Old Munnybag's Oath A Christmas Ghost Tale of Charity
In a nameless city a miserly old man named Munnybag broods over hoarded gold and a haunting spectre. The ghost presses him to share wealth with the poor, revealing a sick wife and hungry children in a cobbler’s modest home as a vivid counterexample to his stinginess.
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Mannybag
Christendom
Naves
Munnybag
Magine
Spectre
Old Munnybag
eWell
Gonny
Elisham Court
Hull
Ana
Munpybag
Winiter
Tam
Clara
Timotheus
Santa Claus
Santa
Garret
Santa's Chimney Entrance Sparks Family Revels and Change
A cobbler hosts a chaotic Christmas scene as Santa appears in the room through the chimney, coins rain down, and the miser repents. The cobbler's family erupts with excitement while the miser balks at giving the money, then experiences a conversion and vows to reform before death.
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Cobphier
Timotheus
Santa
Smallpox Custody Clash Erupts Across Jackson Street
A mob of nearly fifty disrupted a quarantine swap at 1606 Jackson street as police and a dispensary driver attempted to remove a young smallpox patient named Henry Evzelke to a quarantine station. The crowd blocked doors, yet officers forced entry with an axe and kept order during the midnight removal amid frayed nerves and emotional scenes.
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Missouri Republican
Frances
Carson
Dundaville
Tayne
Boyd
Jackson Street
Health Department
Francis
Peng
Beppo the brigand hunter ends in Natchez pursuit
In St Louis detective Dartle recalls chasing Antonio Mandrazzo, a famed Neapolitan brigand. With Italian detectives, he traces Crillio and a Calabrian informant Beppo to Natchez where a river chase ends with Mandrazzo slain and Beppo unmasked as a disguised woman. The case yields rewards and personal injury.
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Esposito
New Orleans
Italy
Antonio Mandrazzo
Natchez
Tennessee
St. Louis
Dartle
Naples
Signor
Bartolo
Andrea
Carondelet
Chilio
Alravzi
Signor Andrea
Signor Bartolo
Mandrazzo
Bnit
Pine Street
Manibrazzo
Wartolo
George Hawes
Beppo
Hawes
Crillio
Big Crillio
Natchez-under-the-Hill
Stiietto
Clit
Manarazzo
Hal
Tina
Strange Sunday Cracker Detains Illustrated Papers
Rochester newsdealers report a stranger named Michael L Lehmaier going room to room on Sundays tearing up illustrated crime papers. He has been arrested twice but discharged for lack of witnesses. He claims ministers approved his actions and cites Catholic clergy warning that priests would deny communion to Catholics selling such papers.
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Rochester
N. Y
Michael L. Lehmaier
Curious Civil War Wire Between Grant Lincoln
A-passage recounts Grant and Sherman correspondence during the Richmond siege with Lincolns prompt reaction. The second fragment describes a 1880 testimonial from Ashburnham Massachusetts about recovery from long illness after using Hup Bitters, signed Julia G. Cushing.
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Grant
Richmond
Sherman
Lincoln
Death of a Criminal Family After Platte City Murder
A Leavenworth Times summary recalls the rampant tragedy following the stabbing death of Nathan Andrews by Clay Snell. Within days and weeks, multiple Snell relatives died amid reports of a family curse, leaving Clay Snell in jail at Platte City awaiting trial as the survivor.
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Leavenworth Times
Platte City
Clay Snell
Nathan Andrews
Httle
Snells
Lucy Ann Standiford
Robert Snell
Joan Snell
Shackleford
Nettie Snell
Thomas Standiford
Latte City
Andrews
Old man gets new money after boot stash tale
A Geneva, New York resident visited the Treasury to exchange badly worn notes. Secretary Folger redeemed the three mutilated bills for three new ones and arranged a tour of the department, teaching the traveler not to carry money in his boot again.
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Washington Republican
Geneva
N. Y
Treasury Department
Department
Folger
Atcent
Prisoner Hangs Self With Hat in Own Desperation
W R Mims, jailed in Greenville Alabama, died Saturday night from self inflicted strangulation using his hat. Porterfield found him with head covered and hat thrust in mouth. Coroner and jury ruled death by own action as inquest adjourned to Monday morning.
