Mystery Train Death Sparks Garden Party Revelry
In a tale told at a bustling shop, Miss Susanetta Moggs discovers her fiancé Mr Middleton died in a fatal boiler blast before their wedding. The scene turns comic and chaotic as relatives quarrel over mourning, wills, and widow's fashions while a salesman reveals Middleton alive and ready to wed.
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Mies Johoes
Tani
Moggs
Susandra
Auat
Miss Doles
Susanetta
Susaoetta Morggs
Moses Middleton
Poem fragment warns against stirring strife and jest
A fragmentary verse cautions against rousing conflict or mocking others. It urges gentleness toward those who suffer and warns that harsh humor and provocations do not help. The piece emphasizes restraint and empathy in difficult times.
Strange views on kissing and morality in religion debates
The writer satirizes arguments about kissing by noting it is condemned or defended by lawyers ministers and lovers. They challenge Christian hypocrisy linking moral rules to political or religious agendas. The piece questions how prohibition of liquor is used to justify other social controls.
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Cources
A Short Sermon by an Invalid Layman
A Grattan Michigan writer in The Alliance shares a rule of life to improve living and help others, urging honesty, temperance, and charity to build happiness and rewards in this life and beyond. A Yankee teetotaler quips about distributing stamps and groceries as replacements for liquor, challenging vice with humorous image.
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C. Close
Grattan
Mich
Eternal Justice
Cristian
Homemade skin salve recipe from a vintage text
A fragment describes a salve for skin care using oil of almonds spermaceti white wax camphor and describes melting and pouring into forms. The dialogue hints at a question about the impact a single woman can have on a man’s life.
Where signs herald a happy people and a strong state
The translated verse says youth flourishes where poisonous drinks are driven out and opium's curse leaves no trace. It asserts that such signs indicate a happy people and a well governed, wall-ruled state.
Bait and Fly Fishing Compared in Mountain Stream Angling
The author contrasts bait and fly fishing, praising bait for practical success and the thrill of pursuing trout in swift mountain streams. He describes casting through holes, eddies, and driftwood, and wading waist deep, highlighting the skill and excitement of catching trout in rugged waters.
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Dillettanti
All-Round Good Paper by Henry Watterson
The Louisville Courier Journal editor Henry Watterson argues that a paper’s merit rests more on the quality of its selections and editorial oversight than on the volume of original writing. He notes the editor’s skill in choosing material and managing publication as key measures of effectiveness.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Ths
Wit and Humor and Medical Advertisements Parade
A collage of quips on schooling, politics, and manners mixes with early health ads. The piece mocks teachers and ward politicians while promoting Holloway’s Pills and Northrop & Lyman’s emulsion as remedies with testimonials from Toronto.
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the— Aclan HeessPeess
the Feee Press
Power Printier & Publishing
Apfice
Steet
Arta
Aivantistis Rourix
Casas
Eaatier Colamnelx
Avive Cae
Hjr. Moore
Gis Mastoe
Tang Rogen
Lowry
McLe. R
Te Colleee
Metuterol
Frederick St. Actes
L. Bexnett
Gesee
Gradtate
Prompido
T.pisher
Drege Stare Sil
Fisher
Peta
Sapr
Actut Actun
Toltun
S, Smith
Actus
Urderiques
Messrs
G & E. Tolton
Grand Trunk Railway
Acton
J S Matthews & Sons
Francis Nunan
T. F F. Chaprosn
Gooce Binge
J. George
Sanare
Guelph
Dominion Steamship Co
Canadian Load & Savings Co
Goult
Queen’s Bench
East
Eton, Ont
Kince
Bod
H. Markatt & Bro
Acton Banking Co.v., Storey, Christie & CO
Outacid
MONET
Cent Store
Germany
Englast
New York
Jas. F. Kioner
AQ Coat
Upper Wyndham Street
R. Creech
Cordwood
Witter
Acton Station
Sud
Raiway
Aras
Alexander Wairn
People’s Flour & Feed Store
Saatteceie
Cass Feed Store
R Elliott
R. Holmes
Vicinity
WW. C. Jobinson
Ove Storr
Susazelia Mogga
Mr. Middleton
Mrs. Moggs
Johnes
Husbeshab
Mrs. Maggs
Wigsby
Sugancita
Black & Whimper's
Britis Workman
Chatterbox
Friendly Visitor
Band of Hope
Infant’ 8
the Prize
Wide Awake
Quiver
Che Free Press
Turreway
Tor
Smith
Watch and Clock House of
Clocks & Jewellery
Cloth Hall
Merchant Tailors
South America
New York City
Ufc
Earth
Atalad
Dasher
Gamphor
Saubbe
Texas
Pigfo
Timao
Holloway
J.R. Cuthbertson
Toronto
Northrop & Lyman
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