11 Aug 1864
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Newspaper
Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus
Location
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1864
Page
1
Publication name and address fragment indicate a weekly issue edited by M Hamilton. The item suggests an Argus Building office above Dorman's Iron Store on Main Street and notes letters on business should be addressed there.
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A narrator recounts a June 1860 visit to Hassock's Gate with Dr Lyons and a puzzling 9:30 train fright. A Welsh pony balks, a tollman hints at a spectral tax cart, and a second class carriage yields a terrifying vision of a pale gorilla faced figure. The tale ends with a twist: the experience proves to be a fever dream born of overheated blankets.
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