Boy Express Ride by Buffalo Bill Pony Express Tale
A teen rider recounts dangers and adventures of delivering mail on the Pony Express. He details pay, routes, brutal endurances, near captures, and a dramatic buffalo rescue that saved a child, plus Billy Cody’s famed 821 mile 27 hour round trip between Red Buttes and Three Crossings.
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Stour
Red Buttes
Platte
Sweetwaters
Alexander Majors
Pony Express
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Croxalnga
Cody
Rocky Ridge
Umit
Riding the South Sea Surf
Jack London recalls his first giant surfing experience described in vivid detail from a Woman's Home Companion piece. He narrates paddling for dear life as a towering wave overtakes him, burying him in foam and wind, then surfacing to gauge the shore and bathers before a crash ends the ride.
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Jack London
Romance Ends In Happiness Antonio Hervatin Joana Rumin Wed
A romance from Pajin Austria led to the wedding of Antonio Hervatin and Joana Rumin after traveling to America aboard the Sofia Wohenberg. They were married at St. Louis Cathedral by Mong Laval and then moved to Laurel Hill in West Feliciana to work on Henry Stewart’s sugar estate.
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America
Antonio Hervatin
Joana Rumin
Pajin
Austria
New Orleans Picayune
Sofia
Antonio
Joana
Jove
Stephen Jozsa
State Immigration Bureau
St. Louis Cathedral
Mong
Laval
Laurel Hill
West Feliciana
Migs Stuart
Henry Stewart
Proof That Oysters Have Brains by Travers
William R Travers, the famed stammering New York wit, once dined with a pompous Englishman claiming scientific proof about brains. The oyster episode turns on the oyster’s skill at staying quiet, as Travers quips the creature knows how to shut up.
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Wiliam R. Travers
New York
States
Gladstone
Dilke
Salisbury
Churchill
Travera
Travers
Long-Winded Preachers and Hourglass Sermons
Seventeenth century Puritan preachers spoke for hours using a hourglass. One sermon extended past the middle as sands ran out and another glass was demanded. A clerk kept listening until most left, then asked the minister to close the door and slip the key under it for those remaining.
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Roger L'Estrange
Beauty traits and grooming myths in ancient regions
The article notes beliefs that long curved eyelashes and thick brows signal strong character and intellect. It describes mothers in Circassia Parsia and parts of India trimming children’s eyelashes with scissors while asleep to promote growth, claim benefits for eye inflammation, and asserts shaving brows thickens them.
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Circassia
Parsia
Parte
India
Child in Frost Apartment Sparks Talk Among Neighbors
A frost apartment discussion centers on a boy who is said to be well behaved at home but is described as noisy and mischievous in the halls. A neighbor asserts her son is different and quiet, while the other speaker notes the boy’s brief, unruly moments.
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Othara
Snoop
Shoop
Dr. Shoop Packawa
Aldo
Frost
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Empire
Pacific
Panama
Cape Horn
Ale
Washiarton
Grand Pacific
Congress
San Francisco
St. Joe
Sacramento
Cal
Golden Gate
Washington
Missouri River
Union Pacific Railroad
Fhve
Wales
Tomatty
Jant
Corral
Johnny Fry
Prairies
New Orleans
Sexton Bros
Marshfield
E. F. Mechler
Wis
C.B. Edwards
Gover Marshfield State Bank
Miller Bros
S. Cent. Ave
Dr. King
Cartoria
Chas.h.fletcher
Vedder
City Mall
Vedder, Ny
All
American National Bank
Marshfie Iron Works
Sovih Depot Street
Patrona
John A. Hoffman
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