Twain and De Quille Exterminate Red-Skins With Howitzer
The 19th century tale recalls Mark Twain and Dan De Quille loading a mountain howitzer with type and poetry to defend a Mendocino County venture. They repelled a roving band of natives in a night attack, counting fifty six fallen foes amid improvised ammunition. The pair reached Virginia City later and Twain later asked for relics to memorialize the episode.
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Pacific Coast
Simpson’s Station
Lower
California
Plains
Twain
Dan
Simpon’s
Mark
Jeems Pipe
John R
Frank Pixley
Howitzer
Virginia City
Hartford, Conn
Mendocino County
Carl Schurz
Mark Twain
P.S
Next Express
MT. Dan
Will Advertising Pay or Not Questioned by Editor
A terse newspaper excerpt debates the old adage. The editor asks whether advertising revenue proves reliable by its payers, noting both the general payoff of advertising and the risk that advertisers themselves may default or lack commitment.
Women Reluctant Cultivating Society of Money Makers
The Elmira Advertiser notes that women do not cultivate the society of men of letters as much as that of men of money. It laments a mean woman who pastes last year's bonnet fashions into this year's fashion book and lends it to female friends just before Easter.
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Elmira
Intimacy Between Two Ladies Ends Over Caution for Bargains
An enduring closeness between two women ended when one warned the other who was going shopping to watch for bargains. The friend she warned had only one eye, adding a curious dramatic detail to the breakup.
Dentist in Lowell Exonerated After Mouth Extension Case
In Lowell Massachusetts a dentist faced court over stretching a girl's mouth half an inch during treatment. The jury ruled that the act caused no damages to the female patient despite the nearly three week involvement and proof in court.
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Lowell Mass
Rape case in Fort Worth ends with death sentence
State versus Isham Capps concluded in Fort Worth District Court with a guilty verdict and death penalty. Capps denied success of the assault, while the State presented a strong case. he awaits execution next Friday after a crowded court scene and remarks of readiness to die. In Galveston, the Court of Appeals upheld the bell punch tax on liquor sales as a constitutional occupation tax.
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Dallas Herald
Fort Worth
Isham Capps
E. O. Thornton
Capps
Whisky
Grayson
Galveston
Court of Appeals
Clark
Modest Rochester Champion Girl Narrates Linbislature
The champion modest girl of the period hails from Rochester and refers to her creation as the linbislature in a curious local note.
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Rochester
State prison offers revivalist opportunities
The state prison presents favorable chances for revivalists with most inmates under conviction benefiting from the program.
scattered odds and ends from a small town newspaper
A collage of quips and cartoons including a teen breach of promise joke about Ohio, a cowboy boast from Tama Texican with wild frontier bravado, a Kaufman Times note asserting editorial independence, a curious missive from William about a wary father and burglars, a rhyming couplet about a rose and violet, a house fly trivia line, and a Danbury News jab about grafting.
Virginia Senate Adopts Resolutions on Supreme Court Case
In RicuMmMono March 9 the Virginia senate adopted a preamble and resolutions urging repeal of federal powers not delegated by the Constitution in relation to the Coles case. The resolutions seek to counter federal influence over state sovereignty and ask governors to circulate actions to state legislatures. House unlikely to concur as assembly plans adjournment.
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RicuMmMono
Senate
United States Supreme Court
J. D. Coles
United States Court
Rives
United States
United States Congress
Virginia
Congress
General Assembly
House
Governor Receives Key Texas Finance Reports
The Governor reviewed Comptroller, Secretary of State, Land Commissioner, Bryan college, normal schools, and two asylums reports. Adjutant General, Attorney General and Treasurer reports were not included. March 1 cash balance in the treasury exceeds $800,000, not including school funds or special funds. During year ending March 1, $200,000 was added to the sinking fund and $100,000 to relieve 4 percent warrants. Bonded debt rose but interest reduced by swapping bonds. Land office fees over fourteen months reach £92,500, funds exceeding expenses by about $20,000. Secretary of State fees strong at $35,500. Comptroller revenues hover near $90,000 today, with forecast of over $500,000 cash in treasury next January.
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Galveston
Austin
Bryan College
Normal Schools
Land Office
Secretary of State
Comptroller's Office
Darden declines re election amid school policy clash
The Bonham News quotes Comptroller Darden as saying he will not seek another term. He argues free schools are a form of communism, a stance the paper notes would alienate many Texas Democrats. Other items praise or critique public figures and events, including Ohio and Georgia notes, and a quirky remark on kiss selling for Irish relief.
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Bonham News
Darden
Col
Houston Post
Texas
Mr. Darden
Colfax
Smiler
Weaco Telephone
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Dan DE Quille
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Frank Gross
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Col. Cremeny
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