Smiling Charlie the West’s Dead Game Man Outlaw
A Green County sheriff pursues famed highwayman Smiling Charlie across rock and ridge. In a Cedar Tree creek clash the outlaw fights a lion on a cliff shelf, favors a knife over surrender, and dies after a fatal blade blow as the posse closes in. The sheriff honors the man’s nerve and vows his grave near Laurel Hill.
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Green County
Charlie
Panies
Tulare Station
Lim
Cedar Tree Creek
Sheriffs
Laurel Hill
Judge Story and the Salem Banknote Incident
In 1826 Josiah Quincy recalls a Washington trip with Judge Story. A Salem banknote signed by Story caused a tense payment moment at an Ashford Connecticut inn. The landlord questioned the bill, Story insisted it was good, and Quincy settled using national notes to end the dispute.
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Judge Story
Josiah Quincy
Harvard
Supreme Bench
Washington
Mr. Quincy
Boston
Ashford
Connecticut
Salem
Confession of a Book Agent in Leslie's Monthly
A narrative recounts a Yellow Dog recognizing a book agent who arrives in style. The stylish agent is attacked by the dog under an evergreen tree as hens scratch nearby, leaving the dog victorious and the torn man limping away.
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Leslie's Monthly
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James O. Willis
A. S. Richardson
Imperial
Golden Rod
Indiana Roller Mills
Macneel
Philadelphia Street
Penningtons
P. BR. RB
Indiana County
W. M. Cunningham
Iig
Packard, Ivers & Pond
Milton
Lehr
Work & Son
Court House
Orleans
Job Ric Creight
Church Street
Frederick E. Hopkins
Chicago
Library Hall
Gale
Hall’s
A.L. Gilbert
Lawrence L. Maslin
Sloan Bros
Penn's
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