Race for Life on the Missouri: Colter’s Narrow Escape
Early Rocky Mountain tale recounts Colter and Potts trapped by 600 Blackfeet after a search for furs. Colter races 6 miles to the Jefferson fork, then flees through sand and cactus, weaponless, surviving with daring speed and endurance. He later escapes, returns to Lisa's fort, and becomes an indian scout, reputedly killing many Blackfeet.
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Rocky Mountain
Colter
Lewis and Clark
Missouri
Potts
Lewis
Vots
Ated
Jefferson Fork
Lisa
Yellowstone
Blackfeet
McLellan
Lisa’s
Philadelphia Times
One Side of a Talk at Moose Island
A windy November evening brings friends indoors as Crusoe, Friday, and Jim share stories of weather, boats, sewing, and small-town life. The narrator recounts adventures, frayed chores, and comic chatter about laundry, parties, and upriver visits in a cozy, humorous Maine setting.
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Robinson Crusoe
Marm
Plaguy Dory
Jim
Allus
Crusoe
Dory
Moose Island
Yarmouth
Maria Collins
Maria
Moose Neck
Boston Transcript
Longfellow Memory and Tea Taster Notes Span Irish Immigrant Recollections
An Irish immigrant recalls discovering the Longfellow home in Cambridge and receiving a branch from the poet’s tree after reciting The Village Blacksmith. The piece also notes teacups used by tea tasters and a quirky line about a young lady from a boarding school era.
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Ireland
Longfellow
Boston Herald
Philadelphia Ledger
A Seville youth dreams and helps a friend in need
Juanito el Morenito, a 16 year old Triana wanderer, seeks money for Easter bullfights. After a miraculous five peseta coin appears from the Virgin, he helps La Chata’s sick mother, then finds romance with Chata as spring blooms.
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Seville
Fanbourg
Triana
Junavito el Morenito
Moreniio
Morentio
Mazzantini
Frascuelo
Virgin de la Esperanza
Moreni
Toros
Juanito
Rue de la Sierpes
Plaza de la Constitucion
Amudiencia
Confradias
Fernando
Juanita
Plaza de Toros
Calle San Pablo
Triana Faubourg
la Chata
Chata
Botha
Chan
Nina Mia
Posada
Alameda
Andre Theuriet
E.C. Waggener
Handsom Lady in Athens Praises Kemp’s Baleam Remedy
A woman in Athens told a friend Kemp's Baleam for the throat and lungs stopped her cough instantly when other remedies failed. She offers a free sample bottle, large size 60c and 1 dollar.
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Athens
Kemp
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint Ad and Children’s Hunt Preview
An advertisement touts a remedy claimed to ease dyspepsia and liver complaints with a five cent bottle available at City Drug Store. The piece also promotes a Children’s Hunt next Monday with hundreds of bright spring-dressed children expected to attend, their faces flushed with excitement.
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City Drug Store
RB. C. Orr
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Anelaids
A. Proctor
Prince of
Monaco
Europe
America
Azores
Atlantic
Africa
Bermuda
Pall Mall Gazette
United States
Minnesota
Lake of the Woods
Dakota
Pembina
St. Louis Republic
Drs. Aust
Jynor Rth
New York Press
Cambridge
George Eliot
Broadway
New York Herald
Chicago Herald
Clarke County
Opera House
Clarke
W. B. Burnett
Young Men’s Democratic Club
T. W. Reed
Caps. Burnett
John T. Pittard
Col. E. T. Brown
T.W. Reed
George C. Thomas
Burnett
Capt. Burnett
Barxar
Georgia
Dixie
Willliam Y. Atkinson
Newnan
Camemander
Democracy of
Atkinson
Republican Party
Col. T. S. Mell
Edward T. Brown
Democratic Party
RB. B. Rezsell
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