No. 641
Crime, Eccentricity, and the Sporting Life in 19th Century America.
July 19, 2022

Caught a Cowboy.

A Manheim, N.Y., Maiden insert an advertisement in a matrimonial paper and is astonished at the result.
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Tag: Detroit

Her Last Quadrille.

The bursting of an artery due to tight lacing causes the death of Miss Mary Crawford of Detroit, Mich.

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Baseball Animals.

Cigarette cards, 1880s, 1890s

5/14/2013
JOHN CLARE
alias: GILMORE
BANK BURGLAR

Weekend Link Dump

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Early American Crime - 2/7/2019
Amen.

Artifact #93: Soapy's son, hires attorney to stop the slurring of his father's name.

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So Far from Home - 99¢.

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On the Russians.

1617: A miller of Manberna, the hangman’s last

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Eaten by Sharks. | They Got Hilariously Full.

Caught a Cowboy.

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A handsome young lady, well known in the town of Manheim. N. Y., recently inserted an advertisement in a Western matrimonial paper for a husband. It was answered by a Westerner, who enclosed a photo, in which he appeared to be a good-looking young fellow. The Westerner arrived in town a few days ago, but to the surprise of the young lady, instead of the handsome young portrayed in the photograph, a typical Western cowboy appeared before her. It appears that the photo he had sent to the young lady had been taken some years ago, long before he became a cowboy. The maiden is as yet undecided as to whether to accept the Westerner or not.

National Police Gazette, January 17, 1891.

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