We Struck It in Humbug Creek and the Gold Find
A California gold rush reminiscence recounts a mid 1850s strike on Humbug Creek. A boy narrator and partner stumble into a rich vein, the claim sparked by a dramatic vein discovery and a sensational dream of buying nations. The tale blends hardship, danger, and the lure of sudden fortune with vivid frontier details.
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Fruitvale
Alva Fimons
California
Drea
New Bedford
Mass
Haskins
Oakund
Bay of San Francisco
Humbug Creek
Pat Flannigan
Coos Bay
Frank Campbell
Howlin’ Wilderness
Hi Williams Miller
Miller Williams
Aiva Boles
Pitt River
Pard
Oregon
Ireland
England
Queen Victoria
Yreka
Flannigan
Campbell
Rascal
Greathouse & Slicer
Charley Slicer
Oakland
Slicer
Greenhorn
Red Bluff
Joaquin Miller
Elmira
Colonel Girardeau and the duel that never was in Albitumen
In Albitumen New Mexico a colorful lawyer Colonel Clay Benton Girardeau bragged of favoring the code duello yet avoided real bloodshed. A staged pistol duel overheated into a comic farce as five railroad workers plotted to cheat him with painted cartridges. The colonel, sensing treachery, exposed the ruse and pursued the culprits, prompting a chaotic chase and a postscript warning to not meddle with Missouri.
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Albitumen
N. M
Clay Benton Girardeau
Missouri
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
San Francisco
Washington
Colonel Girardeau
Star of the West
Faroor
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Kansas
Simulfar
Dr. X
Girardean
Nan
Mr. Gillan
Mr. O'Farrell
Mr. Schrader
Doctor
Girardeau
Dean Smm
Luce and Angus reunite as old debts fade
Old Abner Marsden, a grasping invalid, hinders daughter Lucia from Ang Howland. Years pass with poverty and letters, then Angus returns rich and discovers the old man’s mortgage canceled. Howland saves the estate, revealing his true identity and renewing Lucia’s chance at a future.
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Abner Marsden
Luce
Howland
Father
Angus Howland
Ang
Angus
Lucia
Peetiaa Paling
Marsden
Mag
Ang Howland
Lucie
California
Old Marsden
Hinton
Hewland
Young Hinton
Cicely
Yiel
Dad
Angus Howard
Big debate in Crawfordville ends with Black downing Watson
In Crawfordville Georgia on September 3 a large outdoor debate drew about seven thousand spectators near the grave of Alexander Stephens. Major Black delivered a strong rebuttal to Watson, who faced a hostile crowd, while Black highlighted Watson’s political record and the tariff issue. The event ended with a Democratic victory narrative and calls for party unity.
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Crawfordville
Alex. H. Stephens
Black
Watson
Furly
Stephens
Sparta
National Bank Kings
J. C. C. Black
Maj. Black
Major Black
Grover Cleveland
Congress
Cleveland
A Ballad of Kisses by Brit Mackay
A fragmentary ballad recalls three kisses with stark imagery and shifting emotions. The speaker relives a courteous kiss, a consuming second kiss of shame, and a final kiss tied to love and celestial absolution. The rhythm and archaic phrasing mirror a historic lyric style.
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Alrow
Brit Mackay
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Jomas Bailey Aldrich
Harper's
Mme. de Genlis
Mme
Genlis
Paris
Cere
Charles K. Shetterly
Yankee Blade
Gillan O'Farrell
Lchrader
Socorro
Frank Loringen
Argonaut
Maj
Black Downs Watson
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