Stagecoach tale of Stella Anthony in Western peril
The Overland Mail trip through the Rockies meets a massacre’s aftermath as Uncle Billy Dodge and companions escort Stella Anthony and young Alfred Vincent. Stella shows calm duty despite fear while Gid and Cadwallader guard a station amid threats, fire, and looming danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toty
Overland Mail
Rocky Mountains
Billy’ Dodge
Alfred Vincent
Phineas Cadwallader
Stella
Alfred
Billy
Maloney’s
Uncle Billy
Vincent
Cadwallader
Hyah
Gideon
Alfred Promises Allegiance to Greer Enterprises
Alfred reads Huntington's praise of him as a capable youth and vows to meet the governor and Crocker’s trust. They outline the tough assignments ahead, warn of Cadwallader’s crafty schemes, and share a cipher to protect their methods as Alfred accepts the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Guy
Stanford
Mr. Crocker
Harvard College
Vincent
Cadwallader
Crocker
Illinois State News Roundup From Kankakee to Peoria
A string of Illinois items reports a deputy sheriff shooting a hospital attendant’s assailant after an altercation injuring a young woman. a Springfield freight collision kills a fireman and injures others. Peoria covers a delayed explanation about a school board defalcation in Joliet. Decatur farmers organize to chase hunters, with several warrants issued. Mount Vernon notes renewed oil drilling activity after a nearby strike. Peoria nurses find $5,000 sewn on a patient adjudged insane. Italian labor migrants complain of a fake agent and pay car fare. a couple keeps a two year secret wedding. drought and fires affect Alto Pass and Perry county. Champaign expulsions for hazing at the University of Illinois. multiple diphtheria deaths linked to Emily Clark. a chase ends with a knife attack in Peoria. Danville owner dies from foundry injuries. a child burned to death in Lincoln. a Pennsylvanian shot in Freeport. Virden barn fire. Barry churches fund tabernacle meetings. Pec warkied in a local theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Depuy
Rudolph Nichols
C. C. Foster
Illinois Eastern Insane Hospital
J. L. Greene
J. W. Brazel
Trenton
J. 8. Snape
Peoria
N. C. Dougherty
Dougherty
Joliet
Decatur
Macon County
I. D. Massey
Mount Vernon
Jefferson County
Grand Prairie
Bartonvilla Asylum
Anna Klarek
Mary
P ‘Alto Pass
Emily
Duquoin
Perry County
Champaign
University of Ilinois
R. A. Taylor
Percy Tolbear
Council of Administration
Rayland T. Fritts
Bradley Institute
Emily Clark
Miss Clark
Harry Duchesne
G. L. Schmidt
Danville
Fred Chesley
Danville Foundry & Machine Company
Lincoln
Matcnes
Caroline
Adolph Prykopanski
Freeport
Charles Knauff
Pennsylvania
Harry
Virden
Levi Rose
L. M. Hess
Barry
Ifford Raymond
Rile Burns
Miss
Pec
F. W. Griffith
Claw
Minn
Do you believe everybody has one novel in him
A quip about the abundance of books and the notion that many people may write. It casts doubt on universal literary potential while noting the prolific output of authors. The tone is witty and reflective on writing culture.
Couldn't Fool Uncle Reuben Says Aged Slave Names Notorious Republican
A Arkansas planter, the only white Republican in his area, employs Uncle Reuben a field hand who insists on swearing for a pension. He claims he must swear before a Democrat magistrate, naming Squire McCabe, implying he is a Democrat, in a dispute over pensions and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Allen
Arkansas
Reuben
Squire McCabe
Marse
Ole Rube
New York Times
Child’s Severe Eczema Relieved by Cuticura Remedies
A Durmid Virginia parent recalls a six month old daughter suffering from extreme eczema. After doctors warned and skin failed, eight bars of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment were used, leading to no recurrence by age three. The family cites hope from the remedies in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Smith
Durmid
Woman saved from operation by Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Lena V Henry of Norristown Ga credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her female troubles after fearing surgery. The ad says the compound has helped thousands of women for thirty years addressing displacements inflammation ulceration and other symptoms. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice. address Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
Norristown
Lydia HE. Pinkham
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Iron Way
le Bode
Anthony
San Francisco
Stella Anthony
Jiminy
Phineas
Curly Joe
Gid
Maloney
Stalla
Jake Bennett
Bennett
Gregory
Sally B
Sacramento
Babel
Giffeon
Iit Seci
Salt Lake City
Moppett
Illinois State News
Sterling
Galt
Here
John W. Kellam
Ellen
Darky
Weill
Jones
Peereiunite
Carters
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