Died a few days ago the famed plains gambler Nat Kramer
Fort Worth dispatch recalls Nat Kramer once allied with Bat Masterson Luke Short and Jim Courtright as the last of the ante bellum gamblers. A man of peace amid violence he used the game to outwit rivals yet refused gunplay. He vanished after a long life of cheating and charm, leaving little fortune behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bat Masterson
Luke Short
Jam Courtright
the Plains
Washington Post
Fort Worth
Tex
Budd Fagg
Faro Bank
Nat Kramer
Kramer
St Peter
Tabe ' Kramer
Red River
Shreveport
New Orleans
Babe Lemons
Charlie Reynolds
Jim Gatchell
Abilene
Fort Dodge
Colorado City
Amarillo
King Hoe
Jim Courtwright
Joe Steele
Plains Country
Dallas Fair
Dallas
Sysonby
Beldame
Dolly Gray
Krow
Salvation Army
Inside the vaudeville stage world on tour
Report from New York to Washington details the weekly theater managers meeting. They discuss curtain calls, star feuds, wardrobe needs, handles for props, and the endless drive to keep audiences coming back.
Questions and Answers: Linguistic Notes and Miscellany
A dense compilation from Truth and other sources covering idiom meanings such as drinking milk as an idle phrase, French equivalents, and Irish references. plus queries on Cape Henry light range, Colleen Bawn, naval textbooks, card games, penny coinage, harvest moons, Hessian costumes, and various readers’ questions on language, geography, and law.
Vinegar Pie Folklore Meets Western Settlement Tale
A McClure's Magazine excerpt retells a vinegar pie legend tied to early Western Reserve settlers. Uriah Kinney and Mary Ann share a pie born from vinegar water and molasses, sparking memory of ancestral hardship, pioneer gardens, and the ache for home. The piece blends humor, nostalgia, and a tribute to Mary Ann’s quiet resilience amid fever and toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure’s
Western Reserve
Johnny Appleseed
Uriah Kinney
Mary Ann
Uriah
Mary Ann Kinney
William
Twins
Hiram
Sophrinia Jane
Two Bronze Cents Wander Across America Since 1863
East Orrington Maine October 7 Two bronze cents minted 1868 have traveled nationwide since Humphrey Pinhorn and Albert George private in Company F of the Twenty sixth Maine started the legend at Port Hudson in 1863 They stamped dates on the coins and traded them as funds to test stories The coins journeyed through Portland Bangor Bucksport Westbrook Dover New Orleans and Boston passing from hand to hand for decades before reappearing with the original owners in Orrington and Natick The tale of the wandering cents drew press attention and the coins were kept in a defender’s drawer until 1903 when the two men reunited the coins the story continuing to circulate
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Harps
Newark
Lillian
Harp
Gertrude Coghlan
Saya
Dog
Becky Sharp
Becky
Holland
Russell
Maine
Port Hudzon
East Orriington
Port Hudson
Humphrey Pinhorn
Alpert George
Port Hudeom
East Orrington
George
Portland
Pangor
Coirs
Pinhorn
H. P
San Francisco
Grand Army
Bucksport
Firhwin
Westbrook
Dover
Pedler
Mr. Pinhorn
Detroit
Mich
St Louis
Finhorn
Worcester
Mass
Bangor
Holden
Buffalo
New Orleans
Hving
Natick
Godipes
Grover Cleveland
The
United States
Boston
Orrington
Nopile
Ala
Del
Washington
East Grrington
Mr. George
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Weg
New York
Smi Reat
Mary Smith
Johnnies
Troy
Mary
Bernard Shaw
Mney
Apple Sisters
Kate
Guy
Spaghetti
Gerry Sociery
Lillian Russell Redalls
Christian Science
London
Gablet
Reich
Larousse
Cape Henry
Daniels
Exrch
Cant. Daniels
Colleen Bawn
Calleen
Henry J Meterling
Bawn
Hily O’con
Gerald Griffin
the Collegians
Dion Boucicault
Adelphi
Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
Thompson
Hoyle
Thea
EK. B. Branko
Elmhurst
L. L
Ford
Jana
A. J. Deming
Lossing
James Lippincott
Jacquemin
Falke ‘‘Kostumgeschichte der
Kulturvoelker
J. J. WL. Plesas Atate
William A. Smylie
Plunkitt
Benetorial
Cheleea
John M. Benson
Congress
Yellowstons
Yosemite
Brotherhood
Fowler
Dick Turpin
William J. Mills
Planche
Hill
Fairholt
England
Thornton J. Theall
Ke O
George Felian
Wong Kim Ark
Supreme Court
Frederick Schoff
National Mothers’ Congress
Snd
Utah
East Lake City
Jane
Papa
Cleopatra
Samkel
Gate of
Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas
Frank J. Cheney
F. I.cherey & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ald
Seal
A. W.gleason
Jais
Cobyey
E. Tole
All Drug
Hruhives
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