A Night at Las Cruces and the Las Cruces Train Robbery
A New Mexico traveler recalls a wild Las Cruces night during September with Sheriff Van Patten guiding a patrol after a train robbery attempt nearby. The town buzzed with saloon crowds, Josefa serves enchiladas, and a prisoner, Shifty Bi, is captured with two accomplices within a day, as the sheriff negotiates with Mexican residents and pursues justice.
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Fel al van Patten
Dona Ana
New Mexico
Las Crocee
Potter
Iris
Jonin
Mira
Lsten
Melisen Road
Las Cruces
Kert
Limcota
Sierra
Saverre
Raitroad
van Patten
Las Nuees
Howe
Anxious Bil Arrest Attempt Reported in Sun Article
A New York Sun excerpt recounts Bil being anxious for someone, and the speaker describes risking arrest to confront him at his house, asserting the action was correct. The quotation implies a dramatic, possibly criminal confrontation with decisive impact.
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Bil
New York Sun
Late New Inventions Highlight Everyday Aids
The clipping lists innovations across transport and wear including pneumatic bicycle tires with rim acting brakes, anti squeak shoe air cushions, secure mail boxes with ratchet letters, fusible car axles for rail safety, shore propellers for small crafts, a lamp chimney burner base, canvas bedframes for field use, a wickless self starting lamp, railway carriage comfort gear with head nets, and cycle steering aiming for straight wheel tracking.
Forgiveness of Small Injuries and Everyday Slights
The text urges forgiving minor injuries from sharp looks and teasing rather than nursing anger. It argues most people forget the incident, while the hurt lingers, and stresses weighing both sides before choosing to forgive. It likens forgiveness to a surgeon mending hurt feelings and cites writers as examples of broad compassion.
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Mike Ze
Otter Priopleos Nine Lakes
Henry Esmond
Stiienon
Moscow
Kin in Question Sparks Debate on Marriage and Survival
Succeeds the Sand Hox. Experiments have recently been made to prevent the sliding of locomotive wheels by magnetizing them when putting on the brakes, or when clinching sleeper stumbles. There are two sides to the Kin question, after all if it were not for kin some married women would starve to death.
Tom Bells Exploits From the Colonial Rogue
This excerpt recounts Tom Bell a famed mid eighteenth century thief who impersonated ministers in New Jersey and Maryland to steal a horse and funds. The piece notes his audacious tricks clashes with John Rowland William Tennent and others, and recalls trials of Rowland and Tennent amid religious revivals and public outrage. Bob Anderson and Joshua Stevens appear in court and Bell remains uncaptured.
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New
John Rowland
Wiliam Tennent
Presbyterian Church
Freehold
N. J
Tom Bell
New Jersey
Princeton
John Stockton
Bell
Rowhind
Bigs
Parson Rowland
Tennent
Trenton
Joshua Anderson
Benjamin Stevens
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Rowland
Rebbery
Loews Morris
Morris
Ture
Rowlands
al Dhe
Wil
Chat Dt
Thil
Hut
Tom Bell Rowlitel
Ara
Supreme Court
Bat Mair Anderson
Teowas
Prenton
Nod
Hien
Sequitta
Stevens
John Coxe
Stockton
Tom Hell
Alice Morse Earle
Chicago
Five Pointed Star Puzzle Preserved By Betsy Ross Tale
A Washington Star excerpt recounts a naval academy professor doubting Betsy Ross as the source of a five pointed star cut from a single sheet. He notes many cadets tried and failed to fold paper to form the star, while the Fifteen puzzle is dismissed as easier by comparison.
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Naval Academy
Benny Ross
Gen. Washington
Annapolis
Betsy Haas
Washington Star
Toy Making Shows Mix of American and Foreign Goods
The article notes many toys are now produced in the United States by machinery while hand made toys remain largely imported. It highlights woolly animals and skin-covered horses from abroad, and toy vehicles with mixed American and German components. It also comments on advantages of foreign labor costs and a trend toward hybrid products. It closes by warning that even claiming to go to the Alaska gold fields can make a man notorious.
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Chibdren
Otheir
Amerfegu Ontaachinery
Germany
New York Sun
Alaska
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Pers
Josefa
Phoudobe Laase
Bernie
Wan Phitnen
Jiamai
Hanaver
van Batten
Hin
Josefna
Tian Couth
Nail
Maren
Leche Fookeup
Tos
Lis
Enebilades
Frijoles
Juan
Dale
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