Tragic tale of Ellen Lisle and gilded misery
In Aurora Indiana this tale follows Ellen Lisle a heiress who yields to wealth driven marriage with Mr Morrison a brilliant but cold scientist. Her mother foresees doom but Ellen pursues luxury leading to desertion and ruin. Morrison's letter reveals love finally awakens but ends with tragedy and Ellen's hollow fate. A California cave expedition note follows with a separate frontier discovery.
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Ellen
Mother
Mr. Morrison
Ellen Lisle
Arthur Lisle
Mrs. Lisle
Hudson
Jen
Mrs Lisle
Beginning of Mormonism Seen Through Satirical Lens
An 1830s Albany Evening Journal critique denounces Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon as imposture. It recalls Smith’s Palmyra tavern past, Harris's funding offer, and the printing of the Mormon Bible across the street, calling Mormon leaders rascal impostors and critiquing credulity.
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Joe Smith
Harris
Rochester
Joe
Palmyra
Albsany
Evening Journal
Election Returns Bring News Of Sheriff Race Dusk
In a nearby county a crowded High Sheriff contest featured three leading candidates and a tense finish. A courier on a fast mare delivered results to the county seat hotel, where the tally narrowed to within ten votes and a final township could decide the outcome. The night ended with one rider boasting five hundred dollars and ten miles in twenty minutes, but the actual winner remained unknown at closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Themm
Stout Lady Falls Through Trap at Prefectura Office
A corpulent woman entering the Prefectura is read charges, then drops through a trap in the floor. She is struck thirty blows by an unseen hand, harming her feelings if not her body, before reemerging. The official bows her out in courteous exchange.
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Mariposa
California
Sierra
Lord B
Himalaya
Mike
Prefectura
Thackery
The
Boston Herald
Jerusalem
Mary
Humorous Quotations and Epigrams from A New Jersey Whig
A collage of humorous dialect exchanges and quips circulates, stitching puns on women and fortune, comic misunderstandings, and playful jests about love, art, and social behavior. Several snippets mock pretensions, boastful lovers, and drawing-room wit with light satire.
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Sierra Nevada
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Richmond
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Westar
Astley Cooper
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Gibraltar
Deptford
St. Thomas Hospital
Lonton
Dr. Brigham
Hugo Marce
Springfield Republican
Boston
Bhyer
Walker
Rte
St. Petersburg
Corps and
Celeestines
Sunday Atlas
New Jersey
Niagara
Suckerdam
Bell
Sam
Julius
Massa
Raphael
Tongus
Grand Prairie
Maria
Cyr
Coe
Sam Suira
Garrick
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