Sensational Knife Duel Defines Arkansas First State Legislature
In 1837 during Arkansas first legislature a knife duel in the open session ended with Representative J. J. Anthony from Randolph County dying after Speaker John Wilson fatally stabbed him. Wilson fled, was expelled, later acquitted on grounds of excusable homicide, and the event shocked the state.
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Arkansas
J. J. Anthony
Randolph County
John Wilson
House of Representatives
House
Anthony
Wilson
Grandison DD
Royston
Woman and Wit from a 19th Century Journal
A collage of quips and proverbs on women and speech. It cites Wayland and a Kansas City Journal exchange about a bride and flannel cakes. Socrates is referenced with a moral line about wealth and happiness.
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Kansas City Journal
The Black Ball cunning scheme spoil by quick thinking
Two young men in a French village faced conscription with a deceitful official altering the urn. The farmer’s son was to lose, but the poor widow’s son cleverly swallowed his draw and forced the other to reveal the color by drawing next. In the end the remaining ball proved the fraud.
Power of the spectroscope and its use in science
The spectroscope reveals elements by bright, discrete lines when heated vapors emit light. Each element shows a unique line pattern, not a continuous spectrum, enabling identification. The note references iron copper and sodium as examples and cites Century and Modern sources. It also mentions a Chicago child and a family anecdote about lost scenes, with secondhand quotes from Life.
Distressed Mother John Swallows Help Message
A distressed mother pleads for help as confusion and careless wording mirror a frantic appeal. The text appears from a London Opinion fragment with garbled phrases and blurred names, suggesting a melodramatic note rather than a clear report.
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John
Paty
Ony Istekker
London Opinion
Ghosts and Legends from Goethe to Scott Told by Brougham
Tales recount famous hauntings and near misfortune from Goethe and Lord Brougham to Sir Walter Scott, including apparitions seen before deaths and a famous Abbotsford disturbance. The piece contrasts successful spirits with a failed ghost that frightened Cuvier at his bedside.
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Pisander
Goethe
Lord Brougham
Broom
Edinburgh
College
India
Gealonly
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Bullock
London
Scott
Terry
Beardy
Bailocl
Walter
Cuvier
Ky Ox
Kansas City Star
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Socrates
Chicago
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Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
John Hertzler
John D. Skiles
Herbert C. Miller
G.5
Melulinger
John 5
Graybill
W. A. Hensel
H. W. Hartman
John A. Nauman
J.T. J. H. Bpeay
Ghee Royal Garage
Bell
Ind
Marion
Bear
South Broad $T
Lititz
John B. Habecker
METAL
S.M Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
TALES
Lee Saya
Mame
Gem Irving
Bright Sparkle
S. M. Huber
East Main Street
C. H. Kreider
Main St
Conkey
Conkey’s
Cornman’s
Hess & Clarke
Garber’s Poultry
Lewis N. Moyer, P. D
Main Street
Hershey & Gibbel
Wealstate
Spruce Villa Dairy
di, ¢. Brubaker
Hollinger
Maurice River
H. D. Hollinger
Broad St
Lititz, Pa
Lancaster
Frank Kline
King
Write
Conconsultation
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Rershey, Llaman & CO
Lititz, Penna
Thomas Steffy Lititz
N. Broad Street
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Phons
W. D. Fichthorn
Bow- Rudy's Meatman's Bakery
Westinghouse
M.M. Souders
H. P. Gingrich & Co
S. Broad St
Depot Lititz, PA
New Implement House
Bear & Long’s Coal and Lumber Yard
W. F. Groff
Coal Lumber
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz Water Company
Cyrus Schnerer
Oat Iachetts Township
Lancaster County
Lit
Frank &, Schnerer
Amos EK
Bureiolder
Ott Attormey
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