The Salvation Army and the Esau Tragedy in Rocky Mountains
A vivid reminiscence recalls a harsh frontier era in which a young sheep herder named Stewart was killed by Esau. The Salvation Army pursued the suspect, who died by suicide after opium, while townsfolk mocked the charity’s hunt. Whatley later posted a warning to vigilante groups and the Salvation Army to stay off his property.
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Salvation Army
Stewart
Esau
Spencer
Tivoli
Alhambra
Justice of the Peace
Clugston
Evan
Sheep Mountain
Laramie
Elaus
Whatley
Whalley
Mr. Whatley
Sally
Salvation Armies
Salvation Army of the
Rocky Mountains
James Whatley
Lincoln and Seth Kinman Tale at International Hotel
A crowd gathered around old Seth Kinman in San Francisco sharing stories about Abraham Lincoln. Kinman described meeting Lincoln during his election, presenting a cheer, and sharing bourbon in the White House East Room. He recalled showing his rifle Old Cotton Bale and playing his fiddle for Lincoln, who enjoyed the performance and jokes. Kinman added a grim note about being at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot.
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Lincoln
Seth Kinman
San Francisco
Alta
California
International Hotel
Seth
Abe Lincoln
Washington
Oswego
N. Y
Abe
Christ Lloyd
Pennsylvany House of Representatives
Harrisburg
Zip
Ford
Juror’s Outburst Delays Trial With Hair-Raising Joke
An Arkansas juror startled court by confessing his desire for sensational cases. He admitted choosing jury duty hoping for fearsome tales of murder, but found only mortgage disputes and lawsuits. He warned the judge he would leave if not allowed to witness a hanging.
Why Texas Maids Mismanage Domestics In This Story
Readers are shown a humorous slice from Texas life where a Texas lady and her domestic dispute over a bottle of Rhine wine reveals muddled routines. The exchange with Judge Peterby and Matilda Snowball ends with denial of wine drinking and a claim of better sense.
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Texas
Matilda Snowball
Austin
Matilda
Webber
Phrases and paradoxes on poverty and virtue in a satirical verse
A compact moralist sketch riffs on proverbs and paradoxes. It links ancient maxims to modern troubles, noting how wealth and luck alter judgment and how love and justice appear when poverty enters and exits through doors and windows.
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Hadesis
Universal baldness predicted for year 2885
The Nineteenth Century club cites Dr William A Hammond predicting mankind will be bald by 2885 to 2886 unless future generations wear wigs. The piece speculates on fashion and advertising use of bare heads and notes possible social shifts in marriage and politics.
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William A. Hammond Alvanes
Hammond
Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle Narrates Quiet Homecoming
A lone Burdette walks Brooklyn streets without crowd or ceremony. He passes clerks to sign autographs as a magnate calls to move ahead to the nine to forty. The quiet scene contrasts with the fame of the baseball man ascending to a distant, unknown fate.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Fancy Dress Party Ideas For Children In Village Socials
A guide for hosting a children’s fancy dress party with timings from arrival at five or six PM to bedtime. It suggests dancing, singing or recitations, a magic lantern show, and detailed costume ideas like Pansy and Buttercup, Robinson Crusoe, Jocrisse and Mere Michel, and a vingara queen, with accessories and headpieces.
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Pansy
Buttercup
Little Buttercup
Robinson Crusoe
Attire Description: Promenade Toilet with Red Chenille and Velvet
The passage details an ornate ensemble featuring red chenille bails and striped Algerienne fabric as an overskirt with a back bow. A red velvet bodice over a white chemisette, black cashmere cloak with gold lining, sequined necklace, red silk headkerchief, and a broad brimmed hat complete the look. Red stockings and black shoes, plus long wool and plush mantles with broad ribbon bows offer elegant, practical evening wraps.
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Jocrisse
Mere Michel
Jacrisse
Infant Baptism Laddie Lassie Tale and Mine Gaffe
An old Scotchman quotes a baptism mix up as he calls a baby an infant. An 1859 Shaftesbury monument honors Emily wife of the seventh earl for factory hour restrictions. A Colorado trip yarn ends with a humorous silver mine investment and stock sale in Wall Street News.
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Sandy
St. Giles’ House
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl
Emily
Earl of
Shaftesbury
England
Chicago Herald
Colorado
Wall Street News
Connecticut
Wall Street
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Rocks Mountains
Chicago
Vigilance Committee
Arkansaw Traveler
Peterby
New York World
Sailor Lass
St. Paul
Philadelphia
London
F. E. Brewster
D. P. Stoever
Regent Street
Brewster
Steever
Philadelphia Press
Iran
Brown Chinical CO
Baltimore
E. C. Dawson
Mason's Drug Store
Main Street
Greeley
Portland Cement
Michigan
RED Cross Paints
Marshall & Fox Coal
Mansfield’s
SPURS
Greeley, Colorado
E. Hart
Yoch &Son
Ske Setrn
Mer
United Bases
Nf. C. BF
Roche & Son
I6th Ave
20Th St
Logt Lawrence Street
Denver
Theeley
J.J. Stevens
Edi
Lectro
Weld County
A Greeley Merchant SA
J R. McCrewns
Longmon’, CoLo
DR. Horne
R. G. Sutphen
Barb
J. Sipe
K. N. Allen
Thomas C. Oh Win
la Shell
J. A. Cammett
Breckenridge
W.T. McConnell
White Pine
Thomas Kennedy
Leadville
A. W Jones
Rio Grande
Salida
Frank Hall
Chamber of Commerce
C. 3. Gline
Union Pacific Railroad
Wyoming
New Mexico
Horne
C. O.D
Express
BELPS
C. K. Wlsliams
Arapa Street
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