Sigil Tribune; 11/14/1870
May 9th, 2007 by Dave Lester
*** The Sigil Tribune***
(Edition 1, Vol 3)
11/14/1870
-Headline News-
1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12c rode on 4th Avenue between Prince & 14th Sts
1834 William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months
1851 “Moby Dick,” by Herman Melville, published
1863 Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
1863 Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
Birthday Wishes to:
Claude Monet France, impressionist (Water Lilies)
Walter Williams claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
Frederick Jackson Turner Wisconsin, historian/educator (Harvard U)
Leo Baekeland Belgian chemist (Bakelite)
Jawaharlal Nehru 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
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*-*-* Job Opening *-*-*
Dr. Azwethinkweiz Barrett currently has openings for doctors and nurses that may apply in his office. Please contact Dr. Barrett for more information.
Operation Log -
Willford Cunningham -Thursday, November 9th- gunshot wound to the back. Fatal tumor discovered and excised. Bullet removed.
Thomas Veil - Thursday, November 9th - Sat on a Cactus. Spines removed. Given a lollipop.
Sassy Lollipop - Friday, November 10th - Near fatal gunshot wound to the abdomen. Massive blood loss. AzTEK Labs Experimental Hemoglobin utilized. Patient survived and her own blood reproduced with no traces of the synthesis.
Native Girl (Camilla Moore) - Saturday, November 11th -infected lacerations on the chest and thigh. Antibiotic administered, wounds cleaned, dressed.
Rade Plasma - Tuesday, November 14th - multiple deadly gunshot wounds to the chest and back from rifle and colt handgun.
35 slugs total extracted. Body torso and extremities covered. Patient recovered.
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Kid Diamond guns down a drifter. (by Emily Darrow)
Yesterday a drifter cam into town and desided to get into a heap of trouble. With whiskey on his breath and nothing in his skull he dared to scoff at the talented Kid Diamond. The kid knowing this was the whiskey talking decided to check the drifter out in the Saloon but after a short time found the drifter wanting, wanting to rob the bank that is. The kid announced “draw” and the stranger jumped up from his chair started and tried to pull his gun, too late, Now another hole is filled at Kicker Hill Cemetary.
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Introducing Maria Duke (AKA Songfeather)
Introducing Maria Duke (AKA Songfeather) For the Western SIM Sigil, Arizona
Born into the Sioux Nation in 1863 to the Lakota Tribe in the Black Hills& her name is Songfeather.
She was thirteen years old when in 1876, the Nations came together to discuss the future under the Spiritual leadership of Sitting Bull when General George Armstrong Custer (known to her tribe under several names such as “Yellow Hair” and “Son of the Morning Star” as he always attacked villages in the early hours of the morning) amassed his troopers near the Little Bighorn River and attacked the great gathering.
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*-*-* Town Notices *-*-*
A Sigil Town Hall Meeting is set for Thursday nite at 5:30 pm (SL time) in which our Mayor Phara Akula will speak to the citizens. Please be sure to attend this important meeting.
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The Sigil Tribune will gladly print any articles or items fer sale or even community announcements. Jus’ place these on a notecard and drop them in the box on th’ counter in the Print Office and they’ll be printed in the next edition of the Sigil Tribune.
Regards,
Whitney Clymer, Editor
The Sigil Tribune