Brady's Leap Among Ohio Valley Frontier Indians
In early western Pennsylvania frontier conflicts, Captain Samuel Brady leads a bold pursuit of Ojibwa and allied tribes after a Cuyahoga Falls raid. Cornered near a river gorge, he vaults a 22 foot leap across the stream and, despite a hip wound, escapes by diving into a pond and hiding beneath an oak until pursuers abandon the search. Brady ultimately returns home, his feat commemorated locally as a legendary escape.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia
Cuyahoga Falls
Saml. Brady
Daniel Boon
Kentucky
Cuyahoga
Brady
Indiana
Thi
Cuyahoga River
Rosling
Anid
Nester
Borderer
Alredy
Anxious Lady Warns Passenger On Train Window
A lively woman in a silk gown sits beside a somber man as she pleads in broken English not to lean out the car window. The man glances with pale blue eyes, then nods nothing, until the train nears a wooden bridge amid the tense moment.
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Lengt
Noré
Mo lasses and hog jokes in a cold case tale
A comic Irish American anecdote recounts Mick at Carew's grocery shortchanging a customer over a pint of molasses and a deacon at a revival mixing in a hog in hog out joke, provoking church laughter and sharp rebuke from his brethren.
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Mick Casey
Carew
Smith
Mick
Sur
Ohio
Dreamlike Flood of Insect Assault On Marsh Farm
A worried speaker recalls a dawn encounter with a hornets nest near a marsh farm. The swarming insects burst from the nest, sinking the farmer into a ditch and forcing the narrator to submerge to escape. The tale blends fear, folklore, and Irish exclamations as survival instincts override.
Fragmentary Tale of Jonah's Diary and Letters
A garbled excerpt describes a creature swallowing Jonah and containing his diary and a bundle of love letters. A damsel’s hair is mentioned, along with a misread note about Jonah and a maiden’s emotions.
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Jonah
Jonas
Jonsh
Baptism of fire and church machinery
The speaker compares army siege power to a cannon and powder to show that church machinery, though seemingly powerless, can unleash sudden force. Rev. W. Arthur notes that a single spark can turn powder into fire, and the cannon into a weapon, likening it to the church’s capacity for dramatic impact.
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Iivine
W. Arthur
Confidential confession echoes in escaped conversation
A fragment shows a speaker accusing a black accomplice of betrayal. The reply admits a secret was broken when the speaker told someone who could keep it, revealing a tense moment of disclosure among unidentified individuals.
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Sambo
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