Marked Man Convict Seeks Work After Cherry Hill Ten Years
A former Cherry Hill prisoner named Christian Hanson tells how solitary confinement broke him and how after ten years in a Philadelphia penitentiary he struggles to find honest work in St Louis. He recounts police caution, fences, and an alley murder mystery linking his estranged brother to a fatal city case.
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Hisormula
Cherry Hill
Philadelphia
Christian Hanson
Big Frank
James Patterson
Market Street
Frank
Renton
John Burns
Pete Burns
Chris
Chicago
St. Louis
Sing Sing
Sing One
New York City
Ciid
Racine
Wis
Julius Hanske
Steele
Hanske
Hanson
Peter Wilhelm Hanson
Won At Last From Airy Fairy Lillian and the Lemons
Chicago tale follows Lillian McGuire and her brother Bertram through pride and sorrow after his accident. Vivian Featherstone returns Bertram home with lemons in his coat, sparking Lillian’s wary yet growing affection. A ballroom meeting seals their bond as she reveals the lemons signified Vivian’s kindness.
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Lillian
Chicago Tribune
Charlie
Lillian McGuire
Vivian Featherstone
Blue Island Avenue
Vivian
Bertram McGuire
McGuire
Bertram
Court House
Murat Mansion in Tallahassee Burns in January Fire
The Tallahassee Florida Murat mansion, a historic American house, burned January 26. Prince Achelle Murat, son of the King of Nantes, once lived there in exile and wed a Virginia widow who had two rooms in a log cabin. They lived together twenty five years as Florida war protection by an Indian chief helped calm fears. The widow later visited England, met Napoleon III and Eugenie, and after returning died in the South. During the war she aided hospital work and sold jewels to aid the destitute.
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Pestorius
Montgomery County
Bill Mcbride
Piace
Murat
Tallahassee
Fla
America
Prince Achelle Murat
Nantes
Europe
Washington
Virginia
Prince Murat
Florida
England
Napoleon III
Eugenie
Canary bird protects a hidden mouse in Nevada county cage
In Grass Valley Nevada county a canary owner says food vanished from the cage. The bird found a mouse tucked in a seed box, fought to free it, and ceased singing after the mouse was removed.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Nevada County
In the Lions Den. Retired trainer recalls lions and life on stage
Daniel Neylan, a former circus contortionist and lion tamer, recounts a career with Robinson and other shows from age 14 to 19. He describes breaking lions and a dangerous escape by Jennie the lioness, including a Cape fear incident in Baltimore. He explains methods, dangers, and the bond with Jennie, Old Prince, and other animals, ending with his retirement in 1872 after an injury.
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George W. de Haven
William Lake
South
Texas
Antonio Brothers
Adam Forepaugh
Circus
Cuba
Stowe & Orton
John W. Robinson
Excelsior Circus
James McKenzie
Illinois
Robinson
Mr. Neylan
Bill Reynolds
Aretia McCarty
Old Prince
Jennie
Prince
Reynolds
Police
Atlanta
History vs Truth in Farragut’s Vicksburg Passage
An Irish anecdote on history as a mask for dirt leads to a longer critique of official war accounts. The piece highlights Farragut’s daring river assault on Vicksburg, detailing gunboat action, near catastrophe, and the hidden costs and faults history often conceals in glorified narratives.
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Farragut
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Jackson
St. Phillip
Fort St. Phillip
Boston
Butler
New Orleans
Navy Department
Old Resident Recalls Washington Burr and Madison Era
An elderly New York and St Louis observer recounts conversations with General Washington, Paine, Burr, Hamilton, Madison and Gallatin. He recalls meeting Washington as a child, Paine’s prison escape tale, Burr’s duel, Madison era society, and Fulton’s first steamboat voyage with vivid anecdotes and preserved invitations.
The Last Annual Report of the Holyoke Transcript
A comical year end summary from the Holyoke Transcript catalogs counts of reader interactions and newspaper actions. It lists humorous tallies on requests, complaints, admissions, and miscellaneous editorial outcomes, concluding with a formal sign off.
