A Night of Sobbing in Gallup House
Mrs. Gallup tells her husband she will die soon and instructs him to choose a second wife. She catalogs rival candidates from the community, jokes about married life, and urges him to remember her good points when she is gone. Samuel Gallup continues sharpening a sickle as she sobs and plans her funeral.
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Samuel
Mrs. Gallup
Hanner Gallup
Silas Johnson
Widder Davis
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Sue Sabins
Sue
Pettin
Angel
Mendin
Baltimore physician reveals peculiar music habit
A Baltimore physician known for his critic’s ear invites three street musicians to a private recital at his home. He praises tunes as a tool to inspire thought and solve medical problems while his daughter records the humorous moment.
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Baltimore
Suwannee River
Baltimore News
Apprenticeships and the Blue Apron in Traditional Gardening
The piece notes that past generations valued gardener apprenticeships highly. Young men paid large premiums to join under skilled gardeners and upon completing the term earned the blue apron. Many would compare their intelligence with modern university graduates.
Your friend Groome explains what college bred means
A brief exchange jokes about the phrase college bred. Groome boasts his wife is college bred, and the response playfully suggests she learned at cooking school, framing college training as the assumed source of refinement.
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Groome
First Swiss Book Printed Date 1470
The earliest printed book in Switzerland bears the date 1470, marking a milestone in the country’s printing history and medieval book production.
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Switzerland
Presidential Lightning Beats the Douglas Man in 1860 Bet
A Kentucky law student recalls a street lightning prank that altered a political poster showing Lincoln and Hamlin. The storm foiled a Douglas advocate, prompting a $25 wager on Lincoln and Hamlin. The student won as Lincoln was re-elected.
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Wall Street
Kentucky
Lincoln
Hamlin
Breckinridge
Lane
Douglas
Johnson
Bell
Everett
New York Sun
Dress and Dignity in Denver's Early Commerce
A Denver merchant story recounts a job seeker who cleaned a filthy cellar to prove his worth, leading to employment and later success. The tale asserts that dressing well within means reflects self-respect and influences perception, echoing a broader view of beauty and usefulness in nature and human conduct. Weekly Bouquet.
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Denver
Book worm and ticker tapeworm quip from the Pittsburgh Chronicle
A Fourth Avenue stockbroker narrator explains terms to his son Freddy who asks if a man who pores over the ticker is a tapeworm. The humorous exchange contrasts the book worm with a ticker reader in a light Chicago style quip.
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Fourth Avenue
Papa
Pittsburg
Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars Offer California Tours
Personally conducted tours to California aboard new Pullman sleepers leave Des Moines Mondays at 8 45 p m via Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles. The journey ends Friday morning after travel through Kansas City. Tours led by an experienced official, with wide vestibules and steam heat. Berth price about half standard. Full information from Great Western agents or F H Lord Chicago. L M worth promotes One Minute Cough Cure as safe and effective for coughs and throat issues.
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Chicago
Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
Leather sellers hint at limited tanneries and continued prices
The note states that only five or six tanneries have been established in the United States since 1830 and that prices have been shared with friends for weeks. It promises assistance in supplying leather for any kind of need.
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No Kiss Refused Sparks Learned Conversation
Tess complains that a man fails to grasp things as she refuses him repeatedly. Jess laughs at the exchange noting the repeated denials, while Tess jokes that two negatives make a positive for a clever man.
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Jess
Philadelphia Press
Misapprehension of a hymn couplet in Rochester note
The Rochester Post-Express quotes a child pondering a hymn line The meekest saint upon his knees and questions why Satan trembles when a saint kneels The reflection centers on the contrast between temptation and piety in a brief reader note.
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Rochester Post-Express
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