Security and gossip shadow a canyon camp romance
In a rugged camp near the Cottonwand Courter a narrator and Mrs. Deane debate security and the lure of gold. She confesses a pull toward a new world yet fears losing her womanhood as gospel tunes drift from a nearby tent. They discuss a bank robbery and the sheriff while astronomy and stagecoach danger loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reity
John
Mary
Poe
Mrs. Deane
McGrath
Cottonwood Courier
Wolden
Mrs. Denne
Life Inside a Western Mining Camp
A narrator describes life in Cottonwood camp during a tense period of shootings, crimes, and social experiments. Marcus runs the paper while Mannie Lenventritt becomes circulation manager as editors juggle jobs, living conditions, and rough justice under Judge Cowan and the camp’s improvised legal order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood Camp
Marcus
Pawel
Mannie Lenventritt
Mannie
Senato
Pierre Cus
Siegel's
Mrs. Barnaby
Jim Huffaker
Camp Justice and the Cottonwood Settlement Unfold
The narrative details a mining camp led by Marshal Chris McGrath where self defense and armed factions shape trials. It describes jail conditions, lynching tensions, and the camp’s rapid growth with churches, saloons, and civic groups while Marcus Handy and editorials push for eventual municipal government and railroad prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowan
Grizzly
Colliver
Daniel Webster
Chris McGrath
McGrath
Chaokie
Cottonwood Camp
Jim Waffaker
Marshal McGrath
Matin Street
Marcus Handy
the Courier
Liverpoool Hill
Side-saddle Fashion Spreads Among Western Women
A historical note credits England in the 14th century with introducing the side-saddle for a deformed queen. Royal influence sparked widespread adoption, and soon many Western women used the side-saddle for riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Ig
England
Powerful Organization Promotes Banking Network Grow
The American Bankers Association lists over 21,000 member banks out of an estimated 28,000 banks nationwide. It reports capital funds around 7.0 billion dollars and total resources near 58.4 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Bankers’ Association
Coronets and Strawberry Leaves in English Dukedoms
The article explains the uncertain link between the strawberry leaf motif and the English ducal coronet. It notes that leaves were used in heraldry and that the ducal coronet’s present form was adopted during the reign of Charles I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 1
80 Billion Stars Then and Now Revealed by Dr Abbott
Washington reports Dr Abbot secretary of the Biatineone in positing new astronomy on star numbers. He cites a count near thirty billion to eighty billion stars and explains methods from photography to angular motion to estimate galactic size and distances within our Milky Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mat
Puetent Philosophical Society
Abbot
Biatineone
Hts Astrophysical Observatory
A. Mitchiell
University of Virginia
Doctor Abbot
McRem
Rantaranean
Rigel
Antares
Strus
How Drowning Deaf Mutes Signal for Help
Delavan Wisconsin reports on how deaf and mute individuals call for aid during water emergencies. Miss Helen M Kent of the North Carolina school for the deaf explains that drowning victims can shout a two syllable cry and rely on keen vision to detect danger, though many lack awareness of drowning risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delavan
Wis
Helen M. Kent
North Carolina
Clever Indeed Peking School Forms Women Detectives
In China women run numerous gambling and opium dens leading to the opening of a school to train women detectives. The piece notes cleverness of the Chinese in managing such activities and the new educational response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Croesus Richest Man of 300 B C
The Detroit News recounts Croesus famed for wealth with Delphi gift dated about 600 B C. It describes a pyramid crowned by a lion of precious metals, two solid gold bowls holding 5,400 gallons each, plus a gift of $18 to every city man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croesus
The
Detroit News
Delphi
Christ
Many Women Workers in the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages show early feminism with women solving issues in ways similar to today. Unmarried women were sheltered beyond convents, crafts included women as workers and at leading enterprises, and professions saw women in weaving textiles seamstressing education medicine and barbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gener
New Zealand Fjords of Surpassing Beauty
The article extols New Zealand fjords, especially Milford Sound, as unparalleled in beauty, surpassing Scandinavia. It notes the 1,000 mile distance from the Victorian coast and describes the dramatic cliff sides and snow capped peaks. It contrasts with Alaska fjords and mentions an 86 mile hard trekking route with 5,000 foot climbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Scandinavia
Milford Sound
Sound
Alaska
Bunkered Banter About Golf Courses
Two men argue over nine hole and eighteen hole golf courses. They laugh at the idea the smaller course is harder, noting it would be twice as hard to get a ball into a single hole with only nine holes.
Teacher Compared to Clock Metaphor Provokes Class Roar
In a village school a corpulent teacher asks pupils how she resembles a clock. Responses note she has a face and hands. When asked how she does not resemble a clock a child quips she has no spring, eliciting a quiet pause from the class.
Wild Life and Human Mortality in Microbe Theory
A compact note discusses how most wild animals die young while humans are repeatedly claimed to be prime targets of microbes. It cites bacterial disease as the preferred mechanism behind human mortality and reflects on the enduring belief in microbial predation on people.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trev
Estabish
Cottonwood
Doc Frans
Tawyer Cowan
Judge Cowan
Dec Evans
Arthur Colliver
Swart
Jean Kentuckian
Father Cassidy
Landies’ Sodality
Courier Is Fair
Sipple
Presbyterian
Methodists
Mr. Orcutt
Doctor Howells
Comstock
Denver
Father Casaldy
Slaters of Charity
Odd Fellows
Fortself
Acarcely
Unions
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
GA. R
Confederate Veterans
Knizhts of
Pythias
Qour
St. Louis
Marcnus
Tno
Thad
Tsidore Cohen
Taylor
Liverpool Hill
B.C
R. H. Balster
Monticello
Sharp
Monarch
Fred M. Huyck
Parlor Furnace
Allen's Parlor
Allen’s
Wm. G. Schoon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!