Sergeant Brick Hamlin Defends Stage From Indian Attack
In a daring frontier tale, Major McDonald’s party on a stage near Fort Dodge fights off a raid by about thirty Indians led by Roman Nose. Sergeant Brick Hamlin commands the defense, coordinates gunfire, and suffers a fatal blow as Moylan dies mid-battle, while Molly and Gonzales the gambler survive.
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McDonald
Fort Dodge
Molly
Brick
Hamlin
Fort Ripley
Merton
Gonzales
Chamlin
Ripley
Jindian
Tio
Rhdden
Moylan
Language of Flowers Proposals in Swiss Alpine Villages
In remote Bernese Oberland hamlets lovers use flower symbolism to propose. A maid accepting edelweiss bouquets signals consent, while in Glarus a single rose on a window sill prompts parental negotiation or rejection if unreturned. The custom is steeped in ritual and finality despite changing fortunes.
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Bernese Oberland
Canton of
Glarus
Neue Piite
Atence
Via
Bof
Specia
Eatalo
Eare
Old Term Cheek Traced To Galway’s Plucky Past
The word cheek meaning impudence is old. Captain Murryat cited 1840, but Galway records show the term in sixteenth century. Galway’s rulers, the “man from Galway,” punishes those who show choice to the mayor with a 100 shillings forfeit and imprisonment.
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James Murray
Murryat
Galway
Ireland
View on ancient Indian women cited by 3000-year-old writer
An author on Indian women from 3000 years ago states women were treated with suspicion. He cites Kranya Kanda arguing that women stay with wealthy husbands but abandon them in poverty, comparing women to lightning for waywardness and to weapons for sharpness and discreet haste.
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India
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Molly McDonald
Tale OF the Frontier
Movian
Pardner
Sutler
Roowna Santa Fe
Canon Bluff
Dodge
Solomon
Big Buck
Fort Kearney
Roman Nose
Henry
A.c.meclurg
Switzerland
Willig
Marion
N. E. Cor. Square
A. Starck
Easient
Eve Starck
Pesereed
New Starck
Piayer
Weber
Steinway
Chickering
Kimball Starck
Starck Pianos
Chicago
A. Starck Piano
Eagle Dye Works
Ind
Dame Fortune
Tne
Ehal
Pekshalatte
Phin
Eship C. O. D
Yan Fan
Apatz Smitty Sr
Aia
Thioaso
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