Tales of impostor, marriage mixups and Missouri lore
A raconteur recalls impersonating a lawyer to wed a woman and a Missouri tale of twins swapping identities in a company during the war. The lawyer Wallace is mistaken for another Wallace in Lebanon, leading to a newspaper attack and a mistaken marriage consent. Wallace later wins election as circuit judge.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Lebanon
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Ruth Johnson
The
Lebanon School
Miss Johnson
Miss Ruth Johnson
Richards
Johnson
New York News
Family Budget Tensions Hit Chicago Household
Mr Ferguson urges retrenchment after reviewing a family expense account. He laments spending $1,000 in six months at a $2,000 yearly rate, while Mrs Ferguson calmly asserts the family budget is $2,000. The exchange captures domestic financial strain in a Chicago Tribune clipping.
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Laura
Mr. Ferguson
George
Mrs. Ferguson
Chicago Tribune
Realism In the Department Store Quips On Rain Appeara
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item mocks a new rain apparatus for department store customers. The feature notes shoppers hearing rainlike sounds from above while testing purchases, framing the device as a gimmick for Umbra buyers seeking satisfaction.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Old Abe’s Mercy and Mist: Lincoln’s Humorous Levee Tale
A Youth’s Companion recounts how Lincoln greeted a drummer boy at a White House levee calling the boy “Uncle Abe” and extended his leave. Lincoln then shared stories of “Pittsburgers” boats, a misty river scene in Cairo and a joking interaction with Stanton and Sherman before Grant’s arrival.
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Abe
Lincoln
Army
Navy
Congress
Virginia
Ohio
Ted Bins
Pittsburger
Cairo
Als
Mississippi
Stanton
Halleck
Sherman
Carolinas
General Grant
Roe L. Hendrick
Marble and Granite Monuments and Tombstones Ad
D. R. Gaines offers marble and granite monuments and all stone work in Anniston Alabama. He promises best materials and workmanship with bulk savings of 20 to 30 percent. Contact Twenty-si dest Fourteenth stres via post or at the address.
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D. R. Gaines
Anniston
Ala
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H. Carre
Noble Street
New England House
C. H. Hall
bBth Street
Union Depot Anniston
Alabama
Julius Levy
Arti
Columbian Building
Anniston Steam Laundry
Wilson & Ross
VIA
New Orleans
Shreveport
Memphis
Texas
Mexico
New Mexico
California
ER. P. Turner
Gen’ Pass
Jdallas
U. S
Frank M. Griffith
T. P. A. Memphs
Po Af
Geo. H. Led
Little Rack
Ohio River
Cotton Belt
Shale
W.C Peller
DPA
Memphis, Tenn
EW. Labeaume
G. P
T.A
St. Louis, Mo
J.S. Barker
Brownin and
Morris
Willi
Sala
Nassau Sens
the Gaines Marble Co
Cartersville, Ga
Anniston, Ala
Anniston National Bank
Ae Capital
W.H. McKleroy
D. Woodruff
Alabawa
M. B.ellborn
Smith
B. Wellborn
R. F. Smith
W. H. McKleroy. Ient
Bell Telephone
Morrisville
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