A Famous Duel Between Gwin and McCorkle Ends In Disgraceful Standoff
A Washington rivalry between United States Senator John B. Gwin and Congressman Joe McCorkle led to a famed bloodless duel. After heated exchanges on ships and in California, the two men met near Monterey for a rifle duel. Seven shots were fired without a wound as ammunition ran out, thirty miles from Monterey and miles from any help, ending the encounter. Their quarrel was eventually settled, and the episode became a noted historical anecdote in dueling annals.
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St Louis
Senator Gwin
Joe McCorkle
McCorkle
California
Washington
Tennessee
Mra Gwin
Gwi
Tuera
Pacific Slope
Gwin
Merkle
Santiago
San Francisco
McCorkie
Monterey
Grand Army quilt by Waterbury woman amazes with Civil War motifs
Mrs N W Carswell of Waterbury Connecticut completes a grand Army quilt using silk scraps from North and South. Forty nine central blocks showcase Grand Army badges United States flags sabers monuments and numerous corps insignia. Edges feature Revolutionary flags and presidential portraits with dates.
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Connecticut
Springfield
Mass
N. W. Carswell
Waterbury
Conn
Wadham’s
United States
George Washington
The
Horseshoe in Hig Mouth Reported in Shamokin Times
A horse in Benjamin Haupts stable was found with its mouth wide open and a shoe lodged across its lips. The shoe had been on the horse the previous evening, and the animal apparently tried to remove it by biting, tearing the shoe from the hoof before being aided by a blacksmith.
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Shamokin
Benjamin Haupt
J. B. Zimmoers
Time when baseball players may wear muzzles forecast
An authority predicts a future where each man in a game of baseball will wear a muzzle to curb contagion, with the Herald noting the proposal as a public health measure aimed at keeping the game within bounds.
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Herald
Hunt
Bright
Northern Pacific R. R
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Lake Superior
Paget Sound
Northern Pacific
N. P R
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Greenland
Atargagdlivitt Naling
Walrua Binbber
Hunt's Remedy CO
Providence, R. 1
Ely
J. RB. Cooley
Montrose
Dr. Bull’s
Henry F. Balcom
Shirley
Hood
Acker
L.G. Noyes
Agbez
David Kennedy
Kennedy
Rondout
N.Y
Israel H. Snyder
Saugerties
N. Y
Troy
H. S. Thomas
Third St
Metho#st
Wankten, PA
Arriage
Warren
Vicinity T
M Rock
Islan Warren
Aplstt
G. Koebley
Piay
EL ¥ Brothers
Drugeist
Weeo
GEO. P.orr & CO
Wearren, Fpa
Warren County
Iseceive
Warren, Pa
GEO. P. Orr & CO
P. Freeman & CO
Brighton
PHILA
Shopping
B. ¥. Whitmore
Philadelphia
Beecher & Copeland
Warren, Penn.a
Walter A. Wood
W. Anson Woods
Gowrie
Paris
NEW Hartford
TH & Son
Golden Horses
First National Bank
Ciientors
BP. Dupre & Sox
E. A. Weagraff & Bros
Deulerg
Kinzua, Penn'a
Patriot
Firrisburg, Penwa
New York Weekly World
Philadelphia Weekly Times
the Patriot
A. A. Davis & Co
Tam Leper
Tam Gaverr
J. Bayer
A. B. McKain & Son
Groger
Sweitzer
G. Noyez
Wells & Noyes
G. D. Manvitte
Hekory Street
D. H. Siggins
Warren Mills
Hickory Street
Penn’a
T.W. McNett
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