A Frontier Post, a Father and a Soldier’s Dilemma
Major Daniel McDonald faces a moral crisis as his frontier post Devere grows perilous. With Sioux Sioux Sioux, Comanche and Apache war erupts, and a small garrison dwindles. He grapples between protecting his daughter’s journey and risking his commission and crew to intercept or escort her, while Captain Travers scouts hope for a trusted rider. The sergeant from Fort Union may become the pivotal ally in a tense, desert-bound plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McDonald
Sixth Infantry
Fort Dodge
Cimarron
Santa Fe
Fort. Devere
Platte
Plains
Fort Ripley
McDonald
Mississippi
Sunnycrest School
Hudson
Connecticut
Europe
Kentucky
Ripley
Kansas City
Broad Plains
Rio Pecos
Arapahoe
Devere
Fort Wallace
Red River
Cimarron Desert
Solomon
Republican
Arkansas
Smoky Fork
Raton Pass
Stockade
Fort Union
Dodge
Union
Peyton
Travers
Leavenworth
Dan
Carter
Tf Carter
Hawley
Seventh Cavalry
Hamlin and Officers Salute Cavalryman in Stranger Encounter
In a tense moment, two officers lift their gaze as a cavalryman enters, McDonald straightens in his chair and returns the salute with surprise. The cavalryman is described as tall, straight-limbed, slender, and imposing in bearing, hinting at a decisive confrontation to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brick
Hamlin
McDonald
New York hotel manager learns of kittens
A nervous New York hotel manager tells a bell boy to report any event. The boy bursts in with hair on end to say the old cat downstairs has just had kittens, a lighthearted mischief that unsettles the manager. Three Daughters of the Confederacy observe quietly as the scene unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daughters of the Confederacy
Face a Sight with Tetter in Moberly Missouri
Mrs J Brooksher explains a two year skin battle starting as a small pimple that spread over her face and neck. She credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with cooling relief and drawing out matter, claiming a full cure after one month of use. Ad at Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moberly, Mo
J. Brooksher
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Coal buyer requests unusually large 2000 pound ton
A customer asks a coal dealer for a ton measuring 2000 pounds, phrasing it as a big quantity. The exchange centers on confirming the size and feasibility of delivering such a bulk coal amount.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Winslow’s Teething Syrup Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a thorough cure for constipation linked to serious diseases. It also promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children, claiming gum softening and relief from wind colic, priced at 25c for a four bottle pack, noting doctors disagree on the Brize of the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Ady
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Molly McDonald
Tale OF the Frontier
Damme
Texas
Hutland
Silverdale
Lilinulg Leust Depoo
J. BB. Heinicus
Maplewood Avenue
Chicago
Lil
Luque
Builsrd
Blacksmith Riverdale
Bacumina
Dalton
Punter
Chapter
Boy
Tetter
Foleysney
Honey Har Park Ave
Dolton, IL
Henry W. Schnoo
Phone Dolton
Chicago Street
Dolton
H. W. Blocke
Kanawha Ave
DOLT
W. Fulfor
Allen’s
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Alvin
Gulf Coast
John A.,owen
Tex
B.L. Ralph
Savannah
Florida
Lesa
Terrell Land & Development Co
Dept. N. Y
Beidell
Terrell P. O
Fis
PISO
Piso Company
BOX
Warren, PA
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