The Colonel S Own That He Was Followed
In a village tale a gallant colonel is pursued by bettors and townsfolk along a dusty road. The narrative follows his abstinence from charity toward drink, a beloved mare named Tipsie, and the curious figure who emerges from the bushes to stroke the horse before the final confrontation.
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Pete Cone
Taoes
Atrichd
Jhsesa
Ica
Pisos
Cpl
Isd Sa
Iree
Follers
Anid Perkins
Oranks
Perkins
Tipsie
Mad Gulch
Atorea
Challenge Hill
Cain
George
Bret Marie
Boloman
Port l’Ain
Ain
Beyon
Dudge
Jon
Bourg
Vilrigs
Beaton Adnertéacr
Annetom
Jinks
Jivka
Mr. Jinks
Phaney
Evanazand
Yast-Anme
Mongy
Tidde
Desert
Colorado River
Moxico
Ciyt
California
Colomnia
Bernanding County
Jevelafrd
Colorado
Te Béda
Gulf
Sym
Yuma
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Philip
Nathaniel
Christ
Jett
Davin
Southern
Confederacy
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A long illustrated fragment describes a staged robbery by road agents led by a Colonel and Logroller, their capture of passengers, a bold escape, a pension-bedroom bounty, and the ensuing pursuit, with Old Black the driver and Tipsie the woman, ending in a cautious retreat and a flash of cunning justice. The tale blends frontier bravado with humorous twists and local color from Mad Gulch.
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Black
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Coline
Busineea
Plesaure
Scientific Apparatus Promises Cool Comfort Garment
A century old note extols a perforated undershirt resembling a fish net that wicks perspiration away from the skin, keeping wearers dry and cool. It claims multiuse utility from hammock to milk-strainer and even balloon inflation, and notes it won a Centennial Exhibition medal amid varied praise. The report also mentions Fort Worth to Fort Yuan mail line inauguration with Concord stages and 200 horses.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Fort Yuan
Goboralo River
Concord
The Happy Man of the Hour in Hot Weather
A playful meditation on staying cool during a heat wave. It praises frugal comfort, cabbage leaf hats, milk and tea over wine, and turning a gin mill into a dairy to beat the heat. The passage concludes with a quip about money and human nature amid the sizzling season.
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Why They Used Violence in Louisiana Parishes
In New Orleans Democratic sub committee witnesses describe intimidation in East Feliciana and adjacent parishes. They claim plans to buy or bully Returning Board to alter votes, hoping to seize the state by undermining Republican majorities with widespread fraud and violence. The piece analyzes alleged Ku Klux methods used to sway 1876 voting.
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Recorder
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the Felicianas
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Ouachita
Morehouse
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Totttec
Returning Board
Ocean
Political Revolution Promise in 1881 Prophesied
A fragmentary 19th century proclamation foresees a Democratic ascent to the White House in 1881, promising restoration of state rights, repeal of post-1861 amendments, a shaken constitution, a purified ballot, and sweeping fiscal reforms including revoking national banks and taxing bonds, with a vow to curb greenbacks as legal tender.
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White House
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Democratic House
New England
United States
The Confederate Democracy and the Lost Cause Rhetoric
A fragmentary sounding piece condemns what it calls Confederate Democracy and slavery era rhetoric. It contrasts Northern Republicans with the old slaveholding order and laments debt, taxation, and imagined losses for a revived Confederacy, ending with a call to rejoice in a new republic.
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Confederacy
Endorsing Jeff Davis Macom Letter and Southern Restoration
A Mississippi paper voices support for Jeff Davis and the movement to undo Radical changes since 1865. It envisions restoring the old republic, limiting black political power, and questions whether Northern and Southern workers will back such a program. The piece contrasts Southern conservatives with Northern labor, notes a Mobile speech, and references Columbia College’s triumphs and Nez Perce prisoner details.
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