Notorious Outlaw Billy the Kid Dies at 21
Harper's Weekly recounts the rise and fall of William Bonney known as Billy the Kid. It details his violent career in New Mexico Lincoln County cattle warfare, his capture by Pat Garrett, imprisonment and escape, pursuit, and ultimate death at Fort Sumner in 1881 by Garrett.
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Lew Wallace
New Mexico
Billy the Kid
Lincoln County
Pear
Pat F. Garrett
Garrett
Billy
Pat Garrett
Oectober
the Kid
Stinking Springs
Hilly the Kid
Nis
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Fort Stanton
Lincoln
Murphy & Dolan
Peter Maxwell
Fort Sumner
Maxwell Hacienda
Maxwell
William Bonney
Military
West
Outlaw
Harper's Weekly
None Left Alive by an Orator in Public Address
A statesman quotes an orator who laments the people’s wrongs and questions where America’s great men are. He asks why they do not take up the cudgel in defense despite manifold wrongs and calls for action.
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America
Bucolic Humor and Silent Casts in Bronze Gossip
A fragmentary dialogue from a 19th century humor tone cites rural quirks and city contrasts. It features a besotted grass sitter and a nosy sign, then pivots to a quip about marriages and fortunes, ending with a playful exchange about a whale and porpoise. Rich with social satire and clever wordplay.
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Hiram
Mandy
Boston Transcript
Land of the Crossbow Chronicle of Lissoo Sharpshooters
English traveler George Forrest describes the Lissoo tribe on the frontier between China and British Burma. Crossbows and poisoned arrows define warfare and daily life, with elaborate bow construction, poison preparation, and ritual uses. The observed people are wary, isolationist, and prone to ambush, using shields and coordinated hunting and war gear.
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China
British
Burma
George Forrest
Salwin
Chengka
Real Sporty Woodsmen From Puget Sound
A Clifton Johnson quote in Outing Magazine portrays the woodsmen as money spending logger types who go to town on Saturdays. He describes their habit of drinking or attending church, then returning to camp by hiring a rig with eight to ten men and praising them as the best class of men he has met.
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Puget Sound
Clifton Johnson
Outing Magazine
Etruscan Vases and Greek Influence Revealed
The Etruscan vases, though produced in Etruria, reflect Greek genius in form and ornament. One class features black figures on red clay, dating about 600 B C, while another reverses colors and spans about 300 to 350 years. The cost of living remark contrasts New York with a smaller town, noting loneliness rather than higher prices.
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Etruria
New York American
New York
Old Town
Chicago Record-Herald
Labor Lost and Time’s Unyielding Sundown
Uncle Eben muses that arguments cannot quiet conscience as the clock cannot turn back. Sundown remains inevitable, a refrain echoed in a wary, downbeat reflection on fate and decision. The Washington Star voice frames a moral sense of inexorable consequence.
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Eben
Washington Star
The Ruler Facetious Friend Teases About Rules
The Baltimore American notes a teasing exchange where a friend jokes about who sets the rules, while Mr. Youngwed responds with hauteur that they can afford a cook, implying social status and domestic arrangements.
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Mr. Youngwed
Baltimore
Real Estate For Sale or Rent in New Ulm Areas
Real Estate for sale or rent listings include several lots in N New Ulm and North South blocks with dwelling options. Listings mention prices as very cheap and urge inquiries to Albert Steinhauser.
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New Ulm
New Ula
Albert Steinhauser
Drank and Remembered and a Lost Parcel Incident
A porter in a New York Greenwich street warehouse was discharged for drunkenness after losing a valuable parcel. He vowed to abstain, but his plea for reinstatement failed. After a sudden collapse from drink he recovered the parcel, his twenty years of honesty noted. In a separate joke item, a professor and Mrs Chopsticks discuss a boy Willie missing since 10 o'clock, hinting at a well incident.
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New York
Greenwich Street
New York Times
Willie
Mrs. Chopsticks
Martha
Little Willie
Atlanta Constitution
Sympathy In A Jungle Fable And A Grammar Lesson
A composite reel of humor and moral tales. The animal fable about an elephant comforting orphan chicks appears beside a dialect joke about opportunity and a grammar lesson from a schoolteacher uncle. The snippets reflect period newspaper humor columns.
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George T. Lanigan
Jury Witnesses Theater Display at Theater Royal
The Nelson Auckland film theater night gave jurors a relief. Locked up three nights for a murder verdict deadlock, they watched a living picture display with the judge's consent, reported by Auckland News.
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Theater Royal
Nelson
Auckland
Auckland News
Turner Hall Gymnastics Classes Schedule Summary
Turner Hall offers boys ages 11 to afternoon 4:30, youths 14 to 1 evening 7:30 8:45, and Friday 7:30 8:30. Girls ages 6 to 11 Tuesday 4:30 5:30 and Saturday 10:15 11:30. Girls 11 to 14 Tuesday and Friday 4:30 5:30. Misses age 53 Wednesday and Saturday 7:30 8:30. Ladies Thursday 5 to 9, men Tuesday and Friday 8:30 to 9:45. Fencing Sunday forenoon 9:00 11:30. Sunday School 10:30 11:24. Herman Hei Instructor.
Land for Sale Near Climax Minnesota
Well improved farm near Climax Minnesota two miles from Red River in a settled community. Wheat averaged twenty bushels this year. Price is (i) (4) per acre, two thirds of value or neighbors’ asking. Write or I visit at once. 43-45 Norman RosHowr Climax Minn.
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Climax
Minnesota
Red
Beautiful new line of wallpaper and carpets at Forster store
Before buying your wallpaper carpets and rugs call at our store and see our beautiful new line and the prices. You cannot resist them. J Forster
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J. Forster
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Land OF the Crossbow
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German Streets
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SEN. Insurance Agency
Aladdin
Washington Herald
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Turner Hall
Herman Hei
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Mins
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Mgr
Mankato, Minn
Ulu
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Uim
Cohan and Harris
Geo. M. Cohan
Cohan
Keat
Pioneer Drug Store
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