Masterson the Bold Ranger of Dodge City History
The article recounts Bat Masterson famed West figure, detailing his early days as a hunter in the Panhandle, his shootout encounters with Cheyenne bands, his famed Sharps rifle moments, Adobe Walls campaigns, and his rise to sheriff of Dodge City. It notes his reputation as a skilled gunman and westward leader in notorious conflicts and law enforcement.
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Panhandle
Rey
E Waverson
Willath Barclay
Brown
Vienna
Buffalover Herame
Adobe Walls
Eage
Mas
The
West
Rert
Bat
Masterson
New York
Helmet Pickett and the Marines Parade at Quantico Camp
The report describes a Marine parade from Quantico Virginia for Helmet Pickett and a detachment of 25 to 30 airplanes forming part of a larger exercise. It notes the timeline from June 23 to July 6 with a focus on air and ground units and a historic comparison to 1917. The piece mentions a major shipment and the use of modern aircraft in the operation.
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Gere Silefield
B. Butler
Quantico
Samp
Otesburg
Marines Ie His
Pickett
Etry Tink Corps
Ensotysburg
Catarrhal Deafness and Its Cure Advertisement
An old advertisement explains catarrhal deafness as an inflamed condition of the Eustachian tube. It claims hearing can be permanently improved if inflammation is reduced, with a testimonial-style offer and a money back guarantee. Read by Cheney & Co of Toledo for Hall's Catarrh Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Product of Many Brains Behind Early Organ Inventions
A historical note traces the birth of the organ from ancient Alexandria where a barber used mirror tubes to amplify air, leading to a water-driven prototype and bellows. It describes later German makers and the evolution of wind instruments toward the modern organ, noting novelties like the hooting and cuckoo stops and gradual modernization into the nineteenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
de Strutment
Winchester
England
Germany
Untapped Northland's Vast Wealth Awaiting Development
Excerpts from Hawthorne Daniel in the World's Work describe a vast northern region with few inhabitants and abundant resources. Great lakes and rivers teem with fish, coal veins line riverbanks, and iron, gold, copper, and possibly oil lie under undeveloped lands. Railroads and steam traffic are forecast as key to future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markenpig
Arctic
North America
Mackenzie Flat
Hawthorne Daniel
Never Too Old to Dance in London�s West End
The article notes a growing trend of elderly Britons embracing dance in London’s West End. It cites grandfathers and aged enthusiasts taking classes, enjoying exercise, socializing, and the chance to view modern dancing as a cultural craze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stald
London
Ming Boo Elddy
Fushhamble
West End
Eptuagenarians
Not to Say Travail and Roget's Phesaurus Mentioned
A New York Tribune notice references the literary life amid pain, suffering, and discipline. It notes Roget's Phesaurus as a tool for writers, while acknowledging continued inner struggle and creative effort in March’s periodical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roget
Phesaurus
March
New York Tribune
Flag with history memorial flag at Connecticut capitol
The historic flag that flew over the U S Capitol during World War I era was unfurled again at the Connecticut state capitol in Hartford on Armistice Day this year. Carter Glass presented the flag to Connecticut in appreciation for achieving 149.85 percent of its Liberty Loan quota, with Michigan at 195.86 percent.
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Capitol
Washington
National Congress
Connecticut
Hareford
Trena ' Tury Carter Glas
Michigan
Hard to Kill a Soldier and the Infant Care Lesson
A fragmentary Ashville Times excerpt contrasts mock wartime musings on ammunition waste with a school lesson from the Little Mothers league. It recalls a girl prodigy author and includes a dubious infant care exercise about weighing seven pounds, scalding a pacifier, airing a sleeping baby, and cleaning a rug with torn newspapers.
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P. S
Ashville
Hotel bedrooms drive 700,000 salesmen to lone loneliness
The Gideon calls hotel rooms the loneliest place in the world for traveling salesmen on the road. The article notes 700,000 salesmen with about 3,000,000 hotel bedrooms, citing social isolation, bustling management, and the idea of placing Bibles in rooms to counter loneliness. Also included are ad snippets about Dean's Ointment, a dealer joke, reindeer quip, and hosiery order ads.
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Gideon
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Cheney & CO
Toledo, C
Reat
Feray
Nova Scotia
Tae
Dean
Londo
Canada
International
Norristown
Vash
Ash
Nash
J. W. Buckles
Jefferson and
Berkeley Counties
Shepherdstown, W. VA
Concrete Farm
Portland
Bulloine
Thors
Palais
Rane
Snes Ue
Hodges-Lemen Co., Inc
Kearneysville
W. Va
Shepherdstown
Miles
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