Old Mile Mill And A Mother's Final Request
A speaker recalls Ugly Sam a noted river hustler and his final promise to quit crime after visiting his dying mother. She urged him to reform, and he vows to turn his life around, buy an ax, and work in Canada. The tale ends with the crowd’s quiet reflection on duty and redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Potomac
Pete
Samuel
Canada
Jack
Tom
Jim
Tall Chicago
Lck
Det
Free Press
Ugly Sam Returns Clean and Quits Alcohol
Ugly Sam enters the Hole in-the-Wall saloon sober and declares he has sworn off whiskey. He tells the crowd he has taken an oath to be decent and will no longer drink, shocking his friends from Potomac Cleveland Tom to Port Huron Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Posty County
Posey County
Chimonoatoulentis
Pacific Ocean
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson
Crusoe
Christopher Columbus
E. T. Landon
Potomac
Cleveland Tom
Port Huron Bill
Tall Chicago
Sam
Port Huron
Tar Game Law or Oxford The New Game Law
The new game law bans catching killing or pursuing quail Virginia partridge wild turkey and other game from January to October or on another’s land from January to October with penalties including fines from 2 to 25 dollars and up to twenty days in jail or both plus costs.
Dad’s Death by Train Hurt the Family for Years
Two strangers recount a Detroit Milwaukee depot encounter where a locomotive killed a man walking the track. The story details a grisly death, the family’s grief, funeral duties, and a newspaper error labeling the father as at fault, highlighting the lasting trauma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Milwaukee
Mother
Sister Jane
Jim
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The
Wakarusa Sun
Wakarusa, Elkhart Co
Ind
Owen St.Clair, M.D. Epstein
Business Directory
Physicians and Surgeons
Owen Sr. Cram, M. D
South Elkhart
Wakarusa, Ind
Dr. Wat. Knepple
Waterford St
Wakarusa
D. W. A. Wuipry
Goshen
Mechanics Block
Salem Bank
North Third Street
Latta
Larra
Sprrklin
Physicians&Surgeons
Indiana
Jos
Julien, M.D
Locke
Dodge
di. D
Main Street
Elkhart, Indiana
Burker & Cos
J. H. Brubaker
Elkhart Street
Weantz & Sellars
Elkhart
EYER
West
Waterford, St., Wakarusa
Harrington
Justice of the Peace
Elkhart St
BY Owen ST. Clair, M. D
Pat
State Street
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