A Strange Deliverance in a Civil War Night Ride
A provost marshal recalls a perilous trek through a swampy chase in Louisiana, a band of rebels led by Mat Kingsley capturing him at gunpoint, binding him to be killed after a water and whisky raid. A Black woman’s intervention halts the attack as a rattlesnake strikes the outlaw, allowing the narrator to escape and return to the post, forever marked by the strange rescue.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
Jamaica
Mat Kingsley
Jock
Mat Kingaly
de Rendeavgas
Kinggstey
Ataire
Kingsley
Xiogvar
Fraun
Heaven
Jerem
Saved by a Kiss and a Brooklyn Memory
A fragment from a memoir recounts Elma Griffin, who died as a child in 1840, and Mrs. Purray in Brooklyn recalling Elina Griffin and a dramatic illness from fever after a party near Williamsburgh. The narrative weaves loss, a California-bound sweetheart, delirium, trance states, and a mother’s grief through Elma’s near-death experience.
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Eltin Griffin
Purray
Clinton
Alameda
Brooklyn
Elina Griffin
Gail
Williamsbrurgh
Rob
Tmean
Elma
Bie
Robert
California
Mary
Faa
Napoleon Citizens Hopeful Over Mets Cure
Local residents report excitement over Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption claimed to cure throat and lung diseases. Trial bottles offered free at D J Humphrey's Drug Store with large bottles priced at 1.
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Napoleon
Mets
Dr. King
D. J. Humphrey
Untold Tale of a Bride and a Grim Coffin Plate
In a dramatic excerpt from the San Francisco Examiner, a wounded narrator recalls a near-death moment and a dramatic rescue as her husband Robert enters the room, kisses the coffin, and a doctor confirms she still breathes. The regionally styled tale ends with a vow to marry and keep the silver coffin plate.
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Ibrattas
Mary
Furroy
Wwurkal
Bima
Robert
Undertaker
Indies
T Bashy
Francisco Meaminer
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New York
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Napoleon, Ohio
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