Career of a Noted Southwest Outlaw Billy the Kid
The article recounts Billy the Kid as a flamboyant outlaw admired by women, feared for his marksmanship, and pursued across New Mexico. It details his 1879 stay on the Canadian River, sieges at Central New Mexico, escape from Las Cruces, and violent confrontations including the fatal shootout at Maxwell’s hacienda in Bosque Redondo, ending with his kill of Pat Maxwell and the Kid’s death in Lola Maxwell’s room.
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Billy the Kid
Apollo
Winchester
Smith & Wesson
Sascaso
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Topeka Road
Billy
Les Cruces
The
Rio Grande
Lincoln County
United States
Bob Ollinger
John Sherman, Jr
Ollinger
Bob
South America
Mexico
Rio Pecos
Fort Sumner
Kit Carson
Hunter
Maxwell
Alamedas
Bosque Redonna
Round Grove
Neek
Garrett
Pete Maxwell
Lola
Pat
Alta California
The Cotton Rat A Nocturnal Southern Rodent Its Habits
A Country Gentleman correspondent describes the cotton rat size and color, nocturnal habits, burrow system, nest building, breeding, and the species diet. It notes its mixed impact on agriculture, its enemies, and easy capture with traps. The text cites pugnacity, rapid growth, and adaptability in captivity.
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Virginia
Mexico
Florida
Duels in New England Before the Revolution
The article traces early duels in colonial America, noting Plymouth's 1621 duel between servants Doty and Leister and Boston’s 1728 duel in which Henry Phillips killed Benjamin Woodbridge. It recalls Puritan punishment, post duel executions, and a harsh public response, calling these the two most famous duels in New England per Chicago Current.
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Virginia
South Carolina
Lodges
Ramsay
United States
Plymouth
Mass
Edward Doty
Edward Leister
Doty
Leister
Boston
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Woodbridge
Ienry Phillips
Woodbridge
France
Doctor Sewell
Old South
New England
Chicago
Mulberry fever and the 1830s silk boom collapse in America
The 1820s to 1830s silk culture mania swept the United States with Morus multicaulis plantings, state bounties, and stock schemes. Citizens across states planted trees, raised cocoons, and formed societies, though the bubble burst in 1839, ruining many but eventually aiding later domestic silk industry.
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Congress
Committee On Agricultura
Gideon B. ‘Smith
Baltimore
America
Massachusetts
Dedham
Cobb
M. D’homergue
Wates States
Long Island
New England
Deasers
Providence
Burlington
New Jersey
Boston
Pennsylvania
France
Indiana
New Orleans
Larper
The White House History and Capitol Quarry Fact
The capitol first occupied in 1800. built of Virginia caidstone quarried at Acquis creek. The White House used the same quarry, yet neither building was white when originally built.
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Capitol
Virginia
Climbing a Mast to Escape a Sea Serpent Incident
A naturalist chronicles a bizarre Florida coast fishing tale. While aboard a smack off the Gulf Stream a sea serpent seized a bait and leapt into the dingy. The narrator climbed a mast to escape its attack as crew watched. The creature later fell back into water, and the witness notes others have been mastheaded by murry.
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New York Avening Post
Florida
Gulf Stream
Murry
Firat
The Dude of Long Ago by McMaster Portrait of 1800 Beau
John Bach McMaster describes the American dude of 1800 as a flamboyant figure. He notes the enormous pantaloons rising to the armpits and the difficulty of sitting, a hat too small for the handkerchief, and hair with a fretted front. The passage lampoons fashion and vanity of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bach McMaster
Pungent Paragraphs in a Turbulent Volume
A collection of quoted quips and witticisms from various papers in playful, anecdotal snippets. It references a fowl bound volume, a mosquito bill, monotony in life, a groggy song, grave robbing by medical students, a boy chasing a bee, Emerson on lovers, a young woman's claim of sisterly limits, fashion in nature, and a humorous city exchange about hot weather and city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Morocco
Boston Post
New York Journal
Bumble Bee
Tie
Emerson
Somerville Journal
Botton Courier
Jane
Explorer's near disaster in North Africa tale
An officer recalls a perilous underground river expedition in North Africa where a lone boatman nearly drowned after a misstep on a rock ledge. The tale sits among scattered old medical and political excerpts, including claims about Walkin's Vine and Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and a reflection on platform integrity in Maine politics.
Warner's safe cure and testimonials in advertising
A dialogue discusses the power of evidence in advertising and the use of reading-article style to sell Warner's safe cure. It cites testimonials from physicians, statesmen, and mothers, claims high success rates for kidney and liver diseases, and notes Plymouth Pa as an example of water-related kidney illness.
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Sudge
Ngee
Junio
H. 4. Warner
Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Warner
Plymouth
Grant
H. H. Warner & Co
Rochester
New York and Philadelphia Market Quotation Notes
Market notes list New York wholesale prices for Brans-Frime Butter Cheese and related dairy products. Highlights include Western Creamery common at 12 to 16 cents, Butter and corn values, hay and straw prices, and Philadelphia and Boston states market figures with varied ranges. Names of regions and product grades appear with numerous price points for dairy commodities.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Western
Hay
Ode
Straw
Ste
Whute Bouthera
Hop BItters Restores Family Health Amid Hard Times
A reader recounts years of poverty and illness caused by medical bills and drought. After trying Hop Bitters, the family recovered. none have been sick since, and the writer urges other men to use Hop Bitters to keep their families well for less than a week's wages.
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Elizabeth Zane
Wisitr
None genuine without a bunch of greens
Reading fragments discuss hops in a label and avoiding harmful substances. The text references green ingredients and branding related to a product, urging avoidance of poisonous additives and stressing the value of hop based authenticity.
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
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Lea
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Minnesota
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Hood
J.W
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Elly Brothers
Owrso
N.Y
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Mechanica
London
Charles H. Chase
Harveryman
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Ngetchinson
Dorint Institute
Cbicage
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Jefferson
Wisconsin
Uy Mail
L. V. Grown & Co
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Turstor's
Soliers & Wells
Blair
R. U
Lorillard
Lorilard
S. M. Spenge
Yanar Srer
Iermie
U. S
Aured
William Street
J. Sraeman
Lebanon
Ohio
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Aldosta
Bransraip Repurator Co
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J.W. Money
Buffalo
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Dr. Barker
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REO
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