Dandy Jim's Narrow Escape From a Hanging in the Rockies
A tale of Dandy Jim a grateful yet unlucky prospector who buys a stolen horse, is captured, and narrowly avoids lynching after Mag the sheriff and a clever lawyer marshal a habeas corpus. The daring sequence ends with a dramatic legal ruse and a desperate rescue. Also notes a 19th century maritime tragedy and a glimpse of early Thames sport.
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Jim
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Lynch
Mag
Dandy Jim
May
Sentenes
Ihereby
It Moved Dr Johnson by Law’s Serious Call
The Westminster Gazette notes Dr Johnson credited William Law’s Serious Call with turning him toward earnest religion after Oxford. Johnson praised the work as the finest hortatory theology in any language and cited high praise from Wesley Whitefield and even critics like Gibbon and Sir Leslie Stephen.
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Dr. Johnson
William Law
Fleet Street
Boswell
Oxford
Law
Johnson
Wesley
Whitefield
Gibbon
Sir Leslie Stephen
Westminster Gazette
Learned by Experience in Aesop Story Style
A lion, wolf, and fox trap a goat, stag, and hare and argue over shares. The wolf claims the goat for the lion, the stag for himself, and the fox for the rest, angering the lion who chokes the wolf. The fox then proposes a fair split, revealing the wolf’s deceit and earning the lion’s mock admiration.
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Orient
Familiar Talk And The Voice From The Bush
A traveler believed to be the sole survivor of a shipwreck endures three days of terror on cannibal isle. He spots smoke from inland bushes, crawls to view the natives, and is startled by a voice asking why he played a card. He sighs, kneels, and thanks heaven they are Christians.
The Hot Wind From the Desert
The khamasin or khamseen is a hot dry desert wind blowing from the Sahara into Egypt. The name derives from a fifty day duration idea and the hot dry air is often accompanied by dust and brightness.
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Sahara
Egypt
Ford Starter Advice From The Stars
A reader quote mix from Washington Star and Chicago Record-Herald shows advice and reflections. The exchange highlights hesitation in seeking guidance and contrasts riches with restraint amid shifting press voices.
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Ford
Washington Star
Baby as a hotel and railway age icon in early 20th century prose
The article discusses the rise of the baby as a valued, catered guest in hotels and rail stations, noting cots and cribs offered for infant comfort and the growing normalization of baby travel. It mentions Australia’s Great Rabbit Fence as well, a 1200 mile barrier with inspectors and boundary riders to prevent rabbit incursions, reflecting large infrastructure projects of the era. It also recounts a Balliol College incident in which Dr. Jowett’s gentleness averts a student’s drastic action, the phrase Not on my carpet, please.
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Baby
Han
Emiba
Osea
Bie
Australia
Western Australia
Tropics
Dr. Jowett
Balliol
Jowett
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Dandy
Cape May
Russell
Thames
London
William Fitz-Stephens
Thomas ” Becket
London Spectator
General Bureau of Information
Buffalo Express
Macdonald
MR. Farmer
Sunnydale Farm
J. X. Jones
Sunnyside Farm
Bottineau N. D
Parcel Post
The
Gourant Printery
Bottineau
North Dakota
Rooney
Eioel
Vulcanite Roofing Co
Chicago, Illinois
Piper-Nowe Lumber Company
Ottinesy, Herth
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