Meeker and Thornburg Massacred by Utes in Colorado Engagements
The narrative recounts Major Thornburg and 13 soldiers killed while defending a wagon train during an ambush by White River Utes. Captain Dodge led a rescue, General Merritt’s relief arrived, and Meeker Agency suffered brutal killings including Captain N. C. Meeker. Captives were taken to the mountains as Utes were moved to Utah thereafter.
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Thornburg
Major Thornburg
Cherry
Joseph Rankin
Rawlins
Dodge
U.S
Geneva Wesley Merritt
General Merritt
Payne
Merritt
Rawins
Meeker
White River
Ouray
Lintah
Utah
Colorado
Amung
Ape River
Middle Park
Tallest U S Red Wood Tree and Wood Origins
The tallest living tree in the United States stands at 364 feet on the California coast in Humboldt County within North Dyerville Flat at Redwood Park. The lightest wood is tano found in Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Commercial wood production began in 1905 in St. Johns Oregon.
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U. S
California Coast
Christmas shoppers expect better value with fewer bargains
Shoppers will find more for their money this Christmas season though bargains are scarce and some shortages may occur due to reduced earlier orders. Toys, clothing, jewelry, cameras, candy, plastics, and limited foreign goods headline the market with no major price drops in higher grade items.
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Junior
Fossil Hunting Bravery and Methodology
The article follows the fossil hunter’s long trek four miles from river and six miles from camp to discover fragmentary bone. It details shellac preservation, plaster casts, field transport by pack horses, and the tough daily routine from dawn to dusk amid heat, hard work, and mosquitoes. It ends with Henry Fairfield Osborn’s tribute to fossil hunters reviving extinct animals.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Tested Ways Not To Get Ahead in Business
A magazine column advises young people to avoid ambition and stick to mediocrity. It promotes drifting, avoiding goals, resisting criticism, covering mistakes, and not pursuing advancement, warning that such paths lead to mediocrity and failing to reach top prospects.
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Changing Times
Kiplinger Magazine
Violet named top slate flower in American popularity
The violet is praised as America's most popular slate flower with recognition in Illinois New Jersey Wisconsin and Rhode Island. Edwin Booth stands alone as the only actor elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Death Valley California recorded the highest U S temperature on July 10 1913 at 134 degrees.
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America
Illinois
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Edwin Booth
U. S
Death Valley
Calif
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Curt’s Cash Store
G. D. Dudley
Mgr
Jensen
Equity Oil Company
Uhh OW Blig
Balt Lake City
St. Johns
Oregon
Chidren
Gusta Claw
American Toy Institute
Buse Fbass
Barbara Bishop
Mount Whitney
California
Northwestern Hide & Fur-Co
Telephone
Salt Lake City, Utah
Almys
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