Rival in a life and death struggle in the Australian outback
A narrator recalls a perilous night in Tarrangower when he carries a heavy bank roll home and is confronted by a desperate foe. They duel with fists and brute force under eucalyptus shadows, money secure, and both men driven to a brutal, mutual respect before collapse. The tale ends with recovery and a cautious reunion with home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie
Tanid
Sor
Garney
Mises
Beldit
Gurney
Junin
Gianta
Sinawa
Mothier
Cumscomarene
Lowey
Gormu & Rus
Thele
Great Britain
Belligerent House Fight in 1858 Cartooned by Wigs and Fists
An 1858 scene in the House of Representatives opens with Keitt of South Carolina rushing Grow of Pennsylvania. Potter of Wisconsin and Washburne of Illinois collide as Barksdale and Cadwallader Washburne swing, wigs fly, and a spray of brawling ends in laughter and a return to order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porley Parki
Honap of Representatives
Keitt
South Carolina
Grow
Pennsylvania
Bouthern
Thei
Mr. Potter
Wisconsin
Washburne
Tilinoia
Ulan
Barksdale
Potter
Elina Washburne
Tainpin
Cadwallader Washburne
Mr. Barksdale
Cadwallader
Seenbet
Mace
Owen Lovejoy
Lamar
Mississippi
Sea Point
Meet
Ohio
Davin
Misisippi
Virginia
Montgomery
Cremation in Italy and Pennsylvania law trend
The article notes rapid Cremation growth in Europe, listing cities like Milan and Venice with crematoria in planning or operation, and reports 427 bodies cremated since 1877. It cites German activity, growing Italian associations, and rising medical support amid resistance from sanitation concerns. It also mentions Pennsylvania's 1878 constitutional provision barring discrimination in rail fares and services, with calls for legislative vitality to enforce it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklin Tagic
Europe
Italy
Milan
Udine
Lodi
Rome
Cremona
Brescia
Padua
Varese Templas
Spezia
Novara
Venice
Florence
Pisa
Legborn
Turin
Germany
Prtereieny
Goths
Ales
Duke
Stuttgart
State of
Pennsylvania
Fragmented verse about desire and identity in a woman
A fragmented, surreal monologue explores themes of desire, gender, and perception. The voz resembles a stream of riffs comparing a woman to various objects and natural elements, blending images of motion, fragility, and longing with unclear syntax and oblique references.
Price and the Priory Mystery
Major and Dick Douglas in a remote English cottage tale. A planned voyage to a distant land is haunted by memories of love and loss as Dick confronts his past with Mrs Framp and a rumored voyage to Upopo while the Major counsels and schemes. Dick confesses love to Nelly in a tense morning confrontation before a clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Douglas
Yeasir
Oakenham Priory
Priory
Oakenham Cottage
Vegeta Hom
Bastion
R. D
Dick "Douglas
T. M
Gobart
Ted
Toapo
Sydney
Dick Ingain
Morton
Deckett
Nix
Major
Ape
Kitty
Okenham Priory
Ludy
Tim
Sid Dick
Nelly
Reredos
Lonon
Amon
London
Namile
Upopo
Goodsby
Tan
Mr. Reredos
Anid
Sis
Gettysburg Burial Trench 40 Union Soldiers Found
A newspaper excerpt recalls a Gettysburg burial party burying 40 Federal soldiers in a single trench. All from a New York regiment, killed by one volley, shot above the hips, and all died within minutes. The item then shifts to varied tidbits on education, art purchases, and a tale of a Maine inventor of wooden toothpicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
New York
Maine
Charles Foster
Buckafield
Sweden
Tiana
Tbe
Exton
Galus
Indianapolis Journal
Nashville
Miss B. Morgan
Knoxville
Columbia
Cumberland Table
Miss Morgan
Tennessee
Citizers
Ays ‘Che Macon
Jafe
Macon
Certion School
Cho
Felix McCarthy the Giant Champion of Animals
A London tale recalls Felix McCarthy an Irish giant of six feet five who defended horses from abuse. He confronted a carter beating a overloaded horse and overwhelmed him, then faced a nobleman and declared defiance with a card. The report frames him as a defender of dumb animals across a chaotic scene.
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Felix
London
Felix McCarthy
Mae
Carter
Felis
Tian
Tong
Tlix
Parliamentar
We Ion
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Foreman
Mayba
W University
Rhodamanthas
Sean
Varo' Masy
Giyease
Guirney
Ty Janie
Alwaya
Morhoud
Aleman
Ike
England
Wales
America
Spain
Portugal
Murtora
Snd
India
Egypt
Foreign Office
Meissonier
Chatseau
Vanderbilt
Sims
Dublin
Chicago Herald
Dlay
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Actson Montoya
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