Betting on political results salaciously told by Uncle Josiah
Sam recounts a humorous tale on wagering in politics. Uncle Josiah Windling shares cautionary views on betting with a cool factual stance. He narrates how Jim Humepun faced off against Lawyer Treeforg, leading to a decisive victory for Jim and Deacon Hezekiah Bushed’s lifelong denunciations of betting on elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talhed
Josish Winding
Kentry
Hhey
Jim
Treeforg
Astritch
Hezekiah Bushed
Josiah
Vera
Deacon Bushed
Sam
American Fables and The Owl and the Farmer Morals
A fragmented collection of fables with morals and quips about geese attackers burglars and justice. It includes The Owl and the Farmer The Serpent and the Peasant Thy Hen and the Swan and a final proverb about not criticizing a man who acts while you stall. The notes hint at a local press attribution and a concluding motto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esea
Est
Moran
Deira Pree
North Danville
Missionares
California
San Francisco
Religious and educational notes and notices across papers
A compilation of religious and educational items discusses changes in church affiliations in California, missions funding figures from New York Presbyterians, calls for improved school aesthetics, Mecca ceremonies with lavish Kaaba coverings, a Boston school principal’s resignation and aid, Harvard library and gymnasium praise, and Rev. O T Walker’s appeal for educated ministry amid a long trek for schooling illustrating the era’s emphasis on institutions, learning, and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tribune
Mecca
Kaaba
Mary I. Danforth
Winthrop School
Boston
Harvard Crimon
Harvard
America
O.T. Walker
New Haven
North Stonington
Albany
Hamilton College
Hartford Post
Wit and Wisdom Quips Collide in Local Columns
A collage of wry quotes and jokes from various papers, followed by brief humorous vignettes and a stray travel note. Observations on publicity, fortune, and mischief mix with a nursery fable and a comic scene of a marriage proposal. Ends with a travel note about train connections.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ancona
Iowa
Mare Lorts
HEM NG. Loan & Trool
Kossuth County
First National Bank
Public Square
Algona
J. W. Bartlett
Minnesota
Joan H. Queat & Co
Northwestern Depot
W. W. Wheeler
Agt
Algona, Ia
The
Comstock
Owl
Teddy Sopany
Toney Me
Baal
WIT and Wisdom
Greenland
W. Y. Graphic
Chicago Times
Chicago Ledger
New
Orleans Picayune
Albany Journal
Montreal
Norristown
H. Wall
Port Bazar
the Golden Star
Annis Bros
Algona, Iowa
Ambrose A. Call
Porter
Philip Dorweiler
D. H. Hutchins
C.L. Lund
V. H. Stough
J. M. Comstock, F. R. Lewiz
F. BR. Lewis
Cashier
M. L. Clarke
Standard Fire
Chicago Fire
Northweatern Aiomaal Stee Insurance Company
Milwaukee
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