Old West tales and elephant fears in a curious miscellany
A dried sequence of vignettes reads like a late 19th century miscellany. Bridger's return to Missoula and a ten mile railroad claim sits beside elephant lore about mice invoking fear. Short political and legal anecdotes follow, ending with a moral urging prompt fair pay to workers and cheerful social conduct.
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Jim Bridger
Plans
Missouri
Russell
Bridger
Cap
Trunkless Body Revealed as Elephant Impost Story
An explorer recounts a strange scene in a thicket where a trunkless body was found, sparking disbelief until he explains it was the body of an elephant. The London Globe reports the exchange and the traveler’s calm persistence in telling the tale.
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London Globe
Cluliment
Henry
Sheense
Detroit Roe Pens
Fred Wiever
Bertie Jensen
Creamer
Forgive me my dear gos sip humbly confession
A Chicago Post item presents a short exchange where a goose asks for forgiveness after reporting confidences to Mrs Brown. The wise woman responds that sharing was intentional and done in strict confidence. The scene reads as a fablelike dialogue with moral undertone.
Counting the Might and a Safe Adage
The fragmentary exchange centers on counting and restraint, with a boy and mother debating numbers and temper. A man named Senator Sorghum and a Washington Star quote suggest a discussion on wealth, investigation, and the secret to success, framed as an unvelintae adage about keeping still.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Receipt of punishment noted in Hanover archive
Registrar uncovers an eighteenth century receipt from Hanover describing a Seven Years War punishment. A captain receives fifty blows with a stick from a Duisburg canon acting on a captain’s lieutenant. The note, signed with contrition, confirms the disciplinary act.
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Hanover
Duisburg
Bos
Chasseurs
Dean
Not the Greatest Yet Says Dubber About Himself
In a tattered dialogue, Dubber resists boasting of his own greatness while others discuss modesty and art comparisons between Raphael and Wiliniwell. A stray exchange about money markets and a Kansas City note glimpse a broader scene of trivial chatter amid a missionary society gathering in Indiam In Home Missioux.
Templeton notes and town visits fill busy week
Ed Lancelot hopes to reach home Saturday while Ad Settlemire, Sam Mulford, and others travel to Templeton Audubon Manning and Carroll on various errands. Barn and church matters advance with plans for a large spring barn erection and a new Lutheran church roof. Community events include mite society meetings, revival services, a hotel project, and youth gatherings amid illness and local travel.
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Ed Lancelot
Ad Settlemire
Templeton
Eugene Mertz
Audubon
Rebekah Lodge
Ross Community Notes Mixed with Local Styles and Tragedy
Corn and oats prices set the town gossip, while Clint Stemm dies in Goon Rapids and many neighbors travel to attend funerals, weddings, and church services. The column records portraits of local families, moves to Oklahoma, farm advances, social events, a scarlet fever scare, and a baby’s funeral, all in a dozen scattered vignettes.
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Clint Stemm
Goon Rapids
Toe Passmore
Io Manning
Luse
Ross
Rage Miller
Indy
Ruhs
Charley Taylor
Cameron Ross
Chas
Boers
Sam Jordan
Jake Roche
Chris Kraus
Jady
John Bly
Oklatona
John Ramsey
Harlan
Miller
Fred Tossman
Tom
Mate French
Alulbon
Effie Bates
Johnson County
Wilde
Actios
Mart
Wm. Nietzel
James Rice
Ike Stewart
Viola Townships
Bucknor
Mike Carroll
Ethel Dickenson
Cedar Rapids
Kew Hendrickson
Oxford
Mrs. Eddy
Motheer
Mrs, Eddy
Roy Ramsey
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Tie
Dubber
Bevil
Janes
Raphael
Winiwell
Kostoy
John Camerson
Sam Mulford
John Crow
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Adibon Itas Satunday
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Roy Swaney
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Mr. Creveling
Berth
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Spurgeon
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Cora Peerson
U. B. Burely
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Ant
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Jessie Souse
Jana
John Koch
Oklahoma
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A. Kroft
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Charles McCoy
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