Beating an Avalanche on the Eiger Glacier 1871
An 1871 Alpine venture recounts Mr. Tuckett and companions fleeing a massive avalanche on the Eiger glacier. They sprinted through knee deep snow toward rocks, narrowly escaping as the ice and snow thundered down. In the end the monster’s debris swept past, leaving them unharmed. The tale includes a Kanye-like aside about rivalries in Idaho involving Haas Buck and Cheney and a Wallace dinner anecdote.
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Tuckett
Eiger
Mr. Tuckett
British Columbia
Idaho
Haas
Buck
Cheney
Wallace
Judge Buck
New York Tribune
Traveling tinker tricked into window repair scam
A hungry tinker seeks work from a glazier who promises a job at a major hotel. The glazier then fixes pots and pans to create demand, supplying the tinker. The tinker later vandalizes a schoolhouse, thinking to repay the favor, only to learn the glazier repairs the school’s windows on a yearly contract.
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Scott
London
Quarrel Over an attire and hidden worry in street scene
A stray domestic dialogue shows a wife guiding a husband past a side street to avoid his scrutiny of her new dress while teasing him about the bills. Eskimos use teeth for numerous tough tasks from punching to shaping and tanning, then file to even them out.
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New York Weekly
Not a Good Liar in Catholic Standard Times
A brief dialogue from Catholic Standard Times notes Mrs Newbride and Mr Stingee arguing about a wedding invitation. Stingee claims no invitation arrived, while Newbride insists one was sent to Sixteenth Street, the gent to Fifteenth Street, prompting a quick exit.
How Could You Swindle My Future Bride
In a London Tit-Bits tale, Lionel Bertram Jones confronts his wife Ethel four weeks after their marriage about a past deception. He recalls the day of their proposal and a doughy doorway incident, accusing her of deceiving him in a supposed swindle.
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Ethel
Lionel Bertram Jones
London
Painless tooth extraction offer from a Scot dentist
An old Scottish farmer visits a dentist for a troublesome tooth. The dentist touts a painless gas method for a shilling extra, promising a momentary sleep. The farmer, eager to count his money first, replies he would rather wait and counts his silver before nodding.
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Scotland
Glasgow Times
Notice of Patent Application for Multiple Lodes in Madison County
Montana Copper and Gold Mining Company posts notice of patent application under the 1872 act for 1500 feet each on the Amazon Alta Walledin Ballarat Minnesota Green Mountain lodes in Madison County. Describes survey points, surface ground width, and total area 117.21 acres with no conflicting claims. adjacents listed. notices recorded in Madison County land records.
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Amazon
Alta
Walledi
Ballarat
Minnesota
Green Mountain Lodes
Helena
Montana
Congress
Montana Copper and Gold Mining Company
Wyoming
Dillon
Towit
Discovery
Alta Lode
Discovery Shaft
Ballerat Lode
Minnesota Lode
Green
Madison County
Office of the Register of the Land Office
Cor. No
U. S. L. M. Runns
Cor
Charles Sassman
St. Lawrence
A. A. Manser
H. A. Hull
Amazon Lode
Ballarat Lode
Said
Wallech
Green Mountain
George D. Greene
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Acker
T. M. Bratt
Vassar
Mich
W. H. Hooker &Co., Proprs
Buffalo, N. Y
L. J. Williams
Jamie A. Fennell
GroraEr Gove
Fennell & Gove
Architects
Main Street
Butte
Minnie Davies
Argents, Mont
Tribune
Hawry J. Stelway
J.H. Brundage
M. Bonjean
Paris
Allirtggists
Green. Medicine Co
P. O
Mont
Whethe U
L. M. No
Benre North
Walledi Lode
L.M
U.S. LM
Green Mountain Lode
United States Land Office
Reese M. Evans
Bannack
Geo. W. French
Birk District Oe
Charles Pi Certon
Martin Butch
Marshall C. Harrison
Frank F. Carrier
Jackson
P. O. Mont
Grange D. Greene
Register
Department of the Interior
L. J. Price
U. S
Henry C. Wilson
Henry McKnight
Alex Williamson
James McKnight
Bobrisas Peterson
Red Rock
Xonce D. Greene
Golden Rule
India Lines
Tanos
Kaiser, McCann.& CO
UNO, Deere and Oliver
Dillon Implement Co
CG. W. Dart Hardware CO
Wepney
Sylog
A. D. Harding
Gins
Detroit Journal
E. W. Grove
Cois Print Shop
Conir Hannage and
Idaho Streets
Union Meat Market
Deputy Bros
Proprietors
Tribune Pub. CO
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