Long Bow Tales Spread Through Time and Folklore
A collection of historic tales about long bows and remarkable archery feats. Stories range from mythic feats of princes and marksmen to Native American legends, with remarks on how the phrase drawing a long bow can hint at extraordinary but believable storytelling.
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Robinhood
Lockaley
Scott
William Tell
Foke
William of Cloudesley
Esa
Blaise de Vigonore
Barbarossa
Florida
Mushroom safety charts show edible and poisonous fungi
A New York state chart maps edible and poisonous mushrooms and toadstools, highlighting public ignorance and the potential to use safe charts. It notes a poisoning case where illness arose from spoiled mushrooms, and references a U.S. agriculture plate with nine of twelve so labeled as poisonous actually edible. Also includes a veteran’s account of the shock and aftermath of a gunshot wound and the initial, faint hope of recovery.
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New York
America
United States Department of Agriculture
Herald
Philadelphie Resort
Preordination and the old hunter's gun dilemma
An elderly hard-sheller living near the border contemplates travel to his church amid war with Native Americans. While loading a Mintlock rifle he contemplates foreordination, debating whether fate allows the Indian to kill him or the gun to spare his life, in a Ga News piece with garbled text.
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Slong
Smithield
Thomas Longley
Virginston
Watsagton
Virginia
West
Mother Earth
Smithfield
Universal Smith Family
Capt
Isaac
Antengera
Maryland
Hawaiian Legends and Biblical Echoes Found in Classic Tales
The passage recounts Hawaiian myths of Rua Kaku and Hiaka, parallels to Hebrew Joshua, and a tale of Joseph and his brothers. It covers Captain Bliss’s disciplined crew and a bread request aboard ship, plus early telegram logic, tree ring science, a Chautauqua sanitation note, and various antiquated curiosities from Harper’s Young People and Washington History in Trees.
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Joshua
Hiaka-lkaoli Pele
Hiaka
Kauai
Kalalau
Haena
Pali
Joseph
Capt. Bliss
America
Canada
United States
Canadian
Harper's
J. Keuchler
Shrimping in Charleston Harbor and a Cambridge con game
A Charleston News and Courier item extols daily shrimping along the harbor shores where fleets of venders await the morning catch. It also recounts James Payn’s tale of Mr Hunt, a London moneylender who exposed three card sharpers by proving a pea under a thimble on the Cambridge line, ending their swindles.
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Charleston News and Couier
Cambridge
Foca
Hunt
London
Mr. Hunt
Noebody
James Payn
Cornhill Magazine
Japan and China conflict past and present in view of war
A historical overview notes Japan’s long period without major battles since adopting modern warfare and its potential force in a China clash. It recalls rebellions, the 1877 rebellion’s decisive defeat, and the modern armament of both sides. Also retold is an African Masai encounter with European rifle power, highlighting shock and reverence for advanced weaponry.
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China
Samuria
W. ¥. Press
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