Smiling Charlie the Wests rogue outlaw tale
This 1901 tale portrays Smiling Charlie a famed Green County highwayman feared for bank raids stage holdups and a daring hold up at Tulare station. Pursued by a tireless sheriff and deputies the outlaw battles a rocky peak showdown with a lion on a shelf and a final valorous defeat. The sheriff honors the dead rival as a worthy bold man, praising his nerve and the blue eyed girl of Laurel Hill.
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Green County
Charlie
Panies
Tulare Station
Cedar Tree Creek
Posse
Charle
Rock Tor Rock
Winchester
Jean
Laurel Hill
Easton Jacobson
Blue Earth County
Minn
St. Paul
Central Station
State of Washington
State of
Minnesota
County of
Brown
Catherine Kaschau
Redding
H.C. Kaschat
Catherine Kaschan
New Ulm
Eaid County
Ps G Au Tse
New Review
Pease
New Aberdasanid County
New Wim
Judge Story and the Salem banknote tale in 1790s travel
Josiah Quincy recalls a journey with Judge Story to Washington in 1796. In Ashford Connecticut a Salem banknote signed by Story caused confusion when the landlord refused it. The tale contrasts a banknote mishap with a yellow dog and a sharp book agent encountered later, illustrating frontier manners and oddities from the era.
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Judge Story
Josiah Quincy
Harvard
Supreme Bench
Washington
Mr. Quincy
Boston
Ashford
Connecticut
Brody
United States
Salem
Fortune
Minnesota News Briefs Reflect Rural School Pushes and Sanitary Deaths
State reports show Redwood county advancing beyond prior years, while Hennepin Otter Tail and Olmsted tally higher debt and population shifts. A capstone of state work notes public health scares, a misidentified “deadly pest” now deemed harmless, and accident statistics show improved safety. Fire and crime anecdotes color the column, including a mystery death in Minneapolis basement, a drainage constitutional question, and vagrancy cases amid warnings.
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Hennepin
Redwood
Otter Tell Trails
Olmsteld
Bine Barth
Wright Countien Twente Twoleach
Redwood County
Realite
State Labor Bureau
Minnesota
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James, Willis
State Insurance Department
Lightbourne
Capitol
Gov. van Sant
Elmer Stone
Lumber Exchange
Minneapolis
Stone
Supreme Court
Red Rirver
John Utick
Ers
John Krisko
Columbia
Percy Walton
Ancko County
C. J. Swanson
Mixmespolis
Onglevator Company
Panton. & White
Elore
Duluth
August Ziergulz
Gus Warner
Minneapolia
Saskatchewan
Nile
Canada
Rent Valley
Aottlore
Thesslande
Errno Land
Saskatchewan Wall Valley Land Co. Ap
Jackson St
St, Paul, Minn
A.b.c.co.e
Arnold B. Clover CO
North Attleboro
Mass
Chicago
W.C. Haubrich
Sbate
New England
Arï Usticenne Desgas
Maiden Lane
Tew
York
Wabish Ava
Sprockies Bidg
Pawar
Eugene A, Pfefferle
Dew Ulm
Min
Hartford
Minneapolis & St. Louis H R
North Dakota
Wn M.& St. L
Henry Goede
Rapher
Broadway
H. Frenzel
Hew Uim
Lely
Dousstat
Walla
Cetston
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