Moonlit posse drama ends in tense showdown near Forty-Red Creek
The unnamed narrator joins a night posse led by Shorty and Charlie Meek to ambush bandits. As dawn breaks a cabin raid unfolds, a tense chase ends with a dramatic arrest. The narrator confronts a foe, fails to act, then helps capture a suspect, only to face a misidentification when confronted by a stranger.
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Marcus
Taylor
Sitartin
Shorty
Gilson
Joe
Charlie Meek
Pyrites
Liverpool Hill
Charlie
Castle Rock
Constance Deane
Cottonwood
Ludlow Pass
Timberline
Ludlow’s
Chariie Meek
Chris McGrath
Matt
Harvard
origin of the term jitney traced to Louisiana tale
Liberty reports a Louisiana origin for jitney the 5 cent fare term tied to a Baton Rouge minstrel show. A black gallery collector used metal jettons stolen from a gambling room as pretend money, prompting spectators to call them jitneys a coinage that spread nationwide.
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United States
Baton Rouge
Dem
Charleston First Brick Paved Streets Milestone
The article notes brick paving traces to Charleston West Virginia where brick streets were first used in 1872. It highlights brick as an early paving material and identifies Charleston as the pioneer American city in this paving method.
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Charleston
W. Va
Expert counterfeiters flood markets with glass dollar forgeries
Chinese counterfeiters use a glass center coin coated to look and feel like real currency. They employ brass lead and copper amalgams to manufacture fake notes, creating a vast circulating supply. Banks hire expert detectors to combat the sophisticated forgeries.
Is It a Fish or Not The olm
The olm or proteus is a snakelike blind fish living in subterranean waters. It breathes with gills and lungs, living at stream bottoms and surfacing to breathe. Its reproductive method changes with temperature, bearing live young in warm water and laying eggs in cold water.
Diamond Dyes Offer Easy Home Color Craft
Thousands of women try home dyeing with Diamond dyes promising deep or dainty colors for garments and furnishings. The Diamond Dye Cyclopedia and free Color Craft book from Burlington Vermont give directions and color samples for dyeing any fabric and saving money.
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Diamond Dye Cyclopedia
Dept. Nil
Burlington
Vermont
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