Colorful Tale of Lost Soldiers and River Names
A Trinidad Colorado editor recalls a Spanish expedition that vanished near the Raton canyon. The tale links the river Las Animas, Purgatorio and Picket Wire with the lost soldiers bound for St Augustine. The piece blends superstition and early frontier lore in a quirky nomenclature study.
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Romi
St. Augustine
William Stapleton
Trinidad
Colo
Santa Fe
Fla
Raton Pass
Raton Canyon
Rockies
Iron Shirt
Rio de Las Animes
Ander
Sind St Vrain
St. Louis
Purgatory
Atorio
Paroaghi
Santa-Fe
Las Animas
Rio de Las Animas
Washington Star
The Latest Wheeling fad in England shows photo wheel
The New York World notes a bicycle wheel photo arrangement with twelve full length pictures as spokes and a hub portrait. The Brockton Times imagines future rail crashes with 100 mph electric trains, warning of coroner duties.
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England
New York World
Brockton
Mass
Public notices and cultural quips circulate in period chatter
A jumble of quotes critiques women readers urban trends and bicycle bans appears as racy fragmentary items. Mentions of public office lists and civic mentions surface amid jokes about trolley parties bloomers and newspapers.
Mystery cave linked to Holmes private graveyard
Fragmented lines suggest a sensational note claiming a cave on the White River in Arizona may hold 800 to 400 tons of skeletal remains tied to H. H. Holmes. The item appears among various brief clippings from multiple papers.
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White River
Arizona
Jvas H. H. Holmes
Kansas City World
Personal Gossip From Baltimorean Niche Circles
A miscellany notes John V. Findlay as a leading orator of Maryland and links Phil May to J. A. Sheppard. Barons De Hirsch and Hohenlohe trade estates. Barnato contemplates a play with Haddon Chambers. Lord Rosebery orders a Rhodes portrait replica. Pillsbury Country’s chess ace smokes green cigars. Autograph collecting suits Sol Smith Russell. Rhind to sculpt Cleveland bust for Atlanta. Furnas’ golden wedding in Brownville. Sherman’s rival list from 1880 dwindles to Ed munds. Burns reports 17,000 miles in seven weeks and 70,000 listeners. Fonte, Grace church rector, served as Confederate navy captain. Mrs Nansen teaches music. Joan of Arc forecasted history in male garb. Couture notes from Pick Me Up and New York Post about fashion and Earlmont track records.
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Phil May
J. A. Sheppard
Baron de Hirsch
Hungary
Frederick Charles von Hohenlohe
Barney Barnato
Haddon Chambers
Lord Rosebery
Herkomer
R. A
Cecil Rhodes
London Academy
Pillsbury
Sol Smith Russell
J. Massey Rhind
President Cleveland
Atlanta
Cleveland
Robert W.furnas
Brownville
Neb
Cincinnati
Nebraska
Senator Sherman
Grant
Blaine
Windom
Garfield
Elihu B. Washburne
Edmunds
John Burns
United States
Robert C. Fonte
Grace Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Merrimac
Monitor
Nansen
Fireplace Long Island smallest village portrait
On the east end of Long Island near Montauk Point two old stone houses form a tiny community named Fireplace. The tale recalls Gardiner's Island origins and a fire signaling servants, which inspired the village's name.
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Long Island
New York World
Montauk Point
Gardiner’s Island
Gardiner
Gardiners Island
Voters debate race and women voting in local council talk
The excerpt shows J A Cook of the Keowee Council arguing about tax support for white schools, disfranchising Black voters, and potential female suffrage if it aids road work and poll taxes. He jokes about household duties and political loyalties as he entertains limiting voting rights and perhaps convening a constitutional convention to disenfranchise women.
Humorous Hog Medicine Advice From A Chicago Vendor
A customer complains a cobra medicine fails to help hogs. The druggist explains a brutal method to force hogs to take medicine by tying them, lifting with a rope and prying jaws open with a spoon, while the irate farmer stomps out of the store.
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Chicago* Tribune
Agricultrist
Sam McQueen’s Barber Shop on College Avenue
A clean and neat barber shop in the city, run by Sam McQueen under the Commercial Hotel. It is famous for sanitary towels brushes and utensils and sharp well kept razors. Barbers are experts with hot and cold water shampoos and a firm reputation for first class service.
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Sam McQueen
Iti
College Avenue
Ronize
Legal Right to Kiss Sparks New State Law Claim
The article reports a courtroom case where Annie Wheeler challenges a kissing scene in a Flatbush house shared with Lyers Hentschel. Justice Steers bonds Wheeler at 200 dollars, ruling married couples may kiss legally, setting a state precedent. It also notes unrelated items: a Windsor hotel wake up system and fashion items from the period.
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Annie. Wheeler
Atrest
Maibone Street
Flatbush
Lyers Hentschel
Justin Steers
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Colorado
Charing Cross
Manchester
Pearson’s Weekly
Detroit Tribune
Philadelphia
St Louis ‘Republic
Pittsburg
Detroit Free’ Press
Denmark
Europe
Boston Herald
Come Gan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cubs
Spain
Chicago
John V. Findlay
Maryland
Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans
New York Post
Earlmont
Reidsville
N. C
Joe
Patchen
J.A. Cook
Keowee’ Council
Ora. Hentschel
The
Philade
Phis “Record
St. Paul Dispatch
Bill Hays
Windsor Hav
Windsor
Hays
Fashion Plate
Paria
Uporitha Pescadee
Lee
Hondoir
Dresden China
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