Remembrance of the 1890 Indian Wars in Dakota
The article recalls the 1890 confrontation at Sitting Bull’s camp and the Wounded Knee battle, detailing Fechet’s night march and the siege, the deaths of Bull Head and Sitting Bull, and the mixed fates of the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne bands involved in the frontier conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States Army
Wounded Knee
Washington
Col. Forsythe
Seventh Cavalry
Big Foot
Sitting Bull
Custer
East
Hdward G. Fecher
University of Illinois
Fechet
Plains
Standing Rock
North Dakota
Get. Miles
Bitting Bull
Lieut
Bull Head
Sergt
Shave Head
Fort Yates
Eighth Cavalry
Oak Creek
Catch-the-Bear
Strike-the- Kettle
Menet Bedusa
Praise for the humble hog and the hog’s economic value
The Kansas City Star highlights a Missouri State University chemist discovery of an anti cholera serum for hogs and extols the hogs economic and culinary virtues. It notes hogs reproduce abundantly a family many, hogs mature fast, eat corn, reduce freight costs, and provide varied meat from head to tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Missouri
Nature
Kansas City Star
Curly Hair and Jurors A Curious Old Tale
A tale frames a curly headed man claiming repeated jury drawings yet never serving. A lawyer asserts curly hair causes obstinacy and disagreement, citing childhood spoilage and affection from women as roots, ending with a quip about lawyers recognizing jurors’ tendencies.
The Evolution of Clothes and the Sleeper Wakes Reference
The passage notes how civilized attire evolved from cylindrical garments toward modern coats and tails. It cites Wells and explains that trim details like morning coat tails and sleeve buttons originated from practical riding and shirt-coat unity, with gendered buttoning directions: left for men, right for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wells
Woman's Handicap Auctioneer Banter
Miss Elder-Well asserts women can do anything men do and quotes a lively rebuttal from Mr Gazzam who doubts women entering auctions. The exchange imagines an unmarried woman addressing a crowd with the line Now gentlemen all I want is an offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Elder
Mr. Gazzam
Veteran ineligible for pension recounts 1909 war insult
A decrepit man with scars sought a pension. He recalled being an insurgent in the war of ’09, and was told he was lucky to survive. The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes the exchange.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
One of His Kind Browne Jinks Astonishes Town
A brief local note praises Browne Jinks as a singular character who drinks coffee black and without boasting. The exchange hints at Towne’s curiosity about what makes him unique.
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Browne—Jinks
Towne
Browne
Prescriptions for Nervous Men and Women
Advice on nervousness and sleeplessness with a home remedy recipe. Mix three ounces syrup sarsaparilla compound, one ounce balmwort, one ounce cardiol essence, and one ounce tincture calomene, shake, and take a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime.
Unpleasant Outlook sparks dress debate in witty exchange
In a humorous exchange, two speakers joke about rain staining a dress and a rival's reaction. One quips that rain would remove the starch from the dress, while the other jokes that a person will be starchless if a man notices them in their best attire.
Cure for Itching Humor Promises Quick Relief
L Wilson of Puryear Tennessee describes three year battle with black swellings on face neck and body. after using three sets of Cutiura Remedies the sores healed and he recovered fully. estimated date February 8 1908 and publisher Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Wilson
Puryear, Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props
Boston
Uncle Jim's Treachery
A humorous dialogue reveals a boy testing his father Pa about virtue and mischief. The boy recalls stories from Uncle Jim suggesting a lighthearted tease about goodness versus misdeeds.
Dressed as Scholars at Eastbourne College Wedding
At the recent Eastbourne College wedding the head master’s three pages wore scholar attire. They were dressed in black satin knee breeches buckled shoes scarlet silk gowns with white shirt fronts, each bearing a mortar board hat and a scarlet-bound prayer book.
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Eastbourne College
England
Important to Mothers Castoria Safety Note
Important to mothers Examine carefully every bottle of Castoria a safe and sure remedy for infants and children and see that it remains pure and properly labeled for use with young ones.
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Maj. Lewis
Wessels
Weasels
Great Plains
Third Cavalry
Deneenen Mezval
Par Reese
Tion
Cutiura
Jim
Tommy
Dodds
Guaréhy
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