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Norfolk Virginian

Location

Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1895

Page

8

Widow King Rules Vast Texas Ranch Kingdom

The article profiles Mrs Richard King, widow of Captain Richard King, owning about 1,250,000 acres in southern Texas with a baronial estate and 300 cowboys. Her ranch Sant Cortradis, near Corpus Christi, spans miles of fence, cattle herds, and a private roadless domain demanding labor and governance.

Richard King Teass Washington Texas Mexico Rio Trante New England Kings Kennedys Collinaes Armstrongs Mia King San Antonio Browneville Boverpor Sant Cortradis Corpus Christi Bay Wong Rio Grande Corpus Christi Myre King Elfor Robert J. Kleburg Maniper Ogoxpns Christi Ron Davis New York Nobedy

Adventure with a mummy and a perilous descent

A French archaeologist in the Andes lowers himself into a cliff cave on a rope chair, finds two skulls and a mummy, and narrowly escapes death as natives caution him about a curse. The tale spreads amid reports of a billboard car advertising in Cleveland and a rapid 60 minute divorce in Muncie with local commentary.

Andes Luaswil Ion Abel Theodor Pitteburg Dispatch

Linger derived from a New Hampshire village tale

A Boston Journal correspondent recounts a derision origin of the term linger. It centers on a tall dyspeptic cotton town man who kept a single shoe shop. A furniture of mischief led a warper to tease him with linger. The tale says the townspeople later used linger and howers as nicknames and to describe excess or large things.

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