Bull Versus Grizzly In Deadly Western Sighting
Amos R. N. Smith recalls a July encounter near the Big Heart river where a bull fought a grizzly bear amid a cattle herd. The bear and bull sustained grievous injuries in a ferocious, hour-long struggle observed from a cottonwood tree, with eagles and wolves circling as the cattle moaned. The bull finally killed the bear but died soon after from his wounds, leaving the scene marked by blood and skeletal remains.
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Engineer
Northern Pacific Railroad
Amos R. N. Smith
Jersey City
Sun
History of the dollar and its origin in thalers and piasters
This article traces the dollar from 1783 when Congress defined it as the U.S. unit of money to 1794 coinage, notes silver content benchmarks, and the influence of Alexander Hamilton. It explains the term dollar from the Spanish milled dollar and the Bohemian Joachimsthal valley origin, linking to thaler and esterlings.
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Congress
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Tts
Bailey
Shakspeare
Macbeth
Steel Yard
London
Baltic
Russia
Bohemian
Joachimsthal
Charles V
Germany
Spain
Spanish America
Sized Him Up Correctly In a Snippet Comic Exchange
A Boston Transcript snippet shows a couple of lines where a clerk offers stamps at two cents each or two for four. A dramatic quip follows about pasting one on the head to keep brains in, then a breakup line about a dead dog and a grieving owner. The note ends with a New York remark about cheap sodas.
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Travelers’ Magazine
Skippy
Boston Transcript
New York
Sherman’s Chance in 1888 Nominating Fight
Chicago Herald notes John Sherman declares his own candidacy for the presidential nomination, facing hostile Ohio Republicans and Blaine supporters. It compares his bid to Blaine in 1876, warns of organized opposition, and portrays Sherman as self‑driving and determined to win, riding as his own jockey.
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Ohio
John Sherman
Sherman
Foraker
Blaine
Treasury Department
Madison Wells
New Orleans
Louisiana
Chicago Herald
N. S. Graphic
Union
N. ¥. Post
Allen G. Thurman
Democratic Committee
Robespiere Sherman
St Louis
Press Opinions On Ohio Democrats And National Figures
A collage of press opinions extols Ohio Democrats as courageous and pure while forecasting Blaine’s renewed vigor for national politics. It lampoons Thurman debating Sherman and mocks Governor Foraker as a Don Quixote figure defending captured flags amid partisan absurdity.
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la Mancha
Rozinante
Ohio
Foraker
Don Quixote
F. World
Foraker's Wild Shrieks Angers Ohio Youthful Governor
Albany Argus condemns Governor Foraker of Ohio as a loud boasting fighter with deluded claims of rebellion. The piece mocks his July Forum article denying Republican interference and recalls Hayes era fraud, urging the young leader be kept under parental guidance amid heat and political bluster.
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Ohio
Buckeye
Gore
Patsy Fairchild
General Tuttle
Landau
Hart Wis
Tuttle
Foraker
Cornell
Columbus
Republican Party
Zack Chandler
Rutherfrand B. Hayes
D. H. Chamberlain
Democratic Party
Albany
Argus
Four of a Kind Fairchilds Three Palsies Encounter Sherman
An aged scarecrow named The Bloody Shirt meets Fairchilds Three Palsies and Sherman in a satirical scene from Puck as the trio laments their own frailty and past misfortune. The dialogue blends political caricature and humor, ending with a shout asking for the whereabouts of the disgraced Tuttle.
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Fairchild
Sherman
B.S
B. S
Julian Magnus
Puck
That Every Housekeeper Owes to Herself and Family
A Boston Budget excerpt urges American housekeepers especially mothers to lighten housework. It counsels lighter clothing, minimal ironing, tin ware over iron, and lighter furniture to save time and strength. It warns against overwork and urges adopting easier methods while preserving wellbeing and health.
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Tims
Boston
A Pet Dog's Obedience in West Roxbury Park
A West End man boasts his dog can carry any item and obey any command. A gust blows his bat away, and when told to fetch it home Cesar the dog obediently retrieves the bat despite mixed orders and scolding. The owner, humiliated, trails behind with a handkerchief over his bald head as bystanders look on.
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West End
West Roxbury Park
Cesar
Boston Budge
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Bull
Susan Coolidge
M. ¥. Star
Buffalo Times
Yale
Thomas Kirby
Abilene, Kansas
J. E. Jonebrake
Theo, Mosher
First National Bank
Abilene Bank
Lebold
Lebold, Fisher & Co., Bankers
W. Felty
Drs. Felty
Shollenberger
Jefferson Medical
Dr. Sarcelon
Peers
Cally
F.garcelon
J. D
Faulkner
Broadway
Seventh Street
Buckeye Avenue
J. M. Gleissner
Abilene
Kansas
M. Kirsch
Kan
Calla
Omoce
Palace Drug Store
W. P. Seeds
Attorneys AT Law
W. T. Davidson
Cottage Avenue
Gideon Folk
John E. George's
Excelsior Billiard Hall
Spruce Street
Ican Mustang Liniment
Swinney
Saddle Gala
Ste Jong
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