Last of the Buffalo Hunters Dies at Eighty Eight
Denver dispatch notes the death ofooke Rhea, among the final buffalo hunters who supplied meat to pioneer construction crews. The piece recalls Buffalo Bill Cody and the era of mass slaughter, detailing matches between hunters, the rise of hide hunting, and staggering loss of bison across the plains from 1850 to 1883 with thousands of hides shipped and hundreds of thousands killed.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Dispatch
Denver
Colo
Ooke Rhea
Shez
Union Pacific
Rhea
William Frederick Cody
Kansas Pacific
Kansas
Goddard Brothers
Wild Bill? Hickok
Bill Cody
Cody
Comstock
Plains
Cady
Sharps
Wyatt Earp
Dodge City
Kan
Tombstone
Ariz
Tom Nixon
Dodge
Billy Tilghman
Brininstod
Red Cloud
Manitoba
Texas
Union Pacific Railroad
Richard Irving Dodge
Arkansas River
Walnut Creek
Pawnee Fors
Kean
Phil Sheridan
Major Inman
Robert Mr. Wright
Camp Supply
Wright
Buffalo
Sheridan
Robert Wright
Charles Rath
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Asion Pacific
U.P. K.P. AT
Asia
Santa Fe
Great Southern
Ford County
Kanisi
Gell
Gna
Northern Pacific Railroad
It Was a Very Smart Dance at The Event
A cheeky exchange unfolds during a lively dance as a boastful young sportsman recounts travels across continents to a bright young maiden who retorts with a sharp question about what he has lost. The brief exchange highlights flirtatious wit and global boasting in a social setting.
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aAfrica
Australia
America
Canada
India
Trying Him Hazel and Barry Seek Skating Lesson
Hazel asks Barry to teach her to skate, promising to do anything for him. Barry recalls the vow and agrees, revealing a tense promise beneath their light request.
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Hazel
Dearest
Barry
Married at the country church with deaf groom
An elderly man and wife wed at a rural church. the groom, deaf, asks the bride what the clergyman said, and she explains it was a question about taking him as husband. The groom jovially confirms, recalling a prior remark. The item echoes humor from multiple cartoon captions.
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Mary
Grit
Globe-Trotters Recall Scotland Visit In Banter
A playful exchange recalls a whirlwind tour of Scotland and a recent lecture. One speaker hints at traveling 860 miles in memory, while a companion notes attending the same lecture, reflecting a lighthearted, conversational local moment.
Iggy Appearances Landlady in Troubled World
A witty exchange in Tit-Bits notes a landlady and a boarder discussing modern troubles. The boarder hints at dire times while a wife’s intervention saved him from ruin, a sharp quote implying restraint through unconventional means.
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Boarder
Milk the ten cows fall every day
Purity of the charity worker anecdote in Brooklyn Eagle reports a jailed man quips he is economizing while his family enjoys Palm Beach. Plenty of mie Joinnie visits describe a country trip and enthusiastic observations about milk.
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Mie Joinnie
Choi
Palm Beach
Brooklyn Eagle
Cathedral of St Isaac to become atheist theater in Leningrad
Pravda reports the great cathedral once famed as a luxury Russian church will host plays for the irreligions. The first production The Cathedral of St Isaac is a satire on the saint and church history. Designed by French architect Richard de Montferrand, the cross shaped basilica with a 320 foot gilded dome cost 512000.00 and features lavish interiors and a monumental facade. Ralph W. Barnes notes the change in the Moscow Bureau report in the New York Herald Tribune.
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St Isaac
Leningrad
Cathedral of St. Isaac
Hamed
Pravda
Richard de Montferrand
Ralph W. Barnes
Moscow
New York Herald Tribune
Rone
Chocolate Cascarets Market Breaks into Public View
Trade reports highlight bright spots as sales improve with Chocolate Cascarets a new product after five years of testing receiving unanimous approval. The longstanding Cascarets and the new chocolate variant share the same slogan They Work While You Sleep.
Doz to Erect Memorial for Police Dog Argus
In Czechoslovakia a memorial will honor Argus the police dog and Police Sergeant Tauber who died after a gun battle with bandits. The dog allegedly leaped through a window to bay the gunmen while Tauber entered and killed them before both fell fatally wounded. Montreal Herald reported the plans by the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Doz
Retereav
Argus
Tauber
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Montreal Herald
Name Meaning and School Chief’s Four Decades
Frank Nieweg, principal of South Philadelphia High School, has completed 44 years of service without an absence or lateness. His name combines the German words nie and weg meaning never away, as noted by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Frank Nieweg
South Philadelphia
Nieweg
Nie
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Doctors Endorse Creosote Cough Remedy Creomulsion
Doctors have long prescribed creosote for coughs colds and bronchitis. Creomulsion combines creosote with other ingredients to stop lingering coughs and colds. The product is touted as effective and harmless with a money back guarantee if not relieved. A cautionary note warns against lingering coughs and advises keeping Creomulsion on hand.
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Buffalo Bill
Bill
Fort Wallace
Billy Comstock
Old Brigham
Comtock
Lucretia Borgia
Colonel Cody
Uithwestern Prairies
Haines
Maflani
Chathaw News
Bulletin
Sydney
London
Curiosity Shop
Dublin
Scotland
Cherub
Arc
Bi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
U., Sioux City
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