Old Baptists and the Corn Crib Lock Episode
In Ouachita County Arkansas a rowdy tale spreads about "birdshells" Baptists who insist a neighbor remove a corn crib lock after a nonmember uses the area. The dispute escalates as the neighbor jokes about theft while the committee warns him he is among old Baptist neighbors. The exchange ends with the man yielding the lock and the neighborhood's suspicion easing as he loses a portion of his corn.
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Arkansaw
Ouechita
Old Baptists
Old Baptista
iCorn
Cone
Jock
Tere
Esid
Wrell
Duplicitous dine and dash scam hits downtown eatery
A Well-dressed pair at a down town restaurant staged a two person dine and dash scheme using fake or lost checks. One orders a $2.00 meal while the other gets coffee and rolls for ten cents. They pass checks between them, flee before payment, and move to another restaurant to repeat the ruse, hoping to outwit cashiers and banks.
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Ater
Dee
Moe
Hawesville’s river link and a steamboat’s arrival
In Hawesville Kentucky thirty five to forty years ago the town depended on the river for life. The icebound season left the community desolate until the Kentucky No 2 steam boat finally appeared. Deacon Hawkey led the cheer as the vessel’s whistle echoed and the town flooded to the wharf with joy.
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Hawesville
Tinney
Kentucky No 2
Hawley
Amon
Dacon Hawkey
Gad
Steer and Steed Ride Records Travel Tale
An elderly man named Jones rode from Oak Grove to a southern neighborhood to tell his daughter her mother is gravely ill. He traveled 60 miles on a two year old steer in sixteen hours and returned with his daughter riding a pony, aiming to complete 19 miles more by midnight. The Fort Worth party pressed on after brief rest, seeking a final leg by steer back.
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Fort Worth
Himaci
Domestic sermon sparks quarrel at Coodledodger home
Mrs Coodledodger and her husband debate a preacher's advice on marriage and male virtue. The exchange mocks idealized domestic roles urging wives to servile happiness while men curb vanity and drink. The tale ends with the couple arguing and the wife storming away as he chuckles.
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Doodledodger
Divine
Pet
Pigeon
Coodledodger
Tom Ochiltree
Coodledadger
Bees Nest in Ancient Ox Carcass Near Alkali Flat
John Carlin discovered bees entering and exiting a mummified ox carcass on the south bank of the river. He believes a large honey store lies within, noting the skin remains intact and the skeleton rigid, while the carcass carries no noticeable odor.
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Alaiming
Virgina City Enterprise
John Carlin
Carlin
Electric eel legends and Humboldt on shocking encounters
The article recounts myths around electric eels and describes Humboldt’s experiments with electric shocks in South American waters. It notes Indians’ methods to stun horses by pond shocks, Humboldt’s painful contact with an eel’s discharge, and the belief that powerful shocks can debilitate or kill, while suggesting the creature’s electricity depends on its vitality.
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Neng Avery
Southerica
Humboldt
Rio Colorado
Regent’s Park
Pymnot
Andrew Jacksons Snuff-Box and a Barbecue Fight Tale
A Nashville area barbecue tale recalls Andrew Jackson leaping onto a table to confront Patton Anderson, a notorious fighter, scattering dishes as he chased down the fight. The anecdote mentions Anderson’s later killing in Murfreesboro and Jackson’s testimony about his character. Also noted is a Tuscarora area plant of luminous foliage that glows at night and an event in Cincinnati about the will of philanthropist Charles WW West probate with bequests to benevolent institutions.
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Gow Ho
Nashville
Evansville Journal
Patton
Patton Anderson
Jackson
Anderson
Pattan
Ceolonel
Murfreesboro
Oneral
Paton Anderson
Lorillards Wealth In New York and Europe
Pierre Lorillard, a leading New York industrial and sports figure, built a vast fortune tied to the Lorillard tobacco and manufacturing house. He owns mansions on Fifth Avenue and Newport, a fleet including the yacht Rhoda, a New Jersey breeding farm, and a large Monmouth and Sheepshead Bay racing operation. His wealth is estimated at 15 to 20 million dollars with annual expenditures around five million, and he employs over 4,000 workers across factories.
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Jour
Europe
Pierre Lorillard
Princ of Wales
Peter and
George Lorillard
Chambery
Gotham Streets
Pierre
George
Peter
George Louis
Jacob
Mr. Lorillerd
Bowling Green
Tenth Street
Broadway
Metropolis
Taylor
Marion Langon
Miss Taylor
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
Lorillard
Vesta
Bandy Hook
Cowes
James Gordon Dennett
Henrietta
Sandy Hook
Queenstown
Osgood
Vest
England
Iroquois
Ettiquette
Rancocas
N. J
Sas
Saratoga Trace
Mr. Lorillard
Monmouth
Jeremy Parks
Sheepshead Bay
Baltimore
Loribard
Newport
Ochre Point
Baby Mystery Plunges Household Into Panic at Dawn
A Long Island resort family endures minutes of dread when their wakeful infant vanishes from his crib and is found asleep in a hay-filled stable basket. Despite frantic searching and whispered fears of abduction, the baby’s return is seamless as caretakers debate whether the child is a somnambulist and wonder how he escaped through a piazza window to the hay.
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Long Island
Baby
Little Boy
Blue
Brave Actress Rescues Children From Runaway Phaeton
A Panic in Central Park ends when actress Miss Helen Sedgwick stops a frightened pony carriage. She lifts two children from the wrecked phaeton just before it plunges to the lake, earning thanks from onlookers as a mounted officer takes the kids to safety.
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Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Park
Kyril
Helen Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Fool's Fate. Italian navvy injured in dynamite mishap
Tonoxro September 25 An Italian navvy here after lighting his pipe Tuesday afternoon attempted to press the tobacco down with a dynamite cartridge. One hand was blown away and his face disfigured for life. He met with no sympathy from his Italian companions who nearly kicked him to death for his foolhardy act. He is not likely to recover.
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Tonoxro, Unt
Birthday salute to Mrs Ticknor in Newport
Mrs George Ticknor widow of historian George Ticknor of Deston celebrated her eighty fourth birthday yesterday. She enjoys good health and received well wishes from distinguished friends.
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Ripe Orange
Newport
R. L
Mra
George Ticknor
Deston
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