Bloodless West Duel Ends With Flying Grave Ride
Captain Jacob Matthews, an Omaha merchant of Quaker stock, dies near Sidney after a famous bloodless pistol duel with Bull Tomey. Amid delays and bravado, Tomey fires high and flees, while Matthews survives unhurt. Spectators urge punishment, leading to Tomey being ridden out of town and warned never to return.
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Jacob Matthews
Sidney
Nebo
Pennsylvania
Omaha
Omaha City
Bull Tomey
Matthews
Tomey
Toacher
Williams
Mattthews
Fort Smith Judge Parker and the youth sentence clue
The article recalls Isaac Parker the famed Fort Smith judge known for many executions. It notes one day a large batch faced sentencing and Parker looked at a young prisoner with compassion, reportedly offering leniency due to youth and experience before the decision was made.
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Flore
Chio Jie
Isaac Parker
Fort Smith
Ark
Graveyard Duel Ends With Penalty in Jeans
In Omaha a violent pistol duel between Tomey and Matthews ends with the judge sentencing the confessed desperado to one year in the penitentiary. A bystander quips asking if the offender carries “Ant in your Jeans,” reflecting the crowd’s grim humor during the tense standoff.
Sympathy and Beauty Spark Flattering Talk in New York
A speech by M Victor Manuel to a New York audience praised the sympathy of American listeners, notably women, suggesting beauty and charm boost artists. The piece cites Maurel and Wieniawski anecdotes about attentive audiences, warning that fascination and danger can accompany such reaction.
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M. Victor Manuel
New York
Wagner
Herman
M. Maurel
Chicago Post
In the Dark Tragedy Hint From The Detroit Journal
A fragmentary dialogue sequence suggests a tense domestic scene with lines about being kept in suspense and an ominous mood. The text includes a note about a tragic discernment and a humorous line from Puck mentioning swapping a tan dem for a single wheel, indicating a collage of comic and somber tones.
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Detroit Journal
Ex Senator Sawyer backs Oshkosh team in effort to boost town
Wisconsin figure Philetus Sawyer became Oshkosh baseball’s principal backer amid local pressure though he knew little of the game. He watched a Milwaukee vs Oshkosh contest from a grand stand box and urged more players in the lineup. The episode followed his later contract dispute over church preaching duties and pay with Moore’s Hill circuit churches.
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Philetus Sawyer
Wisconigot
Osh- Kosh
Sawyer
Oshkosh
Seator
Milwaukee
Varie
Wartford
Moore's Hill
Stout
Clergyman Sues Hartford Area Methodists in Ohio Court
Rev. A W Stout sues trustees of Hartford Milton New Hope Mt Pleasant and Mt Carmel Methodist churches after expulsion by the Indiana Conference. Suit moves from pulpit to barbershop in the Ohio circuit court seeking redress for church actions.
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Ohio
A. W. Stout
Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
Methodist
Hartford
Milton
New Hope
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Carmel
The Mikado’s envoy Komura arrives in grand carriage
The Mikado's representative Mr. Jutaro Komura arrives at the state department in a lavish, gold-trimmed coach drawn by two black,gold-harnessed horses. A small, perfumed footman steps from the door as the dignitary disembarks from the striking vehicle.
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Mikado
Jutaro Komura
State Department
Voach
Mr. Komury
Passenger's dog tossed from train for baggage rule
A Titusville PA letter to the Courter recounts a passenger arguing over a dog on a train. The conductor insists dogs ride in the baggage car and ties are not allowed reliable. The woman hikes to the baggage car, ties her dog, and is later told the dog was removed at Corry.
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Titusville
Pam
Tshalt
Mayville
Dow
Corry
Tituss Ville
Pa) Courter
Absent minded kiss scandal told by diplomat tale
A reminiscence recounts a former British ambassador to America leaving Washington. He allegedly kissed the maid servants around as he drifted in a brown study. His wife asks if he knows what he just did and he replies with a dreamy yes. The anecdote links penchants to English ancestry and Hobson.
When Phyllis Sings Move of a Denver Post Verse
An OCR fragment notes Phyllis singing to a wide, mountain area audience. The lines describe the joyous unearthly voice and its impact, frightening birds and even the speaker, humorously remarking Phyllis is four burro, a playful gem from the Denver Post.
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Phyllis
Denver Post
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