An American Monarch in Lake Michigan Echoes of a Lone Island Hermit
A Michigan correspondent profiles Dick Bassett, a fifty five year old hermit living alone on a small island between Marion Island and the mainland ten miles from Traverse Bay. The article portrays his simple, honest life, independence, and peculiar legal status as the island’s sole owner who is not on government maps or taxed. It notes his military service with eight wounds in the Civil War and his frugal existence with little desire for government aid.
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Agra Traverse Bay
Marion Island
Aitte
Dick Bassett
Michigan
New York Sunday Journal
Bassett
Bassetts
West
Jack
North
Fifth Iowa Infantry
Thim Bassett
Robinson Crusoe
Ilo
Washington
Hassetts Island
Hassett
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United States
Bunco in Paris at Mme Prevost shop a| Paris swindle dupes jeweler and maid
A French bunco tale recounted from the Chicago Evening Post describes a false Rev Dr Barber and daughter who posed as a pastor and maid to fleece Mme Prevost of jewels worth ten to fifteen thousand dollars. The trio vanished with the jewels and rent unpaid after luring the jeweler to Bassand street.
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Chicago Evening Post
Paris
A. W. Thompson
Ellen Barber
Mme Prevost
Bassand Street
Yosemite
Mme. Prevost
Widow teacher's whip redirects fate of Railway magnate
In a tale from Yellow Springs Ohio, Miss Grant Jame Weat earlier Mrs Crowell disciplined an orphan pupil with a hickory switch. The boy reformed, grew to wealth, and later married Miss Crowell. his fortunes helped build a railroad from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. A train incident later recalled the teacher's stern influence.
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Atchison Globe
John M Crowell
Grant
Yellow Springs
Ilias
Kant
Grant Jame Weat
Crowell
Post Oiles Department
Portscott
Wichita
Crowel
Francis Tiernan
Tiernan
Atchison
Ace Mera Crowell
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
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