The Panther and the Night Watch in New Mexico
A surveying party in southern New Mexico is menaced by a seven foot panther that stalks the camp. Mike Joyce, a trusted servant, is nearly killed before the guide shoots the beast dead. In the pale dawn, wolves drink nearby as the party examines the carcass and its glossy coat.
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New Mexico
Mike Joyce
Mike
Begorra
Agin
Painter
A Visitor’s Collection Trick With a Hand to Throat
A speaker shows visitors a collection and demonstrates a habit of raising a hand to the throat while pointing out claw-like features. The action is described with mechanical timing as an onlookers’ cue, reflecting a quaint performance in a period setting from Golden Days.
Grandin girl survives fall after neck rub prompt
A Grandin girl toppled from a wheel and was knocked unconscious. Resuscitation efforts failed until a spectator urged rubbing her neck, and she revived. Tears followed as she reacted with anger, shouting at the man to “rubberneck yourself.”
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Quotes and quips from a pithy era
A collage of brief lines and jokes from various papers including the Philadelphia North American Indianapolis Journal Detroit Free Press and Harper’s Bazar. The witticisms cover tailoring fortunes marriage travel and politics with quick exchanges and punch lines.
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Philadelphia
New Yorker
Indianapolis Journal
Detroit Free Press
Yeast
New York Stock Exchange
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Mr. Broke
Harper
New Orleans
Picayune
Florida
Waterman
New York Weekly
Washington Star
Denmark
New York
Detroit Journal
Cleveland Plaindealer
Pittsburg Chronicle
Pointed Prose Reflections on Fairness and Fortune
A collection of aphoristic lines exploring luck restraint and social norms. Witty observations note how fortune tests men and how society silences truths. The speaker riffs on truth beauty and the motives behind everyday actions.
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