The Fighting Tenderfoot in the Western Cattle War
Garrett O Hara a young lawyer heads to Concho when ambushed by Shep Sanderson who aims at Judge Warner. Barbara Steelman warns of danger as the cattle war between Ingram and Steelman unfolds with garrett joining allied efforts. violence erupts, a lull follows then a tentative peace amid shifting loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett O'Hara
Concho
Shep Sanderson
Judge Warner
Barbara Steelman
Garrett
Steve Worrall
Ingram
Steelman
Barbara
Bob Quantrell
Smith Beresford
Sanderson
Fitch
Quantrell
Witch
Hughes
Lone rider parts ways after tense river clash
In a charged confrontation, Bob Quantrell quits his employers over orders to not seize Ingram’s men. O'Hara and Steelman seek to neutralize the feud while offering a bonus, but Quantrell rejects the payment, tears it up, and rides away, vowing future consequences.
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Ingram
O’haran
Quantrell
O'Tara
Mr. O'Hara
Texas
Steelman
Bob
O'Hara
Shep Sanderson
Smith-Beresford
Mike
Hughes Ranch
Teever
Dave
Garcia
Tie
Oranch
Senor Ingram
Harvey
Tom
Barbara Steelman
Hughes Place
River Ranch
Quantrell's Exit Forces Hard Decisions And Regret
Steelman laments letting Quantrell go as O'Hara and Smith-Beresford debate blame and risk. Quantrell, described as a killer with a fever for blood, had saved their lives once but proved headstrong and undisciplined. They question if employing him was a mistake and whether containment was ever possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelman
O'Hara
Quantrell
Ingram
Smith-Beresford
Ingram and Barbara Steelman Barter for Peace Amid Feud
Ingram meets Barbara Steelman at a quiet canyon where she pleads for peace naming Bob Quantrell’s discredit and a negotiated truce. He offers marriage as the price, while Quantrell is dealt a brutal lesson in control as Ingram warns him off the range and dismisses him with a threat to hunt him down. Barbara hopes a shared future can heal the feud though danger looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Quantrell
Quantrell
Ingram
Wes Steelman
Iil
Dad
Mr. O’hara
Hughes Ranch
Harvey
Deever
Roche
Dave
Steelman
Dave Ingram
Yngram
Jefferson County
Hashknifes
Tom
First Known Reference to the Wandering Jew Legend
An English chronicler from 1228 records the tale of Cartaphilus the doorkeeper who taunts Jesus as he is led to the crucifixion. The Armenian bishop claims the wanderer later becomes penitent as Joseph after baptism by Ananias, with the curse to wander until Christ returns.
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Roger of
Cartaphilus
Jesus
Christ
Armenia
Ananias
Paul
Joseph
Comfort in the Desert Heatproof Train Coaches
A train ride through the southwestern country will be made more tolerable by heatproof railroad coaches. A special window glass cuts much of the sunshine heat and some light. Woodwork is treated to resist heat and may help passengers endure the open country conditions.
Woman Hunger Strikes and Scottish Claims of Records
A French hunger strike by Madame Huanaur lasting 28 days is challenged by Scotland as not a record, citing the 1772 Pennant account of Pen nant's Fasting Woman of Ross-spire. Kath arine McLeod, thirty five, fell to fever causing partial blindness and almost complete refusal of food for a year and three quarters. her parents tried forcing nourishment but a dangerous constriction forced them to stop.
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Madame Huanaur
Scotland
Pennant
Ross-spire
Katharine McLeod
Tribute to Music Inspires Memory and Emotion
A reflective piece praising music as a luxury that touches memory and awakens hidden sorrows and joys. It urges loving music for its power to erase pain and recall past moments.
Colored Troop Yarn Shows Bold Soldier’s Threat
A World War tale about a Rainbow division Black soldier who jokes he will notify all of France of their arrival. The anecdote, recounted by L. C. Hines, uses a humorous misfit of rank and flight to lampoon sensational Negro infantry stories.
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L. C. Hines
Rainbow Division
Hines
France
Western Newspaper Union
Money in Diverse Forms Across Early American Trade
The article outlines various forms of currency used in early America. It notes that on frontiers gold dust and nuggets served as money, tobacco functioned as currency in Virginia, wampum circulated among New England Indians, and in California red birds heads were used as money.
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Colony of
Virginia
New England
Indiana
California
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WNU Service
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Circle O
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Fred
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Wirka
Uncle Zam
Gettysburg
Bradder
Zam
Brother
Sam
New York
Jim
Gus Vplopulos
Twenty Eighth Infantry
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Twenty-eighth Infantry
Sixteenth Infantry
St. Nazaire
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Corp
James B. Gresham
Evansville
Thomas F. Enright
Pittsburgh
Merle D. Hay
Glidden
War Department
Cantigny
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