Letter From 1875 Camp Baker Describes Hunting And Sioux Attack
The fragment recounts a letter dated August 1, 1875 from Camp Baker in Montana. It covers early post life, grouse hunting and specimen collection, a Sioux-Crow confrontation near Fort Lewis, and a dawn ambush where Crow chief Long Horse was killed. The writer, a young explorer and friend of Charley Reynolds, details camp scenes, battles, and a parade of Crow warriors returning in war dress after a Sioux raid.
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Monsane
Tis
Gast
Det
India
Deat Est
Reynolds
Jesome Chickey
Fort Lini Nel
Little Big Horn River
Custer
Reno
Camp Baker
Fort Lewis
Big Trout Creek
Judith River
Helena, Mont
Lewis
Long Horse
Charley Reynolds
Trout Creek
Sioux War Camp Violence Described In Gruesome Ceremony
A Forest and Stream excerpt recounts a Sioux camp scene with a dying rider Long Horse and a brutal aftermath. A fifteen year old leads a mule bearing the body wrapped in a green blanket while a squaw and another relative sever fingers at the trading post. The account emphasizes ritual mourning and graphic details of the massacre aftermath.
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Bately
American Men too absorbed in work says Atlantic writer
The Atlantic Monthly argues masculine work fever drains energy leaving little room for family and culture. It contrasts French and English habits with American women’s nerves and men’s poor conversationalism, calling work a social disease and urging balance in family life and leisure.
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Atlantic Monthly
Bishop Talbot Tale From Central Pennsylvania Visit
A Detroit Free Press item recounts Bishop Talbot Talbot telling a tale in a hotel restaurant in his diocese. A man invites the Bishop to eat with him, the Bishop declines, another guest jokes about celebrating. The clash centers on drinking habits among local men and the Bishop remarks on hypocrisy. The note ends with mention of English groups fighting rats and sparrows.
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Bishop
Detroit Free’ Press
Fashion notes on bodices and infant wraps from New York City
The piece surveys season garnitures for bodices with square shoulder lines and sleeve adjustments, detailing foulard fabrics, embroidery effects, and corsage trends. It describes a versatile infant shawl wrap in multiple materials, plus blouse and skirt combinations, sleeve styles, and yardage guidance for various sizes and widths.
Wide Collar and Lace Fashion Notes in 19th Century Attire
A survey of period dress details highlights a wide linen handkerchief collar for wool dresses, removable for upkeep. Real Irish Crochet Lace adds vivid color figures, while braiding dominates trims with broad silk military braid and velvet borders. Skirt styles trend toward narrow silhouettes with updated belter-like lines.
Farewell sermon ends sixteen year pastorate in Brooklyn
The Rev Cortland Myers preached his farewell in the Baptist Temple signaling the end of a sixteen year pastorate. He will take the Tremont Baptist Temple post in Boston in fall and urged his congregation to embrace the mission of Jesus Christ to seek and save the lost.
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Brooklyn
Cortland Myers
D. D
Baptist Temple
Myers
Tremont Baptist Temple
Boston
Mass
Jesus Christ
Garden of Eden
Paul
Chrysostom
Savonarola
Luther
John Knox
God's Kingdom
Kingdom of Christ
Christ
Mary Magdalene
Bamaria
Peter
Church of Jesus Christ
Quotes on Audience, Marriage, and Wealth From 19th Century Papers
A collage of witty lines from Boston Transcript Birmingham Age Herald Illustrated Bits and Washington Star. The quips touch on audience reception for plays, divorce terms, poodle ownership, reading for couples, and plutocrats. Notable snippets include managers hindering first plays and a banker’s view on wealth delaying subsidized projects.
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Birmingham
Als
Age-Herald
Dad Marksman and Teacher Clash Over Stones
A New York Mail quip contrasts a fatherly marksman and a teacher in a sharp exchange. The father asks why the boy did not report being pelted rather than retaliating, and the teacher replies that the shooter could not hit a barn.
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New York Mail
Keeping Him On a String Delays Marry Me Comment
A wry line from Lippincott's notes a woman kept her fiancé on hold for five years until she saw his financial path clear, explaining the long wait before consent to marry.
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Lippincott’s
The apparel and the man in the money
The dialogue contrasts style and wealth with practical finance. A ready made philosopher notes clothing does not define worth while a man wearing five hundred dollar gowns may still break under pressure. Mrs Jipes laments a cook's departure as they decide to advertise for a replacement.
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Washington Star
What Reduction What Reduction That price includes at a steamer room and meals
A prospective ocean tourist questions a steamship agent about a travel package. He asks what reduction is offered to a man seasick for the voyage, prompting a brief exchange in a New York Journal clipping.
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New York Journal
Getting Back
The fragment notes a conversational exchange about a boat and timing. It references uncertainty over when the boat starts and a reply that the start is triggered by the word rather than a lever or action, attributed to aChisago Tribune context.
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Chisago Tribune
A Cruel Test
A Washington Star snippet recounts Plodding Pete trading an armful of wood for a cake after a woman on the road promised the cake in exchange. Pete notes the deal was kept and the cake was handed over, illustrating a curious barter tale from a bygone era.
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Mike
Pete
Washington Star
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Findian Batt
England
New York City
DR. Cortland Myers
Boston Transcript
Scott
Jones
Matt
Rollo
John
Mrs. Jipes
Mr. Jipey
Chicago Tribune
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