Mountain feud erupts over coal theft and dynamite plot
Dale confronts Goff and warns off rivals as explosions rock the Doe valley. Sheriff’s posse planned. Ball and Torreys suspected while Dale organizes a dawn response and covert pursuit amid mounting tension and threats to property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goff
Dale
Bil Dale
John Moreland
Dales
Hayes
Mejor Bradley
Morelands
Littlefords
Luke Moreland
Cartersville
Major Bradley
Flowers
Bill
Bill Dale
Jerusalem Cove
Hatton
Hell
Doe River
Grandpap Moreland
CAT DISAPPOINTMENT TENDERLY RETRIEVED FROM CHEST
A poem fragment recalls a moth-proof chest holding fine raiment including a Palm Beach suit described as fragile and treasured. The speaker laments the lost prized garment and the disappointment of its recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Patchwork of jokes and society notices across columns
A collage of quips, comic captions, fashion bits, and society notices. It cites corset sales in Mississippi, lamp jokes, and a Desclacs ND fact about women in public offices, plus various light items about fashion, cigars, and a Babe Ruth beat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desclacs
North Dakota
Deslacs
N.D
Boy defends kittens names in street quip
Little Willie tells a passerby the kittens are named Joe and Jerry. When asked to rename them to Cook and Peary the boy retorts that they are not polecats, delivering a witty backchat in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Willie
Joe
Jerry
Cook
Peary
Willie
Speak-no-evil censor plea on sensational hustler stories
A critical column argues newspapers waste space sensationalizing a traveling hobo and urging harsher suppression of such stories. The writer dismisses glamorized beggars and urges restraint, claiming harsher portrayals would better serve public morals and youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackville
Jerusalem
Kokomo
Hal Reed
Wisest Man and Sour Grapes Snippet Notes
A fragmented column notes Wise sayings about restraint and pennies and lawyers. It mentions a girl named Onions securing a notary commission in a neighboring town and pokes at laws and gravity with a joking tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onions
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Hapsburg Liebe
Lewin Myers
Doubleday, Page & Co
Moreland’ Coal Company
Garberg
Bayfield County
W. A. Robinson
Washburn
Che Union Meat Market
John MacRae
Arkansas
Ferbe Lowe
Louis Wardner
St. Louis
Babe “Ruth
Judge Landis
Charley Morris
Chamber of
Commerce
Cole
Epitaffy
Hal Hake
Geo. Galder
Axelberg
Judge Warden
God
Carl Laemmle
Studebaker
Dit
Demars Bros
Ashland
Bayfield
Sawyer ‘Counties
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