Roper's Texas cattle war nears its end in 2040s style feud
Dusty King is killed by Ben Thorpe, Bill Roper fights to break Thorpe and Tanner. Roper rebuilds eleven outfits, backs gunfighters, and finances border raids to drive cattle north. As spring nears, Thorpe and Tanner outpace him, losses mount, and Roper faces collapse with Dry Camp Pierce departing and gunmen quitting.
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Dusty King
Lew Gordon
Texas
Montana
King
Ben Thorpe
Bill Roper
Thorpe
Roper
Thorpe-Tanner
Tanner
Nate Liggett
Tex Daniels
Hat Crick Tommy
Lee Harnish
Shoshone Wilce
Pot Hook Ranch
Bill
Dodge City
Rio Grande
Middle Country
South Texas
Wilce
Cleve Tanner
the Red
Jody Gordon
Dry Camp Pierce
Dave Shannon
Mudcat Tarn
Shannon
Mexico
Harnish
Heids
Tex Long
Tex
Bert Johnson
March
Big Bend
Valley of the Nueces
Graham
Davis
Pierce
Pot Hook
Biyl
Dry Camp
King Gordon
Forbidden Territory Sparks Imminent Jurano Duel
Jeremy Slade, son of Bar J ranch owner Damon Slade, slips into Jurano despite warnings. After a night of drinking in a nearly empty saloon, he awakens to learn he has promised to duel Andre LaValle at sunrise, with LaValle famed as Jurano’s top pistol shot, and his second insisting the duel proceed as honor dictates.
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Harnish
Lee Harnish
Bill Roper
Eremy
Damon Slade
Damon
Jurano
Jeremy
M'Sieu
M’sieu LaValle
M’sieu
Duel and Flight Across Jurano Endgame
Jeremy Slade endures a tense duel boast and a乱 showdown as Americans back him against LaValle. After a night of nerves and a mustached foe, a conference yields peace and a planned exit from Jurano, with Damon Slade's men cheering the staged scare.
Hollywood Models Describe Ideal Husband
Hollywood Model club members reveal they seek an average man not an Adonis. Requirements include height five ten, weight 170, mostly healthy teeth, and tolerance for hangovers. They want a dull golf player, fair poker, bad bridge, decent ping pong, loyal to friends, biased, and a garden putterer who loves home life and kids but may snap at them.
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Hollywood Model Club
Pamela Paul
Van Gogh on Dutch semi postal stamps amid wartime delays
The 1940 Dutch cultural semi postals included a Van Gogh portrait among five stamps. The invasion delayed U S arrival. Van Gogh, admired for depicting laborers, fought emotional turmoil, cut off his ear, and died by suicide in 1890 in a hospital for the insane.
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Netherlands
Hitler
United States
Vincent van Gogh
van Gogh
First Aid to the Ailing House by Roger B Whitman
Advice on heating water in oil burning furnaces warns against coils in fireboxes and suggests separate pot or laundry stoves or a modern gas water heater. Other readers ask about damp plaster, skunk eviction, painting asphalt roofing, and practical home improvements with concrete solutions and material recommendations.
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Roger B. Whitman
Southern Pine Association
New Orleans
Rugs Crochet from Silk Stockings Inexpensive Home Accessory
Charming rug ideas describe crocheting an octagonal rug from old silk stockings with dye. The note mentions a 32 page booklet with detailed instructions on crocheting hooking weaving and braided rug techniques. Includes tufted and other styles using simple equipment from inexpensive materials. Send order for the book.
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Jeremy Slade
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Reader-Home
Sixth Ave
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Deshoulieres
Tobacco By-Products & Chemical Corporation
KS ‘ Kag
la Bruyere
Shelley
Ieee
Ata
Cele
Dean
Coen
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