The Colonel's Story of Flad 2 A Quest
By JOHN H. RAFTERY a campfire talk recounts Gereald Flad a daring frontier ranger who seeks love and glory across Mexico and Africa His father Roger Flad a roving soldier shaped his daring life Gerald courts a Mexican heiress and an infamous bullfighter Del Agar before a dramatic bullfight ends with Flad’s abrupt retreat and uncertain fate Chicago Record explanation note England’s meat imports 1902 show broader trade context.
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Crews
Gereald Flad
Col. Hutchinson
Roger Flad
Gerald
Heidelberg
Coppingers
California
Phil Sheridan
Sierras
Old Mexico
Ochoa
Rio Grande
el Paso
Paso del Norte
Arroyo
Hotel Dien
Chihuahua
Madrid
Republic
Mexico
Tere
Hin Solars
Cafferty
Rangers
Jan Su
Ramon Jesus Felipe del Agar
Flad
del Agar
Dieamland
Ramon del Agar
Hutchinson
Ilad
Finch
Banderilleros
Plendores
Tara
Mio Gerald
Tel Agar
New York
Chicago
Mr. Grumpy described in Cassell's Little Folks
A verse about Mr Grumpy who meets children with tears in his eyes and a cold, cross demeanor. He is small, fat, and dumpy with rosy cheeks and a wrinkled brow. the poem warns grumpy folk grow ugly and should be sent away after cheeky mischief and burnt bread or lumpy porridge.
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Mr. Grumpy
Mister Grumpy
Andy
Mathematical Trick Untold Dice Ruse
A player explains a dice based trick. The thrower doubles the left dice, adds five, multiplies by five, adds the middle dice, and multiplies the result by ten. The third dice is added to produce a total from which the observer asks the participant to subtract mentally.
7K in Mathematics and the Dice Puzzle
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune puzzle explains a method using three dice to reach a final total. It walks through doubling the left die, adding the middle die, multiplying, then adding the right die, subtracting 250 to yield the remaining 532.
The Cat Outsmarts the Tiger in a Tree Lesson
A fable from Solu tells how a Tiger and a Cat, once allies, quarrelled over pride. The Tiger learns the hard way that climbing down is harder than climbing up after the Cat tricks him and flees toward a safe human house. Captain C. B. Hampton summarises the tale from the Boston Globe.
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C. B. Hampton
Boston Globe
Mouse Tricks Organ In Church Causes A Minor Fuss
A mouse hid an acorn inside a city church organ causing a disruption as the organ failed to sound. It took a substantial sum of money to repair and correct the issue, with the incident described in a light hearted cartoon tone.
Ostrich slander debunked by hunter tale from South Africa
An experienced hunter recounts a South Africa encounter with ostriches to refute a long standing ostrich myth. He details stalking, tracking, and a feinting bird that outmaneuvered him, noting the bird’s clever retreat before finally fleeing. The account appears in Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post and Brooklyn Life.
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South Africa
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Romance of the War and a Thousand Dollar Bill
A Confederate tale from Holly Springs to New York ends with a reunion at the Fifth Avenue hotel. A rider recalls capturing greenbacks, gifting a thousand-dollar note in a Southern girl’s autograph album, escaping a Yankee raid, and decades later reuniting with the girl’s father who recounts the family’s gratitude and the bill’s repurposed use.
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Chicago Chronicle
Holly Springs
Miss
Fifth Avenue
New York City
van Dorn
Grant
Stuart
Bunko
Mississippi
United States
Monitor Merrimac fight recalled by Gen Viele at G A R dinner
Gen Egbert L Viele veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars discussed the Virginia campaign and the Merrimac Monitor clash at the Westchester County Grand Army association dinner. He described picket lines, a successful deception of a Confederate officer, and the Monitor’s timely arrival at Hampton Roads before the March 9 engagement.
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Egbert L. Viele
Westchester County Grand Army Association
Virginia
Merrimace Monitor
Viele
Secretary of the Treasury
Fortress
Merrimac
Norfolk
Elizabeth
United States
Lincoln
Richmond
Gen. Viele
Gen Viele
Dea
Ofice Ranch
Monitor
Greenpoint
Hampton Roads
Ironciad
Bank Note Saga Ends With Generous Shareout
In a tale of poverty and aspiration a man with six cents in the world sees a $1,000 as a fortune. After a sequence of detaching a bill, a bank verdict declares it sound. The Holly Springs girl’s father buys necessaries in Memphis, returns home, and the man refuses repayment, urging reinvestment to aid the daughter’s children.
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Holly Springs
Memphis
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Dim
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John H. Raftery
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Yung
Tric
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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Cat and the Tiger
Tropics
Brooklyn
Chicago Daily News
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