious Descriptions
A fragmented list of playful attributions pairs authors with humorous or exaggerated labels such as cheerful, nosy, tall, towering, boisterous, amusing, happy, and distressed. The text strings together names like Samuel Smiles, Howella, Longfellow, Haw thorns, Pope, Thomas Tickall, Gay, Burns, Chatterton, Akem aidy, with odd descriptive adjectives.
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Samuel Smiles
Howella
Longfellow
Hawthorns
Pope
Thomas Tickall
Gay
Burns
Chatterton
Akemaidy
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