Tragic Mazeppa tale of Dr Grant in Texas borders
A scattered 19th century narrative recounts Dr James Grant a Scotch born physician who settled near Parras Mexico and became involved in early Texas colonial efforts. After political work and joint expeditions his fate is sealed by a brutal horse ride causing fatal injuries near San Patricio in 1836 as Mexican forces under Urrea prevail.
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Texas
James Grant
Mazeppa
Grant
Scotland
Mexico
Parras
J.C Beales
Nueces
Rio Grande Rivers
New York
Amos Wright
Aransas Pass
Goliad
San Antonio
Las Moras
Dolores
Coahuila
Cos
Milam
Rio Grande
P.W. Johnson
San Felipe
Executive Council
Refugio
San Patricio
Johnson
Morris
Urrea
Agua Dulca
Brown
San Patricia
Reuben Brown
St. Louis Republic
Kendall
Belvern Nos
Be. B. J. Benpain Co
Wil
German Towns
E. J. Rexpart
Enosburgh Falls
Bous
Lottie
Eured
Eugene Dewitt
L. J. Hendall
Advertising scheme overprices goods for profit
In a quoted Chicago Tribune exchange. A partner explains how Blank & Co advertise a specialty and send their girls to buy stock at set prices, then resell at a 15 percent markup. They plan to advertise a silk lot tomorrow and repeat the tactic, profiting while deceiving customers.
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Blank & Co
Chicago Tribune
Thistle tale warns of exotic plants spreading in Australia
A Scotchman brings a thistle to Melbourne and hosts a banquet where the emblem is honored. The plant spreads, displacing native grasses and harming sheep runs across vast pasturelands. Watercress, sparrows, sweetbrier, and other exotics follow, threatening rivers and crops as millions of English sparrows multiply since 1860. Moral: beware exotics in new lands.
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Australia
Lawd
Scotland
Melbourne
St. Louis
Boomopolis Dog Case and the Crooked Legal Fight
A wary young lawyer recalls Boomopolis on Lightning Creek, enduring slurs and poverty while defending Frosty O’Hoolihan accused of embezzling a neighbor’s thirty five cent dog. A donkey named John interrupts court as the judge calls for order in this Harper’s reminiscence about a rough practice and stubborn justice.
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Boomoopolis
Boomopolis
Lightning Creek
Jackley
Frosty O’hoolihan
John
Harper’s
Trouble in a Creamery From a Crayfish in the Milk
A London Truth item tells of a new creamery operator who trusted farmers for rich milk. A steam powered separator worked well for two days until a live crayfish clogged the milk pipe on the third day. The farmer rejects the idea a cow swallowed it and the operator disputes water addition.
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London
The Other Talent at Boston Charity Benefit
A church society near Boston hosted an entertainment for charity. After the event, a organizer paid several workers, then asked a boy organist Willie how much he was owed. The boy asked why the others did not donate their services, reflecting on the unpaid talent.
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Boston
Willie
Doctor Remembrance Exchange About Fifteen Visits
A grateful patient grips the physician's hand and proclaims life owed to the doctor. The doctor modestly replies that the debt is for only fifteen visits and urges the patient to remember that point.
Gentle William Snow Known For Kindness Amid Family Troubles
Neighbors recall Uncle William Snow as gentle and slow to anger despite hardship and caring for an incapacitated cousin. A neighbor once challenged him about his censored, kinder view of Dan'l, noting the cousin’s worsening disposition as he recovered.
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William Snow
William
Dan
Ion
Dan'l
Mules and Horses in Endurance Trials
An interview from the St Louis Globe Democrat notes that mules outperform horses in endurance because mules lie down to sleep after work while horses often stand, risking knee injury and premature aging. It cites horses in stalls who sleep while standing, leading to worn foreknees, whereas mules lie down promptly when work ends and are rarely somnambulistic.
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Jack
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Big Chance for Hypnotists
A humor filled exchange from a New York weekly shows a hypnotist claiming pain relief through needle exposure and a critic noting potential earnings as a dentist. The humor underscores early attitudes toward hypnotism as a new field and its commercial viability.
Indigo and Blue Lobsters Sightings Baffle Fishermen
In two years New London lobstermen hauled in indigo lobsters in Fisher's Island passages, at least five or six of the rare crustaceans, with only two believed ever found worldwide before. Maine fishermen also caught two blue lobsters, noted for their sky blue color and beauty.
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New London
Conn
Fisher’s Island
Maine
Length of Soldiers Steps Across Nations
The article notes continental troops have varying step lengths with Germans at eighty centimeters the longest. French Austrian Belgian Swedish average seventy five centimeters while Russians rarely exceed sixty nine. It cites historical figures and a remark on red uniforms in English history. It also touches on lace patronage in the Catholic Church and a canary in Pall Mall described by Gray. It concludes with a Paris claim about crime by age groups.
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Continental
Arnes
St. Louis Republic
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