A Long-ago P D Armour Expulsion Tale Resurfaces
A two chapter anecdote recalls P B Armour as a student expelled for a buggy ride with a seminary girl near Syracuse. Decades later a Chicago magnate helps the academy in financial need, admitting the expulsion was unjust and gifting a substantial check. A later vignette contrasts travelers and motivation with a sales pitch for Syrup of Figs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Armour
Phil” Armour
P. B. Armour
Syracuse
N. I
Philip
Armour
Chicago
Mr. Armour
Academy
Ante Bellum Tales of Zeb Casey and Holy in Meherrin
The piece recounts Zeb Casey the lazy figure in Meherrin North Carolina deserts, his deathly burial delaying by Bela Huffmire and Uba the undertaker, and Holy a diligent slave flogged by Squire Matthew Skinner. It blends dialect portraits and colonial era plantation discipline with a comic yet harsh portrayal of antebellum life.
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Zeb
Bela Huffmire
Bela
Uba
Cornroy
Silas Wegg
Eddard
Boffin
Anon
Potter’s Field
Zeb Casey Atorkin
Marie Bely
Heralds
Hope and Bitters Cheer the Hoping Heart
A curious editorial style outlines the resilience of hope in human nature and extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure all for chills fever rheumatism dyspepsia liver kidney troubles nervousness and debility. It touts improved appetite and sleep and offers a cordial tonic for old and infirm convalescents.
Fragmentary Quip about a Shop and Thief in Boston Tale
In a garbled excerpt a man denies ta king a shop with a gallant compliment. The piece mentions a Brooklyn or New York setting and a Boston year noting a thief, overcoats, and a mix of twins and triplets. A Leavenworth name Mycake appears in the text.
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New York
Gneak
Boston
Leavenworth
Kansas
Mycake
Wasn't Happy Without a Whipping Abelibamah Skinner North
Abelibamah Skinner, a North resident, reportedly faced disciplinary action after failing to meet expected standards. The report notes authorities cited pressure to conform and the desire for stricter guidance. Local officials did not release further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abelibamah Skinner
Remarkable Devotion and Two Clever Runaways in Historic Notices
A colorfully worded reminiscence profiles Amat Amzi a devoted enslaved man serving Marse Davy Jackson and guarding mail pouches on a Norfolk to Elizabeth City steam line facing a rival stagecoach challenge. The piece shifts to the elopement of Justin Huntley McCarthy and Cissy Loftus in London and Edinburgh with notes on their careers and allure.
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Amzi
Marse Davy Jackson
Jackson
Norfolk
Elizabeth City
N. C
United States Mail
Justin Huntley McCarthy
New York
Cissy Loftus
London
Edin
Sure of a Living Inventor in the Making
A proud mother praises her son Dick as the most ingenious boy who will be a great inventor. The practical father notes if he has a bent for experimenting he will become a doctor rather than an inventor. The piece reflects on pay differences between doctors and inventors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Little Dick
Court anecdote on dress and decorum with Lord Ellenborough
A bricklayer objects to appearing in work clothes before Lord Ellenborough. The chief justice insists on decent attire, while the bricklayer retorts he is as well dressed as the lord. A later cross examination reveals a fantasized surgeon identity from a fanciful witness.
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Lord Ellenborough
Argonaut
A Conception of Snow by an Italian Visitor
A little Italian in Rockland last summer had never seen snow. He saw a storm and cried that a lime kiln was busted. He then saw snow everywhere and concluded all the lime kilns had busted.
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Rockland
Ron
Holiday Excursions and Public Notices
Advertises Chicago Great Western excursion tickets at one fare and a third for round trips within 200 miles from selling stations with return validity through January 2 1895. Includes notes on farming information pamphlets and various patent remedies and opinions from period sources. Also mentions stamp sale record and general press items with miscellaneous quotes and trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Greatestern Railway
Catena
SUGGESTIONS FOR NIMRODS Don’t accidentally shoot the guide
A 19th century hunting etiquette list cautions Nimrods against careless errors and unsportsmanlike acts. It warns players not to swear after missing, not to blame equipment, respect no trespass signs, avoid telling others how to shoot, refrain from double barreling at reed birds, wait to drink until after dark, and refrain from waking households or shooting along roadways. It also advises not to promise game before securing it, not to awaken the home, avoid signaling birds by song, and not to blame the dog for what isn’t retrieved. It closes by urging calm when a deer approaches and keeping presence of mind.
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Traveler
Zeb Casey
Aholibamah Skinner
Meherrin
Chawin
Persimmons
Carolina Cornfield
Matthew Skinner
Holy
Army
Navy
Aholibamah
Marie Maffer
Yaas
Marse Maffer
Jesser Ink
Kolibamah
South Mills
Pasquotank River
Giang
Marie Davy
Bly’s
Warren St
Wall Street
Wall St
Amat
Cissy Loftusburgh
McCarthy
Augustin Daly
Cissy Lofts
Marie Cecilia Loftus
Lancashire
Justin HH. McCarthy
Royal Baking Powder CO
Nebraska
Colorado
Eustis
M. G. Bunt
Sprague, Wash
China
Hegeman's
C.G. Clark
Banson
Russia
Thomas P. Simpson
Washington, D.C
Neoatty
Inventor
Guise
D M
Answer'ng
Isagogoodes
Scott
FREE
Scott & Bowne
N. Y
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