August 27, 1864

August 27 Saturday – Sam’s article, “How to Cure Him of It,” appeared in the Call. This “permanent cure” was for a barking dog and would make the dog “as quiet and docile as a dried herring” (a double handful of strychnine, dissolved in a quart of Prussic acid) [ET&S 2: 57].

Five other local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “The Fair,” “Arrest of Another of the Robbing Gang,” “More Hawaiian Donations,” “Who Lost Evangeline?,” and “The Forlorn Hope” [Branch, C of Call 296].

August 26, 1864

August 26 Friday – The following four local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “Mechanics’ Fair,” “Who Killed Him?,” “Good From Louderback,” and “A Confederacy Caged” [Branch, C of Call 296].

August 21, 1864

August 21 Sunday – The second of Sam’s four sketches was printed in the Call, “The Chinese Temple.” Four other local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “Arms Taken in Charge by the Authorities,” “False Rumor,” “Still Improving,” and “It is the Daniel Webster” [Branch, C of Call 295].

August 20, 1864

August 20 Saturday – The following six local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “Who Lost Them,” “The Same Subject Continued,” “A Revolutionary Patriot,” “More Abuse of Sailors,” “Suit Against a Mining Superintendent,” and “Mary Kane” [Branch, C of Call 295].

August 10, 1864

August 10 Wednesday – The following eight local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam:
“Our U.S. Branch Mint,” “They Got Her Out,” “Intelligence Office Row,” “The Murderer Kennedy— A Question of Jurisdiction,” “It Was True,” “Collision,” “A New Star,” and “Board of Education” [Branch, C of Call 293-4].

August 9, 1864

August 9 Tuesday – The following four local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “Distinguished Arrivals,” “Assault by a House,” “Escaped,” and “Mysterious” [Branch, C of Call 293].

August 7, 1864

August 7 Sunday – The following nine local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam:
“Attempted Suicide,” “The Makee Molasses,” “The People’s Excursion,” “To Be Mended,” “Forfeited Bail,” “Locked Up,” “Row Among the Doctors,” “A Dead Dog Case,” and “Shop Lifting” [Branch, C of Call 293].

August 6, 1864

August 6 Saturday – The following six local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “Another Obscene Picture Knave Captured, etc.,” “The Fitzgerald Inquest,” “Attention, Hackmen,” “Police Drill,” “Judicial Strategy,” and “Arrested for Theft” [Branch, C of Call 293].

August 3, 1864

August 3 Wednesday – The following six local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “Runaway,” “Democratic Meeting at Hayes’ Park,” “More Stage Robbers and Their Confederates Captured,” “Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire,” “A Movement in the Buckeye,” and “Attempted Suicide” [Branch, C of Call 292-3].

August 2, 1864

August 2 Tuesday – The following seven local articles in the Call are attributed to Sam: “Somber Festivities,” “Relieved,” Enlisted for the War,” “Fall of a Flag-staff,” “Assault to Kill,” “Refused Greenbacks,” and “Board of Supervisors” [Branch, C of Call 292].

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