Desert mine siege and Apache prisoner tale retold
A memoir recounts the Sunset mine defense against Yaqui and Mexican forces on the Sierra Madre front. The narrator details a three month build, a 50 Mexican guards, dynamite traps in ravines, and a brutal Yaqui campaign that burned villages and killed all, including children. A captured infant Apache, nicknamed Dick Hoyland, is saved from execution and integrated into Company A, with humor and grim duty shaping his unlikely military career.
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Sierra Madre
Merice
Yaqui
Fuerte
Chihuahua
Rio Grande
Beadee
Maede
Cup
Wahnemo
Huyl
Huys
Rocky Mountain
Huy
Little Devil
George
San Carlos
Crook
Company A
Dick Hoyland
United States Service
All That's Left Them
A sharp, terse note on pedestrian rights in a world of autos bikes and riders. The piece contrasts park road use by vehicles with pedestrians facing limited protections and near ceremonial concern for safety.
False rumor story from a quirky exchange
A small man with a damp nose claims he never jumps over mountains before he sees them and follows circumstances. A second man, who claims to always hear things, retorts he thought it was his wife.
Curious Name Pairs Stamp Early Legal and Matrimonial Folly
A London deputy judge recalls cases with odd name pairings like Alabaster versus White and High versus Low, while Bloomsbury nuptials feature Prior and Non and Doctor and Patient. The reel of curious surnames extends to Tootooil and Best, delaying a wedding by a day.
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Pitt- Lewis
Q. C
City of London Court
Poole
Bloomsbury
Fairy In Disguise at the restaurant
A waiter girl stands out for her beauty and poise while efficiently serving patrons. She remains calm amid admiring glances as she fulfills orders with tact and professionalism. A silent man requests a Swiss cheese sandwich on rye with doughnuts and coffee, prompting her quip about a slab of Switzerlan on rye.
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Java
Spofford Tests Lowell With Handwriting Proof
Mrs Harriet Prescott Spofford, near friendship with James Russell Lowell at The Atlantic Monthly, disguises her story by letting her sister copy it and sends a peculiar d shaped signature. Lowell accepts the piece, noting the d may not be hers but the ideas are.
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James Russell Lowell
Atlantic Monthly
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Coiy
Lowell
Misunderstanding over Venice drawing joke
Dean Alford notes a cockney mispronunciation causing confusion in a military school. A Scotch lad shows a Venice drawing with two n's in the caption. The master quips there is only one hen in Venice, prompting the boy to wonder how many eggs the city has.
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Dean Alford
Venice
Vennice
Sandy
Neither One Thing Nor the Other Sausage Mock
A Philadelphia Record column playfully contrasts a figure named Hoax with a sandwich metaphor. It portrays him as average, stuck between higher and lower types, likening him to meat in a sandwich and critiquing pretensions.
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Joax
Philadelphia Record
Ocean Log Rafting Flourishes on Pacific Coast
The Pacific coast logs rafting industry grows led by Captain H R Robertson with leverage from James D Leary. Pacific pile rafts use a heavy cradle and multiple chains, cut pile costs in San Francisco, and face repeated attempts at federal limits while farmers and loggers back rafting for land management.
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Pacific Coast
Seattle
High Seas
Atlantic
H. R. Robertson
Robertson
Port Joggins
N. 8
Boston
Azores
James D. Leary
New York
Pacific
Leary
Manila
San Francisco
Washington
Dingley
Ingley
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
United States Attorney General
The Old Schoolhouse and Miller's Punishments
An old New Jersey school tale recalls Martin Miller the stern schoolmaster who punished pupils by whitewashing a derelict one story schoolhouse. Percy Williams, Lon Snyder, John Seaman, and Clift Bailey face duties while Bailey later becomes a US officer. the west wall remains unpainted.
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New Jersey
Martin Miler
City Hospital
Princeton
Lawrenceville
Trenton
Miller
Percy Williams
Williams
Lon Snyder
Mi Im
John Seaman
Clift Bailey
Master Miller
Bailey
United States
Memoir Joke Reveals Delia Jones Gift Mix Up
A light exchange recalls Delia Jones sending a birthday gift book with the giver’s card still inside. The joke hinges on the mix up and the memory of the thoughtful gesture.
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Delia Jones
Limewater on Hand for Household Use
Limewater is easy and inexpensive to prepare. Place an egg sized lump of unstacked lime in an earthen vessel with a quart of clear water, let stand, filter, and bottle in the dark. A teaspoonful in water or milk neutralizes deleterious substances and aids digestion, especially in children and acidity.
Zealous Theenite Conversation Exchange
A fragmented exchange from a New York Evening Journal snippet shows a playful dialogue about liking Sheen and ordering some. The readable lines suggest a casual chat between speakers about preferences and a possible order.
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Sheen
Mr. Sapleigh
New York Evening Jour
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Leva
Anne Reeve Aldrich
M. Quad
C. B. Lewis
New York Tribune
Monster
Congress
Fremen's
OLD Schoolhouss
Delia
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