Who Invented the Bowie Knife? A Tangle of Tales
The essay surveys competing claims about the Bowie knife’s origin from Rezin Bowie toward James Bowie and Black, narrating multiple versions from sources in Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas. It recounts stories involving Bowie's killers in the Alamo era, blacksmith James Black, and others, noting the lack of a single definitive inventor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bowle
Bowle
Mississippi
Red River
Nacht’ Toches
Tyne
Rapids
Louisiang
Charles Mulholland
James Bowie
Arkansas Gazette
James Black
Dan W Jones
Arkansas
Black
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Washington
Ark
Jones
Bowie
Alamo
Davy Crockett
Damascus
Jesse Cliffy
Resin Bowie
Bowie Boys
James
Maj
Norris Wright
Wright
John Sowell
Jackson
Missouri
Gonzales
Texas
Lowell
Wey
Sowell
Mr. Sowell
Hunt for Ming emperor tombs and buried treasure
A fragmentary note describes a treasure hunt tied to the Ming dynasty, noting Nan king capital with 13 gates and 18 tombs built at various sites to deter foes. It urges building inner palaces of pleasant thoughts as a remedy for distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Hye
Joho Ruskin
Garlieston mill death shocks local community
A fatal incident at a threading mill in Garlieston Scotland involved Mrs John Shilton who stepped back amid the machinery. The event prompted local officials to investigate and mourn the loss within the close knit area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shilton
Garlieston
Scotland
Tides Said to Trigger Eruptions of Volcanoes
The article explains Etna eruptions and Dina’s non explosive lava, noting thin lava allows gas escape. It cites Dr William Bowie and others proposing tides twist the earth, kneading lava upward and triggering volcanic activity near large bodies of water.
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Mount
Etna
Dina
William Bowie
United States Const and Geodetic Survey
Landmark 19th Century Green Girdle Plan For London
John Loudoun a noted landscape gardener proposed a permanent green girdle around London in 1820. The ambitious tree lined boulevard would run from Huston road through Marylebone Hyde Park Sloane Street Vauxhall Bridge Kennington Camberwell Deptford to Greenwich Park and back via City road. Only the Oxford and Cambridge terraces were built due to cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Loudoun
London
Loudoun
Metropolis
Huston Road
New Road
Marylebone
Hyde Park
Sloane Street
Vauxhall Bridge
Kennington
Camberwell
Deptford
Greenwich Park
Thames
Edgware Road
Oxford and
Cambridge Terraces
Trouble Began With Bertie Baxter Engagement
Bertie Baxter, newly engaged, recalls how a Braxton romance unraveled as gossip swirled around a tea dance. A fiancé's boastful friends and a lipstick fad highlight the social quirks driving the small town rumor mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Baxter
Braxton
Fance
London
Paris designer Poiret in New York laments wardrobe woes
Purplezing M. Poiret, renowned Parisian fashion designer, had just opened a New York branch when he confessed to an American friend in despair that he cannot master the language of fitting. He pleads for guidance on why a gown fails to fit and the patron reacts poorly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purplezing M. Poiret
New York
Nevalre
Nevatre
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Winchester
Colt
Wild Bil Hickok
Wild Bit
McCandies
al Packer
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Colorado
San Juan
Jim Bridger
Jim Baker
Kit Carson
California
Joe
Bowles
John
Col
James Bowle Knamelee
Natches
Edward 8
Ellis
Rezin
New Orleans
Rezin P
Opglousas
New York Star
Rackers
Kit Cacson
Girdle of Green
Postum Coufany, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
P, Co
Dorn
Rogers
Diease
Western Newspaper Union
Delaware Corporation
Massachusetts
Capon
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company
Hlh. Fish, Esq
Business Western Newspaper Union
United States
Associated Press
Messrs. Arthur Andersen & Co
George A. Joslyn
Messrs, Tenney, Harding, Shereman & Rogers
Chicago
Alesis, White & Cass
F.A. Willard &Co, Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc
We York
Nehicaga
Iladelph
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