The Road Agent Black Cave and the Overland Stand
Guy Fleetwood and other passengers endure a masked robbery led by Black Cave on the Overland Mail stage. Fleetwood resists, disables the chief, and is left for dead but saved by Black Cave who later returns to deliver his case of letters and photographs. Fleetwood recovers at Crawford’s Colorado ranch as the unknown past of Hoxie and Black Cave threads toward revelation.
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Colorado
Overland Mail Company
Jehu
Guy Fleetwood
Bob Crawford
Fleetwood
Boston
Illinois
Leadville
States
Tam & Canadian
Maude Loftus
Mrs. Fleetwood
Quebec
Maud
Maude
Miss Grey
Black Cave
Tiger Chief
Claude Duval
Dave
Southern Pacific
Denver
Texas
David
Maud Loftus
Guy
Colt
United States
G*drawoy
Mr. Fleetwood
Canada
Crawford
Goodby
Hoxie
Mister Crawford
Che Cred
Juan
California
Egypt
Black Dave
Rascal
Adam
Hoxile
Punch
Methods of destroying rats in a USDA bulletin
The U S department of agriculture will issue a farmers bulletin by D E Lantz on rat destruction. It outlines the three rat species, their damage, and the need for rat proof buildings and organized cooperation. It cites vast economic losses from feeding and property damage and emphasizes practical control methods.
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Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Biological Survey
D. E. Lantz
United States
Norway
Egypt
America
Denmark
France
Carl Hagenbeck
Biological Survey
Bulletin
P. H. McGin News and Courier
The Gila Monster Tales of a Hazardous Desert Creature
A Los Angeles Times correspondent reports on the gila monster describing its danger while noting locals fear it more than a rattlesnake. The creature’s bite is likened to a deadly poison and its body features a powerful tail used to jump.
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Los Angeles Times
Tucson
Indian Farmers and Rosebud Fair Winners in 1906
Writing on Indian progress in peace, J M Oskinson describes a Rosebud reservation county fair in 1906. Prizes awarded include Zander Big Crow for best allotment, Wooden Ring for best domestic animals, Minnie War Bonnet as top housekeeper, Andrew Long Warrior for champion vegetables, Plenty Bull for largest cultivated land, John Elk-Looks-Back for largest melon, William Standing Bear and Charles Stands-by-Him for best colt and best call, Jumbo Stands-at-Him for tallest man, and Alice Search-the-Enemy as prettiest girl. The event saw enthusiasm, no drunkenness, and no gambling. The German eclipse anecdote follows.
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J. M. Oskison
Everybody's
Rosebud
Farmers’ Institute
Reuben Quick Bear
Zander Big Crow
Wooden Ring
Minnie War Bonnet
Andrew Long Warrior
Plenty Bull
John Elk
William Standing Bear
Charles
Jumbo
Alice Search
Quick Bear
Chipmunks Sing Return of Spring in North America
The article notes chipmunks emerge with the first warm days of spring in Manitoba and Minnesota. Ernest Thompson Seton describes their loud chirping, perching on logs to greet sunlight. Indian youths in Minnesota celebrate with a chipmunk chorus and even track timings like 1380 chirps per minute in 1905.
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Manitoba
Ernest Thompson Seton
Success Magazine
Charles Eastman
Minnesota
Coscob
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