Battle and Caution Amid Prairie Fire Fight
In a frontier clash near a burning grove, Captain Ray and his small force defend against Sioux assault. Field and Denny die aiding others, while Webb’s relief advances as Lame Wolf’s bands mass. Kennedy and Blake press for action. Field is wounded but morale holds as medics move to treat him.
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Ray
Field
Denny
Jevel
Bfield
Lame Wolf
Webb
Moccasin Ridge
Fox
Frayne
Ecxsay
Winsor
Clayton
Wayne
Rahiurgers
Lame Wolff
Elk Tooth Ridge
Tench
Lieut
Ile
Kennedy
Langan
Blake
Kilmaine Phe
Shure
Looniver
Sorr
Son
Mr. Field
Sioux Storm Two Fronts In Fierce Battle After Firestorm
Furious Sioux strike on multiple fronts as a planned prairie fire to trap defenders backfires. Flames race along the flats destroying grass and hindering retreat while Sioux forces press a northern charge toward the river.
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Vherry
Ao Hige
Christmas Gift Magazine Case for Home Display
A decorative handmade magazine case designed to hold multiple periodicals. Long and narrow, it fits in a marrow space and features pockets stamped with favorite magazine names. Use leather cloth denim linen or canvas in tan brown green or yellow for a harmonious, unobtrusive look.
Boxes For Christmas Craft Idea For Boys And Girls
The article suggests boys and girls make homemade Christmas gift boxes as stocking stuffers or shelf decor. It details using stout cardboard boxes, cutting and flattening corners, covering with silver gilt or crepe paper, lining with tinted paper, and adding ribbon bows. It notes boxes suit handkerchiefs gloves or veils and can be finished in silk or house materials.
Christmas Gift for the Man of the Family Pipe Case Idea
An article suggests a brown denim pipe-case with gold design as a thoughtful Christmas gift for the man of the house who smokes. It notes sturdy straps and gilt tacks, and warns the case should safeguard a beloved meerschaum. It adds the gift suits a young lady giving to a admirer, signaling personal touch.
Dressing Sack Makes a Pretty Easy Gift
A simple dressing sack crafted from pale elderdown flannel in blue or pink with ribbon trim and feather-stitching. The design uses one and a half yards of fabric, a single six inch neck slit, and tied bows at the corners. Feath er stitch and hem in matching silk complete the look.
Travel Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season
The article suggests compact travel cases as thoughtful Christmas presents. Ideas include linen wash cases with separate pockets for hairbrush and tooth brush, a rubber-lined soap bag, and inch-thick cushions for safety pins. Also a velvet jewelry pouch with elderdown lining, monogram, ribbons, a ring pocket, and secure fastening.
A Place for Hat Pins in Christmas Gift Form
Instructions describe a decorative hat pin cushion shaped like a flower. The cup shaped flower uses canvas and velvet petals with a frayed rope center. green silk ribbon wraps the stem and leaflets. Finishing touches include net covering and a back ring for secure hanging.
Bead-work Rivals Knitting in Christmas Decor
Knitted articles remain popular with sweaters shawls and accessories while bead-work gains prominence this Christmas with Indian work-chains chatelaines and fobs set to adorn trees and outfits.
Find Another Shepherd A Wolf in Sheep Clothing
A wolf in sheep’s clothing deceives a flock until exposed by the shepherd who hangs him. Fellow shepherds mistake the scene, learning that true value lies in character, not appearance.
Vanished Brownsville Tells of Illinois County History
Old Brownsville in Jackson County Illinois once served as county seat near Murphysboro. The 1816 town site vanished after a 1843 courthouse fire and a county seat move to a Shieldsboro founded by Dr. John Logan. Survivors recall muster days, salt makers, and notable figures.
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Egypt
Big Muddy River
Murphysboro
Brownsville
Jackson County
Illinois
Chicago
Conrad WH
Jenkins
Sidney Breese
Gov. Dougherty
D. H Brush
John Logan
John A. Logan
Shieldsboro
Wealth Changes Friends as New Rich Struggle to Balance Obligations
A Boston Globe reflection notes that sudden wealth preserves few old friends. Those who come forward to claim favors strain relations, while true friends fade as time and money alter interactions. Strangers with grievances push hardest, widening the gap between past companions and the newly rich.
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Boston Globe
Russian law allows forcing son to prison for misbehavior
An old Russian legal practice remains on the books in rare use. A father can bring an unruly son before a court and demand the son be punished by imprisonment for up to four months.
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Russia
Public remarks at meeting praise women over Mr Choate
A public man complimented the fair sex in a speech at a public meeting. He noted the American ambassador Mr Choate looked up to the gallery of ladies and quoted a line about man being made a little lower than the angels.
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Choate
Worked 2 Bluff
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item notes a social faux pas where a person questions why they bow to strangers, arguing that people assume recognition regardless of familiarity and thus feel they are in society.
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Pittsburg
Detroit Free Press
Louisiana State Military College a historic Baton Rouge institution
The Baltimore Sun notes Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge as the military college of the south with a storied past. It highlights its Civil War ties, famed alumni, and ongoing military discipline and traditions.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Military College of the
South
Baltimore Sun
Baton Rouge
W. T. Sherman
France
England
Spain
United States
Louisiana
Galves
West Florida
Arkansas
Willason
Wade Hampton
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
Grant and Lee
Stonewall Jackson
McClellan
Joe Johnson
Bragg
Rosecrans
Longstreet
Harney
Thomas and Beauregard
Forrest
Phil Sheridan
Hardee
Hood
Hancock
Custer
Admiral Porter
Bishop
Gen. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
Clay
Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
University
Sons of
Tall American and Moonlit Tower Jest
A joke from London Tit-Bits contrasts an American in Paris admiring the Eiffel Tower with a Frenchman who boasts about a taller American tower. The American retorts that America lowers the top to let the moon pass, a lighthearted exchange on national pride and humor.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
America
Wal
France
London
Relic Flag on Nelson Emma Victory Flagron Sold in London
A wine flagon once owned by Lord Nelson and given to Emma Hamilton was auctioned in London. Engraved with Nelson's tribute to the Nile victory of September 29 1798 the memorial also notes Emma and Nelson's fortieth birthday. A separate ad notes a German drugstore seeking female clerks with three year training or two for graduates.
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Admiral Bruey
Lord Nelson
Wen
Lady Hamilton
London
Nelson
Emma
the Nile
Vanguard
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Gen
Charles King
Hobart
Compas
Nove
Solin
Ancient Military School
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