The Ride of Paul Venarez
Paul Venarez in a frontier tale races to Crawford's to warn Bess of Red Plume warriors. Wounded at Rocky Run, he leaves a blood penned final message for his beloved. The story recalls his sacrifice as Bess and the settlement honor his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Venarez
Rocky Rue
T Chaeford’s
Venarez
Crawford's
Paul Ven
Paul ‘Venarez
Arez
Bess
Nellie
Beasie Lee
Red -Plume
Love
Crawford‘s
Jed Plume
Venuroz
The Lady of Lyons Drama Sparks a Parisian Affair
Constance Beresford reads a private letter, travels by Northern express, and meets a handsome stranger Claude Armytage. Amid secrets and a forged fortune plot, she learns love, betrayal, and a possible marriage proposal after years of pain and misfortune.
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Holmsley Court
Yorkshire
Connie
Pipa
Lyons
Pauline
Cotte
Claude
Constance Beresford
Reform Suggestions in a Kitchen Crisis
A husband arrives late to supper and discusses a mayor's reform moves while his wife blasts male duties at home. The exchange escalates as she questions governance and he laments the improvable state of domestic life, ending with a resigned chuckle.
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Angel Mine
Topnoody
Minister and racing mare at the Springs
A Rev Mr Pierson of the American Bible Society visits a spring resort where his mare Jenny attracts bets. A portly man offers 250 dollars to race her, then apologizes for the insult. Later a blacksmith recollects the mare ran and beat the man, leaving a smile of memory.
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Pierson
American Bible Society
Jenny
Adie
Frugal Iowa farmer keeps flock, stock, and dairy thriving
The Keota farmer runs a small, well ordered operation on fifty acres. He milks cows for dairy, plans to sell hogs worth $500, flax seed worth $200, and keep stockers for winter. With hay and grain ample, his barn is model class, snow proof and warm, and his orchard bears well. He projects about $800 in annual sale value while keeping expenses small and gains steady.
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Keota
Colored Solomon and the ear cutting case in Texas
A fragment from Texas Siflings recounts a colored justice of the peace near Austin who sentences Jim Webster to a year in jail for cutting off the ear of a cow. Webster argues the statute calls for a fine, while the judge cites the old law of Moses. The tale highlights the humorous clash of modern law and ancient retribution.
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Moses
Austin
Solomon
Jim Webster
Jim
Bar
Texas
Duel among Rockingham girls ends before exchange
Two Rockingham Virginia girls from respectable white families, daughters of James Payne and James Gilber, engaged in a shotgun duel about two weeks ago. A timely interruption prevented a fatal exchange of shots and more serious consequences.
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Rockingham
James Payne
James Gilber
Life Destroyed by Drunken Landlord in California Tale
A California correspondent recounts a Santa Barbara era tragedy from 1873 where a young immigrant, forced to drink by an inhuman landlord to repay owed board, is abandoned on public land. Delirium tremens drives him away for days, ravens eat his eyes, and he whispers to his mother to not reveal where or how he died. The piece laments the harm caused by bottles of whiskey.
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Lyons
Ethel
Connie
Constance
Ethel Devereux
Mr. Armytage
Ife
R. Armytage
Beresford
Claude
Pau-line
Frank
Pauline
Claude Melnotte
Aeneral
Gerald
Armytage
Miss Beresford
Constance Beresford
Rousin
Maud
Switzerland
California
Santa Barbara
First Words Attributed To Eminent Men
A Boston Courier excerpt notes famed first words by leaders like Bonaparte and Wellington, illustrating how their opening statements were reported. It adds a traveler’s Japan observation on etiquette stressing demeanor and readiness to oblige over formalities.
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Bonaparte
Nelson
Newton
Milton
Wordsworth
Wellington
Lamb
Coleridge
Johnson
Washington
Torms Webster
Timothy Dexter
Boston Courier
Japan
York
Veiled Venice Sunset Over Lagoon and Alps
A poetic fragment describes leafless trees by Fosina against a blue zenith, with the Alps to the north and vast clouds to the south. A sunlit Istrian stone railway bridge spans the landscape while dying seaweed banks warm with sunset browns. The water shifts from gray to deep crimson as Venice glows orange and rose before night arrives.
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Fosina
Fra Angelico
Alps
Venice
Pall Mall Gazette
The Bully on the Stagecoach Reveals Thomas Corwin
A stagecoach dialogue over Henry Clay exposes a bully who attacks Clay as a coward. The swarthy passenger, later revealed as Whig orator Thomas Corwin, challenges the ruffian asking if he knows Clay personally and questions his motives, ending with Corwin's identified presence aboard.
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Henry Clay
Kentucky
Ohio
Sats Aworthy
Mr. Clay
Thomas Corwin
Two Boys- That Were Hungry in New Jersey
Two tales of hunger and manners unfold as a hungry boy in New Jersey quietly asks a neighbor for food with politeness and gratitude. A visiting boy elsewhere declines bread and butter with a terse remark, highlighting contrasting appetites and etiquette.
Eccentricities of Jumes and a Virginia City Squaw
A miller in southern France faced a deadly dilemma after his mistresses learned a past murder. They forced him toward a double murder plan, leading to an acquittal on one charge but conviction on the other. In Virginia City a middle sized Indian squaw carried a 150 pound stove two miles on a narrow forehead band, illustrating remarkable feats of balance.
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Jumes
France
Hénske
Virginia City
Carrie
Sleepy Eyes and a Man’s Restless Night in Ga Messenger
A humorous snippet from the Georgia Messenger contrasts two eyes in a man as he lies awake seeking sleep. The right eye peers at the left, eyelids flutter, and the man longs for quiet rest. The piece wryly notes how such eyes might claim endless personal amusement if given the chance.
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Conanry
Les
Macon
French photographer captured a girl springing over a cord
In a fragmented report a French photographer named Addis reportedly photographed a young girl springing over a cord. The passage hints at a controversial scene tied to a titled painter and experimental images, mentioning an instant photograph and a value judgment.
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Toner
Bnet
M. “Addis Hae
Magic Ointment Promises Skin Cure All Ailments
An old advertisement touts Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment as a cure for many skin diseases including pimples black heads blotches erythema and itch claims a single course can heal hands faces and eyes embarrassed by the disease. It cites Frazier's ointment as a positive cure while listing sellers and endorsements from Dr. William's Indian Pile Ointment with price.
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F. Drake
Cleveland
Dr. Frazier
Henry & CO
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Paul Venares
Cottier
Rocky Run
Little Bessie
Crawford
Nell
Bessie
Totus
fEpxn E. Rexyord
London
Holmeley Court
Gerald Armytage
New Jersey
Harry
Johnny D
Johnny
Warraner
Ransom
Ben & Co
Buffalo
Nn.y
Murray Strep
Tutt's
Dr. Tuuts
Goto Fie Journal
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