Thanksgiving Across Time and Tides of Life in Abner Tale
A long narrative recalls Abner Warmer and Anna’s Thanksgiving saga set after the Civil War. Abner loses an arm, moves west for a better life, and returns to marry Anna on a misdated Thanksgiving. The tale blends family, faith, and community customs with a final celebration on the wrong Thursday, corrected by a minister.
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Litchfield
Abner
Anna Williams
Anna
God
Sam
McClellan
Potomac
Aber
Rapnihannock
Abner Warmer
Amdl
Sbe
Anni
Imarry Anna
Deacon Williams
Deacon Wiliams
Anui
Atorn
Abnert
Abnerte
Atina
Jes
Pam
Abnar
Johnson
Abnerdlue
Banway West
Vrief
Missouri Valley
Jo Bowarps
Apostle
Charles Algernon Swinburne
Bea
Fredericksburg
Rappahannock
Washington
Autler
Devil Dan
Foraginig
Devil ‘Dan
Devil Dan Ani
I Gang
Groner L. Kivarkie
Night in London Stamens a Lyrical Vision
Oscar Wilde in National Review paints a nocturnal London scene with blue and gold hues, fog creeping over bridges and St Paul's looming, then waking streets filled with country wagons and a pale woman under gaslight. The piece blends dreamlike imagery with urban transit and a stark, fiery gaze.
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Duat
Oscar Wilde
National Review
Pyramids Built by Artificial Stone, Says Wealthy Onlooker
A moneyed man at a property view argues that Egyptian pyramids were made with artificial stone rather than quarried blocks. He cites Egyptologists and favors a Nile mud composite hardened like modern artificial stone as the plausible method. He suggests Egyptians of the ante Christian era mastered artificial stone fabrication.
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Egypt
Brugsch
Piazzi Simyth
Abyssinia
Syria
Nile
Philadelphia Press
Wolves Devour Indian Hunters in Lake Winnipeg Region
In winter 1890 wolves starved by a wet, cold summer attack Indian camps east of Lake Winnipeg. A band of about 100 wolves killed multiple hunters, with one man killed on a platform while others were mauled. Several camps were attacked, with total casualties uncertain.
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Lake Winnipeg
Winnipeg City
Why Girls Are Tall and the Fashion of Height
A reflection on why modern women appear tall and slender, attributing the trend to fashion rather than need. The piece notes past tastes for petite figures and suggests height is a current social style without deeper explanation. It opens with a quoted likely editorial stance from Harper's Weekly and closes with a humorous anecdote about Eddie and jam.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Weekly
Thanksgiving Dinner Plans and Printer's Puns
A friend jokes about attending a Twilling Thanksgiving dinner at 1 pm while another plans Wimples hospitality. The dialogue recalls a New York Herald remark on a compositor misheading Maurice Thompson’s poem Pan in the Orchard and notes antique bed frames and Megotians’ chair-like furniture.
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Maurice Thompson
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Church Directory
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Berlin
ST. Philip's Episcopal Ciurcil
Wilberforce Wells
ST. Mary's Catholic Church
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Frank van Campen
J. Elliott Engine CO
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Foreman
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Belmont, N.Y
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Perkins
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Gale Brand
South St
Belmont, N. Y
Chas. Simons
Henry Voorhies
Sismons & Voorhies
Sanitary
Bronson
Carpenters
Wellsville, N. Y
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Hood & Bradley
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Wm.j. Richardson
Prest Cashier
State Bank
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New-York
National Bank of the Repuuse
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Bank of Commerce
Buffalo
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First National Bank
U.S
Asher W. Mixer
Thomas Lansing
American Press Association
Boston Transcript
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Amy
Arty
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London
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Piccadilly
Gil
Princess of Wales
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Princess Theater
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Ringway
Featherstone
Jersey
Jefferson County
St. Paul's
Wolves
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Wimples
Johnny
New York Herald
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