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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
5
Toddies and Ben Hamilton lead a perilous frontier search after Toddies is kidnapped by a redskin near Hamiltons Station in 1781. Ben tracks with Spot the dog through dense forest, engages in a tense gun duel, and rescues Toddies after a brutal chase. Toddies proclaims victory once recovered.
A reflective verse narrative follows a boy who envies sparrows and a cat’s freedom, then laments a fearsome dog, a dogcatcher’s threat, and the grim fate of the hound. He concludes that sorrow and joy mix, and prefers being a boy rather than an animal.
Two Logansport high school graduates, Harry Sample and Ray Jonce, rushed to Kansas wheat fields with $35, but quick labor turned dream of big pay to grueling days. They earned about $8 to lunch and toiled until night, then returned home exhausted after rail-hopping misadventures. Also noted is Tom Longboat, Canada's long-distance runner, rising from obscurity to influence American distance running with a dramatic Thanksgiving debut and subsequent high achievement.
Two tribes long memory of the frontier vanish from history the Carankawa and Lipan Texas bands. The Carankawa lived near the Rio Grande and terrorized gulf islands before Texans and Mexicans slaughtered them to the last man. The Lipan ranged from Brazos to Pecos fighting Comanche raiding settlements and were driven into Mexico by Mexican forces and Texas Rangers. Both groups left no lasting records or clear accounts of their customs or members.
In New York prose Herbert Davis 14 faced a venomous strike when a water snake coiled on his arm. Francis Hvangk aged 16 shot the reptile through the head just as it threatened to bite. Davis and Evans are linked to local resort owners and mining area activity.
The Finch siblings and cousin Alexis move to a sandbar camp on Beaver Island as a dry spell ends and a sudden fierce storm floods the creek. The hut is swept away, they cling to a Hemlock tree, endure night in wet clothes, and are rescued at dawn by their father and neighbors, with loss of tent and blankets but all safe.
William Coyne, 97, of 4939 Loraine Avenue, survived brain surgery after a streetcar crash. Surgeons removed part of his brain and memory. He woke with no memory of his past and could not talk or walk. Now he relearns basics and identity, with potential permanent gap for the crash afternoon events.
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