Gambler Nat Kramer of the Plains Dies at Seventy One
A Washington Post correspondent recalls Nat Kramer a river and plains gambler allied with Bat Masterson Luke Short and Jim Courtright. He avoided violence preferring wit and trickery to win yet aided the needy. He died in bed aged seventy one after a life of bluffing gambling and mischief across Texas Oklahoma and Colorado.
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
Bat Masmisr
Shori
Sid
Wolf
Krow
Salvation Army
Inside the Vaudeville Circuit Meeting and Rehearsal
A behind the scenes look at a vaudeville circuit meeting in New York with theater managers reviewing last weeks business, curtain calls, and acts. Mary Smith and Our Mame are discussed for Troy reception while performers, scripts, gowns, wigs, harp requests, and fireproofing details reveal the daily bustle backstage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smith
Johnnies
Troy
Mary
Apple Sisters
Russell
Questions and Answers No English Equivalent
A dense reader letters page queries idioms such as drank milk and Colleen Bawn meanings, with discussions of French Irish phrases and translations. It also covers Cape Henry light range claims, naval academy texts, two handed pinochle rules, coinage history, harvest moons, Hessian uniforms, and various Q&A on language, maritime signals, and voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larousse
Hoyle
Thea
EK. B. Branko
Elmhurst
L. L
Ford
Jana
Vinegar Pie and Frontier Memories in a McClure’s Tale
A fragment from McClure's Magazine recounts a vinegar pie with water and molasses filling and crusts, set against early Western Reserve settlers. It follows Uriah Kinney and Mary Ann, depicting longing for home, nostalgia, and a mother’s toil amid fever and scarcity, ending with a vignette about Jane and a whip joke, then a Sharp Set aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure’s
Western Reserve
Johnny Appleseed
Uriah Kinney
Mary Ann
Uriah
Mary Ann Kinney
William
Twins
Hiram
Sophrinia Jane
Wandering Bronze Cents Test Maine Soldiers 1863 Tale
East Orrington Maine Oct 7 Two bronze cents minted 1868 traveled across the nation since 1863 when Humphrey Pinhorn and Albert George privates in the Twenty sixth Maine stamped their initials and dates and passed them in trade The coins jumped from Portland to San Francisco to Bucksport Westbrook Bangor New Orleans and more, returning repeatedly over decades as newspaper accounts spread their legend The two men preserved the coins and sought quiet, but publicity followed and the coins kept moving, ending in drawers after a long, public journey.
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East Orriington
Maine
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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Wirwerai
Weg
New York
Smi Reat
Bernard Shaw
Mney
Kate
Guy
Spaghetti
Uttle
Harps
Newark
Lillian
Harp
Gertrude Coghlan
Saya
Dog
Becky Sharp
Becky
Miss
Holland
Gerry Sociery
Lillian Russell Redalls
Christian Science
London
Gablet
Reich
Cape Henry
Daniels
Exrch
Cant. Daniels
Colleen Bawn
Henry J Meterling
Colleen
Bawn
Hily O’con
Gerald Griffin
the Collegians
Dion Boucicault
Adelphi
Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
Thompson
A. J. Deming
Lossing
James Lippincott
Jacquemin
Teonographie Generale Et Methodique
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
Port Hudzon
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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