Summit Springs Battle Famed for a Nonexistent Scene
A Century and a Half later the Summit Springs engagement is recounted with focus on the true events. Maj. Carr’s column pursued Tall Bull’s Dog Soldier Cheyennes into Colorado. Frank and Luther North with Pawnees overran the village and Tall Bull’s lodge, freeing captives and killing Tall Bull’s allies. Buffalo Bill Cody later gained fame fabricating the legend for his Wild West show.
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Ixty
Colorado
Buffalo Dill
Summit Springs
Buffalo Bil
Cody
Tail Bull
George Bird Grinnell
Pawnee
Fifth Cavalry
Kansas
W. J. Royall
Fort McPherson
Neb
Tall Mull
Dugene A. Carr
Frank North
Luther H. North
Cushing
Murie
Becher
Matthews
Kislingterry
Garry
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Carr
North
Royall
Frank
Luther
Major North
Bis
Tall Pull
Captain Cushing
Tall Bull
Welcher
Norths
Luther North
Suzannah Alderdice
Casine
Fort Sedgwick
Jee Pajlidsy
Pumber
Indiana
Buffalo Bull
Major Royall
Ned Buntline
Poat
Buntline
Atre
Buntilee
Union
New Ideas to Aid Weather Prophets in Forecasting
The article explains how mass analysis uses two or more conflicting air masses meeting along fronts to forecast weather. It describes warm fronts where tropical air rises over cold air, producing clouds and rain, and cold fronts where polar air wedges under warm air, causing squally precipitation and sudden weather changes.
Horse and Wagon Motion Definitions Explore Driving Terms
The text discusses how horses push against harness to drive a wagon and pull the wagon via the collar or breast strap. It notes that some authorities prefer the term draw meaning to move something forward by force applied ahead of the mover.
Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions Debunked
The article notes Friday the Thirteenth is considered unlucky due to combined Friday and number 13 superstitions. It mentions European beliefs linking Friday to the crucifixion and the Last Supper’s thirteen guests as origins, suggesting the fear may be older.
Interpreters Needed Sausage Cases For Ice Cream Packing
The new packing idea uses sausage cases to hold ice cream and frozen products. A filing machine seals transparent containers by turning a crank, promising sanitary handling and cost savings demonstrated in Leipzig.
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Leipzig
Now Conquering Auto Ousts the Elephant
Popular Mechanics notes how Ceylon's modernization with automobiles trucks and gas stations is surpassing traditional elephant travel. Elephants still roam and haul loads but auto transport and roads are rapidly replacing them as the island embraces motorized mobility.
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Popular Mechanics
Ceylon
India
Indian Ocean
The Chinese Civilization and Social Stability
The text argues China is a civilization rather than a nation in the European sense. It highlights learning aristocracy, civil service exams, and lack of class distinction as features. Family culture provided social stability through political shocks, though not progress in the Western sense.
Colombia as described with major regions and Bogota
The piece outlines Colombia bordering the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and containing Andean peaks and Amazon jungles. It notes Bogota as the capital and historic Spanish city, and mentions Venezuela as a neighbor. It also oddly describes ice cream sausage as a product unit.
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Colombia
Amazon Valley
Bogota
Venezuela
Adam’s Quarterly Interest Thought Experiments
A wry reflection on five cents invested quarterly compounding to imagine wealth, then dampened by the bank’s warning that interest has eroded the principal. The tale uses humorous hypothetical math to critique finance and ambition.
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Adam
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Elmo Scott Watson
Tall Bull's Camp
Luther H-North
Atay, Frank North
Gen Eugene A. Carr
Ht Cross
China
Raymond Knight and
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Cuckoos
Tima
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