Wild Man Exhibit Captured in Cumberland Mountains
A mysterious six foot five inch man with scales and an eagerness to swim is brought to Louisville by Dr. G. G. Broyler and manager Whallen. The creature, once wild in Tennessee, will be shown at the Metropolitan Theatre with limited access for physicians and invitees.
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Whallen
Ile
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Cumberland
Tennesse
Caney Fork
Big Bons Creek
G. G. Broyler
Sparta
Tenn
North Carolina
Creslin
Tennessee
Broyler
Metropolitan Theatre
Lion the faithful dog and a wolf in the woods
In a reminiscence by Eben E. Reeford, Grandfather Stevens recalls a dog named Lion. The clever, protective hound helps guard his family, foils a coal fire accident, blocks a nagging Elder Shaw, and saves children from danger in the woods, even killing a wolf with a fatal throat wound. Lion earns a bed by the fireplace with the wolf’s skin as proof.
I Married Not for Love in a Rector’s Life
A narrator recalls marrying Mr. Cartwright, a devoted rector, for reasons other than love. She Initially mistreats him with jealousy and pride, while he leaves briefly to test her devotion. After bitter self-reproach, she travels to Melton to seek him, reconciles, and returns home with renewed affection, admitting her pride nearly cost their marriage.
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Baltimore
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Doveton
Tie
Maud
Jim
Nero
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Nelly
Nell
Nellie
Robberies of By Gone Days From the Chicago Times
A 19th century recount details thefts staged by impostor police in Philadelphia and Baltimore. In 1870 a man in a police uniform deceived the Kingston Bank of Philadelphia staff, aiding a robbery of 500 000 in negotiable paper and money. The impostor vanished, leaving a lost trust and vaults emptied. In 1872 three men opened the Third National Bank in Baltimore by renting nearby space and burrowing under the vault, escaping with 400 000.
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Chicago Times
Kensington Bank
Philadelphia
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Third National Bank
Baltimore
Choy
Poisoned man seeks newspaper remedy from New York World
An elderly man named James Williams barges into the New York World office claiming he has been poisoned. He says bug poison contaminated his water for years after living in a Broome Street house, suspects killers after his money, and asks the paper to publish his complaint, insisting he is over seventy and in poor health.
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James Williams
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London Letter to Cincinnati Enquirer An Odd Ad Tale
A London letter recounts quirky ads seen in Paris and Omaha essays. The narrator describes ink stained fingers from a peculiar pen, the Omaha stationer, and an English invention shipping via Sioux City. A risqué fable about a man with iron kettle and goat ends with a wry punchline on ingenuity.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Paris
Nebraska
Omaha
Onenerten
Sioux City
Widow Commissioned Barbers Dye For Funeral
A Virginia widow asked a barber on C street to dye her dead husband’s hair for his funeral. The barber complied, dyeing the gray hair to make the corpse appear handsome. The widow said the dyed corpse was the loveliest ever buried on the Comstock, per the Virginia Chronicle.
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Sallie
Koffin
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Nev, Chronicle
A Slippery Fish Story From the Reading Bugle
William and Henry Short of Womelsdorf caught an eel in Enipehoeken creek using a book and line. The creature weighed far more than typical eels and revealed a dead cat inside when opened. The tale ends with a caution about the fattest eels not always being the tastiest. A Boston paper asks who will be last man on earth, hinting at national mood.
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Henry Short
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