Pulling the Wool Over His Eyes Cartoon Street Capers
A Paris correspondence piece recounts a lively street scene where two men mocked a hat shop owner. One distracts the seller while the other dives into the till, lifting coins as the owner’s hat is shoved over his eyes, ending in the shopkeeper overwhelmed and tricked.
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Paris
St. Louis Republian
de Ny uulle
Jacob Strawn
Flinais
entele
dullare
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Morgan county
Fragmented Reverie on Faith and Industry in a Faded Text
A highly garbled OCR passage blends religious reflection with moral exhortation, referencing prayer to God, the soul, and the garden of the heart. The text meanders through themes of suffering, perseverance, and the claimed value of toil, with strained stylistic flourishes and interjected forum chatter about health journals.
The Little Girl Who Survived the Ship Fever
A crowded city streetcar carries an elderly woman and a sickly girl. Passengers block seating and ignore the pair until a startled confrontation erupts. A new arrival from Deer Tolwo Ten Wada hospital is unnoticed by the others until revealed. The conductor reacts with surprise at the crowded ride.
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Deer
Jefferson and His Fiddle and a Coin Toss Tale
A fragmentary historic tale recounts a river crossing near New Orleans with a stranger asking for money and a man insisting he carries coins. It shifts to anecdotes about Thomas Jefferson, his passion for fiddling, and a misadventure involving a slave delivering news of a disaster and the line about saving the fiddle. The piece closes with a garbled street scene and wary guards.
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New Orleans
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Jefferson
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The Patriot Speech at Perks Dinner and Comic Anecdotes
A July gathering at Holy Muu in Perks features M. de Tocqueville famed for Democracy in America, with a long toast and satirical quips about Connecticut origins and slavery. The event includes comic fragments, a mock gallery scene, and a cantankerous finale about the state’s progress.
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Republic
M. to
Toequerie
America
anme ventreman
Cnnnecticut
Monsieur Da Torque
peruit
ben
Notable old-time street preacher shines amid trouble
A colorful reminiscence recalls Old Harry Brewer, famed as a Sabbath exhorter in the Bowery and Grand Street era. His sharp temper, stubborn faith, and comic clashes with rowdy crowds are told through a tale of buckets, temptations, and a small adult salvation. The piece also notes a strolling anecdote about wrapping paper and a humorous send-up of eloquence in public life.
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Harry Brewer
Grand Street
Bowery
Barty
Tarry
ibnat
Harry
Marry
Marcy
Mig Henry
Jorey
streut
Eizabeth street
bam
Praying It Over near Montgomery Feud with a Bull
A Montgomery Mail correspondent reports a humorous incident near Montgomery involving a church member named Jack who prayed by a clay root. A nearby bull named Spot charged as Jack prayed, forcing him to jump up clinging to safety while the bull pawed the ground. Spot then chased the fleeing man, who exclaimed in frustration about the spotted varmint once safe.
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Africa
Speeta
Clem
Sam
Leur- Ina
Montgomery Mail
Mnntgomary
sayes
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Jack
Methodiat church
Spot
Jet
Spor
Aquatic Sexton Chronicle of Odd Baptism Prank
In Norwich a grand baptism was planned for Sunday before last but moved to a peat trough in the church floor beneath a wheeled pulpit. The ceremony was postponed as a rumor spread that the pool held soap suds, with gossip about the sexton taking a bath the night before.
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Norwich
Me Sexton
Wandering Printer and Versatile Talent Remains Remembered
An obituary sketches Karl Ungling a journeyman printer who died in Detroit after roaming the world. Born in Baden, Germany, he fled revolution, served in the Mexican War, and shaped literary and artistic pursuits across the United States. His life spanned Maine to Louisiana, with stints in San Francisco and Cincinnati, earning renown as scholar, artist, musician, and wit. The piece also touches on British war costs and includes excerpts from Fanny Fern and a California incident with stockings and water.
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Karl Ungling
Detroit
Oliv Statesman
Baden
Germany
United States
Buena Vista
Maine
Louisiana
San Francisco
Cincinnati
itia
Fruit Trees By the Roadside in Berlin Letters
A letter from Berlin praises agricultural schools at Hohenstein and laments wasteful fruit on roadside trees. Authors discuss unprotected fruit, theft, and a simple ownership marker using straw tied to trunks. It notes Captain Norton’s new liquid shell design and its fire delivery in military trials.
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Wright
United States
Berlin
Hohenstein
Irenava
America
J. Norton
Royal Engineers
Chatham
England
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