Long Tom Fletcher and His Stand Against a Riot
A Washington Missouri tale recalls Long Tom Fletcher the first Republican governor and famed shot who silenced a hostile crowd by placing a Colt revolver on the table and warning rioters. A Maine court scene follows with a private citizen fined ten dollars for giving the court good advice.
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Tom Fletcher
Washington
Missouri
Wah
New York Tribune
Long Tom Fletcher
Fletcher
Grirtenen
Cunel
Maine
Lewiston
Himelf
Bigesh
The New Operator Finds Coal That Never Came
An old telegrapher recalls a Las Vegas visit where a new operator failed to copy any messages, sharpened a pencil at the press, and waited for coal that never arrived, then vanished. The Can Can section notes Sunday dinner offerings and welcoming visitors with dainty dishes and coffee.
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Las Vegas
Minneapolis Journal
Imran
Reputal
Abbie Burgess Heroine of White Head Light
Abbie Burgess, famed lighthouse keeper's daughter, braved a 1857 gale at Machinicus Rock Maine. With father absent, she tended a sick mother and five children, kept the beacon burning for weeks, and fed the family while ships neared Maddinsens rock. Now assistant keeper at White Head Light, she is celebrated as a bravest woman.
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Abbie
Mr. Burgess
Rock
Madhinsens Rock
Lewiston Journal
Hy Lis Koeper
White Head Light
Tine Te
Mighty Hard Times in the Port Angeles Colony
An 18th century style chronicle details a Port Angeles colony's spring and summer boom, lavish gatherings, and tramway labor that exhausted funds. Debt, hunger, and retrenchment followed as beef and butter vanished, leaving a stark diet of potatoes and bread. A Port Townsend Seattle link notes lavish spending, debt, and hardship amid a grand but unsustainable picnic.
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Washington
Port Angeles
Seattle
Port Townsend
Philip Meagher
Entitled to the Best Family Remedy Offer
All are entitled to the best that money will buy, so every family should save at once four bottles of Syrup of Figs to cleanse the system when costive or bilious. Available in 50c and 1.00 bottles from leading druggists.
The Bloomers controversy and a fond memory of Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer denies inventing the Bloomer costume and explains how Elizabeth Smith Miller and Elizabeth Stanton popularized the short dress with trousers in 1851. She recalls adopting the style, the press frenzy, and her later retreat from public life while noting neither she nor Lucy Stone lectured on the matter. The piece also mixes brief quips on a Confederate pin cushion tale, Senate wealth figures, Papal stables, and a culinary note from Maison Dore.
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Amelia Bloomer
Bloomer Cosume
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bloomer
America
Bucks
Elizabeth Smith Miller
Gerritt Smith
Teterboro
N. Y
Endeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls
New York Tribune
Variety of saloon goods and ads in Tombstone notice
An assortment of old advertisements and notices from Tombstone Arizona featuring drinks at the Pony saloon, cigars, tailor services, restaurants, patent medicines, and family health remedies. Mentions Beavers system, stomach bitters, Mother’s soothing syrup, and other period goods and services.
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Nobby
Aly Will
Allen Street
Tombstone
Arizona
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Carman Key West
St Louis Auli
Ad. J. P. Shaughnessy
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Manyiace Wing Corporation
Joe Traveiler
P.O. Bar
New York
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H.carrell
W.wood
Cathy
J. V
Vickers
Fremont Street
EAL
Fashin Salcom
Boston
Milliards and Pool
Allen St
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A, Gghn & Bro
Hank
Cchn & Efoq
Nellie ¥. Walsh
Best & Safest Oil
Ic Wade
Penn
OWL
Elaine
Whither, Fuller &C
San Francisco
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Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
Stockton
Cal
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Oregon
Deal
Thomas Delaney
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Propriatress
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Fifth and
Fremort Streets
A. R. Meyer
Treas
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TOWNE
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Texas
Consolidated Kansasity Smelting & Refining Co Capital
Geo
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H. A. Trop
Vaveger
North American Review
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Times
England
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James G. Blame
Iisa Mivant
Amerian Review
Riview
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Montezuma
Leon Larrieu
Fairbank
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Patel
Jenditty Fragmeated
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Tlas Engine Works
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