Bric a brac and letters of a life past
A collage of short pieces and verses from a period newspaper feature. It blends nostalgic reflections on faded youth, a quip about cemeteries and marriage debts, a poem on beardless women, reflections on art and yearning, with light comic vignettes and a regional tone. It ends with a romantic scene of two lovers in a rural setting, interrupted by the narrator’s realization that Monday’s schedule matters.
A Modern Arkansas Traveller Exchange in Arkansas Lore
In a humorous Arkansas State Gazette tale, a traveler chats with a simple cabin resident near the river about Lewisburg, speed and direction. The exchange highlights naive local wit as the two strike choppy, evasive replies about distances, travel time, and who governs boats.
Monster Jawbone Found In Louisiana Digging
A man named Chesnut found a jaw and shin bones sixty feet underground in Louisiana while digging a well. The jaw is stated as three feet long with teeth like human teeth. Physicians are divided, some calling it a gigantic mastodon, others deeming it a human jawbone or an enormous variant.
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Little Rock Gazette
Chesnut
Louisiana
Alt
Adam
Endowment Deceit and Multiple Wives Shown in Salt Lake Tale
A lurid Salt Lake scene depicts Elder Snovuzer courted by Widow Smith and his plan for polygamous life. The piece follows an endowment ceremony, acquisition of wealth, and wives numbered into the hundreds, ending with a warning about printable behavior in a family newspaper.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Elder Snovuzer
Smith
Sarah
Hannah
Elder Wells
API
Satan
Some Texan Natural History in Exchange The Pelon Dog
The pelon dog known as the no-hair dog is described with a hairless, stove-polish shine skin and a watermelon shaped body. It has a tufted tail and a head tuft, giving a striking appearance. The creature is said to be found in Austin San Antonio and tawales, the latter linked to a Mexican dish with uncertain ingredients.
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Pelon
North
Austin
San Antonio
Disappearance and defalcation at North San Juan bank
Quong Kee a respected banker in North San Juan California vanished last Monday night and the next day creditors found his property missing. He reportedly sold valuables to vanish with about 5000 dollars in defalcations, predominantly from Mongo lian depositors and creditors. A Memphis man owns a wine glass once gifted to his great great grandfather by William Penn, part of a dozen from England brought by Penn to found Pennsylvania.
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Paris
Paine
Eveing Paine
Adams
Mr. Jones
Sam Malcolm
Washington
Malcolm
General Schuyler
New York City
Maitlin’s Hotel
Adam Clark
Firdie McMurty
Mamma
Roderigo
Nevada
Quong Kee
North San Juan
Cal
Memphis
William Penn
England
Penn
Colony
Pennsylvania
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Jovn Haight
Aleck
Department
Palmer
Hartford
Richmond
Long John de Camp
Wissehicon
Vickshoro
George Washington
Paine, Burr
James Madison
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Charles Jones
General Washington
Charles
Evert
Doctor Jones
Jones
Steenback
Old Court House
Nassau and
Wall Streets
Tom Paine
Cane
Aaron Burr
Burr
Matino’s
Alexander Hamilton
Richmond Hill
New York
Hamilton
Brennerhagser
William Wirt
Theodosia Burr
South Carolina
Allston
Washington Allston
Theodosia
Kaine
Astor
Times
Astors
United States
Mme. Junet
President Madison
Madison
Capital
Fillmore
van Nesses
John F
Artemus D
William
John P. van Ness
Commodore Decatur
General Moreau
Mme. Moreau
Copenhagen Jackson
Great Britain
New York Society
John McKesson
General Hull
Copenhagen
Albert Gallatin
Treasury
Jefferson
Gallatin
Lever
R. Gallatin
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Fulton
Albany
Holyoke
Turkey
The
Sunday Globe
C. P. Boss
Brooklyn Eagle
Earth
Norway
Italy
George Arnold
Swinburne
Burlington Hawkeye
Oneonta
the King
Grace
Wells
Arkansas
Arkansas State Gazette
Lewisburg
Lewisbore
Melican
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