Kit Carson and a Night with a Grizzly Attack at Paso del Norte
In an 1851 frontier episode Kit Carson and Lt Lazelle endure a perilous night near Santa Fe as a roving Apache band threatens their scout party. After misadventures with water shortages, a vigilant guard, and a prowling grizzly, Carson and Lazelle survive by precise shooting and strategic shelter, the bear finally subdued by a joint effort.
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Paso del Norte
Cafed
Sherman
Koktuizoo
Kit Carson
Kit
Millkuy
Mowitilis
Lazelle
West Point
Sena Fe
Donals
Miny
Carson
Rit
Imain Stypearuues
Uhe Neutenant
Women No Longer Faint in Emotions Over Time
A New York critic argues Vieluing's Anella outshines rivals in swooning for dramatic effect. The piece surveys eighteenth century novels and later works, noting reduced displays of passion due to wealth, temperance, exercise, and tobacco. It asks why modern women and men show less dramatic emotion, attributing shifts to social changes and calmer manners.
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Treed Bee
New York
Crilic
Vieluing
Bardell
Pichwick
Coe
Aurelia
Dipory
Willer Resint
St. Louis
Amalla
Delia
Taio
Amule
Line in the World Rowe and home game challenge
New York January 7 George Blogson issued a challenge to the world for a Rowe and home game of billands for $1000 on four sides.
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New York
George
Rowe
Billands
Gentleman's Descent From Innocence At Paris Opera
A privileged English youth, sent to London then Europe after his father's death, enters a Paris opera and meets a mysterious blue satin woman who lures him away. He abandons restraint, believing a glamorous life will cure his bashful awkwardness, only to wake to questions about her identity as dawn breaks.
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Ain
Asin
Tetor’s
Aibortess
Guy Selad
Harry Milner
Curden
Arbor
Barry Millner
Helen
London
Mayfair
Worcestershire
Effch
England
Mike
Paria 7
Monte Carlo
Hotel Continental
Crand
Ialerom
Trelon
Quce
Amr Miemural
Angel
Debardeurs
The Missing Watch Mystery At The Continental
A narrator recounts a night of intrigue at the Continental ending with the loss of a large keyless repeater watch. He recalls a striking woman with perfumed hair and a whispered phrase perturbed by the upcoming morning. The watch remains unrecovered as he contemplates the tale of the blue dome.
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Jankords
London
Roustabouts on the Mississippi River
Witness account describes roustabouts on the Providence laboring on deck and alongside, their clothing and dirt stained, the crew enforcing harsh work. The writer notes heavy mistreatment by mates, racial dynamics, and fear among enslaved or Black workers, with anecdotes of past abuses and current coercion aboard the river steamer.
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Min
Talign
Providence
Sid Tau
Tire
Mike Acear
Ming
Om Shore
Siborad
Daridea
Cairnwood
Sunnyside Plantations and a Puzzling Boat Watch
A fragmentary traveler notes conditions ashore at Sunnyside plantation with wary encounters among Black residents and dock workers. He describes a barbershop scene, a barber’s casual racism, and slang terms for laborers, while reflecting on social restraint and racial tension aboard a boat.
Fairy Tales Reclaimed In Childrens Books By Imaginative Revival
The piece argues that stories once deemed useless reappear in children’s books, reviving imagination and wonder. It contends literature of the fancy preserves a savage ancestral sense of war and hints the true age of art lies before us as we value imagination over brute discipline.
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Fes
Sae
Chilyires
Noe Thuc
James Mussel Flower
Flurper’s
Golice
Mus
Stu
Bint
Uel
Fray
Vicksburg
Paris
Thomas Heywood
Sulthoug
Hie Pont
Traits of youth reveal future greatness and character
Attic sermons say boyhood traits predict future virtue or vice. A Swedish boy becomes General Bauer after surviving a fall. Titan, Michael Angelo, and other figures are cited as proof that early dispositions shape famous lives. The moral: in youth you display the traits that mold the adult.
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Losslavus J Adolphus
Bauer
Tyrol
Titan
Michael Angelo
Jiehte
Bond Sued for Breach in Mining Claims Contract
Himm G. Bond, a Pennsylvania capitalist residing in Seattle, is sued in a U S court for over $25,000 for breach of contract by SS Bayley of Oregon. Bayley says a year ago he secured a written agreement with Sand authorizing him to obtain a conveyance of mining claims in the West Kootenay district of British Columbia, but the contract was refused when presented.
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Himm G. Bond
Pennsylvania
Seattle
Wash
United States
SS. Bayley
Oregon
Bayley
West Kootenay
British Columbia
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Rroustabouts
Lewes
Sunnyside
Athlia
Tie
Sid
FAIRY
Meter
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