White Bean of Death Portraits Texas Executions
Houston Texas Telegram recounts the 1843 Balido massacre where seventeen Texans from the Mier expedition were executed by Mexican authorities. The account details the bean-drawing ritual, personal farewells, last letters, and the stoic deaths of Cameron Wilson Ryan Gibson Eastland and others, amid vivid, non-graphic reportage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strugate
Cameron
Caméron
William F. Wilson
William Ryan
F. H. Gibson
Eastland
Robert Beard
Major Cooke
Gibson
Ndge
Fudge Gibson
Waddy Thompson
United States
Mexico
Henry Whaling
Terry
San Jacinto
Edward Este
Cash
Fannin
Giraffe hunt ends with dramatic shots and meat
A narrator describes a giraffe hunt in which fast chasing, shots, and the killing of two cows occur. After pursuing the herd, the narrator sights, wounds, and finally brings down a giraffe, then divides the meat with companions and reflects on the taste of giraffe steak.
Stanley's Graphic Account of Falls Battles in Africa
Henry M. Stanley writes of January 1877 as his party fights through Lumami and Lualaba falls. They defend camps at gunfire, haul canoes by roads, and endure a brutal clash with 1500 to 2000 savages in fifty four war canoes. One man dies, ivory loot valued near $10,000 becomes prize money for the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
New York Herald
Lualaba
Lowa
Baswa Falls
Falls Islands
Mwana Ntaba
Lanu
Welle
Poe
Ria
Advice Worth Reading for Honorable Business Conduct
The piece urges careful time discipline and reliability in business. It emphasizes honoring engagements, promptness, avoiding idle chatter during work, and punctual availability. It cautions against rash spending, meddling in unknown tasks, and begging, while urging self reliance, frugality, and prudent generosity.
Lessons of Wisdom Wrought Into a Story’s Heart
A reflective meditation on how stories mold values by engaging passion and shaping belief. The piece questions whether deep change comes from deliberate reporting or from narrative craft that moves the heart.
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James Ogden
Robert W. Harris
L. L. Cash
J. D. Cooke
Robert Dunham
W. M. Eastland
Robert Harris
Thomas Ty. Jones
Patrick Manan
Charles Roberts
William Rowan
J. L. Shepherd
J. M. Thompson
James Terrey
James Turnbull
M. C. Wing
Houston
Texas
Stanleys Graphic Story
Cansidale
Ivory
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