Buck Duane Faces Lynching in Shirley Texas
Buck Duane arrives in Shirley Texas after a placard offers $1,000 dead or alive for his murder of a ranch woman. A mob ropes him, but Jeff Aiken’s daughter Lucy identifies him, clearing him. Captain MacNelly then escorts Duane to ranger camp, where Duane explains he never killed a woman and seeks justice.
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Duane
Dufne
Shirley
Buck Duane
Jeff Aiken
Oae
Dunne
Texas
Ike
Soho
Abe
Jefe Aiken
Siberty
Jeff
Mare
Worttén
Sibert
Aioe
Aiken
Sibest
Libert
Massi
Arim
Alken
Taiken
Buck
Lucy
Mama
Cowboy
Butger
MacNelly
Fairfield
A . Duane
Buckie
Four British destroyers rescue 916 aboard seven ships torpedoed
Western Newspaper Union reports American flotilla destroyers reached Newport harbor with 916 survivors from four British steamers and two neutral vessels, including the Kingston. Submarine activity near the coast suspected. no confirmed loss of life though Kingston crew unaccounted for.
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Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Newport
Atok
Dayton
Ben
Ham
Jenkins
Huicsgon
West’ Point
Jiy
Gleaves
Kingston
Desperate Chance to Prove Buck Duane Innocence
Read this installment showing Buck Duane taking extreme risks to demonstrate his innocence in a foul crime. The narrator asks readers to consider personal risk in pursuit of justice and portrays a scenario of saving a child or facing an armed maniac for a loved one.
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Odda
Buck Duane
Duane Seeks Captain Aiken at Fairfield Crossing
Duane reaches a road crossing and sees Fairfield on a signpost which unsettles his decision. He feels compelled to hunt down an unknown ranger Captain Aiken, driven by a state of mind where clear reasoning has faded and instinct guides him.
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Fairfield
Jerr Aiken
Duune
Captain MacNelly’s Plot Against Duane Unfolds
The question hints at a tense conflict between Captain MacNelly and Duane. It contemplates whether Duane will consent to prison, suggesting a coercive or coercive-leaning dynamic and potential legal or punitive consequences for Duane.
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Captain MacNelly
Duane
Cowboy tale ends in tragedy on the trail
A rural joke from the Abilene Reflector tells of a ranch man who marries a waitress in a border town. On the way back he laments his wife’s broken leg then reveals he shot her, saying she was such a good woman.
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Abilene
Unien
All Began With a Dime
A ten-year-old neighbor boy received ten cents from his grandmother and bought cucumber seed. He sold produce for a small profit, bought a ewe lamb with remaining money, and within a year and a half the ewe and twin lambs are valued at twenty dollars, plus wool earnings of 2.45 saved as the start of his own bank account.
Alexander the Great explores Mesopotamian Marshes voyage
Fragmentary passage recalls Alexander the Great journey down the Euphrates to Pallakopea dike near Babylon to inspect the marshes and ancient sluice systems. He planned another sluice downstream and steered his vessel with a diadem as he explored the lakes and tombs of kings.
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Mesopotamia
Alexander the Great
Euphrates
Pallakopea
Babylon
Alexander
Grand Master to Visit Lincoln Odd Fellows Meeting
Lincoln Neb October 17 18 and 19 mark the grand lodge of Odd Fellows gathering with Frank C Goudy sovereign grand master of Denver to honor the event He will visit the Lincoln branch October 19 with preparations under way and many Odd Fellows and Rebekahs expected to attend in Lincoln to meet the grand master.
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Neb
Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Frank C. Goudy
Denver
Grand Lodge
Grand
Dodge
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Rebekahs
No New U S Steps on Ending War Yet
Officials in Washington say no fresh actions toward ending the European war are planned. No official reveals Wilson’s mind and no preparations exist for peace talks through the unusual diplomatic channels.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Troops Ordered to Border Mobilizations Across States
Washington reports the War Department has ordered all army departmental commanders to deploy militia or ganizations still in state mobilization camps to the border at the earliest possible moment, using available facilities.
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Washington
War Department
Bremen Submarines Reported In Allied Hands
A Galveston report states two German merchant submarines named Bremen have fallen to the entente allies and a third Bremen is en route to the United States, relayed by Captain H Van Schoonbeck of the Belgian steamer Elizabeth Van Belgie.
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Galveston
Tex
Bremen
United States
H. van , Schoonbeck
Elizabeth van Belgie
Friendly Business Relations Between New York and Germany
United States consul general at Hamburg General Henry H. Morgan says Germany will be ready for postwar trade with America. He notes German confidence in closest, friendly business relations once hostilities end, with German merchants expecting strong bilateral commerce.
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New York
Germany
Henry H. Morgan
United States
Hamburg
America
Embarrassing Proposals for Ireland Conscription Debate
London sources say Parliament faces new proposals for conscripting Ireland as the Times and other papers push the issue. Decisions by the power distribution board and General Sir William Robertson on urgent manpower are seen as bolstering agitators, now joined by Sir Edward Carson.
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London
Ireland
The
Times
Power Distribution Board
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
Edward Carson
Submarine Bremen Fate Fears Stir London
London authorities show strong interest in the Bremen, once reported to head for the United States and now overdue. Officials discuss possible port destinations and whether the vessel has entered obscure American waters. The report notes the Bremen’s last known movements and the likelihood of it reaching a harbour.
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Nava
Germany
Bremen
United States
Lin
America
Hranien
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