Cattle Thieves Target South Dakota Ranches in BARS2
Langford and a posse pursue Jesse Black after thieves raid Three Bar ranches on the Missouri river island. Williston and daughter defend home as court turmoil and a fire disrupt Kemah. Gordon and Louise Dale entwine with love while tracking the fugitive.
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South Dakota
George Williston
Missouri River
Three Bar
Langford
Williston
Jesse Black
Louise Dale
Judge Dale
Kemah
Gordon
Black
Court House
Mary Williston
Liberty
Louise
Mary
Summer
Paul Langford
The Lazy S Housewarming and Langford’s Reveal
Mary and Langford reunite at the Lazy S housewarming as he asks her to marry him. He vows to join the Three Bars and take charge, while guests toast the future mistress of the Three Bars and honor Jim Munson’s memory.
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Mary
George Williston
Paul Langford
Paul
Kemah
Langford
Louise
Jim Munson
Jim
Quits at last Jim dies in Langford tale
In a tense duel, Jim disarms Black but is shot in the side. Langford cradles Jim as he dies, urging him to tell Mary he sacrificed for the Three Bars. Jim’s final words note Ard and a hoped farewell to Mary.
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Jim
Black
Mary
Paul
Langford
The Mist and the Sea by Clinton Scollard
Poem recounting a sea mist that drifts ashore bearing memory and menace. It describes the mist as white and impalpable, shifting through ships and shifting visions, then retreating back to the sea after listening to the deep’s imperious call.
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Clinton Scollard
New York Sun
Lilac Reverie Sparks Boyhood Memory in City Square
Walter Prichard Eaton describes a man pausing amid traffic to inhale lilac scent. The fragrance conjures boyhood memories of May, robin song, and distant nature, contrasting with the surrounding urban grind. A purple lilac spray falls as the man faces his harsh reality.
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Walter Prichard Eaton
American Magazine
Longing for Open Meadows Not for Farm Labor
The speaker longs for free, breezy meadows away from hard farm labor and relentless work. He imagines green hills, playful lambs, and quiet days, yet admits no wish to toil for a farmer’s wages. The piece contrasts pastoral desire with the reality of farm life.
To Age entry from Walter Savage Landor
An aged speaker addresses time as an old friend in a reflective meditation on memory and wisdom. The speaker credits age with schooling the pen, acknowledging fear and hope as two misguided forces while facing the future with resolve.
Singing Echoes From a Free-Flying Voice
A. Stevenson Nicol reflects on singing as a pure, unforced craft beyond money or fame. He embraces spontaneous arpeggios and cadenzas, singing until his throat tires, and hopes to age with a supple, unrestrained voice. Academy column.
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A. Stevenson Nicol
Academy
One Sad Day Poem Ends With Silent Voice
A poem titled One Sad Day laments a burden laid under lilies and leaves and a lone speaker recalls tears and prayers. The verse speaks of the Silence whispering God knows best and a remembered, sunlit western scene. Atilanta Constitution.
The Lesson of the Trees
Poem fragment in which Richard Kirk reflects on growth and hope, comparing the speaker’s aging self to a maple tree. The speaker vows to stay hopeful, labor, and aspire with a young heart until death. From Lippincotti's Mage azina.
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Richard Kirk
Lippincotti
Practical Fashions Ladies Tucked Shirt Waist Pattern
Paris pattern No. 2418 features a tucked front and back shirt waist with narrow tucks, Copenhagen blue pongee or rajah silk, wide sailor collar, striped cuffs, and removable lace chemisette. Six sizes 32 to 42 inches. sample yardage given for 36 bust. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and pattern number.
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Paris
Veteran of three wars praises kidney cure in Blair notice
Matthias Campbell a Civil War and two Indian wars veteran living at 218 East Nebraska Blair Nebraska says back pain and urine stoppage led doctors to diagnose advanced kidney trouble. He and his wife used Deans Kidney Pills and were cured. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Matthias Campbell
Colorado
Nebraska Street
Blair
Neb
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Ladies' Shirt Waist Paris Pattern No 2440
Gray and black striped hand kerchief linen shirt waist with white linen yoke. Front tucks meet the bust line, back box-plait tucks, shaped cuffs, and white linen edging. Pattern offers six sizes 32 to 42 inches. Pattern price lists yardage by fabric width.
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Paris
Not Without Hope Quote Sparks Reflections on Love
A Chicago Record-Herald quotation notes that even when a man seems utterly unable, a woman may still believe otherwise, reflecting on hope in relationships.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Want Gambetta in Pantheon Sparks French Debate
French republicans urge government to move Gambetta’s body from Nice to the Pantheon. Gambetta’s nephew, a colonel in Africa, writes that such a move requires his mother’s consent as Gambetta’s executor. He hints she may refuse given Gambetta’s strong wish to be buried where he is.
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France
Gambetta
Nice
Sephew
Africa
Visitor and Young Wife Exchange Domestic Cooking Jokes
A humorous dialogue contrasts frugal meals at home with past reliance on a cook. The wife notes her husband eats much less now, implying cost savings from self cooking.
Cuticura Restores Boy Burdened by Eczema After Yearlong Battle
The advertisement tells how Clyde, almost covered from head to neck with eczema, found relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Doctors offered no help for a year yet one night’s use brought sleep and after six weeks he was completely well. Mrs. Algy Cockburn Shiloh Ohio June 11 1907.
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Clyde
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
New York Sold for 24 Dollars and a Rum Barter
The piece recalls Peter Minuit purchasing Manhattan Island in 1626 with trinkets and rum gifts, leading Bill Nye to remark that New York was later sold for 24 dollars. It notes the humor and enduring outcome of this early real estate investment and its mythic status in American lore.
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Peter Minuit
Bill Nye
United States
New York
Manhattan Island
Greater
The
Giant City
National Magazine
Meesa Wilson Breaks Dish Then Breaks Pants
Mrs. Wilson trained a young Japanese servant to confess any breakage. When guests were present the boy suddenly appeared with a gleeful smile and announced in broken English that he broke his pants after confessing to breaking something.
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Meesa Wilson
Success Magazine
Grape-Nuts Proves Nutritional Value Across Lifespan
A reader testimony extols Grape-Nuts with milk and cream as a balanced food supplying brain and nerve nutrients at all life stages. The letter notes improved nerve power memory and appetite, with family members adopting the cereal. It ends by promoting the Postum Company and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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