Hunter's Revenge Tale of Francoise Germaine
A detailed colonial era account recalls Francoise Germaine a Franco Canadian voyager famed for strength and cunning. Captured by Sioux he defies torture raising a heavy rock to save himself before slaying six attackers with a noose cast from rope. He escapes to Lake Traverse and the event is marked by carvings at a local site known as Francoise Clit.
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Francoise Germaine
Mravel
Francoise
Bois Des Sioux
Bneath
Germaine
Jasaa
Duvoyager
Francoize
Lake Traverse
Jack's Yarns and Salt Pillar Tales Unfold in Talky Exchange
Old Jack Ringbolt recounts unsalted sea voyages and strange sights to Mrs Tartaremeth. He claims to have sailed cities submerged underwater and witnessed the pillar of salt that Low 3 Wife supposedly froze into. A skeptical youth and the eldest dames debate common sense and relationships as Ringbolt jokes about wives and past marriages.
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Jack Ringbolt
Ringbolt
Marm
Charley and the whiskers that sparked a midnight caper
A city man named Charley prized his extraordinary whiskers above all. When a friend paid five dollars for a sniff, Charley shaved them off, only to be mistaken for a thief and hauled to the watch-house by startled neighbors and officers. His wife, mistaken identity, and a later rescue reveal the comic consequence of vanity and disguise.
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Charley
Smoon
Sampson
Carrie
R—ina
Mrs. R
The Fall of Table Rock Reminiscence by George Wilkes
George Wilkes recalls his Niagara visit in 1880 with a companion on Table Rock. A widening fissure and a wooden extension overhanging the plunge prompted a panic escape as the rock finally toppled behind them. The tale ends with a joke about Beecher and Park Benjamin and a quip about the Douglas men and horns.
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George Wilkes
Niagara
Table Rock
Canada
Clinton House
Falls
Almist
Clifton
London Bridge
Beecher
Benjamin
Brooklyn
Merry
Lincoln tribute to Henry Clay and political jests in 19th century press
The article preserves a Lincoln era tribute to Henry Clay comparing their destinies from independence through maturity, then cites Douglas’s attack on Clay as a traitor. It notes a Maine Republican quip about Col. Smart and a tale of a Pole memorial pledge in Ann Arbor, and a final Albany Evening Journal remark on a Lincoln supporting pole.
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Abraham Lincoln
Harry
Douglas
Lincoln
Henry Clay
Great Britain
Atlantic
North America
Carrollton
Ill
Clay
Pam
Maine
Col. Smart
Casar
Me. Washburn
Ann Arbor
Mich
Repuublicans
Liberty
Albany Evening Journal
Mississippi Divorce Law and Political Split Cited
A Mississippi law allows divorce for spouses living apart for three years. The text also recalls a 1856 contest won by a united democracy and notes division among Breckenridge Bell and Douglas, with references to Yancey’s remarks at Honnaville and a migration southward for distressed hearts.
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Rae
Yancey
Honnaville
Oregon
California
Breckenridge
Bell
Douglas
Mississippi
Wim
Republican presidential candidates ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The fragment lists Abraham Lincoln among Republican presidential contenders. It reflects historical naming without dates or context, implying a discussion of candidates within the party. No additional figures or organizations are provided in readable text.
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American Express
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Jeerferson
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Fort Atkinson House
Tein Street
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Fort Atkinson
Charles Prissel
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Jefferson, Wis
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Tsay Jones
Aunt Vasny
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Uncle Dick
New Orleans
New York
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