A Whole Man and a Desert Trial
A story follows Robbins and Mart Selby as two young men trek from Lucia's camp into the alkali desert to Dead Horse Gulch. Robbins battles thirst and a rattlesnake encounter, while Selby selflessly gives his whiskey to save his friend, proving the value of courage and friendship.
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Mart Selby
Lucia
Robbins
Vicky
Matt
Ile
Mart Selw
Mart
Luccin's
Lucia's
Dead Horse Gulch
Fst
Delaware
Lucia’s
Buttes
Selby
Rob
Matt Selby
States
Fifel
Ollen
Bazgard
Frank B. Millard
Argonaut
Rattlesnake Island tale ends in wedding on the island
In a Put-in-Bay tale, Sadie is saved from drifting at sea by Tom Taylor during a spring squall. Old Hank Hammond hosts, courts, and finally consents to Tom marrying Sadie after he rescues her. The island’s romance closes with Hank vacating and Tom starting a growing family.
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Put-in-Bay
Hank Hammond
Hank
Rattlesnake Island
Sadie
Tom Taylor
Tom
East Point
Jim
Carrie
Snewonahe Wanciy
Davy Jones
Jaqni
Put-it ¥ Bay
Lake Erie
Willin
Robinson
Poor Affair and a Falling Piano Lamp Prank
A humorous exchange shows a boy blaming a new piano lamp for breaking when he moved a statue of liberty prop. The piece contrasts a childish mischief with a lighthearted family moment.
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Cherub
Antique bootjack auctions delight birthday gift
A New York Weekly item tells of a husband gifting his wife a genuine antique bootjack bought at an auction. The improvised humor. a playful exchange reveals the object’s decorative future use.
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New York Weekly
Bucklen's Arnc Salve Advertised As Best Yet
The ad proclaims Bucklen's Arnc Salve as a superior remedy for rashes, sores, ulcers, fever sores, and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by John Crawford & Palmer & Kinpebrew. Price 23 cents per box.
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John Crawford & and Palmer & Kinpebrew
The Soul's Ride by Lilla Cabot Perry
A poetic fragment from Atlantic by Lilla Cabot Perry features a speaker urging a rider to join in a dark to light journey. The dialogue frames a quest to conquer fate as the soul seeks escape from valleys into bright, wild freedom.
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Mel
Lilla Cabot Perry
Atlantic
Salvadoa the Indian Hero of the Amazon Tributary
An aged Indian hunter Salvadea recalls surviving days trapped by a fallen mona tree in a drying river. He tells how fish and insects sustained him as relief appeared when a passerby finally found him, praising his courage and humanity.
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Amazon
Manuel Salvadea
Salvadea
Matos
Senor
Querto
Father Moreno
Santa Maria
Fish as Messengers and Love Saved in Amazon Tale
An Amazon river tale recalls Salvadoa who survived after being crushed. Fish carried white cloth as signals, guiding his lover to him and reuniting them. The legend notes hassars amphibious behavior of river fishes and a dramatic rescue, with poetic embellishment from The New York Evening Post.
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Senor
Hussars
Lones
Amazon
India
Charles Frederick Holder
New York Evening Post
New York Times
New York Sun
Gold Snake superstition links miners to gold deposits
The fragment notes a Mexican belief in a green and gold iridescent gold snake that supposedly nests above a gold ledge, prompting miners to claim land when found. It also recalls Parisian funeral devotion, an exchange about care and worry, and stray notices about Cobb Lampkin visiting Atlanta relatives amid a large turnout in a color crowd.
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Washington Star
Vishma
Cobb Lampkin
Atlanta
Commencement with Its Usual Gayettes This Week
The article notes the commencement events with the customary gayettes to be ushered this week, detailing the ceremonial setup and participants.
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Robert Bridges
Mrs. Jinks
Ted
Mid-Continent
William Z. Gladwin
Christian Union
Pennsylvania
Tri Bm
V.ower
School Desire
Ana
Cpnta
Ero Funkesteine
al Lore
Oeard
Argentine Great Western Railway
China
Germany
Hassar Post
Thay Saguessh
University
Lucy Cobb
Athens
Vanderbilt
Col. Snelling
Morgan Calloway
Emory College
Bennett J. Conyers
Atlents
S ‘S. Gn
Society of Alumni of
Andrew A. Lipscomb
Washington, D.C
Jdunior
Opera House
Cotillion Club
Snior
Eugene Black
Paulin
Seney- Stovall
Augusta Presbyterian
J. T. Plunkett
Plunkett
Elecu
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