The True and the Beautiful and the Good in Winter
Fragmentary lines from a 13th year publication reveal poetic musings on truth beauty and goodness amid winter imagery. It references themes of sacrifice memory and fading daylight as frost and shadow encroach on a beloved scene.
Billy Brag and the Five Mile Creek Stage Shootout
A Nebraska ranch tale centers on Phineas Ellsworth misnamed Billy Brag who brags of his own prowess while avoiding work. When the stage is held up near Five Mile Creek, Billy stages into the driver’s seat, saving Walt Dyer and two team leaders, taking gunfire and surviving with leg and throat wounds as he becomes the ranch legend who bragged through the crisis.
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Phineas Ellsworth
Bex Ranch
Billy
Cale Snelling
Cale
Tulate
Joe Fleming
Sam
Tommy
Bob Tall
Cowboy
Bob Hall
Bob
Mr. Mall
Dyer
Boss Fleming
Fleming
Parker's
Walt Dyer
Ellsworth
Leslie
Atlantic
Vannes
Academy of
Ure
Jules Simon
Malnister
Nemerc
Aid Sevres
John W. Kirk
Morse
Annapolis Junction
Washington
Boston Transcript
Mr. Kirk
India
Morals First, Says Business Leader to Young Men
A prominent dry goods head argues that business success depends on character, not a single plan. He warns boys starting in enterprise about gambling and wasted opportunities, urging focus on morals, self discipline, and prudent finances to build future prosperity.
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Tesek
Boye
Che
Ness
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Eodertat
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Ebenezer Long
Ebenezer
Georgia
Philadel
Ruma
Greece
Col. McDowell
New Mexico
Sergeant Shuster
Schuster
Emin Pasha
Europe
Emin
Tabora
Central Africa
Kagera
Khartoumis
Gordon
and Leutenant
Bors
Ste
Atlanta Constitution
Poe