Red River Half Breeds and Buffalo Hunts of the Plains
A historical glimpse recalls 1850s 60s Red River half breeds famed buffalo hunters. They travelled from Port Garry to the prairie camps, hunted vast herds with muzzle loaders, and logged deadly dangers. Each hunter could identify his kills amid chaos, a skill likened to recognizing one’s own handwriting on a shared page.
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Plains
Northwest
Red River
Rocky Mountains
Port Garry
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay Company
Saskatchewan
Yellowstone River
A Fitting Design For Letter Heads
A divorce lawyer requests an order for 10 000 letter heads with a striking design. The client asks for a catchy cut in the upper left corner featuring Patek Henry delivering a memorable speech and the phrase Give me liberty or give me oath beneath in distinct letters. The engraver notes the strange request and the caller provides an ecard.
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Patek Henry
Lippincott
Man weighs customer’s hand with roast in barter tale
In a macabre anecdote a shopper weighs a hand with a roast and offers to cut it off to take his payment. The butcher is astonished as the customer declares he already paid for the hand by weighing it with the meat.
Divorcees Boulevard Joke Prompts Chicago Banter
A stranger drives onto a sidewalk and asks the street name. A passerby replies Diversey Boulevard and a portly woman in the back seat quips that it is “Divorcees’ boulevard,” joking about the prevalence of divorced people in town.
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Diversey Boulevard
Chicago Tribune
Mary Queen of Scots Faces the Scaffold in Browning’s Magazine
The fragment from Browning’s Magazine recalls Mary Queen of Scots on the scaffold. She reportedly remarks that though her life has been unhappy, no one has ever called her Mamie before before yielding to the ax with a triumphant smile.
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Amy
Mamie
Browning
It's all very well to forgive enemies says Grouch
A dialogue lists the difficulty of forgiving foes with Dudley agreeing that forgiveness should occur only when enemies admit they do not deserve it, as quoted by Catholic Standard and Times.
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Grouch
Dudley
Prospective Summer Boarder In Rural Town
A town constable proposes renting extra space in the empty jail during the summer season, describing a large airy room as suitable for a boarder as a peculiarity of the town. The dialogue reflects a small town setting in the St Louis Republic.
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Rura T.nandlord
St. Louis Republic
Veracity challenged by vacation remark
Washington boasted he could not tell a lie. A father forces his son George to admit he did not enjoy his vacation, the New York Sun reports, revealing a moment of unease about truth and duty.
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Washington
George
New York
By the Month in the Kitchen Chat Tale
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Cohenstein-Leah and her daughter discussing conversation in the kitchen. The daughter jokes to the mother about speaking with a plumber, revealing light domestic banter and misheard talk.
Smoke Stops? Old Flame Sparks Confusion in Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a smoky scene and an emotional remark about an old flame, with garbled dialogue and stray phrases suggesting a personal drama or misread notes rather than a clear news event.
Colonel Hepburn's Wartime Story From Civil War Raid
Colenel Hepburn, former Iowa congressman, recalls the 1864 Forrest raid on Memphis. Second Iowa Cavalry delivered supplies under a flag of truce and met Forrest at his sleeping quarters, with whisky and cigars distributed to both sides. A humorous postwar reunion note ties to Lieutenant Read and a Chicago journalist years later.
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Colenel Fete Hepburn
Iowa
Iowa Cavalry
Memphis
Tenn
Forrest
Slepburn
Hipburn
Binx
Clonel. Hepburn
Hepburn
Read
Opie
Chicago
Satin
NBA
Kidney Remedy Sold by All Druggists
An old health note urges guarding kidneys for healthful old age with Foley Kidney Remedy sold by all druggists. The ad-style fragment mentions a remedy and broad sale distribution but lacks clear dates or a verified source.
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All “Drageists. Sey
Salted mine investment intrigues wary observer
A reader notes a rare individual who pursues his own preached philosophy, praising a man who actually lives by his words while recalling a moment of meeting such a rare practitioner in relation to a salted mine stake.
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Ays
Crystalized Spectacles and Eye Glasses Price Reduction Promise
Advertisers claim a new manufacturing method lowers prices making spectacles affordable for all. They tout superior lenses and design reducing need for frequent changes and offering free replacements if unsatisfied.
Train Hits Milk Wagon Killing Three Boys at Paris Crossing
A milk wagon in Paris was struck by Big Four train No 21 as it slowed for a station at Main street. Three boys in the wagon died or were fatally injured. two brothers named Keys and Clifford Gill were among the victims. The engineer claimed no sighting of the wagon until after impact. the horse was tossed clear and later moved. Charles Keys was expected to recover. The report also contains an unrelated medical advertisement for Hyomel.
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Paris
Main
Central Avenue
Keys
Clifford Gill
Charles Keys
Pote Woman Invented Noodles and Gravy
A fragment notes a Pote woman credited with inventing noodles and gravy while describing her as no slouch. The readable text is sparse and lacks dates places or additional identifying details.
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Pote
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Cc. F. Behner
Hone
Wabash Pone
Trefz
The
Dulaney
T. J. Golden
Harry B. Dulaney
W.P. B. Bryan
Cashier
J. R. Burnett
A. Cash
T.J. Golden
E. M. Duncan Harry
W. B. Scholfield
Edwin Booth Dulaney
Rate of the Orient
BANK
West Union, Illinois
Douglas County
Illinois
S. C. Henson
Pres. Geo
Douglas
County
Continental-Commercial National Bank of Chicago
H. M. Dewey
Sté&e
Neral Lees
Fletan
Harkaway
Harold
Mabel
Steen Hundred and Two
Wall Street
Pepper
Belvidere Brooks
Western Union Telegraph Company
Los Angeles
Broadway
W. L. Lamb
Brooks
Mr Lamb
California
Arkansas
Colonel Hepburn
Amity
Ayer
JC. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Marshall
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the Keifer Drug Co
Colorado
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