Love and war on the Texas frontier in a Sioux siege
A detachment of the Eighteenth Fort Bethune is trapped by Indians in a long siege. Hampton and a trader Gillis and his daughter escape. Naida the Kid runs into Hampton and later back to him. Lieutenant Brant uncovers a murder past and romance blooms between Brant and Naida while a mob battle ends with Brant rescuing Hampton and Mason.
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Hampton
Gillis
Plains
Seventh Cavalry
Lieut
Brant
Glencaid
Duffy
Miss Giles
Phoebe Spencer
Miss Spencer
Naida
Rev. Wynkoop
Custer
Bachelor Club
Silent Murphy
Red Slavin
Bob Hampton
Slavin
Murphy
Robert Nolan
Maj
Brant, Sr
Empes
Buck Mason
Mason
Gambler
Donald
Bob
Lassie
Bethune
Crook
America
Mr Hampton Resolves Brant and Naida Farewell
In a tense scene on a hotel step Naida vows love and defies fate while Brant departs to confront a hidden danger. Bob Hampton contemplates a dangerous mission to avenge a dead friend and assure Naida’s safety, promising to return if he lives.
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Bob Hampton
Naida
The Pursuit Into the Big Horn Country
Slavin threatens a criminal danger and a young woman named Naida clings to a looming choice. Hampton, a veteran scout, resolves to pursue a sinister target across a perilous ground as Civil War era hostilities heat up and a risky plan to reveal secrets unfolds.
Trail of Silent Murphy Rides North in Dangerous Mission
In Cheyenne a telegraph operator explains how scout Silent Murphy rode north with dispatches for Custer. Hampton learns Murphy follows a mining trail toward the Powder and Yellow stone, heading into perilous territory with little chance of survival. The pursuit promises danger as Murphy ventures into an Indian haunted land, a mission to the death if needed.
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Silent Murphy
Cheyenne
Hampton
Custer
Terry
Gibbons
Yellowstone
Murphy
Rosebud
Big Houn
Belle Fourche
Know Too Much of Them. Few men have been admired by their own domestics.
A terse aphorism attributed to Montalgae noting that few people are truly admired by their own household, suggesting hidden complexity in private regard and public reputation.
Domestic dispute testimony paints violent act at home
The magistrate notes evidence that a flat iron and sauce pan were thrown at a husband by Mrs. Bulligan-Shure. She describes the incident with a vivid look, implying the motive and boldness of the act.
Kleptomania Debate Highlighted in Lynchburg Court
A Virginia judge hears a humorous defense as a Black defendant claims kleptomania seized him after a court explanation. The remark says the chickens hypnotized him and caused the impulse, reflecting a sensationalized anecdote from a magazine feature.
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Lynchburg
Darky
Jedge
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Miss Johnson Helps Bear Grief After Funeral
A Black man Sam Jackson mourns his wife buried this afternoon. A young Black woman steps beside him offering comfort, saying he should bear up and consider marriage after the funeral. Jackson responds with reverent humor, noting he must wait until after the funeral.
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Sam Jackson
Mistah Jackson
Miss Johnson
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
The Invincible Man and His Weapon of Temper
A quotation attributed to Mazzini praises unwavering calm as a weapon. It states that a man who always smiles remains effectively invincible against provocation, while yielding to anger reveals his strongest advantage to adversaries.
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Mazzini
Our Pie promotion offers free full size pie to customers
Ask your grocer for Our-Pie in stock and mail your name and 10 cents to D Zerta Food Co Rochester NY for a free full size two pie crust lemon chocolate and custard pies. Grocers may be few who carry this offer.
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D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. Y
True Generosity and the Sleep of Authors
A brief aphorism notes that few authors sleep more than seven hours, yet their output grants substantial rest to others. The Herald and Presbytex quote playfully questions authorship and generosity as a public quip.
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the Herald and Presbytex
Allen's Foot-Ease and Piles Cure Claim Broad Ad
The ad copy touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweating and aching feet with a 25 cent price and a claim to substitute none. It also promotes a pile ointment claiming cures in five to fourteen days or money back, with 60 cent price. It includes assorted other patent medicine pitches and rough typographic errors.
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Allen
Olmsted
Roy
Doubtful Compliment Leads to Story of Conversion
Col. John B. Bishop recalls a Tennessee memory of his minister grandfather and a stumble in a village encounter. The villager slurred his words asking if the Reverend had converted him, and the grandfather quips that God had nothing to do with the conversion.
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John B. Bishop
Tennessee
Ted
New York Evening Telegram
Salzer's Earliest Potato Trials Promised Catalog Sample
Rural New Yorker editor names Salzer's Earliest Potato as top among 38 varieties with 464 bushels per acre yield. Salzer's Early Wisconsin yields 736 bu per acre. Offers catalog by mail for 10 cents in stamps to John A Salt Seed Co La Crosse Wis with seed samples of Emperor William Oats Silver King Barley Billion Dollar Grass and more including new farm seeds.
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New Yorker
Salzer
Wisconsin
John A. Salt Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Lesson in Music Apple halves and bites amusing Marion
A music teacher used an apple to teach note values. Marion split the apple to show halves and quarters. When asked to illustrate eighths she quipped that an eighth is a bite, highlighting a playful elementary lesson.
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Marion
Strait Defined In A Narrow Waterway
A father and son discussion in Harper's Weekly explains a strait as a narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies. The excerpt also mocks verbose speech by noting that words rarely boost a woman's popularity.
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Jack
Harper's Weekly
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