The Magic Tug Affects a Sailor Love and Laughter
A serialized romance opens with Caleb and Pheebe Ann meeting on Ohio Canal shores as he declares deeper devotion. A comic, arch tone blends with nautical fantasy as Caleb abandons shipboard plans, only to reunite. the couple compromises to join as partners in life and work, while quirky vignettes on thieves and a prose ode to a woman's smile punctuate the chaptered tale set in a late 18th or early 19th century ambiance.
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Ohio Canal
Caleb
Pheebee Ann
Fixon
Pheebea Ann
Pheebe Ann
Calebs
United States
Pheebee
Jack Sura
The
Tre
Hero
Phoebe Ann
A Suant Law Boy in Gentleman’s Family Joke
A country boy recently placed in a gentleman's home comes downstairs laughing to tell the cook that twelve up there could blow out the candle and had to ring for help. The tale is told with humorous bravado as the boy recounts the scene in the drawing-room and kitchen.
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Kentucky
France
Holland
Sweden
Wales
Spain
Put
Put-in-Bay
New World
Jerry Baldy
Staten Island
Rome
Continental Congress
Christopher
Columbus
Sandusky
Aghland
Mount Vernon
New York Ledger
Divorce trial in Brookley Superior Court
A divorce case involving two nearly seventy year old spouses is in trial before the Superior Court in session at Brookley Connecticut with proceedings ongoing.
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Chesterville
Main Street
Chestervill Barn
Weil
Brookley
Conn
Landlord outwitted in stagecoach spoons caper
A humorous tale recounts Ben Morrison who foils a hotel theft scheme by crediting the missing silver spoons to a passenger and luring the landlord on a buggy chase to recover them. The ruse ends with the culprit exposed as the landlord’s misdirection backfires amid amused travelers.
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Ben. W. Morrison
Ben
Butler County
Ban
Ain
Boniface
al Ha
E-E
Last Will of a Paris Shape Keeper and Varied Queries
A Paris shape keeper’s last will requests an autopsy and body dissection by scientists to learn the death cause. The text then pivots to observations on women using cosmetics and a quip about old horses, reflecting oddities and social humor.
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Rue St. Denis
Paris
Eace
Yeast Starter From Flour Sugar and Salt Solution
A simple yeast starter procedure uses one pound flour two pints sugar and a pinch of salt mixed with two gallons of water for an hour then left to stand. Warmth encourages activity bottle and cork tightly. One pint yields about sixteen ounces of bread.
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Sparta Township
Indiana
Monster’s Store
Ind
Wilson
Bolt
Col
Cotten
Minetreet
Clasterville
Satagrenagheeay
Maine
S. Mitté
Jens
Maslin
Priges
Cnloiers
Sparta
Mike Lot
Dmanner
Crawwin G
H. Monster's
Herman Monsler
Jones
Dearborn County
Tad
Vilages
Monster's Store
Mempers
Cheste Evile
Ianning
Smith, Fay
RD OF
Joe Bedonah
Hiram Chance
Og. Alata
Jacob, Miller
Thos, R
Wil Weaner Marshall
N Smith
Pheebe the Pickle
Bign Pexrox
Lord Lovell
Nancy Balle
Warrs
Ene- Lane
London
Winstead
Winchester
James C. Smith
Lancaster
Theseas Wharton
Joseph Kirkbtide
Congress
Supreme Council
Pennsylvania
Anchester
Dallawer
Bristels-amd
C. Charlee Thompson
Thommen Wharton
Joseph Kirkbride
Board of War
Philadelphia
Bucks
Cumberland
Berks
Northampton
Bristol
Chester
York
Tues, Warton, Jr
Puwaprevears
Jon. Kirkbride
County of
State of
Nevada
Ratner
Ian Massenep
Godfrey Kneller
Pope
Sir Godfrey
Saya
Bachelor Grimes
George
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