Crow Dog and the Brule Chief Who Fought Fate
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Crow Dog’s rise as a Brule leader, his murder of Spotted Tail, and the legal clash over tribal justice. The piece follows Crow Dog’s surrender, removal of his death sentence, and his later war-time restraint before a peaceful end on the Rosebud reservation in 1912.
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Spotted Tail
Crow Dog
Kangi Sunka
Medicine Bear
Deadwood
S. D
Permssion
Rapids City
Supreme Court of the United States
Rosebud
Dakota
Sioux Captain Sword Faces War Chief Challenge
The account tells how Capt. George Sword of the Pine Ridge Indian police, with 100 men in Sioux disguise, confronted 400 Brule warriors to protect Agent McGillicuddy and led a mounted drill and charge toward the Sun Dance camp. Sword’s stunt deterred aggression and shifted his people toward peace, though his later pleas for government support remained unmet.
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George Sword
Pine Ridge Reservation
McGillicuddy
Red Cloud
Rosebud
Sword
Brule
Captain Sword
Indian Court
Elbows as Defense in a Silhouette Struggle
A New York Sun style tale follows Mabel and Helen as they discuss weight and fashion. The slim heroine explains how thin people use sharp elbows to defend their seating on crowded trains, while plump passengers seek comfort and occupy half the seat.
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New York Sun
Mabel
Helen
Boston
Dora
Boy upholds business first motto on News route
A Franklin boy starts a News route and faces a family picnic. He tells his mother that business comes first and sets out to collect from subscribers, showing pride in his early work and responsibility.
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Franklin
John
Indianapolis News
Ended First Love Affair
A fourth grade narrator recalls a boy who courted her brother and promised to bring her out. He shot his gun in front of their house, fired at the mother instead, and received a harsh scolding that ended her first love affair.
Viviani defends 1914 war actions in French chamber
Rene Viviani, former French premier and socialist, defended his 1914 decision to mobilize the army and order a ten mile frontier withdrawal. He claimed responsibility for the outbreak and faced criticism from contemporaries amid a patriotic chamber scene where Poincare embraced him.
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Rene Viviani
France
Poincare
Viviani
Chamber
Gossip and the Blacksnake deny rumors about snakes and people
Ben Hooper and the Blacksnake address gossip about their actions and character. The Blacksnake defends honesty, rejects rumors of preying on others, and explains railroad labor board roles and limits. He stresses avoiding gossip and insists he does not attack rattlesnakes or people.
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Hooper
The
Railroad Labor Board
Wilkerson Named Federal Judge Succeeding Landis in Illinois
James H. Wilkerson, longtime prosecutor in the Standard Oil rebating cases, is appointed federal judge for the Northern District of Illinois to replace Judge Landis. The decision reportedly gained support from Illinois senators McCormick and McKinley and the Illinois Bar Association amid Chicago Republican factions. Wilkerson, born December 11, 1869, in Savannah Missouri, studied at DePauw University and built a career as Cook County county attorney, Illinois legislator, and Assistant United States district attorney.
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Standard Oil
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
United States District Attorney
James H. Wilkerson
Northern District of
Illinois
Landis
McCormick
McKinley
Illinois Bar Association
Brundage-Dineen-Crowe
Six Women Candid for Peace Platform in Congress Race
Six women candidates for Congress announce a common peace platform issued by the National Council for Reduction of Armaments. Mrs Izetta Jewell Brown seeks West Virginia Senate seat. Winifred Mason Huck urges war powers by direct popular vote. Belle Kearney and Leila Scott Edmondson also back peace measures.
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Congress
National Council For
Izetta Jewell Brown
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Winifred Mason Huck
Ilinois
William HB. Mason
House
Belle Kearney
Mississippi
John Sharp Willians
Leila Scott Edmondson
Alabama
House of Representatives
Brown
Kennedy
William G. Brown
The Winner A Prize For Best Travel Slogan
A prize is offered for the best travel slogan titled Cheese at the cops Life. The item appears as a promotional note seeking inventive phrases to encourage travel and tourism.
Glaced Grasshoppers in Yellowstone Glacier
Photographs from the Geological Survey reveal a grasshopper glacier in Yellowstone National Park’s northern corner. Ice contains thousands of strata of extinct grasshoppers frozen in ancient snowstorms, once swarming in millions. Motorists visit the glacier by the thousands this summer.
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John the Baptist
Yellowstone National Park
Geological Survey
Father Flared and Dora’s Doll Delays at Home
A young man wheels a per ambulator before a house and chats with a voice from an upper window. The caller asks about the baby’s turn, while the man replies that all is well but points to Dora’s doll being wheeled and hints at family care in this Chicago Herald snippet.
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Arthur
Dora
Chicago Herald
Comedy Exchange Probes Maine Town Shirley Birth Claim
Senator Shirley of Maine disputes a joke by Billy Nye the humorist claiming he was born in Shirley Maine. Nye asserts the town name came from an ancestor and the senator questions the existence of such a Maine town. Nye retorts he did not know it until his birth.
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Senator Shirley
Maine
Billy Nye
Shirley
Nye
Baldheaded Society Man Tells On Himself At Lawn Party
A society man at a lawn party overhears a matron praising his face then overhears a second matron remark on its size. He briefly removes his hat and the exchange is revealed in a cheeky anecdote cited by the Boston Transcript.
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Mr. Blank
Boston Transcript
Not Always Successful
A brief exchange shows a pilot asking about descent and the aviator replying he aims to come down feet first, not the same way as ascent. The line hints at caution and practical approach to landing.
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Aviator
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Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
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Stearns
Renee Ae
Albasan
Albasan Company
Wilmington
Del
Hensig-Ellis
Hair Peer Color Chemists
Memphis
Father
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