Jericho Schoolhouse Rod Debate Ends In Neutral Silence
A Jericho town meeting over installing a lightning rod for the 28 year old schoolhouse becomes a humorous farce as residents offer bets and parry taxation fears. Deacon Spooner and locals mock the idea while Silas Lapham, Enos Mame and Moses weigh risks of storms, debt, and education, ending with a neutral exit as a barn burns down nearby.
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Tella
C. B. Lewin
Jerichio
Poat
Deacon Spooner
Jericho
Silas Lapham
Silas
Gance
Sas
Uar
United States
Lodgin & Mule
Miriva
Enos
Heaven
Gaya
Moses
George Washington
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
Joab Warner
Jim Taylor
Spooner
Lish Billings
Lish
M. Quan
Talismans In China Offer Powers And Perils
The Geographical Journal notes widespread belief in charms among lowland Chinese and Shan in Yunnan. Amulets include one claimed invulnerability, and others promise fireproof homes or fatigue resistance. A painful antenna rite is described. testers demand a revolver at 30 paces to prove effectiveness.
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China
Yunnan
Taliban
Geographical Journal
First National Convention and Early Party Nomination History
The excerpt notes the first national convention by the Anti-Masonic party in Baltimore in 1881 with delegates from all states, a president and vice president chosen, and a platform adopted. It contrasts with the Democrats’ Baltimore convention of May 1832, where 318 delegates attended and the contest centered on the vice presidency, Henry Clay securing support as Harrison’s rival.
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Anti-Masonic Party
Baltimore
Harrison
Washington
Henry Clay
New York Sun
Living on the bylaws quote from Rufus Choate and Edward Everett
A comic exchange recalls Rufus Choate near collapse from overwork as Edward Everett warns him to spare his health. Choate replies that the constitution was ruined long ago and he is living on the bylaws, a wry jab at legal stubbornness.
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Rufus Choate
Edward Everett
Gaying
Georgian Bay Fishing Grounds Highlighted in Great Lakes
The Georgian Bay district is noted for some of the greatest fishing grounds in the Great Lakes. Resources describe cold deep clear waters yielding abundant catch and rugged rocky shores shaping local fishing culture and commerce.
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Great Lakes
Georgian Bay District
Georgian Bay
Ventilation in Ironclad Warships Cures Ironclad Fever
An 1860s discussion notes how air shortages in monitor turrets caused suffocation and a disease termed ironclad fever. The introduction of steam driven rotary blowers and ventilating systems relieved symptoms, transforming ironclad vessels into safer, healthier platforms.
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Monitor
Metrimée
Every
Met
Cassler
Sums Expended on Shooting in Scotland Discussed
A Chambers Journal report estimates Scotland wide shooting activity, noting 465 shootings in Perthshire with four fifths leased to tenants bringing about 150000 pounds yearly. Across Scotland about 4000 shootings require multiple keepers and gillies, detailing wages and staff on deer forests and grouse grounds.
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Scotland
Perthshire
Gillie
Chambers
Dead Letter Curios Highlight Postal Industry Errors
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes oddities in dead letter office transactions. Envelopes marked Return if not delivered or five days to return to sender reveal scant address data. Names lack towns or counties, forcing clerks to guess. Workers and foreigners, especially, credited clerks with clairvoyance. Many letters urge immediate delivery with extra stamps used to speed attention.
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Hermann Kemper
Ritchie Bros. & Co
Jan Jansen
Appeals to Fear and the Doctrine of Retribution
The North American Review argues that fear of evil and punishment shapes character from infancy. It asserts that a fundamental sense of righteousness makes retribution a universal truth, compatible with both present life and a future existence. Suffering follows sin, legitimizing fear as a natural, constitutional principle.
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North American Review
Wigwag Rejoices Over Carpet Arrival Intact
In a playful Philadelphia Record snippet Mr Wigwag celebrates that the new carpet arrived intact and Mr Wigwag jokes about being let out while Mrs Wigwag questions his remark. The exchange mirrors light household humor from the era.
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Wigwag
Mr. Wigwag
Mrs. Wigwag
Philadelphia Record
Mock Initiation Scare Leads to Fine for Youth
A magistrate fined a young man two dollars and costs for scaring a witness with a mock initiation ceremony. The defense claimed it was youthful exuberance, while the judge warned about excessive college pranks. The item includes other brief quips and anecdotes.
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Jay
Costa
Chicago Tribune
Fragmented Advice and Patent Medicine Ads Mix
A satirical testimonial collage blends a moral quip about confidence with overlapping early 20th century patent medicine claims. It features a gentle exchange between a old woman and a recipient, plus endorsements for Rocky Mountain Tea and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Kachel Dyspepsia Cure, all framed as brief reader notices or ads from a Chicago Post style page.
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DeWlet
D. J. Moore
Millbrook
Ala
John M. Nix
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Wericho
Iowa Falls
Kennedy
Gardner
Tow
Rourke Cockran
Theodore L. Dwight
Cockran
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
London Globe
Rocky Mountain
Fea
J. E. Watking
Chillcothe
Carstens
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