Brutal Wichita County shooting shocks borders scene
The Lawrence Journal reports a violent incident in Coronado County near Wichita County where young Jones, a printer, was shot multiple times after a buggy siege. He and two other victims have died or are mortally wounded as officers rush to restore order. The event is described as one of the border region's most fiendish murders.
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Youn Jones
Coronado County
Wichita County
Col. Jones
Franklin County
Young Jones
Leoti
What the Legislature Has Done
A compact review of a calm Kansas session noting no major federal appointments or rail pushes. It praises women’s municipal suffrage progress, supports prohibition steps, and reports about 400000 to settle Quantrell raid claims. Local bills dominate. a constitutional convention is urged.
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United States
Kansas
Union
Maine
Notable Bits From a Nation of Wit and Wonders
A digest of humorous and curious items from across the United States and Canada. Highlights include social quips from New York high society, odd legal notes, a hay theft in Perry New York, a Nebraska bachelor’s marriage prospects, a Memphis lottery aftermath, a Texas county named for a pioneer, an ancient papyrus unrolled in New Brunswick, hogs stampeding Allegheny City, a California divorce over fishing, and a Maine dog bill joke with a hidden cash trove found after a burial.
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Washington Post
Perry
N. Y
Syracuse
Ontario
Nebraska
San Francisco
Cal
Mattie Allen
Bennettsville
Nebraska City
Chicago Herald
J. C. Russell
Memphis
Washington Star
Tom Green County
Texas
North Carolina
Santa Anna
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Delaware
Chicago Times
William E. Ries
New Castle
Neshannock Creek
Philadelphia Press
Sage Library
New Brunswick
N. J
Lansing
Egypt
Allegheny City
Pittsburgh
Post
Collier
Oakland
Mc. Collier
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward II
Nottingham
Maine
N. ¥. Post
H. W. Pike
Damariscotta
Pike
Bostom Journal
Notable Local Figures and Curious Anecdotes
A collection of brief sketches: Miss Hattie Crocker funds a free kindergarten from California. Mankacsky praises the White House. Miss May Callendar of New York holds a million dollars. T Brigham Bishop, once famous minstrel, now a stock broker. William L. Scott reputed as a major cox worker in mining and shipping. Truman M. Post’s Latin learning as a plowboy. Rev. Dr. Breckenridge’s witty exchange with his mother. Jack Ivey from Pittsburgh dies after a frugal life leaving $40,000 in an oil tin. Abedziah Slayton of Georgia fathering many children. John Walters of New York age 1783 birth noted. Senator Van Wyck’s sorghum bread habit. Mrs. Ransom of North Carolina linked to General Thomas. Callicoon Echo’s nine-year-old compositor handling type and sticks.
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Hattie Crocker
California
Mankacsky
White House
William L. Scott
Erie
Truman M. Post
St. Louis
West
Vermont
R. J. Breckenridge
Ledger
Jack Ivey
Pittsburgh
Abeziah Slayton
Fayette County
Georgia
John Walters
South Butler
N. Y
Virginia
W. Y
van Wyck
Nebraska
Chicago Journal
Senator Ransom
North Carolina
Hattie Exum
Roanoke River
George H. Thomas
Army of the Cumberland
Ransom
Little Nonsense and Friendly Quips Across Crib Notes
A collage of brief quotes and humorous snippets from 19th century papers. Witty exchanges about manners, horses, dimes and umbrellas appear alongside caustic social commentary, jokes about race, and a physician’s quip on sighs and diagnoses.
Diverse 18th century notices and anecdotes in brief
A jumble of short items covers literary visits by Charles Dickens junior, a Minnesota senator with eye trouble, church marriage records from 1756 Philadelphia, a Dakota claim tale, social gossip on tall girls, philanthropy for the George Bruce library branch, a lavish Philadelphia wedding, a 102 year old Cobb County matriarch, wills detailing sizable bequests, a Hampton Virginia teaching expedition to a Dakota agency, a safe blower with repeated prison time, and notes on safe-cracking methods.
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Charles Dickens
America
Davis
Minnesota
Chicago Tribune
Christ Church
Philadelphia
John Codd
Mary Finch
William Sturgeon
Miss Stanley
Waterbury
Cathrine W. Bruce
New York
Coffey
Juda Long
Marietta
Captain Whidby
Cobb County
Atlanta Constitution
Elam C. Rhoads
Amer
Bowerstown
Pittsburgh Post
Nonsense and Parlor Wisecracks Across Snippets
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers and columns, noting playful bickering and social banter. Bits include a Burlington Free Press gag about attention grabbing plaster, a Blobson scene teasing a bonnet with dead birds, a misfit pun from a Miss Andora Euphemia McNair, and light humor on debutantes and marriage talks.
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Burlington Free Press
Bonnet
Blobson
Our Dumb Friends and Beasts in Whittier's Our Dumb Animals
A Whittier sketch praises humane bonds between humans and animals from St Francis to Mahabharata legend. It recalls Emersonian notes on Thoreau and Johnson's oyster runs, Vogelweid, and dogs guiding kings to heaven, affirming steadfast loyalty and compassion toward animals.
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Whittier
St. Francis
Assissi
Vogelweid
Samuel Johnson
Walter Scott
John Brown
Edinburgh
Thoreau
Emerson
Thomas Fuller
Butler
Yudianthira
Paradise
Heavenly City
Indra
G. Whittier
The Sweet By and By History and Promulgation
A Chicago area resident recounts the creation of the hymn Sweet By and By written by S Filmore Bennett with music by J P Webster in 1868. The story details their emotional mood, initial publishing, a slow start, and a providential boost when a Sunday School melody compiler included the song, leading to massive demand and large scale printing. The article also notes Maine lobster fisheries as a separate brief claim of falling catches.
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Filmore Bennett
Lake Zurich
Wisconsin Line
J. P. Webster
Chicago
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