Alight in the Yard as Mrs Gallup Faces Heaven
Mrs Gallup frets about dying and meeting angels while her husband, Samuel, keeps reading. She muses on heaven manners, breakfast, and being judged for her clatter, while he quietly weighs how her death might unfold and when it should happen.
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Mrs. Gallup
the Angels
C. B. Lewis
Sarah Jane Bixby
Sarah
Ashe
Fennel
Mir Gallup
Herre
Famuel
Samuel
Mr. Gallup
Houdini Demonstrates Handcuff Escape In England
The American illusionist Harry Houdini visits Scotland Yard seeking a handcuff exhibit but is denied. he later demonstrates escaping a pair labeled impossible to remove. Another tale recalls two detectives and a jail escapee shadowing Houdini at a St Paul hotel, plus a humorous Atchison Globe note advising Sunday routines to avoid midweek fatigue.
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Harry Houdini
England
Scotland Yard
London
Houdini
Sid
Amerie
Iloudini
St. Paul
Minn
Houdial
Mr. Houdini
Atchison Globe
Wooser and Mamuia discuss canned peas in playful banter
A Philadelphia Press snippet features a quirky exchange about warm peas and talking foods. The dialogue plays with childish humor as characters debate behavior and manners.
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Wooser
Mamuia
Bridget
Tommy
Mamma
Philadelphia Press
How Company D Fought Through the Yorktown to Sharpsburg
A Civil War reminiscence details Company D of the 10th Alabama losing 27 men to disease and battle by June 30, 1862. The narrative notes movements near Yorktown and Williamsburg the battles of Seven Pines and the Second Manassas, with Col. W. H. Forney wounded. A Highland girl recalls a blessing once said by her former master six years prior.
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Bristoe
Yorktown
Williamsburg
Seven Pines
W. H. Forney
Manassas
Maryland
Sharpsburg
Mil
Dundee
Loudoun Telegraph
Railway Lamps Fault Report Sparks Passenger Exchange
An official questions a passenger about train lamp faults while traveling incognito. The passenger affirms the lamps are exactly the kind desired, claiming expertise and professionalism in lamination duties, though the exchange hints at a comic miscommunication.
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Passeveer
Lamion Han
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