Across the Continent Aiding Shadow and Trapper Tales
An expedition through the Sangre de Cristo region details mountain passes near Veta and Middle Creek, encounters with hunter Lom Washburn and trapper companions, plains dialects, and a tense encounter with a deputy sheriff in Antonito after leaving Alamosa. The narrative blends rugged travel, wildlife, mining lore, and a near confrontation with a pistol-wielding gambler, all framed by the narrator’s keen observations of landscape and character.
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Yierard
Pla
Vi. Perb Sangre de Cristo Rae
Veta Pass
Middle Creek Pass
Rockies
Wagom T& Ex
Wey
San Lis Valley
Veta Sciudiar
Lous
Sierra Blanes
Colorado
Fort Garland
Aloft in Dust and Snow: The Long Trek to Embudo
The narrator endures a day of wind driven dust and snow while traveling to Embudo New Mexico. After hunting a deer in harsh conditions he faces hunger and cold. A dangerous encounter with a sharp untrustworthy man ends with a lesson in prudence and a trip to Spanish era towns including San Ildefonso and Espanola. Shadow the dog is frightened by a mountain lion and a rescue by hospitality follows. The tale shifts to a fairy tale about Lisbeth and her adoptive family in Fairyland with a magic silver coin and an enchanted forest palace. For PAYWISE
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Ian
No Aqua
Candy Wallee
Servilleta
Shadow
Barranca
Embudo
Feller
Espanola
Rio Grande
San Ildefonso
Alonzo
Co. BF
Lusmes
Allison
Penm
Alison
Mexico
Winchester
Fragmentary verse and puzzles from a late 19th century page
A collage of poetic snippets, riddles, and word games with scattered anecdotes. Includes lines about a radiant Cecily, a locomotive and weed, a humorous soup recipe, and various rebus and verse entries.
Pocket Gatling Gun Described From Italian Strikers
From Morrisinia police recovered a 12 chamber 44 caliber revolver likened to a Gatling gun. The weapon was prized by its owner and described as self cocking and the largest carried in a pocket belt by the Italian striker.
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Morrisinia
The Magic Dollar
An elderly farmer and wife mourn their daughter Elsie, buried that day, then a white dressed girl with blue eyes named Lisbeth appears at the door saying she has come to stay as their little girl. The story follows their fragile acceptance of this mysterious visitor.
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Elsie
Lisbeth
Farmer Hansen
Constance
Mona
Red Bird
Fairyland
Hansen
Some Enigmatical Nuts Puzzles for Little Folks
Puzzle feature from Home Amusements with brainteasers for children. Letters page invites readers to send solutions to Lk in Lewiston Maine.
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BR. Duapnovny
Lewiston
Maine
Duel Ends With Blank Shots In Mexican Town
A New Mexico tale recalls a staged duel in Cimmeron where Clay Allison and others arranged a mock showdown between an Englishman and a schoolteacher. Blank cartridges were used as crowds roared, the Englishman survived, and the schoolteacher rode off into the night.
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Allison
Serebor
Eich
Winchester
Learning How to Swim at the Natatorium
A first dip in the tank at the natatorium fills the writer with terror yet reveals a growing resolve. The instructor coaxes her from fear to attempt strokes while describing the water’s equalizing effect and the lure of learning to swim. She recalls the awkward attempts, a rushed header, and eventual realization of perseverance.
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Meg
Moe Are
The Whip-poor-will and Its Woodland Life
A sketch of the whip-poor-will in Pennsylvania woodlands. It describes the bird’s night calls, habits, nesting, and feeding, noting its stealthy flight, ground roosting, and two to four eggs. Human lore and Native American tradition frame the bird’s eerie, melancholy song.
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Dispatch
Whip-Poor-Will
Whip
Bill
Green
Coatsucker
Pennsylvania
Will
Patty
Ohio
Wilson
Bryan
Chuck Willseiden
Origin of billiards tied to London pawnbroker William Kew
A British Museum manuscript reported by Le Figaro claims billiards began when London pawnbroker William Kew hit three cloth balls with a yard measure on his counter. The game was initially called Bills Yard, later shortened to billiard, with the yard measure serving as the cue.
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British Museum
British ‘Museum
Paris
London
William Kew
Kew
Peruna Promises Quick Cure for Nervous Prostration
An advertisement urges early warning of its approach and warding off by Pe-ru-na. It lists symptoms such as specks before the eyes mental confusion headaches sleeplessness and irritability and claims Pe-ru-na prevents nervous prostration and is the prompt permanent cure. It promises directions on each bottle and offers a free treatise from The Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
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Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Perpetual Motion Clock Powered by Sunlight in Brussels
A Brussels clock reputed to verge on perpetual motion uses sun driven wind to raise a weight. A shaft exposed to solar rays turns a fan that lifts the clock weight to the top, then brakes briefly as it descends, continuing as long as sun and mechanics hold.
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Brussels
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Alking
Prontiersmen
Ruan
Siren
Cape Wotee
San Francisco
Tle
Carroll
Ing Beiver
Pelterty
Alamosa
Setty Mount
New Mexico
Antonio
State Line
Virgata
Purduer
Fates
Cecily
Spencer
Elissa
Peussia
Medina
H. B. Hi
Mrs. C
Seth
Whiel
M. O
Jack
Jill
Jacky
Lance
Eseraby
Ilain
St. Paul
New York Sun
New York
Tom Davis
Arizona
Monte
Cimmeron
Colfax
Maxwell Land Grant
Texas
Clay Allison
Ninth Cavalry
Chicago
St. Louis
Clay
Las Animas
Srring
Fnce
Dlord
Art
Hollenden
Cleveland
Pall Mall
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