Original Buffalo Bill claimants and the Cody showdown
The piece traces contenders for the title of Buffalo Bill before William F Cody. It highlights William Comstock as Cody’s rival in a famous Buffalo shooting match near Fort Sheridan with scores 69 to 48 in Cody’s favor, plus mentions William Matthewson of Wichita who also used the nickname.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Buffalo Bill
William F. . Cody
William Frederick Cody
Cody
Willam Comstock
Phil Sheridan
Southern Plains
Comstock
Wisconsin State Historical Society
University of Wisconsin News Service
Bome
Wisconsin
William Comstock
The
State Historical Society
Charles ©. Brown
Alfred O. Barton
Madison
Homer Wheeler
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Wallace
Kan
Bobbs- Merrill
Wild Bill
Rose Creek
William F. Cody
Bilsworth
Fort Fletcher
Goda Brothers
Cone
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Fort Hays
Buffalo Bill” Cody
Fort Sheridan
Billy Comstock
Ww. F. Cody
Buffalo
St. Louis
Brigham
Lucretia Borgia
Kansas Pacific
Sheridan
Plains
Walnut Creek
Beecher
the Arickaree
Turkey Leg
Saline Valley
Grover
Cody’s
Europe
America
Richard J. Walsh
Bobbs-Merrill
William Matthewson
Wichita
Kansas
Matthewson
William Cody
Buffalo Jones
Walsh
Boundary shifts and new sovereignties mark 1929 events
A National Geographic Society summary reports 1929 boundary changes and territorial shifts worldwide. Key items include Vatican City establishment, Tacna Arica division, Yugoslavia dictatorship, Rhine troop reductions, Basel hosting an international bank, Czechoslovakia port rights, Alsace autonomy issues, Saar plebiscite pending, and Byrd Antarctic discoveries with Marie Byrd Land.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Society
Vatican City
Tacna Arica
Chile
Peru
Mukden
Nanking
Manchuria
Great Britain
Iraq
Jugoslavia
South America
Chaco
Paraguay
Boliva
Brazil
Kingdom of the
Rhine
Wiesbaden
Basel
Switzerland
Upper Rhine
New
International Bank
Czechoslovakia
Hamburg
Germany
East Prussia
Monaco
France
Alsace
Saar
Briand
United States of Europe
Geneva
Asia
United States
Canada
Niagara Falls
Central America
Corps of Engineers
Caribbean Sea
Pacific
Guatemala
Honduras
Cindado
Byrd
Marie Byrdland
Antarctic
Norway
Roald Amundsen Sea
Peter 1
Arctic
Franz Joseph Land
Jan Mayensland
Iceland
Spitsbergen
Jan Mayen
Svalbard
Peiping Residents Seek Rename of Cow's Stomach Street
Residents of Peiping petition officials to rename Cow's Stomach Street to Big Praying Court, arguing the new title better reflects the district's glories and modern China.
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Peiping
China
Adventurous seal shot near Melford, Connecticut
A gray seal wandered into Long Island Sound far from its habitat and was shot and killed by Frank B. Brown as it attempted to nibble a wooden decoy near Melford Connecticut while Brown hunted for birds.
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Melford
Conn
Long Island Sound
Frank B. Brown
Schoolboy Captures 52-Pound Bear Near Ellenburg Center
Owen Le Claire twelve wins a bear capture after a recess chase at Bigelow school. He, with two boys and a girl, cornered the animal which escaped but the boy finally subdued it by tying wire to a tree limb. He refused a $50 sale and kept the bear in the Le Claire barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenburg Center
N. Y
Owen le Claire
Bigelow School
Owen
Brain
le Claire
Rassle
Laboratory Snow Production Aids Meteorology Study
Dr. John Mead Adams of the University of California announces a six year effort to create snowflakes in a laboratory. The apparatus includes a glass tube bottles of water cooling gear and electrical equipment. Crystals drift onto a cooled black cloth for microscopic study and photographing as research continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John Mead Adams
University of California
Physics Biology
Adams
Orphan Binds Life to Pay for Study in Electricity
Portland youth Robert W. Nealey, twenty one, offers lifetime service for 295 dollars to fund his education in electricity. He intends to study a three month course costing 205 dollars and pledges lifelong loyalty to any benefactor willing to sponsor him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Robert W. Nealey
Nealey
Hagenbeck Reports Slump in Wild Animal Trade
Lorenz Hagenbeck Jr of the Carl Hagenbeck company says the market for supplying wild animals to zoos has fallen in recent years in cities like St Louis. He notes only monkey sales are rising in volume during his visit.
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Hagenback
St. Louis
Lorenz Hagenbeck
Carl Hagenback Company
Hamburg
Germany
Tea Consumption Grows in New York Opinion
Tea consumption in New York rises as federal tea use increases. Cream and sugar demand to serve over 600000 cows and half a billion pounds of sugar, reflecting a near doubling of national tea use in five years and continued growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uncle Sam
Grimm Alfalfa and Clover Seed Ad from North Dakota Growers
Registered certified Grimm alfalfa priced at 17.40 per bushel and Sweet Clover at 3.60. Advertises seed subject to inspection with club prices and free samples. Agents wanted. N. D. Grimm Alfalfa Ass’n based in State College Station Fargo North Dakota notes a cooperative of over 500 growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D
Grimm Alfalfa Ass’n
State College Station
Fargo
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Adverts Promise Digestive Relief
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as an ideal antacid for sour stomach and heartburn. It claims medical endorsement and widespread use, noting the product as a Pleasant, effective remedy and the genuine Phillips form since 1875 with U S registered trademark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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