Remarkable memories span ages and empires
Pliny lionizes Cyrus memory prodigy and Scipio whose name knowledge matched Rome's citizenry. Seneca notes Pontius Latro repeating speeches verbatim. A Corsican student astonishes Muretus with perfect recall and complex recitations, claiming thirty six thousand words stored for long-term recall.
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Pliny
Cyrus
Lucius Scipio
Seneca
Pontius Latro
Joseph Scaliges
William Hamilton
Padua
Muretus
E. S. Drone
Scribner
Noble Wife Encourages Restart After Bank Cash Woes
A bankrupt merchant tells his wife all is in the sheriff s hands. She calmly asks what the sheriff can sell. He concedes not the family, then she reminds him that manhood womanhood and childhood remain. Their renewed hope leads him toward fortune once more.
Self Reliance and Wealth Myths in Early Life Lessons
A New York widow laments her chain of deceased husbands as she asks a minister to conduct her fourth husband's funeral. The minister questions the circumstance and the woman quips that no poor woman has endured such a burdensome fate with so many dying spouses.
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New York
The Boarding House Dilemma and the Fifty Thousand Souls
A strict Boston Methodist hostess refuses unclean guests until a bluff sea captain asks about eternal punishment. When pressed about how many souls burn, he deflects. She finally decides to take him in, muttering that fifty thousand souls are better than nothing.
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Boston
Taking the Chances in Vicksburg Whisky Tale
A color line story from Vicksburg details a Black resident finding a whisky bottle in the suburbs. He questions poison risks with a passerby and considers drinking, joking about the dangers and the many Black residents in town while weighing the gamble.
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Vicksburg
Hotels in Chicago adopt prepaid policy after swindles
Numerous Chicago innkeepers now demand advance payment from travelers. One guest, asked to pay upfront, retorts by joking about staying ten minutes on the European plan before moving to a more trustworthy hotel. The tale highlights growing caution and changes in hospitality practices.
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Chicago
The Teething Baby Alters Domestic Romance
As the baby begins teething the romance of married life ends. A wife cannot feel sentiment for a husband who travels in a night shirt with a crying infant on his shoulder. She stops calling him darling and sighs at his careless handling.
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Darling
John Camfire
Strong minded Detroit woman rejects voter call
A resolute Detroit woman tells a politician that her husband cannot vote because he is busy washing and ironing tomorrow. She asserts she owns the house and means to vote herself if anyone does. A witty neighbor jokes about frozen noses as Mr Smith claims no fault and says he rubbed his nose as far as he could reach.
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Detroit
Mary Jane
Halloe
Smith
Disease Prevention for Hogs in Feed and Quarters
A guidance note urges keeping hogs in good comfortable quarters and not roaming freely as a safeguard against a prevailing disease. If an outbreak occurs, diseased animals should be separated from the healthy herd.
Girl Tests Lover's Love Then Marries Store Clerk
An Indiana girl arranged a test of her lover by having him shout mad dog as they walked out. He fled over a fence, leaving her injured, and she soon married a store clerk.
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Indiana
General Longstreet Buys Half Interest in Gainaville Hotel
Gen Longstreet has purchased a half interest in a Gainaville Georgia hotel and will test his ability to manage the property. Locals note the purchase signals ambitions for hospitality leadership in the town.
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Longstreet
Gainaville
Auction Notice of Sheriff Sale in Athens County
By virtue of a Fi Fa Execution issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio the public auction will be held on the farm of William Buck in Rome Township Athens County Ohio Tuesday November 2 1875 at 10 o clock a m. The property offered includes a 44 interest in a threshing machine two dun horses eleven years old two bay horses nine years old a five year old sorrel mare and one ox cart.
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Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
Lee Township
Ohio Company
Albany
Marshfield
Mineral City
Henry T. Lawson
William Rickey
Lawson
Hickey
John T. Winn
Albany and
N. Warren
W. A. Root
Grosvenor & Dana
Court House
Lodi
Samuel S. Boy
William Lee
John Eater
Destelguer & Jewerr
Pit’t's Atty's
William Buck
Rome Township
Washington City
Manson
Durang
Wu. HU. Crook
HxLruEnerine & Bently
Deugeret
Washington, D.C
Heamatic Aic Hermady
Bently
Dragatee and Chemists
Washington, D. C
Dealereail
United States
W. W. Love
Jeremiah Martin
Big Raccoon Creek
Knox Township
Vinton County
Zaleski
McArthur
Bolen’s Mills
L. E. Foster
Equitable suit seeks sale of Leven Oliver land in Athens County
Platter and Ingles with Hiram Armitage sue Leven Oliver and others to reveal claims on 8 and 10 acre tracts in Alexander township. Court orders sale of the real estate to satisfy judgments from 1875, with Oliver as equitable owner and Golden and Haning holding legal title. Notice requires appearance by late October 1875.
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Leven Oliver
Athens County
Ohio
T.H. Platter
P.B. Ingles
Platter and Ingles
Hiram Armitage
Elizabeth Silvus
Court of Common Pleas
Athens
John Golden
Caroline Golden
William Haning
Ranson Haning
J. Dillon Haning
Paul Wood
Wesley Wood
Platter & Ingles
Elizabeth Silvas
Alexander Township
A. H. Woodyard
Thompson Woodyard
Davis Rickey
David Reeves
Golden and Haning
A.D
Desteiguer & Jewett, Atty's
Rail timetable notes trips from Columbus to Lancaster and beyond
A historical timetable lists departures from Columbus to Lancaster Nelsonville Salina and Athens with morning and early afternoon arrivals. It notes mail and express connections at Logan and Mail Express services with several routing options. Direct links exist to Cincinnati Buffalo Philadelphia New York and east and west destinations via Columbus and Circleville.
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Columbus
Lancaster Logan
Nelsonville
Salina
Athens
Logan
Straitsville
BOS
Lancaster
Circleville
Cincinnati& Muskingum Valley Railroad
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Philadelphia
New York
Passenger Trains Schedule From Columbus 1871
On and after Monday May 28 1871 trains depart Columbus and reach listed destinations. The 4:10 pm train leaves Columbus with through tickets to Delaware and Springfield arriving about 7:20 pm. Palace Day and Sleeping Cars available on all trains. Through tickets on sale at the depot.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. L. O'Brien
D.W. Caldwell
Toeni
Geeee
Yelum
Delaware
Springfield
Columbusat
Isam
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Taft
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Childen
Alfred White
West Fifth Street
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Court Street
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City Hall
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