The Sharpshooter's Quest in a Civil War Skirmish
A first person account follows a boy soldier in Virginia as he endures days of sharp shooting near Staunton Lexington and Lynchburg. He spots a lone sharpshooter in a white slouch hat, survives close calls, and watches his ally Black fall fatally wounded during a ridge watch.
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A. H. Isler
Philadelphia Times
Staunton
Ransoim
Lexington
Lynchburg
John Black
Black
Jeff
Comly
Ack
Uncle Abe and the Plymouth Rock Pullet Theft
In a humorous Plantation era tale Uncle Abe of Alabama outwits Brudder Dick to recover a stray Plymouth Rock pullet. The old man disguises his dingy scheme behind dialect and conjuring talk, while the neighbor pockets a roasted chicken, exposing rural trickery and family banter.
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Abe
Alabama
Plymouth Rock
Jake
Rachel
Bradder Dick
Brudder Dick
Brudder Abe
Ami
Kase
Brudder
Otman
Dar
Amy
Rascal
Old Dick
Weird mummy ceremony at Ithaca with Egyptian relics
About 150 invited observers gathered in the Ithaca Journal lecture room to witness the unwrapping of a mummy presented to President White by Cairo consul-general Pomeroy. Professor Tyler overviewed the relics, the bandages, and the preserved head, noting the mummy Pe pi from the twenty third dynasty while beetles and grain of wheat were shown to attendees.
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Ithaca Journal
Shorty
Tyler
White
Pomeroy
Cairo
Necropolis
Upper Fey Pt
Thebes
Lower
Egypt
Wiisman
Pepi
California Cowboys and the Round Up Frontier Life
A nostalgic survey of California cowboys and the round up era detailing stock drives, branding, and camp life. It contrasts frontier bravado with later railroad and fence pressures, noting the decline of the cowboy’s traditional role and rival sports like coyote hunting and roping contests. The piece mixes slang, equipment, and daily routines from dawn drives to Sunday horsemanship feats.
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Alta California
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
California
San Joaquin Valley
McCarty
The Woman's Toothache at the Dentist Door
A Lewiston Journal tale follows a woman anxious about a cavity and pulling a tooth. She fears pain and fainting, insists she cannot endure any procedure, recalls a Western girl who took laughing gas, and debates fitting false teeth while avoiding upsetting her family and a beach trip.
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Lewiston Journal
Mary Ellen Jones
A Swell's Sure Shot On California Otter Hunters
A San Francisco Post item describes summer tourists on a Los Angeles beach watching California otter hunters from the Channel Islands. A bored Frisco youth jokes about shooting, prompting locals to mock him. A cigar is punctured by a hunter’s partner, provoking a humorous exchange as the boat departs.
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San Francisco Post
Los Angeles
Channel Islands
Frisco
Lords of the Soil
Cholly
California
Paid In His Own Coin
Captain Skiddy recalls a Denver or Davenport prank from the 1870s in which a balloon ascent ended with a dummy dropped from the craft. The trick sparked mob fury, a murder scare, and a forced exodus as townsmen labeled him Dummy Skiddy.
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San Francisco Post
Skiddy
Davenport
Gambling Houses of Paris Read Like a Thrilling Exposé
The piece surveys Paris gambling scenes after the 1880 ban, detailing authorized, tolerated, and clandestine clubs. It profiles managers, marquises, and colonels behind tables where baccarat rules and fortunes vanish, with lurid vignettes of gamblers, tricks, and police swoops.
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Paris
Interior
England
Green Caps
Mazas
A Paris Gambling Den Ends in Ruin and Death
A gambling party in a decaying Paris house collapses as an old building crashes down. Victims include ancient wealth holders who sought secret revelry, leaving three bodies amid broken table fragments, gold, and bank notes. The tale hints at deception, addiction, and fatal consequence.
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Paris
Legion of Honor
Gvendarins
How It Was Done Two Ways of Describing a Murder
Bill Nye reflects on newspaper reporting of a Wyoming murder in 1880. He contrasts a brief Cold-Blooded Murder account with a lawyer’s fuller court record, noting journalism tends to epitomize facts at the expense of rhetoric.
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Specief
Bill Nye
Second Street
James McKeon
James
Territory OF
Wyoming
Albany
Justice's Court
E. W. Nye
Justice of the Peace
The
Territory of Wyoming PLC
Laramie City
Wyomng
Smith & Wesson
James Smith
Wildy Smith
Commonwealth
Windy Smith
Cormi
All subscribe for him for beer in travel fundraiser
A San Francisco Post piece recounts a western train car scene where passengers from many states pool funds for a Southern man in distress. The crowd’s rapid pledges grow from one dollar to thirty five, culminating in a dramatic seventy five dollar total and a cheerful exit as the train departs.
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San Francisco Post
Council Bluds
South
Florida
Wisconsin
New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Keystone State
St. Louis
Chicago
Utah
Wyoming
Silver
Allright
Comstock
Sunset
Fourth Floor Misery Sparks Slum Charity Report
A merchant traveler narrates a grim scene as a young slums committee member visits a foul tenement on the fourth floor. She discovers a mother with five children living amid bare bones of life, and charity is dispensed before the party reports the man delivering a charity basket to the police.
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Somerville Journal
Papa
Somerville
Bank President Refuses Withdrawals After Suspension
In a brief Arkansas Traveller vignette, the bank president stands on the steps as a man asks if the bank is busted. The president confirms the suspension and declines further withdrawals, but the visitor humorously offers to deposit money, prompting the president to invite him inside.
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Arkansas
Fragments of verse and news from a crowded page
A scattered mosaic of poems, stray lines, and brief items drawn from a Chicago Sun discussion, Norristown Herald clippings, and notes from Norristown and Somerville journals. It mingles verse about love and life with short observations on crime, a Syracuse tanning ruling, schoolgirl literature, and a Texas trial anecdote.
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Tia O
Norristown Herald
Syracuse
N. Y
A Fantasy Sarah D Hobart in a dreamless sleep
Poem fragment describing sleep and nature with imagery of clouds leaves wind and lilies It reflects peace in darkness and uncertainty about life and death through questions of a strong man and a child.
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Sarah D. Hobart
Tlie
Tam
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la Donne
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Wilkins
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Jessamine
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