Sergeant Hamlin Pursues Le Fevre Through Snow
In a brutal blizzard Hamlin and Hughes chase Le Fevre across wind swept plains toward the Canadian border. The pursuit hinges on a narrow snowbound valley where Hamlin plans a surprise capture to rescue Molly and seize Le Fevre for trial.
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Hamlin
Molly
Gamilin
Cimmaron
Wasson
Carroll
Hughes
LeFevre
di T
le Peyre
le Fevre
Dier
Kentry
Black Kettle
Buffalo Creek
Big Bend
Blutt
Miss Molly
Ewig
Kansas
Pardner
Hamilin
Too Good to Lend. An Odd Bargain In A Quip
An amusing fragment where one speaker insists a book belongs to them and offers to lend it soon. The dialogue hints at a humorous coexistence between ownership and sharing.
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Agnea
Gladge
Settled Humor and a Browning Jest From Newark Star
The Newark Star recounts a past misreading of Browning by poet Douglas Jerrold with a comical anecdote about his wife unable to parse the verses and his relief at not being an idiot. It also narrates a Pennsylvania doctor and a household thermometer tale illustrating stubborn temperature habits.
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Jerrold
Pennsylvania
Newark Star
Silent Night Stirs at Red Cross Ball Body Benefit
A fragment notes late hours and a spicy breath at the Red Cross Ball Body benefit. It hints at social scandal from a man’s name appearing in small type in the paper and the heavy blue on plates of water.
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Red Cross
B.ody
Serious Obstacle in Trade Question
A Brooklyn Citizen item notes a grocer refusing to take a bill in trade when a gentleman offered to buy goods. the grocer cites the man’s role as an undertaker as the reason for the refusal.
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Brooklyn
Insect Panic Sparks Quarrel Over Escape Plan
A domestic scene shows a tense exchange as a man pursues a fly with comic zeal while his partner urges flight and caution. The moonish mood and hurried responses reveal a lighthearted domestic humor about an irritated insect.
Lost link and long-lost mine story in one issue
A Western millionaire’s brief misfortune with a $250 diamond cuff link ends after a dinner party joke. Separately, the long lost Cinnabar mine in Nevada is found after thirty years by George Keough seven miles from Mina with high quicksilver assays. Hawthorne’s desert wanderings and petrified trees tie to the discovery tale.
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New York
Crackey
Charles Darwin
Nevada
George Keough
Mina
Hawthorne
New Boston
Mando Serenade Sparks Unexpected Doorstep Exit
A fragment notes a serenade with a mando lin failed to bring the woman to the door. Instead another man arrived and accompanied her out, aided by an auto horn.
His First Thought Cartoon Caption Sparks Insurance Gaffe
In a humorous dialogue Mrs Justwed urges life insurance while her husband jokes about cooking, reflecting light domestic banter on unexpected topics. The exchange plays on practical planning and miscommunication in a domestic setting.
Heavy Handed English Described by Suffragette
A suffragette in the Colony club smoking room criticizes the English as heavy handed. She recalls hearing Mrs. Pankhurst in Woodstock and notes a farmer chairman’s ironic introduction calling her the grand old woman.
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Colony Club
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Tale OF the Frontier
Synopsie
Rapp Peg Fae Pew
Acifclurg & CO
Douglas Jerrold
Browning
Robert Browning
Mouglas Jerrald
Jerrald
Allen
Daisy Fly Killer
Parker
Cincinnati
Chas. H. Fletcher
Millionaire
THE
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Ga
Libby, Mr
Neil Chicag
Ibby
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