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Greenville
W. R. Mims
Porterfield
King
Herbert
Tragedy on Paris Neuilly Tramway Causes Terror Crash
An accident on the Paris to Neuilly tram line follows a cart blocking a steam car. After drivers failed to yield, the horse’s head was seized and the engine lurched backward into an omnibus. Ten passengers were hurt, including a woman with a broken leg, amid criticisms of tram drivers and shared road rights.
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London Daily News
Paris
Neuilly
Coca Beef Tonic Promises Vitality and Tone
A historical advertisement touts Liebig Co. Coca Beef Tonic as a remedy to rectify Vorpidity of the Liver and remove dyspepsia. It claims to impart new vigor to the system while warning against worthless imitations.
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Liebig Co
Convict’s claim of abuse at Sing Sing raises alarm
John Melson, a Sing Sing inmate sentenced in 1877 for grand larceny, describes severe mistreatment by keeper Dixon and others. He says he was forced to cut 1600 pairs daily, flogged, starved, and finally maimed himself by severing three fingers to avoid death. The warden counters that tasks were within normal limits and cites other workers who succeeded at 1600 pairs.
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Sun
John Melson
Sing Sing
Joel
Warden Davis
Auguarus Brush
Davis
Jesse Dixon
Dixon
Ime
Foreman
Paddea
Barber
Mulligan
Ricker
Lam
Bay State
Brush
Lieft
Ljoft
Rosh
Melson
Deak
Lave
Young
Warden Brush
Mexican girl admired for beauty in crowd at 19th century event
The observer notes the Mexican girl lacks American vivacity yet is lovely with pale skin, dark eyes, and graceful bearing. He praises her modesty and being well bred, contrasts with American peers, and recalls counting about 500 pretty girls in the audience as the crowd enjoyed a long viewing period.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Snow Streamers on Mount Davidson
Snow streamers adorned Mount Davidson last evening, forming whirlwinds that chased along the crest. Sunlight lit the spiraling columns, creating a dramatic display of changing shapes and motion on the peak.
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Mount Davidson
Nevada Exchange
Mrs Disraeli's Mistake in Keowten Kiss Incident
London Truth outlines a society tale where Mrs Disraeli secretly kisses Lord Keowten, mistaking him for Lord Beaconafield. The scene unfolds in a dark hall after Montag Corry’s late return from the House of Commons, highlighting thrifty habits and the couple’s discreet life amid the season's gossip.
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Montag
Corry
House of Commons
Lea
Anofa
Mia Disraeli
Mra. Disraeli
Compound Oxygen Promotes Early Disease Reversal
An 19th century advertisement touts Compound Oxygen as highly effective in arresting diseases at their onset, urging early treatment for consumption, catarrh, bronchitis, neuralgia, or other chronic risks. It claims vitality remains unimpaired if addressed at the threshold and promises restoration through its remedies and reports from Breakley & Pains in Philadelphia.
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Sen
Jiee Des
Breakley & Pains
Girard Street
Philadelphia
Ossified choroid shown by Milwaukee oculist
Dr Houghman recently exhibited an ossified choroid of the human eye as large as a silver quarter and twice as thick. L M Richards of Jefferson county earlier injured an eye while chopping in the woods in youth. The eye later became blind then painful with pressure. Dr Houghman removed the eye and found ossification. only two such cases on record.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Houghman
L. M. Richards
Jefferson County
Meissonier Hosts Soiree For American Photographer Guests
London Daily News reports Meissonier hosted a studio gathering to honor an American photographer who devised a system to photograph animals in fast motion. Guests viewed magic lantern projections including a Mexican hunt, buffalo race, and other rapid scenes. Attendees included MM Dumas fils Gerome Narbonne and Garnier among artists and literary men. St Jacobs Oil touted as a universal rheumatic remedy used by lawyers doctors and clergymen. Cooks and girls for general hostess work advertised at 19 Winter Street with immediate positions after 10 AM.
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London Daily News
Meissonier
Asoirce
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Obie
Daily Nuguirer
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Brown Chemical CO
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