Red Cloud the Sioux War Chief and Treaty Prince
A compact portrait of Red Cloud Makpiya Luta, the Ogallala leader who opposed Forts along the Bozeman trail, fought Fetterman, secured a Sioux boundary and peace terms, then lived in retirement until his death on December 10, 1909 at about ninety one.
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America
United States
Red Cloud
Makpiya Luta
Ogallala Sioux
Bozeman Trail
Montana
H. B. Carrington
Wyoming
Ogallala
Fetterman
Fort Phil Kearney
Old Man Afraid of His Horses and Ogallala Chiefline
The Ogallala head chief during the 1866 67 Sioux war was Tashunka Kokipapi known as Old Man Afraid of His Horses His son Young Man Afraid of His Horses later led during the Ghost Dance era A Washington reporter once tipped the wife of the chief and was rewarded with four more wives in a tale of cross cultural misstep
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Uring
Ogallalas
Ogallala
Washington
Young-Man- Afraid
Young-Man-Afraid
Something to Think About by F. A. Walker
Advice urges sincere effort and disciplined study to rise from humble beginnings. Enduring work, wise counsel, and reading build foundations for life work, while envy marks those fearing effort. The author argues today’s leaders earned their status through perseverance and struggle.
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F. A. Walker
Time As a Resource and Its Limits
The piece argues time cannot be hoarded like money and must be spent each hour. Recreation is not waste if balanced. idle or harmful activity is wasteful. By valuing every hour and turning it into productive or profitable uses, one can lay a future foundation for happiness and achievement.
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Shakespeare
Iddies Six By Will M Maupin June Time Poem
A short verse by Will M Maupin celebrates June as the rosiest month. It images roses, sunny days, birdsong, meadows, violets, and moonlit evenings with a relaxed, nostalgic tone. The speaker recalls walking in sunlit grass and listening to wind and streams as June passes.
Figure Tree Proverb Echoes Lesson On Children
A proverb links a fig tree to its offspring, noting growth from example. The piece reflects on parental influence and early instruction shaping a child’s development through observed conduct and guidance.
Early Spring Greens and Dandelion Salad Tips
This piece recommends harvesting watercress dandelion dock and other fresh greens for spring meals. It advises washing, trimming the root, eating bleached dandelion leaves in salads with French dressing or green onion, and using tender shoots for mixed salads. It notes cooking some leaves as greens and adding tomato for acidity. Mayonnaise is suggested with fresh greens.
Greens Cooked Tender With Garlic Paprika Dressing
Instructions describe cooking greens until tender, a process lasting two hours or more unless greens are very young. The dressing calls for rubbing a small bowl with garlic, adding half a teaspoon of salt, ten dashes of paprika, two tablespoons of orange juice, and four to five of an unspecified ingredient.
Dandelions In Olive Oil Dressing And Uncle Eben Remarks
A brief recipe note describes whipping olive oil dressing for dandelions. The excerpt also includes Uncle Eben humor about people who think they know enough to run the world, contrasted with cross cultural horseman sounds.
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Uncle Eben
The Cost of Life On The Square With The World
The piece warns that everyone pays for what they receive, through conscience and law as collectors of recompense. It urges youth and parents to live honestly, stressing that the law of compensation is inexorable and responsibility comes with choices.
Repentance Is More Than Being Sorry
A concise reflection argues repentance extends beyond sorrow for sin to changing conduct, seeking genuine transformation through humility, contrition, and commitment to a better path. It emphasizes action over remorse alone and explores spiritual growth.
Dr Peerys Dead Shot Advertisement Claims Worm Cure
A 50 cent bottle of Dr Peerys Dead Shot is advertised to rid the system of worms. The copy suggests it as a quick, economical remedy and lists 872 Earl Street, New York City as the source.
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Dr. Peery
Earl St
New York City
Poor idler asks for food as housewife threatens dog
A dirty tramp asks for a meal at an old lady's house. She declines the bite but warns she will call the dog, capturing a terse exchange in Pearson's Weekly with grim humor.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Cuti cura Talcum Powder Ad Invites Fragrance Luxury
Freshen a heavy skin with the antiseptic and fascinating Cuticura Talcum Powder. Exquisitely scented economical powder for face skin baby and dusting, part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio. Even the bravest prize fighter may be afraid of his wife. If in a hurry you had better go slow.
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Western
Red Cloud Victor
Elmo Scott Watson
Old-Man
John Blake
Will M. Maupin
Vere
Waynet
Western Newspaper Union
Eben
Liv
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Fresno
Calif
Allen's
Allen
Texas Star Flour Mills
Galveston, Texas
Mott
Galveston
Texas
Anglo-American Drug Co
New York
N. Y
Tall Elles
Fulton Street
Harold F. Ritchie & Co., Inc
New
Toronto
London
Sydney
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