Jimtown Vigilance and a Desperado Face Off in Law and War
In Jimtown now Jamestown a clash of order and violence unfolds as a vigilance committee once hunted gunmen and a corrupt system. Pete Hollister returns from an army post to demand a meeting with four former vigilantes at O Neill s tavern to discuss legal action.
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Jimtown
Jamestown
Roughs
Pete Hollister
Vigilance Committee
Desperado
Peto
Bill Cundiff
Bill
Cundiff
Hollister
Peter Hollister
Mercy
Jim
Charlotte Corday
France
Hintown
Law and Order
Cundiffs
Martin Bhaw
Nathan Parker
Thomas War‘ren
George Urner
Eim
O'Neill
Gentienten
Vigi- Jance Committee
Vigilantes End Jimtown Terror With Dynamite Trap
In Jimtown a plan to pay two reforming men to leave town triggers a dramatic electrical dynamite trap. A narrator recounts how a clever electrician aided the plan to eliminate Hollister and Cundiff, ending years of terror. Civ ilization and schools flourish thereafter as courts regain authority. Wyoming features tall peaks including Grand Teton and Dinnett, noted among 13,000 plus feet highs, with many more over 12,000 feet.
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Bill
Jimtown
Ian
Bill Cundifkin
Stein
Bin
Court of Justice
Robbners
Messaage
Cundiff
Dilema
Round Robiners
Martin Shaw
Shaw
Hollister
Wyoming
United States Geological Survey
Dinnuett Peak
Grand Teton
Avid Fremont
Cloud Peak
Colorado
Echoes of Love Fail as Girl Rebuffs Suitor
A young man displays cloars from his vest and asks for comfort only to face a cold refusal from a young woman who coldly notes he has loved before. The Chicago Record-Herald reports the moment as a stark, emotional scene highlighting prior romance.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Woman's Way says wife shops around then returns
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a wife who visits multiple stores before buying, countered by the idea that she often ends up returning to the first store she visited. The quip highlights shopping habits and domestic humor.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Reminders and Bad Versus Good in an Exchange
A short exchange explores memory aids and marital prompts. Jinks jokes the thread on his finger serves to remind his wife not to forget something she told him to remember. The dialogue touches on memory and character in a light Browning-inspired frame.
Lincoln's Stateroom Tale of a Shrinking Bed
A humorous Admiral Porter anecdote recalls Abraham Lincoln's front visit in March 1805 aboard the Malvern on the James River. Lincoln sleeps in a tiny six by four and a half foot cabin, then approves alterations to eight by three and a half feet and jokes he has shrunk six inches. He values comfort and never allows others to alter his ease.
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Abraaham Lincoln
P.P. Browne
Admiral Porter
Lincoln
James River
City Point
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Naval Comedy at Manila Bay Aboard Spanish Gunboat Calino
An 1890s Manila Bay incident reports a Spanish gunboat Calino approaching the American fleet as war breaks out. Misread signals lead to a mistaken sense of salute, then captors announce all ships in the fleet are destroyed and prisoners of war. The narrator quotes Admiral Bradley Fisker.
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Manila Bay
Cal- Ino
Philippines
Manila
Bradley A. Fisker
Manta
Allah
John A. Todd
Banks of the
Nile
Alla
Circuit Court
Caroline County
T. Pliny Fisher
Burning Water Heat from Wet Coal Surprises Skillet Readers
The piece states wet coal yields up to one fourth more heat in open fires and over one third more in sealed stoves, with soaked lumps increasing heat by about half. It notes practical tests like pouring water over coal and the implications for heat efficiency and fuel value. It also includes a light aside about cotton worms and a geoscience note on global rainfall estimates.
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Philadelphia
North American
Sir John Murray
United States Geological Survey
Denton Maryland Auction Of Several Property Parcels
A Denton sale offers multiple parcels with varied frontage on Franklin Low Lincoln and Fountain avenues. Properties include homes with basement heat electric lights bath office garage stable and outbuildings, plus vacant lots designated as Lot Nos 50 61 52. Immediate possession for parcels 1 6 7 8 and possession for 2 3 4 5 with rents from sale day. Cash on day of sale. A loan opportunity through Harvey L Courer in Denton.
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Denton
Franklin Street
Franklin
Low Street
Fifth Street
O. Hutchins
Flaharty
Lincoln
Dry Street
Fountain Avenue
William D. Uhler
Fountain
Sandord
Harvey L. Courer
Maryland
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Denton Journal
Foward Melvin Ban
H. Jounson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Robin
By Dwight Norwood
WSPA
Onster
Frederic N. Nichols
Court House
Market Street
William Myers
James Temple
Main Street
Annie M. Emerson
State of
Jude W. Field
William L. Davis
Davis
Mary Hutchinson
William E. Brown
P. Roland Fisher
Fred R. Owens
N. B
Denton, Mad
Queen Anne’s County
John A. Clough, Jr
Illiam G. Dudley
Baltimore City
Walter ‘I’. Wright
Dook
Centreville
Coleraine
Barcus
Wilson's Mill
Hillsboro
Dean
Thomas A. Lynch
Queen Anne’s
ALL
Wilson’s Mill
Howard Jackson
J. Gilbert Skinner
T. Frank Seward
Walter T. Wright
James T. Brigit
Uprper
Isaiah R. Clark
Adams Landing
Greensboro
Manship
Choptank River
John R. Fountain
Brockway
Maria L. Horsey
E. Finley Clark
Clyde A. Pentz
Committee of the Person and
Frip R. Owens
George W. Kelley
Robert G. Penner
Bruce G. Stevens
Williston, Md
Garris’ Hardware Store
Preston
Frazer’s Flats
Choptank
Bethlehem
Easton
Neaf Chas
B. Harrison
Geiser
Clarence C. Cole
Wn. T. Tuff
Chas.e Harrison
E. Brionne
Duane St
New York City
Hutzler Broters
Baltimore
Dentonational Bank
T. C. West
Cashier
Harvey L. Cooper
Maitland
Gimmer Jiruilikrs Mail Inquir
C-J-Benson
Company
Charles ST
Benson Quart
Furnisheag
Talor
John H. Emerson
Merchant Tailor
Denton, Md
T. Clayton Horsey
Thomas H. Jones
Amanda E. Jones
Pliny Fisher
Orphans’ Court
Bessie B. Keets
W. Edward Keets
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