Generations of Bines Build Western Empire End in Tragedy
Daniel J. Bines dies of apoplexy in private care near Kaslo Junction. His father Peter and son Dan Jr. are drawn into response as news spreads through mining and railway circles. The tale hints at a new generation ready to carry forward the family legacy and empire in the rugged West.
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Daniel J. Bines
Kaslo Junction
Sierras
Harvard
North Atlantic
Bines
Peter Bines
Fremont
Kit Carson
Harney
Bridger
Toler
Montana City
New York
Newport
Old Peter Lines
Billy Brue Learns Dan J Is Dead In Canyon
Billy Brue arrives to find the old man Peter Bines startled by the news Dan J. has died. The two men exchange terse greetings and reflect, in rugged dialogue, on the sudden loss and its impact on their plans as they stand amid canyon walls.
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Skiplap
Pangburn
Billy Blue
Paddle Creek
Four Forks
Eden
Oro Fino
Little Pass
Hell
Peter
Pangborn
Horseback Ridge
Billy
Toler
Billy Brue
Skiplap Weekly Ledge
Daniel J. Bines
News Association
Brnes
Sierra Northern
Billy Brues
Kaslo
Sierra Northern Railway
Billy Bruce
Dan’l J
Skiplap Weekly
Dan’ J
Dan
Bines
Peter Bines
Sodie
Billy Brie
West versus East in Montana City family conflict
In Montana City two months of sectional feud pit the West against the East as the Bines siblings clash over residence while widow Mrs. Bines remains neutral, offering no preference between Montana City and New York and awaiting the outcome.
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Bines
Montana City
Mrs. Bines
Fifth ‘Avenue
New York
Peter Bines
Bertha Mixes Bread Inspires a Lover's Rapture
A poem by P. J. Sherman in Lippincott's celebrates Bertha mixing bread with flour, yeast, and a merry song. The speaker admires her blue eyes, pink cheeks, and curling hair as he loses composure and steals a kiss. The verse frames bread making as a spark for affection.
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Bertha
P. J. Sherman
Lippincott's
Boston Doctors Fight Rochelle Salts Sale at Public Hearing
Eminent Boston physicians testified before Massachusetts Public Health Committee against Rochelle Salts and urged a law prohibiting baking powders containing the dangerous drug from food. Doctors Hartung Foster Kepler Paleige testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Health
Massachusetts
Boston
Calumet Food Improves Health Warns Against Substances
Calumet is promoted as a safe cooking aid free from Rochelle salts alum or any injurious substance. Leading physicians and chemists recommend it as a health friendly option for households.
Proverbial Pearls on Government, Crime and Wit
A series of quips contrasts terms, Congress and jail, and US bonds with prison life. It suggests meetings fail to halt progress, a muddy stream can jump falls, and loud cries arise from small efforts. It ends urging calm as one reaches difficult crossroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Lewis' Single Binder 5e Cigars Popular With Smoker
Tobacco ad notes many smokers prefer Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e over 10c cigars. Mentions dealer or Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois as sources.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Til
Father to have me six months each year court ruling
In dialogue style the wry sample notes a court decision granting the father custody for half the year. The ad then shifts to marketing, praising Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product sold by leading grocers at five cents.
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Ethel
Papa
Red Cross
Homely Philosophy Reflections on Luck and Life
Short observations on trust, luck, and happiness mix with wry notes on ambition and memory. The voice muses on optimism and pessimism, temptation, and the fleeting nature of the present as people ponder the future.
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Sastory
Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
Lothrop Publishing Company
Chapter
David
Absalom
L J
Dan’l
Allie Ash
Spokane
Casa d'Alene
Daniel
West
Gough
Beare
Hartung
F. B. ‘Foster
Cc. O. Kepler
G. M. Paleige
Wy Soe
Tommy
Chicago Tribune
Dodds
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