Mood Troubles in Sherman Town End with A Good Joke
A rambling tale recounts Yacob Schnyder in Sherman, a quarrel over inheritance after his brother’s death. He disputes Katrina’s claim to farm property including a sawmill and seeks Mrs rights, while a doctor challenges him as German and the piece closes with a frontier preacher’s farewell tale.
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Shnyder
Herr Redarter
Sherman
de Futoor
West
Maria Skimmerhorn
Pumpernickles
Potztausend
Cincinnati
Bruder
Morgan Katrina
Katrina
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Brader
Bishness
Katrine
Brudder
Dish
Holt
der Doktor Shinkenspeck
Merigan Radikal Babers
Herr Schnyder
de Vidow
Yacob Schnyder
Bart
Berty
Justice Court
Pumbernickel
Auf
Secret to wealth says leaders should act and not reveal plans
A Boston era column cites Vanderbilt, Asa Packer, George Law, and A T Stewart on wealth. They advise acting first and sharing plans after success, plus notes on crisis timing and steady work as paths to fortune. A funeral tale in a country church recounts a son’s shock upon discovering his father’s death, connecting wartime service and family loss.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
Commodore
Pennsylvania
George Law
Vanderbilt
Asa Packer
A. T. Stewart
Ricer Packer
Indiana
Maryland
John Slayton
Slayton
Ohio
Webster's Retaining Fee Lesson from a Retainer
A New Bedford client paid Daniel Webster a thousand dollars as a retainer to defend a case in Boston. Webster explained the fee secured his readiness and barred future offers from the plaintiff. The case settled the next day, and the client learned the legal meaning of a retainer.
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Webster
Daniel Webster
New Bedford
Mr. Webster
Boston
Ofice
Court Street
Daniel
Gratis
Chinese silk copy of Declaration exhibited in California
A Californian displays a silk copy of the Declaration of Independence written in Chinese. About twenty inches wide and five feet long, one of only three known copies, sent by Chue A. Sine the consular interpreter at Hong Kong, to the consulate. The letter notes thousands of Chinese readers in Hong Kong admire American institutions more than ever.
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Hong Kong
Patent Office
Chue A. Sine
Kong Kong
Sine
Substitute Man’s Sacrifice Sparks War Memory Debate
A political speaker criticizes an opponent for hiring a substitute in the Civil War. He asserts the rival’s loyal citizens lent service, while a deceased substitute’s bones rest in a distant land, and a Pierce family connection is mentioned in the same moment.
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Rappaban
Neek
Missexcen Reply on Chauncey County Director Race
In Ames Ohio on Sep 24 1869 Ep Missexcen quotes C R Smith and allies denying that the retiring Board member Hixon declined a nomination. He says Smith spreads falsehoods to justify his faction and outlines why residents wanted him as Director, recounting Infirmary finances and county expenditures with inmate counts and yearly draws.
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Ohio
C. R. Smith
Chauncey
Thad
Mr. Smith
Hiram Fuller
Chalinéey
Hiide
Joe Saunders
Smith
Fullers
Mr. Fuller
Mr. Saunders
Fuller
Dept
Beecher Defends Grant Against Democratic Attacks
Henry Ward Beecher backs President Grant amid Democratic claims of neglecting public duties by traveling. He praises executive efficiency, notes successful reforms in war, reconstruction, finance, and debt, and argues Grant deserves rest this summer without public grumbling.
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Grant
Henry Ward Beecher
Han
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New York
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Walton
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