New Year's Day Romance in the Country Home
A young woman Rosa revisits childhood haunts in a country Christmas, reunites with Fred Sterling, and discovers a forgotten engagement. Amid family schemes and Aunt Pattie’s welcome, Rosa’s heart shifts from envy to love as Fred’s quiet devotion surfaces and leads to a shared future.
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Mary
Fred Steling
Fanny
Fred Alaios
Fred
Europe
Fred Sterling
Fred Serling
Rosie
Rose
Rosa
Pattie
Otten
Fay
Beter
Ted
Papa
Willis
Sarah
Sarah Willis
Lanetons
Miss Rosa
Maggie Laneton
Mrs. Laneton
Mrs. Newton
Mrs. Serling
Mamma
Pan
Sieding
Frederic Sterling
Rosalie
Paris Photo Forgery Scandal Deters Bank of France Experts
Paris reports a famed photographer M Aguado fooled bankers with a photographic counterfeit claim. The note appeared during a test but experts found no true note sent. A British doctor offers a chemical remedy to erase forgeries by touch, provoking grim humor over widespread notes in circulation.
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Paris
Boston Atlas
M. Aguado
Bank of France
Heda
Weiec
Ead
Wen
Repor
Furnis Jay
Gough's Cincinnati Lectures Anecdote About a Druggist
In Cincinnati John B. Gough shared a long anecdote about a gaunt Yankee who visits a drug store asking for scent and a scam of buying scent to make his would be wife smell sweet. The drugger offers a horn scent that allegedly lasts weeks causing the Yankee to grab a bottle and punch the man after being challenged. He vows to make the scent burn and threaten the drugger.
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John B. Gough
Cincinnati
Walt
Sal
Neb. Legislator Proposes “Wiva Ver Sa” in Clerk Election
A green Nebraska lawmaker during the Assistant Clerk vote blurts out wiva ver sa, sparking laughter as colleagues seek meaning and ask aides if the phrase is in order, revealing unfamiliar parliamentary language.
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Viva Voce
Nebraska
Heaven Lifts Up a Child and a Drunken Tragedy
A grieving mother recalls a child lost to illness while a Glasgow Christian News tale warns of temperance. A Christmas party ends in ruin when an intoxicated father loses his infant son to a river as the mother endures guilt and sorrow.
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Henry
Millie
Fireside Virtue and Moral Influence for Home Life
The essay extols family fireside virtue as the true theater of character, praising humble sincerity over public drama. It cites John Newton and Corne lius to illustrate devout influence, urges Sabbath home instruction, and condemns vice while urging honest labor and perseverance.
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John Newton
Cornelius
Thomason
Patrick Henry’s Grave Marked With Bronze Statue in Richmond
Virginians have raised a bronze statue of Patrick Henry in Richmond and hinted at a marble slab over his remains. The marker reportedly reads To the memory of Patrick Henry born May 20, 1738 died June 17, 1776 His fame is his best epitaph.
A Wely Preat Man Borrowing from Ancestral Legacy
A terse note recalls a well regarded man who borrows nothing from a distinguished forebear, highlighting restraint and lineage.
Washington and Payne: apology and lasting friendship
Collins notes an early incident in which William Payne knocked down George Washington in Alexandria before the Revolutionary War. A returning Washington sought merit in the fight, apologized, and soon the two men grew into mutual esteem. During the Revolution Payne and Duvall Payne visited Washington, who introduced Payne to Mrs. Washington as the man who once knocked him down.
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Washington
Collins
Kenucky
Duvall Paine Waa
Wm Payne
Lord Mairlax
England
Virginia
Alexandria
Court House
William Payne
Payne
Davall
Wealthy Ohio farmer pursues newspaper to verify rail crash rumor
A well to do Indiana farmer, knowing his neighbors get no papers, travels to the Hamilton Hamilton area to obtain the Journal after mishearing a railway accident report. He fears for his son and rushes to buy a copy to confirm the truth, reflecting editors' reputation as liars yet needed for accuracy.
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Tansa
Hamilton
Canada
Ohio
Olie
Frugal farmer and starved man in a strange tale
An old miser offers food for labor and a half starved man accepts. They eat supper before work, and the man insists on no more labor after the meal. The farmer agrees and the eager eater departs with plans for further tasks that never occur.
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Iman
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Indian Summer Of The Soul In Aged Reflections
The piece extols an Indian summer of the soul that follows youth and midlife, when memory flowers and the mind relaxes its toils. It contrasts vibrant springs with the later autumn of age, urging hopeful retreat into a bright inner paradise that lies beyond business and hardship.
End of Paper Debate Sparks Witty Exchange
A shrewd old fellow complains about reading the paper correctly and insists he has a right to read it whatever way it is printed. A neighbor points out the misprint as he borrows the paper and the exchange ends with the boastful insistence on his reading method.
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Fonda
Montgomery County
Gillen
Mohawk Valley Bank
Veaca
Fultonville
Anbony Times
Montgomery
Wright
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Main Street
Athens
UST
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Albany
Albany Hotel
W. D. Bartlett
H. K. Blackstone
Wm. McGill
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JT P
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Ohio University
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Stillwater
Minnesota Territory
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Masinste
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John Welch
Geo. S. Walsh
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S.S. Knowles
Tine Mem
Gihide
Seventh Judicial District
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W. Brown
Law
Justice of the Peace
South End Court St
O. D. Culley
Athens CO
Ipoffice
Blackstone’ Clothing Store
G. H. Stewart
J. F. Howe
Washington St
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Perkins & Baker, Ealers
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Pickering & Johnson
Pickering & Carley’s
J.ballard &Sons
N. E
Colege Square
GEO, Walsh & Son
Deslersan
K. W. Carley
Queensware
Clayton, Kincade & CO
Queensware, &c
Poet Office
W. W. Love
Columbus
Ca Proprietors
Chillicothe
D. T.evans
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You
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Miss Rose
Aunt Pattie
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Frederic Serling
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Meaven
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Speaker
New Yorker
Mrs. Pidsley
Trac
The
Glasgow Christian News
Luis
Indiana Freeman's Journal
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Wering
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Peyton Roberts
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