A Grim War Tale of Old Aunt Rachel Stone and Keith
A Georgia cavalry officer J W Avery recounts the 1863 incident of Aunt Rachel Stone deceived by Captain Reuben Keith. Her dramatic curse predicted his brutal end as Sherman’s 1864 Georgia raids left the state in ruin and Keith vanished and was found murdered in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Avery
Georgian Cavalry
Cincinnati Enquirer
Rachel Stone
Georgia Cavalry
Whitfield
Georgia
Stone
Murray County
Reuben Keith
Young Stone
Lamadrab
Jeff Davis
Confederacy
Winchester
Tenn
Tennessee
Keith
Captain Keith
Agin
Kenl Ieith
Sherman
Rachael Stone
Child in prison for stealing a hatful of wheat
An eight or nine year old, Georgie Clauss, sits in a jail cell after being committed for trial in default of bail for filling his cap with wheat from a van. He describes a hard life, a dead father and a mother who picks rags to feed her family, while officials weigh the child against a sweeping sense of justice.
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Fifty-seventh Street Court
Court of Special Sessions
East Sixtieth Street
Oliceman
Justice Wendell
Georgie Clauss
Miss Fischer
Georgie
Forty-first Street
Schae
Eleventh Avenue
Martin Donnelly
Justice Otterbourg
Jefferson Market
Telm
Martin
Oliceman McSally
Lake County
Cal
Eureka
Herald Fund
New York
Keystone Witchcraft Case in Stony Creek Valley
In Dauphin county a long running witchcraft case centers on Mrs Boyer of Stony Creek Valley accused of bewitched Emma Kildey. The accused is linked to healer McClain, a Fishing Creek peddler, who performed spells and cures in multiple visits from 1879 onward. Hearings at Fort Hunter reveal sworn testimonies from Kildey, Black, and Bell about alleged witchcraft and cures.
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Harrisburg
Stony Creek Valley
Boyer
Kildey
Squire McAllister’s
Fort Hunter
William Kildey
Squire
Wolf
Miss Kildey
Moulson
John Boyer
Armstrong McClain
Samuel Bell
McClain
Bell
Kiltey
John B. Black
Louisburg
Mrs. Boyer
Rams
Kildeys
Emma
Boyle
Squire McAllister
Dauphin County
Forney argues pardon of Kemble over Harrisburg bribery
Colonel John W. Forney defends aiding William H. Kemble's pardon in Progress, blaming widespread vote buying across states and praising constitutional reforms. He cites Kemble's past aid during his darkest hour, notes the need to end corruption at Harrisburg, and calls for renewed Republican leadership and independence from rings and corporate influence.
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John W. Forney
Board of Pardons
State
Ireland
England
France
Walpole
Great Britain
Richelieu
Harrisburg
United States
Republic
Mr. Kemble
William B. Mann
William H. Kemble
Republicana
Washington F
Courage in a gale aboard Invincible saves a sailor
The Hon. Edmund Fremantle captain of HMS Invincible in Aboukir Bay acts swiftly as a lead-man falls overboard. The ship halts and lifebelts are prepared while boats are launched. Seeing the man struggle the captain orders immediate action to prevent a drowning tragedy.
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Moore
Cunningham
Edmund Freemantle
Freemantle
The
Invincible
London Telegraph
Mediterranean
Edmund Fremantle
Alexandria
Minine
Khedive
Aboukir Bay
Nile
Fremantle
Detroit German Tells Why He Is Tired of the Telephone
An elderly Gratiot avenue resident complains of telephone troubles. He recalls speaking with saloon workers and relatives in Springwells, miscommunications over loud volumes and misheard words, and a crude joke about dogs. He vows to expose perceived faults and seek relief from the service.
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Detroit
Gratiot Avenue
Springwells
Den
Texas
Snoring Sketch by Dr Bagby Delights Laughing Readers
The humorous Pencil sketch by Dr. Bagby reflects on travel fatigue and a physician’s playful taxonomy of snores. It catalogs long smooth snom short interrupted snort snore thin watery rattling snore and the pudding cooling snore, ending with a wry note on the nature of noise.
Five Cent Piece Mistaken for Cartwheel in San Francisco
A Nob Till resident refused a Bush relief fund collector and angrily scolded a servant, insisting a cartwheel lay on the curb. The servant looked outside and found a five cent piece, misunderstood as a wheel. The incident highlights local humor as a coin’s size misled the house resident.
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San Francisco Post
Bush Relief Fund
The Vigilantes and the San Francisco Outlaw Hunt
An Indianapolis Journal foreman recounts the 1850s San Francisco vigilantes led by “33” and the cases around the murders of James King and General Richardson. It details the rise of a 6000-strong citizen force, their trials, executions of Casey and Cora, and clashes with Sheriff Scannell and US Judge Terry amid a tense power struggle with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Divine
Indianapolis Journal
Denis Kearney
San Francisco
Francisco
General Richardson
United States
Cora
Bella Cora
Richardson
Mashers and a Star Strain at New Orleans Opera
A New Orleans Times item recounts a male admirer of Adelaide Neilson who hid his passion for days then sent a note and joined her for a lake outing. Lacking charm, he fails to win her, revealing the comic hazard of attempt to woo a stage favorite. The tale ends with a moral about not being a masher.
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Terry
Hopkins
United States
Jude
David Broderick
Law and Order
Ie Committee
Stockton
Mare Island
Sandwich Islands
Judge Terry
Ness
Honolulu
Bloods
Neilson
Grand Opera House
Society of “Mashers
Adelaide
Adelaide Neilson
An Animated Arkansas Corpse and Other Odd Tales
A collection of humorous and macabre items from Texarkana and Arkansas locales. A dead man’s inquest turns comic when he demands who has his pocketbook, while a sober sermon noyabout contrasts with the crowd’s reactions. A Michigan avenue vignette follows, then tales of marriage arithmetic at a vigil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tean
Joseph Cook
Bismarck
Gineral
Arkansas
Texarkana
Little Rock
Ani
Degeneracy of Custer City Sparks Mock Older Chivalry
Detroit Free Press notes a decline in Custer City’s old rough‑and‑ready ethos as travelers boast of buckskin, knives, and revolvers while locals ignore threats, mock bravado, and enforce tame behavior with humorous justice. A parade of outlandish scenes from saloons and streets is recalled as a bygone era.
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Detroit Free Press
Michigan
Custer City
Crow
Custer
Plains
Reading Tracts
Boss Hen Sings With Careful Choir Like Village Star
Glen Cove features a hen dubbed the boss hen that sings Hold the Fort with a village girl. The hen accompanies the girl as she hymns, joining in on cue with precise timing and dignity, impressing locals with poultry musical talent.
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Glen Cove
van Cott
Alon
Glenwee
Aldebaraff
Charity Balla
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King
the Bulletin
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John Nugent
Daily Herald
Pacific Coast
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Vigilantes
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Aladdin's Palace
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Sacramento
Scannell
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Rowa
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Petaluma
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