Lady Florence Dixie in a remarkable robing duel tale
The Chicago Times recounts Lady Florence Dixie’s alleged encounter with two masked assailants in classically ornate prose. It portrays a dramatic struggle with a mastiff and a fall into fainting, while questioning the veracity of the tale and noting Dixie’s legendary eccentricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Florence Dixie
Dixie
Forres
Achilles
Lady Dixie
Buckram
Queen of England
Jerusalem
Jericho
Melpomene
Toledo
Madrid
Treating to Scarfs and Shirts in a Bottle Age
The New York Herald sketches a club crowd that, while drinking nearby, ends up in a furnishing store to buy a shirt collar cuffs or scarf pin, arguing true hospitality is better shown by lasting gifts than liquor. A Washington Letter notes ex consuls joking about Gortechakoff’s death and fears of losing diplomatic posts as Col Tom Nelson backs the tale.
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New York Herald
Washington
Waa
Gortechakoff
Damoclea
Col
Tom Nelson
Clayeras
Webster
Calhoun
Robert J. Burdette
Prince Sonsor
Philadelphia
Birlington
San Francisco
Lown
Talmage
Scotand
Demorest
London
New York City
Union Leygue Club
New York
Lotos
Burdette On Home and Its Modern Theories
Robert J Burdette reflects on home life comparing men and women desires for a home. He jokes about dogs, lodges, and domestic comforts while noting shifts in living standards, social clubs, and moral contrasts from past to present society.
Czar Coronation to Be Lavish Pageant in Moscow
May coronation to surpass ancient and modern ceremonies in splendor with an eleven mile long feast table. Nihilist threat looms, but experts expect heightened precautions and no fatal disruption. Washington Herald notes unknown past speaker portrait unidentified in House lobby amid political rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domorest
Moscow
Washington Herald
United States
Livestock Brands and Range Maps From Western Co-Operatives
Listings detail multiple Wyoming and adjacent ranch brands and range names. Firms include Stoddard & Nor ward Live Stock Co, Anglo American Cattle Company, Rockford Live Stock Co, and Joseph Live Stock Co with brands like TOT TAN 44 51 on left side or hip. Also note ear marks, ranges on Powder River Cheyenne River and Horse creeks, and warnings about stock ownership transfers and restricted cattle sales.
The Silent Man of Action in American Drama
A reflective essay argues the coming great American play will center a silent, action driven man from the West. It contrasts Western stoicism with European words, cites Davy Crockett, Jefferson, and Mayo, and praises scenes in My Partner and a mining frontier image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Miller
America
Europe
Paul
Gen. Grant
Iearn
Tall
Far West
Vicksburg
Atlantic
Congress
Middle America
Mark
Ae Aned
Jos Jefferson
Joe Saunders
Pardner
Joe
West Point
Sierran
Nevada
Calfornia
Novaday
United States
The Hare Anachronism and Forgetful Thought Parade
A collage of old newspaper snippets reviews a fablelike rabbit with comic mischief and stiff ears while a Pittsburgh traveler extols Forgetfulness as pleasure. It recalls New York Sun quips about misheard toasts at London Mansion House از.
Not a coherent headline from the fragment
A fragmentary crime note mentions a bank cashier and self harm after alleged thefts. The text is garbled and lacks clear identifying details or a publishable event to summarize meaningfully.
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Lady Florence Dixie
Windsor
Burdette
Philosopher of the
Teschemacher & de Billier
Stoddard & Noward Live Stock CO
TP. C
Buffalo, Johnson Co
Wyo. Range
Powder River
Clear Creek
Crazy Woman
Thompson & Frazer, P.O
Fort Fetterman
Wyo
Salt Creek
Anglo-American Cattle Company
South Fork
Cheyenne
Hut Creek
Norselead
Above Brand
E. Post
Range Pole
Horse Creeks
North Park
Rockford Live Stock CO
P. O
Hat Creek
Range
Cheyenne River
Lodge Creek
Harry Oelriechs
Wyoming
A. Blair
Mange
International Cattle Company
Lemuel Smith, Jr
P.O
Fetterman
Dry Creek
Lower Box
Lightning Creeks
North Side
North Platte River
Whitcomb
Guiterman
Holden & Stevens
Tot
Mark de
Matkipey
J. H.ford
O.adaress
Cheyenne, Wyo
Range, Lance and
Old Woman Creeks
D.A.& J. W. Snyder & CO
P. O. Cheyenne
Price & Jenks
Chadton
Sioux County
Neb
White River
Bordeaux
Dead Horse Creeks
Nebraska
Jb, Sb
E. R. Thayer
Greeley, Colo
D. A. and
J. W. Snyder & Co
Ranger Jones
Sturgis, Goodell & CO
Lorses
Sturgis & Lane
Joseph Live Stock Co
Stoneville
Montana
Little Powder River
Wye
Custer City, Dakota
Fox
Morse
Goshen Hole
Oyster City
Dakota
Ranger
Fox and Horse Creeks
Man
Bubh
Rome Sentinel
Jackass
Nervus
Pittsburg
New York Sun
Mansion House
Barnstable
Thehonla
Tion
Barnata
Fall
Min
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Urbana
AM Potedo
Sion
York
Threadville
Leas
the Times
Drake, , Ltd
Atism
Cincinna
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