Landmark land fraud exposé interview unfolds
Special correspondent reports on a Texas land scam accused by Hum. He claims to possess forged certificates and will publish a full exposé. He alleges collusion among legislators, clerks, and buyers, and hints at a forthcoming pamphlet detailing the scheme and its targets.
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Hum
Oriel
Galveston
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Piedras Negras clash leaves Americans dead
Ragged frontier fighting near the Sierra Mojada mines ends with fourteen Americans killed after a week of tension. A gunman on the U S side fires across the Rio Grande, killing a Mexican boy and wounding another. Mexican authorities report rising unrest in Piedras Negras as the incident shocks the region.
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Bacre” Pass
Piedras Negras
Sierra Mojada
Rio ‘Grande
Lee
Lawyers and Costs Filings on the Voyage of Life
A dialogue between Daddy Wilson and his grandson uses legal filing imagery to ponder wisdom and the bluntness of lawyers. The exchange contrasts sharp bills of particulars with questions about bills of costs as a metaphor for life’s currents.
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Daddy Wilson
Phus
Toothache Remedy Recalled In Scots Dialogue
In a rustic exchange, Toornactir Jock recalls treating a toothache with laudanum and whisky, noting the plan to repeat with stronger doses. The tale ends with the speaker waking two days later without the toothache, as Vanity Jair comments.
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Cory
Jock
Saxpenworth
Weill
Modern Argo Folly Sparks Dinner Quiet Riot
A Milwaukee girl recovering from lockjaw was left alone with a mouse by a negligent physician. She managed to open her mouth wide enough to emit a yell that rattled the crockery in the china closet, illustrating a bizarre incident in the era.
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Milwaukee
Desolate frontier fighting and political rhetoric spill over
Special to the News from Merssina N Mi Nav Jr describes raids by Victorio's forces near Mescalero and Catolitus with dozens killed and property losses. A large engagement near Victoria yields 25 more dead. The report links Apache violence to calls for strong federal action and critiques Southern politics, ending with a local anecdote about a losing wager and a hat.
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Vielen
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Morrow
Ra Cavaleyy
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Caralitas
Mexico
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el Paso
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Indian Department
Murdered man found on prairie near Jacksboro
An elderly man was found shot while asleep on a prairie four teen miles from Jacksboro. Authorities report the victim as an unnamed local resident and were investigating the circumstances of the nighttime killing.
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Filly On the Prairie
Jacksboro
Witness Argues Over Air Flow Sides of House in Court
In a heated courtroom exchange Mrs. B refuses to label which side of her house the air rises. Hubbard presses for east west north or south, Judge Cromer demands a clear answer. The witness insists on plain speaking, noting she won’t be sassified by any man. The captain grows exasperated as the debate continues.
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Great Enterprises Forecast Global Infrastructure Boom
The text envisions massive future projects including a suspension bridge over a great river, an Atlantic cable, a ship canal and railroad across land bridging two oceans, a Sahara crossing railway, and a Mediterranean canal. It mentions water communication between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea and other grand schemes.
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Pthmus
Duriem
Desireaf Sahara
Algeria
Soudan
Mediterranean
Sandeaf
Africa
Caspian
Milk wagon driver mocks child in yard insult
A Cincinnati Enquirer note recalls Grant Berenstar Wan.-Sud, a milk wagon driver, who teased a colored child named Epbraham by ordering him to remove chalk from his eye. Epbraham’s mother, nearby, denounces the act, exposing the racial snub amid muddy yard scenes and watermelon stands.
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Grant Berenstar
Gem Grant
Ohio
Grant
Epbraham
Cincinnati Enquirer
Be patient Do not fret over summer ice threats
Fragmentary OCR notes warn of a long term scientific forecast. It mentions patience and ignores last summer’s ice while predicting an ice cover of sixteen feet in 17,600,000 years that would engulf the plane and end the ice man's exterons.
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Cincinnati
Congressman chides daughter over late lawyer visit
A prominent Congressman rebuked his daughter for letting her lawyer stay past 7 pm. She replied that they were holding a little extra session, reflecting a light, humorous tone in the exchange reported by Derrick.
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Fawyer
Derrick
Forty Days For Bigamy At Sherman
Forty days for bigamy is the sentence John Spoor received at Sherman. The saying contrasts that sentence with the longer term a man named Jacob once served for wife related crimes, implying the severity and changing view of marriage vows.
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John Spoor
Sherman
Jacob
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