Romance of a Riata Cowboy Wins Boston Bride
An Alta reporter profiles Edward N Willets a Boston sophomore turned cowboy on the California frontier. He saves a Bostonian girl from a stampeding herd then learns she is from his home city. His bold rescue sparks interest and leads to meeting the girl’s father and a dramatic social ascent through the Hoffman House bar and Wall Street circles.
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San Francisco
Kearney Street
Edward N. Willets
Boston
West
Cheyenne
Plains
Montana
Nebraska
Dakota
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
California
Santa Cruz Mountains
Willetts
A Remarkable Career of Ed Stokes in New York
The Hartford Times chronicles Ed Stokes known as Mr Stokes rising to president of the United Lines Telegraph Co. His early life drew attention after the Jim Fisk episode and a high profile in New York society. He faced threats and a hotel shooting incident at the Grand Central, marking a dramatic arc in his biography.
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New York
Hartford Times
Gotham
Ed’ Stokes
Mr. Stokes
United Lines Telegraph Company
Jim Fisk
Fisk
Grand Central Hotel
Wiliate
Brick
Whiffles
Thankful Smith
Mr. Williams
Mr. Smith
Vanderbilk
Newpote Looer Saratogy Bunko
Gus Johnson
Williams
Ieee
Blister
Myse’l
Behind the Bushes A Visit Among Massachusetts Kin
A family tale set in Massachusetts recounts a Southern visitor Joseph Saunders staying with Uncle Tom in Hampshire County. The visit includes a morning drink of apple jack and a humorous temperance-era family scene, followed by a bustling scene at Thomaston Street poker club with Reverend Smith and colorful banter.
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Massachusetts
Tom Saunders
Connecticut River Valley
Old Hampshire County
Billy Saunders
Joe Saunders
Uncle Tom
Joe
Hannah
Joseph
Fenny
Genial Side of General Grant In Europe Highlighted
London Times notes Grant’s European visit shows a warm reception and friendly departure from office status. He arrived to honors, with a deputation, an address, and escorted to a temporary residence. A special train was arranged for his London journey.
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General Grant
Europe
London Times
Grant
United States
Liverpool
Pocar
London
Petrified Mountain and Amethyst Mountain Wonders
Description of Petrified Mountain near Yellowstone, nicknamed Amethyst Mountain, with towering petrified logs along the east fork and cliffs 2000 feet above the river. Records note trunks up to twelve feet high and ten feet in diameter, with bark preserved and trunks turning to agate opal. Stone strata hold plant remains and colorful crystals, suggesting vast petrifications across the region.
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San Francisco Post
Park
Hale
Junction
East Fork
W. H. Holmes
Bandits Brought In After Desperate Fight in Soe Tex
Five bandits surrendered to a company of soldiers near Soe Tex after a fierce engagement in which three bandits fell and two soldiers were wounded. The slain included Juan Cheverria, eighteen, linked to a brother hanged on the 14th.
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Soe Tex
Juan Cheverria
Chevarria
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Riata
Stokes
Sing Sing
Sappeene
Ed” Stokes
Hoffman House
Ed Stokes
Wall Street
Western Union
Thomapson Street
N. Y
Thompson Street
Hoboken
Adirondacks
Havana
Johnson
Prof
Tooter Williams
Mr. Johnson
Jubilee Anderson
Reun
Ted Mr. Williams
Se Yacaly
Hog End
Westminster Abbey
the National Park
Petrified Mountain
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