Retribution on the Trail with Langton in Navajo Lands
An 1850 overland trek from St Louis to California turns grave after Seth Langton provokes Indians by boasting and firing on a wounded Navajo. Dave Ingram strips weapons, reconciles with the tribe, and the party hides Langton before tragedy strikes in a canyon, leaving Langton dead and vengeance hinted by the Wa-on-to-to chief.
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Gough
California
St. Louis
Seth Langton
Langton
Seth
Dave
Lanzton
Dave Ingram
Ingram
Nani Enife
Ingra
Pacific
Wa-on-to-to
Nagato
Foster
Fangtoi
Tonicha
Chuska
Wa-on-to-Lo
Miscellaneous items and curious notes from period papers
A survey of oddities includes new English words yearly, a remark on steel use in pent factories, a tame battery in a Gorham carpenter shop, and a Leeds man finding a curious nailslip. Other items discuss ancient crocodile worship, royal dining course debates, a new diamond insect in Anderson Indiana, and a French hospital hack that cures hiccups by thrusting the tongue out for a few minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham
Leeds
England
Egypt
Anderson
Ind
Johnstown
Pursuit of a Competence in Florida Not Easy
An excerpt reflects on Florida orange growing as a hard path to wealth. It notes seven years to yield pips, risk from frosts, and costly setbacks like failed groves. The piece contrasts optimism with reality, describing harsh conditions, fevers, and mosquitoes, concluding that competence is elusive even in perpetual sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Western Hemisphere
Commission
Cornhill Magazine
Giant’s Death and Mysterious Skeletons Through History
A telegram recounts famed giant Charles Byrne and the burial fate of his body after death in 1783. It mentions the tallest known skeletons in a London museum, the dwarf Caroline Crachami, and a surgeon Hunter’s role in recovering Byrne’s remains for display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lineeum
Oval College of Surphons
Lincoln's Kin Fields
London
Que
Charles Byrne
O'Brien
Lynne
Channel
Hunter
H E
Caroline Crachami
Europe
Rey
Casting a Fly How to master line and rod in fly casting
A Lewiston Journal guide explains beginner fly casting steps using a sectional bamboo rod. It covers stance, line handling, and the back cast, detailing wrist and forearm actions and warning against pump-handle motion while emphasizing practice to achieve distance without early line recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston (Me
Deadly Pacific Clams Trap Men and Birds
Reports describe giant clams that trap people and birds by closing their jaws. Tales of divers, geese, gulls, and even a rat's tail being caught illustrate the danger. Some shells weigh 20 pounds with large five by two and three quarter foot dimensions, valued as sea goddess cradles and baptismal fonts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Sun
Hoboken
Darwin
Ohio
Massachusetts Bay
Poe Lve
Sim
Need of Hante, Mrs. Lakeside Court Fray
A terse court brief notes Mrs. Hante of Lakeside seeks a quick divorce from her husband after escaping an unhappy marriage. The document indicates urgency in securing the separation before further trouble. Legal terms are minimal, with no additional parties named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hante
Lakeside
Rusage Ehleses Court
Adapanoin Monument Plans Acknowledged In Victory Celebration
The Japanese group Adapanoin plans a monumental statue of Boddin to honor recent victories. The statue will stand T2 feet tall and use metal from captured ordnance. The project costs about 1000h yen and is to be erected at Kiuto.N, Sun.
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Gun American
Florida and Orange Groves
Duxbak
Misa Emma M. M
The
Lads Home Journal
Melita
M. Ca
B.D. Box
N.V. City
Osborn
Waligsey
Fiuur
Hood
Hooda
Pillasree
Ouporay
Bostom
Samo
California Fig Syrup Co
Tucatan
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