Two Bumps and the President’s Pardon Folly in Idaho
Two Bumps, famed hunter and supposed pardon recipient, parades with a talking paper from President Arthur. A scheming half breed captain rewrites his fate to disgrace him in Beaver town and in Sand Holes, where a rival robs him of social standing and endangers his quest for a new wife.
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Arthur
Ft Hall
Indian Department
Idaho
Solomon
India
Police
George Thorps Tobe
Snake River
Warm River
Beaver
Northwest
Houston Post
Two Bumps’ Ghosts in the Snake River Tale
A notorious Northwest hotelkeeper named Two Bumps offers to trade his daughter Susie for ponies and a white man’s wife. Cowboys torture Two Bumps and his family, chasing off the would-be suitor, then Two Bumps dies after looting beans in camp. The incident ends with his squaws returning to the reservation and the chapter closing.
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Northwest
Oli Buck
Mika Ao
Sand Holes
Camas Creek
Two Bumps
Salt Lake
Susie
Camass Creek
Warm River
Beaver
Bear
Snake River
Falls of St. Anthony
Snake River Valley
Twas Ever Thus And Other Old Time News Snips
A collage of brief notes: a verse on horse racing misjudgments by a hopeful bettor, then an ad note about women ordering false eyelashes shaped for automotive vanity, followed by a brief item that Brokaw will become a green town as the Wausau Paper Mill contracts to paint every house green with white trim except three structures of different color.
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London Cor
Chicago Tribune
Brokaw
Wis
Philadelphia Record
Wausaw Paper Mille Company
Wiliam Laatsch
Ami
Adding Insult to Injury in Mindalahia Press
Fragmentary humorous notes from Mindalahia Press and the Houston Post feature a gloomy suitor lamenting unreciprocated love and a heartless reply about shaving. A Baltimore American strip offers a literal cartoon dialogue about signs and listening.
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Mindalahia Press
Baltimore American
Smart Young Detective Foils Bank Heist in Cincinnati
The story follows Ditherman, a young detective from Cincinnati, as he uncovers how clerk Timothy Wire hid a $10,000 banknote inside a concealed gold piece. Wire’s arrest leads to exposure of an elaborate theft, while Ditherman earns a $1,000 reward and promotion.
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Ditherman
Varnable Township
Jimmy
Cincinnati
Farmers and Shippers’ National Bank
Timothy Wire
Thers
Young Diberman
Dibherman
Wire
Whrer
Presidents Office
New postal flag proposed for the Post Office Department
Chicago's L T Steward requests a formal flag for the Post Office. The design features an envelope with the seal on the reverse side, red diagonal bars, white fields, and a central dark blue band with white stars. A mail rider and horse appear in blue. The Postmaster General is considering adoption.
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L. T. Steward
Chicago Postoffice
Meyer
Postoffice Department
Steward
Postoffice
Post Office
Postel
Passing of the Moonshiner in North Carolina Mountains
A veteran revenue agent recalls the dangerous war against illicit whisky. He describes moonshine craft, hidden stills, and disguises, noting how dogs guard cabins and how raids uncover secret cells. He recounts arresting a moonshiner in a lonely mountain spot and the peril involved.
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North Carolina
Kentucky
Iss
Books convicts read at Leavenworth jail reveal trades texts
A diary of 7000 volumes shows prisoners favor textbooks and trade manuals over thrillers. Spanish learning books, French and German texts, and engineering and plumbing manuals are highly sought, with poetry, Shakespeare, Poe, Stevenson, and Dickens also popular. Some read theology and subscribe to technical journals.
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Transas City Journal
Leavenworth
Bryant
Ongfelsow
Whittler
Dickens
Robert Louis Stevenson
Edgar Allen Poe
Spectacles in antiquity and Nero’s resting emerald
The piece discusses Pliny and Dr Magnus on whether Nero wore spectacles, suggesting Nero carried an emerald to rest tired eyes while watching gladiatorial shows. It notes ancient glass and mirror production, ancient use of burning glasses, and the long history of spectacles awaiting perfect transparency.
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Chicago Tribune
Nero
Pliny
Magnus
Greece
Mesopotamia
BBC
Egypt
Dog Wanted A Haircut In Warm Summer Tale
A boy recalls a St Bernard with unusual dog sense. On a hot day the dog retrieved a pair of shears from the house and returned to his lap. The boy took the shears and shaved the dog’s thick curls close to the skin, noting the pet’s patient gratitude during the grooming.
Why the Show Failed at Leesville Opera House
The Leesville Light notes poor turnout for the show. A juggler boasted yesterday afternoon he would juggle five cans of dynamite at the evening performance, a claim that likely frightened potential patrons and kept them away.
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Leesville Light
Opera House
First Woman Springs An Accident Car Remark
Detroit Free Press notes a first woman’s remark about an automobile accident, stating she had never seen a widow caused by one. A respondent recalls a prior incident where the machine ran 25 miles without breaking down.
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Detroit Free Press
Whale swallowing Jonah evidence from ancient texts
A long summary argues that a sperm whale could have swallowed the prophet Jonah at Joppa and released him after three days, citing classical authors and cuneiform records. It cites Haupt Johns Hopkins and Bullen on whale anatomy, with details on Ambergris and the sperm whale’s size and teeth, and links to biblical geography from Joppa to Alexandretta and Nineveh.
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New York
Hether Jonah
Mediterranean
Jonah
Paul Haupt
Johns Hopking University
Baltimore
Joppa
Alexandretta
Frank T Bullen
FRG 8
Beale Mm
Asur-nacir-pal
Assyria
Tiglathpileser I
Arvad
World
Assur-nacir-pal
Tyre
Ambar
Ambra
New Lutheran Church Gazette
James Bradley
Nineveh
Tigris
Jerusalem
Alexandretfta
Haifa
Pliny
Gallic Ocean
Bay of Biscay
Great Solar Gar Crumpet Described In Sun Ear Trumpet
A Minnesota correspondent reports the first hearing of solar vibrations via a massive ear trumpet built by Henry Peltrus. A 300 foot hillside tube funnels sun vibrations to a microphone, drawing crowds from far away and causing several listeners to faint.
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Lesueur
Henry Peltrus
Tlast Adair
Inhome Township
Peltrus
Boy urged to start with a steady job as messenger
A reader urges guidance for a son to avoid a fast life by starting with a respectable, steady position as a messenger boy to gain early work experience and self-reliance.
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Baltimore
Phrase asks if Spanish will teach baby to walk
The fragment shows Philadelphia Presa and Ethel discussing the new baby in Spain. Ethel asks whether as the child grows they will teach it to walk Spanish, reflecting playful language and curiosity about language education in a distant country.
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Philadelphia
Ethel Ides
Spain
Anarchist Threat: Demand for Share Sparks Clash in Court
The Philadelphia Press reports an anarchist declares he will take what he deserves, insisting he is entitled to his share. Wiseman counters that under law such a demand is impossible without murder, signaling a dramatic legal confrontation.
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Philadelphia Press
Wiseman
Juet Callers in Baltimore Alleged Visitor Scene
In a Baltimore American snippet a citizen questions enforcing visitor limits with a Subbubs figure replying that visitors come daily mostly women, often servant girls, illustrating a bustling but vague social concern about who is admitted and who is present in local spaces.
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Baltimore American
Citinen
Subbubs
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