An Indian’s Wrath and a Miner Town Terror
A California mining camp tale recounts Indian Jack abducting a child during a feud sparked by a stolen iron bank. The mother pursues through the rancherie as miners rescue her, Jack is expelled, and the community bands together to quarter a heavier bank for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bate
Wright
Julia
Baby
Baby's Bank Was Gone. Old Julix
Jack
Jak
Mount Shasta
Indian Jack
Todian
New York Tribune
Won His Wager in Dublin Cab Fare Prank
A Dublin anecdote from Philadelphia Roward about a wager to see if a cabman would refuse a ten shilling gold piece. The man paid ten shillings, the cabby drove off, then returned to request a threepence halfpenny to avoid wasting a bright coin on a drink, sparking a humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Dublin
Ss. Cabby
Phileieiphia Roward
Temperance song and liquor tales amid Victorian concerns
A fragmentary temperance piece opens with a dramatic song lamenting drink’s ruin and proceeds to accuse liquor of triggering murders and tribal violence in Arctic tales. It surveys failures of beer-sophists, temperance news, ministerial responses, and social debates on prohibition and moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance News
Netas
Glasgow
Mercy
Temperance Lessons
Ohio
Kentucky
Daniel Dorchester
Massey
Fisuse
Kovalevsky
University of Karkor
Russia
Caudran
Cently
O Bots
Tito
Knife with Bowie's Knife on Lone Texas Trail
A Texas city man owns a tempered steel Bowie knife once owned by Jim Bowie and given by Juan Padilla. The blade is sixteen inches, with a silver plate reading Jim Bowie and notches on the guard indicating Bowie's killings and scalps. Padilla said the marks honor Bowie's deeds during his San Augustine years. The present owner received the knife in 1862 after recovering ten head of horses from Comanches near San Antonio. Honey Grove special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bowie
Juan Padilla
Lafitte
Bowie
Padillo
San Augustine
Texas
San Antonio
Honey Grove
Tex
Anchor of the Soul and Faithful Walks in Life
A compilation of devotional reflections on faith and practical living. It contrasts compassionate zeal to spread Christian truth with warnings about neglecting spiritual duty, cites John and Paul, and links daily trials to steadfast trust. The piece blends sermons from Canon Liddon and others, ending with Hoyt’s meditation on the anchor of the soul and divine guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Canon Liddon
Christ
Superstitions and old horseshoe pin tale and more
A jeweler narrates the history of a silver horseshoe pin from his family shop in Switzerland. He preserves it as a talisman through marriages, theft, fires, and debts, rejecting superstition while acknowledging luck. The piece also notes an 1880 Old Maids Club in Merin and a Swedish Speech from the Throne described in vivid royal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Europe
Kansas
Tlinois
Merlin
Clus
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Ime Enugh
Alfred J. Hough
Independent
Giria
Loy
Y Stone
Temperance
Famins
Spa
Farrah
Arctica
Mail
Enpress
Rodgera
St. Lawrence Bay
East Cape
Siberia
Alaskan
Honolulu
Themelves
Esquimaux
Fo Cus
Friad
Granger
Germany
Mra
Mary A. Latiro
Tes Acts Webster
Ord
Itteeburg
Cpa
Jesus
Colorado
Almos
Johns
Earths
Alexander
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Cyoesus
Philosphers
Cicro
John Buntan
John Wesley
Paul
Ateh Bismack
Luther
Abraham
Joseph
Moses
David the Singer
Elijah
Isaiah
John the Baptist
P.u
A. F. Schauffler
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
England
Anchor Street
Francis Drake
Deptford
Elizabeth
Heaven
Francis
Rev
Wayland Hoyt
Warner
Sweden
Cavita
Kingscar
Peter Meee Chace
L. F. Ae
M.D. Hugh
Tesch
Walter Baker & Co
Achan
J. A. Lawrence
Waren &I
Pieaze
Oaremlers
Pearl St
York
Isaac Tenpees
Gell
Hood
Mae Mary Adderly
North Water Street
Decatur, DL
CI. Hood & CO
Apthicaries
Lowell
Maes
Zele
T. Allwood Zell
Philadelphia
Cuacles
Barna
Charles A. Vogeler
al Devovisis
Sampis
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Baltimore
Swift
Jou Rar
Tan
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Sener Sizcane Co
Atimis, Ga
Ely
Vrou Catarre
Catarrh
Fayeny
NOTA
Price
Repis
Warren Street
New York
Peruna Med. CO
Columbus
Orator Esse
TepGr
W. B. Renssomn
Bos
Bry
Pottsand
Samy
Book Publis
ATLAS
Pete
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