Sure-Thing Game in Mojave Ends With Expelled Gambler
In Mojave a gambler named Keating ran a casino style game using a rigged box and wheel to fleece Hank Curtis and Cole Farrand. After Curtis proved the scheme, Keating was forced to surrender the money and board the up train, with Curtis and others dispersing the losses and the town’s dealers fleeing the area.
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Mojave
Ira Murdock
Santa Fe
Barney Keating
Chicago
Keating
T. Tacky Fame
Hank’ Curtis
Bank
Hionk
Columbia
Rio Grande
Curtis
Hank
Honk Curtis
Ombrey
Honk
Cole
Cole Farrand
Embrey
Mune
Ferrand
Farrand
Limited
Majore
Whitelaw Reid Escape Tale From Civil War Echoes
Whitelaw Reid, then a young war correspondent with General Rosecrans’ army in West Virginia, was told off by Rosecrans for a newspaper blunder. A judge advocate general suggested hanging him, but Reid escaped by fleeing to the north on the fastest horse, never seen again.
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Whitelaw Reid
Edward VII
W. R
Roseeans
Reid
Whitey
Cincinnati
Richmond
Rosecrans
Judge Advocate General
Department
Mr. Reid
Grant forgave the fire scene shows true greatness
Riis recalls Gen Grant’s calm handling of a fire emergency in New York. A policeman blocks a path and Grant is dragged aside. he Endures a rough shove yet remains silent, not arguing, proving the veteran’s quiet dignity. The anecdote underscores admirable restraint. The piece laments declining G A R membership in Kansas and aging veterans.
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Grant
Mammy Sieze The Carriage Horses From Gen Sheridan
From Virginia comes a tale surrounding Gen Phil Sheridan during the Civil War era. A loyal enslaved woman known as Mammy leads a bold rescue, entering a Union camp to reclaim the mistress’s carriage horses after soldiers allegedly seized them. She confronts the general, pleads for the horses, and, with firm resolve, returns with two carriage horses to restore the household.
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Virginia
Phil Sheridan
Washington Post
Sheridan
Manassas
Sheriedan
Chile
Jack
Marie Phil Sheridan
Mummy
Mammy
Mammy Recalls Rebel Mistress and Carriage Horses
A slave woman tells how her mistress refused to flee and claimed innocence, while Confederate officers decide to reward her with ownership of two carriage horses. The horses recognize her upon sight, trotting up to her as the general orders new halters placed on their necks before being returned.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promised Cure
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female complaints including womb disorders, irregular menstruation, and nervous debility. It stresses safety and widespread cures, claiming benefits for backache, leucorrhea, and general weakness, with claims of universal endorsement and urges to buy from druggists and decline substitutes.
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Grand Army
Kansas
Adjt
F. M. Riddles
Schol
Hartford Courant
Gen Sheridan
Pee Hee
Lydia E. Pinkham
Homeseekers
Northern
Pacific
Chas. S. Fee
ST. Paul, Minn
Khotalis Jur Thertove
Ce & Gas Range
Fulton Street
New York City
Agen
Burnel CO
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
Sawyer’s Excelsior Brand
Pommel Siickers
W.l.dougin
Pater
Ates Goroneft
Catal SY. I
Douglas
Brocktes
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