Fate of Frederick the Greats Sword in the Seine
An 1800s London News account details the destruction and burial of Frederick the Greats sword after a bonfire at the Invalides. Eyewitnesses say the weapon was thrown into flames, later recovered debris surfaced in 1815, and the blade rusted in mud before any peaceful reuse.
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the Invalides
Marshal Serhurler
Frederick the Great
Frederick
Seine
Invalides
London News
Easy Mark on a Steamship Tale
A passenger on a steamship is duped by a steward who accepts a small coin as payment for a larger debt. The woman realizes she was the target after recalling a similar incident years earlier. She apologizes, retrieves the coin, and reports the matter to the purser, who vows to investigate.
The Return of the Buffalo Herd to Camp in 1807
A War Department record recalls a Kansas encounter in 1807 when cannon fire redirected a vast buffalo herd advancing on a soldier camp. An officer alive describes the herd as stretching to the eye, with the camp’s occupants silencing as the spectacle unfolded before General Philip Conke halted a regiment.
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Washington
Kansas
Philip &J. George Conke
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D. G. Big Notary Public
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Portland, Journal
the Pacific Monthly
Ree
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Pacific Monthly
Proclaimer
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Ore
Tuo
Chas. E. Fuller
Howd River
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St. Louis
Omaha
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Murray
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Passexorn Aciyt
Port
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the National Live Stock, Insurance Association of Portland
E. E. Miller
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