Frontierman's Tale of a Slotting Indian and Hog Herd Attack
A Pacific Express stop tale recounts a frontier expedition in fall 1871 led by Bill Winter and Captain as they pursue a prospector party along the Carson River toward the Augusta Range. Attacked by hidden Natives in a boarskin disguise among camp hogs, the crew survives via vigilance and quick rifle work.
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Pacific Express
Truckee
Pizen
Silver City
Bill Winter
Hallo
IsWell
Bill
Stone
Carson River
Augusta Range
Bob Mullen
Lill Winters
Bob
Jake
Hod
Jack Robine
Rena
Prairie fowl and hospitality prove rich supper on western visit
A Western hostess apologizes for meager fare but offers prairie fowl coffee and bread and butter. The Eastern traveler accepts modest meals and finds the supper superb, noting warm hospitality and abundance beyond expectations.
Chastened by a Twist of Fate in Port Town
Capt White recalls Hiram Bean who nearly died after his head was caught between a shipyard block and a teetering beam. He survives, grows studious, lands a grocery job in Hancock, and his father argues the accident sharpened his wits for business, with a cautionary note about others visiting the twisting machine.
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Capt. White
Hiram Bean
Hiram
Hancock
Hiram Hey
Joking Under Difficulties in a Paragrapher’s Tragedy
A famed newspaper paragrapher, paid 825 weekly, struggles to support his ailing wife and sick child while continuing to write his humorous column. Debt grows as illness and death loom, culminating in his son Willie’s death and the public still smiling at his work the next day.
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New York
John
Willie
Duns
Walter Scott
The Late Duke of Marlborough A Complex Figure
The late Duke of Marlborough was a paradoxical nobleman known for dissipation early on yet democratic in manner. He eschewed hypocrisy, pursued varied studies, and was regarded as England’s most informed expert on European politics and electricity. His candid opinions often challenged New York society and public norms.
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Duke of Marlborough
England
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Standard Patent Medicines
Fred A Walter
Philip Michael
Oliver
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E. G. Shupp
Wwovolf
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