Ghost Rider Haunts Wyoming Shanty Tale of Black Sam
In the Biz Horn Mountains a hunter and two trappers chase a pale ghostly rider seen near their cabin. The phantom horseman disappears at will, leading to a deadly confrontation and the unmasking of a bound, decayed rider later identified as Black Sam. They bury the body and vow mercy as wolves circle the bones.
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Bizhorn Mountains
Wyoming
Anderson
Picket
Jim
Jones
Jimi
Charley
Jack
Hallo
Charney
Sam
Punctuation Lesson Ends With Donkey Joke In KR Town
A Prussian school inspector in a small town visits the burgo master to inspect punctuation. The burgo master scoffs at commas while the inspector compels a pupil to write a sentence labeling the burgomaster and inspector as a donkey, then repositions a comma to expose the joke.
Benefits of Fruit Eating for Health and Digestion
A guide extols eating berries peaches apples and plums freely as long as eaten fresh and raw within an hour of picking. It notes fruit acidity cools and purges bile, promoting an open healthy system and lively mood but warns sugar and sweets can negate benefits.
Iowa Gazette mocks new dictionary coinages in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette ridicules proposed entries like Jamoree a drunk and Razzie-dazzle a bewildered state. It lists terms such as Skedaddle and Panhandley, notes dubious origins from Omaha and Oshkosh, and derides lexicographers for overflowing English with playful coinages. The piece ends by urging restraint and discipline in language.
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Iowa
The
Gazette
Cedar
Jamoree
Oshkosh
Dowicks
Jiziwick
Dick Clarkson
Minot's Ledge Light builds during rough seas in 1855 60
The Minot's Ledge lighthouse project operated only from April to September due to hazardous seas. Work began July 1, 1855, with limited 120 hours that season and 130 hours in 1857, as guards ferried workers from the rock. Captain Alexander kept morale by shore work on granite blocks and model fitting, finishing the tower September 16, 1860 after 1,102 hours 21 minutes at a $300,000 cost, with a cone shaped frustum 114 feet 1 inch high including the lantern.
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Minot’s Ledge
Jedge
Catain Alexexander
How to Live a Century
A fragment outlining a century life guide urges outdoor time and active work. It stresses moderation, cheerfulness, and avoiding despair. It cautions against idleness from age fifty to seventy five, warning retirement may trigger personal crises before reaching a hundred.
Take Care Of Yeyself in Mountaineering Tale
Clarence King recalls camping near pines and a large prairie family with hogs and robes. A tense exchange over manners uncovers class pride, as a girl named Susan and her kin question the narrator and warn him to take care of himself before leaving with a sly line about courting Susan.
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Sierra Nevada
Clarence King
Susan
Lallow
Fretful temper spoils Christian homes and peace
A short sermon on domestic harmony, arguing that petty anger and irritable rules ruin family life. It urges Christians to practice forbearance, slow speech, and gentle words, noting that even without overt sin a home can lose its light through harsh temper. Interior.
Rolling Stock Across the Nation Reveals Rails
New York Sun notes vast rail activity with 37 136 locomotives engaged in hauling passengers and freight last year. 8 545 served passenger trains while about 1 000 000 freight cars were used. End to end locomotives would form a 357 mile long train and freight cars a 7 023 mile single line across the continent to Chicago.
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Chicago
New York Sun
Jessie James in Goggles at Otterville Saloon Shootout
The Missouri tale recalls Tobe Stapp of Granby and Short Creek links to the Jesse James gang. Stapp testified in the Otterville robbery case and later faced assassination fears before dying in California, leaving Frank James’ ties to the crime unresolved.
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Tobe Stapp
Weil City
van B. Prather
B. Stapp
Dick Stapp
Kansas City
Cherokee County
Prather
Stapp
Notorous
Jesse James Sons
Granby
James
Granite Mining Company
Ottery
Otticers
Otterville
Granby Jr
Short Creek
White Jr
Galena
Jesse James
Frank James
California
Missouri
The Maid and Her Follower Royal Prank
A royal party tale reports the Crown Prince encountering a servant girl who secretly gifts him a pie and pudding and kisses him as she warns him to avoid the event. Later a courting soldier receives a similar gift and the prince, after recounting the episode, vows no one will be punished for the disclosure.
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Stutt Fart
Fat Ne
Muaid
The Man Who Forgets and the Battle With Memory
A Boston Herald fragment discusses improving memory through mental discipline. It argues that forgetting stems from lack of effort and urges daily recall, systematic notes, and close observation to train the mind to remember names, dates, and events.
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Boston Herald
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Snow Tower
Sue
Ie Accesti
Minot' Ledge
Leia Ottetes
Yeyself
Venice
Jessie James
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