Dramatic life of Esther Vance the Wests famed bandit
Esther Vance, a bold woman bandit and convict, is said to be dying in Virginia City Nevada. Her career spanned mining camps and saloons, riding with gamblers, and robbing stage passengers during the Comstock era. She wore men’s dress, fought off pursuers, and was shot by a Winchester, later imprisoned for robbery and murder before her sentence was suspended.
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Esther Vance
Virginia City
Nev
T. Charles
Ker
Sue
Paris
Kerr
Esther
San Francisco
al Ys
Saloous
Vance
Lake Tahoe
Bud Vance
Washoe County
Carson
Sierras
Colorado
Nevada
Bud
Amazon
Hele/Mont
Leadville
Arisona
Chihua- Mexico
California
California Express
A Valley
Aman
Denver and Grande Salt Lake City
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
Marshalls
Fontoa
Asenger
Ber
Knapp
Wyoming County
Rosenwig
Blank
Tunkhannock
Dan Thompson
Thompson
Scranton Republican
Early Rising and a Klondike Limited Train Boy
A study of the old adage about early rising followed by a vivid account of the Klondike Limited train boy on Alaska’s White Pass line. The piece blends social commentary with anecdotes on train robbery lore and a humorous portrait of the merchandizing station aboard the famed Yukon route.
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Alaska
Mediterranean
White Pass
Yukon
Klondike Limited
Peoria
Lafayette
States
Kiondike Limited
Kenosha
Seattle
Mlinois
Chicago Tribune
Long-cherished books fade in modern tales
Narrator nostalgia for old thrillers and romances. He recalls dukes, villains, robbers, and ghosts in classic novels by Jane Austen and Sylvanus Cobb. Modern writers, he laments, produce duller works with contemporary characters and dialogue.
Diverse Claims From Earlier Science Notes in 19th Century Texts
Reports discuss honeydew origins from tree exudates and insects. sun heating earth’s moisture estimated massive figures. discovery of mastodons bones in Death Valley. a fossil whale mining claim in Southern California. proposed electric railway Liverpool to Manchester with suspended cars. rapid twenty nine mile transport in fifteen minutes. exploration of Sudan's trade routes.
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Earth
Death Valley
California
Liverpool
Manchester
Sudan
Improved Mounting for Punching Bag by New Yorker
George McFadden of New York City showcases an improved punching bag mounting with a semi circular arm and central swiveling rod. Flexible rubber bands at the arch ends reduce motion and noise, allowing quick returns and quieter workouts.
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George McFadden
New York City
Accommodating Peddler and Lady Dialogue
A playful exchange shows a peddler offering a mouse trap a cat and a dog for pest control. The lady weighs risks and humorously resists each proposal, ending with a quip about poisoning the dog. The vignette captures light domestic commerce and wit from Pick Me Up.
He Had a Gooms Reason
Joke hinges on a husband’s view of his wife’s cooking and silent treatment. A young Benedict notes criticism, while the man of experience explains that criticizing invites protests, whereas silence preserves harmony as the wife cooks. Chicago lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Chicago
Andree story of lost Arctic balloon voyage ends with mystery
The long missing Andree expedition is recounted as four years pass since the Swedish aeronaut launched from Amsterdam Island toward the north pole. Despite carrier pigeon messages and scattered sightings, no conclusive evidence of the balloon or crew has emerged, though most believe Andree perished soon after launch amid harsh polar conditions.
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Andree
Dane's Island
Sweden
Spitsbergen
Pole
Bezold
Spitzbergen
Polar
Berson
Neumayer
Admiralty Office
Swedish Geographical and Anthropological Society
Apdree
Lena
Olenck
Sherian
Arctic Pole
A. Andree
Amsterdam
North Pole
Patent Office
Phipps Island
Spitabergen
Lorgnette Gift From Booth Tied to Senator's Daughter Tragedy
A Philadelphia Item tale recalls J Wilkes Booth gifting a lorgnette to a senator's wife after meeting her at the Washington Hotel. The sequel tragedy followed the next night as inquiries probe Booth's demeanor amid questions about crime. The narrator, a society woman, kept the lorgnette relic, noting uncanny incidents whenever she used it.
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United States
J. Wilkes Booth
Booth
Washington Hotel
Henry Clay
Edwin Booth
Philadelphia
Odd Uses of Indian Corn at Paris Exposition Showcase
At the Paris Exposition a small display showed Indian corn products including cornmeal, hominy, hulled corn, cream of maize, granulated cornmeal, canned corn products, samp, self rising pancake flour, corn oil, varnish, table starch, glassy glues, and even bourbon whisky. The exhibit highlighted corn’s wide range from食品 to industrial uses such as rubber substitutes and paper making.
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Ely
Bork Dias Gil
Bold Woman
Thea Vance
Derrog
West
Howe
Mining
Campaen
Virginia
Beowane
Stony Creek
John G. Saxe
Arnold
Leslie's Weekly
Nile
Geological Survey
Tennessee River
Ohio
Gulf of Mexico
Coosa
Alabama
Charles T. Simpson
Smmithsonian Institution
Tennessee
Funesteen
Caitiff
Jones
Jane Austen
Sylvanus Cobb
Sylvanus
Tor
Sivel
IST
French Society of Aerial Navigation
Zenith
Hermite
Besancon
A. Asdaer
North Cape
Seven Islands
Lapland
Aftenbladet
Stockholm
Kasnoyarsk
Antzifirovskoye
Yeneseisk
Andreer
Lorgnette
Paria Exposition
Todd
Harper’s
Basar
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