Bill Jess McDonald Texas frontier regulator and hero
The piece chronicles William Jesse McDonald born 1852 in Mississippi as he grows amid plantation life, Civil War loss, and Reconstruction turmoil. He becomes a feared yet principled regulator in Mineola and Wood County, Texas, earning a deputy commission after quelling a bully with a six gauge pistol and aligning with James S. Hogg before later clashes with violence and law enforcement.
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Dave Dilberson
Congress
Charles G. Culberson
United States
Texas
McDonald
Loneview
Wood County
Mineola
MacDonald
James S. Hogg
Hogg
Quitman
Rhoda Isabel Carter
Bill McDonald
Gordon
Pete Dowell
Bill Jess McDonald
The Gordon Line Begins as Mineola Moral Turn
In Mineola a riot by 300 tie cutters prompts Sheriff Reeves arrest and Deputy McDonald uses a firm, decisive method to restore order. The episode marks the start of a long enforcement career, including pursuing the Jim Bean gang across Smith and Wood counties and a dramatic pursuit that ends with Bean brothers killed later in Wise county.
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Bill McDonald
Gordon
Mineola
George Reeves
McDonald
Reeves
Calaboose
Bill Jeess
Jim Bean
Smith County
Kansas
Wood
Bill
Sabine River
Smith
Bean
Wise County
Bean Brothers
Button swallowed by child becomes whispered truth
Losie Fuller recounts a luncheon story about a coin and a button placed in a pudding for a Christmas party. A little girl confesses she took the button to avoid laughter, proving the tale's moral and the child’s naive confession.
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Eve
Losie Fuller
It Would Suit Him Judge Warns Disruptive Attendee
The judge warns that any further interruption will lead to expulsion from the courtroom. The prisoner cheers briefly as the judge contemplates the next move. A line about a man who worships a girl but is advised she may reject him is included in the exchange.
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Jim
Meridian
Raiway
Major McDonald
Bill Jess
Eunice
McDonald
Bill
Zind
Corinth
Mcnee CA
Donald
Eunice McDonald
Texas Ward
Taon
Texas
Luck County
Senderson
Col. Greene
McDonalds
Greene
Jenderson
Charley Keene
Jess
Dave Culberson
Charley Greene
North
Postum Cures Neuralgic Headaches in Reading Woman Letter
A reader shares a testimonial praising Postum as a simple remedy for 12 years of neuralgic headaches. She says weight dropped from 140 to 110, doctors offered only temporary relief, and after two weeks with Postum the headaches faded and she felt clearer headed and more capable. Read the little book The Road to Wellville. There’s a reason.
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Wellville
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Giens
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Eunice Durham
Hall
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Kemro Courty
Alabama Line
Milles
Blaex
Metope County
Mreyer
Texas Panhandle
Syropsfigs Elward Senna
California Fir Syrup Co
Western
Canada
Ls.crawford
St Mensas City
Itc
C.J. Broughton
Quine
Darling Seros
Osea
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