Dick Sylvester Chooses His Own Name and Path
In a household across a long summer, the young L C Sylvester dubbed Dick by Mr Scrimmager, defies punishment with mischief and ingenuity. Bessie and Tom test kindness and discipline, enroll him in kindergarten, and navigate love duty, class, and trust as Dick grows into a self chosen identity.
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Susan
Mr Scrimmager
Tom
David
Bessie
Richard
Richard Sewell
Crawford House
Mums
Mama
Claude
Robbie
Skim
Bessié
Mrs. Sylvester
Ick Sylvester
Mr. Scrimmager
Richar Sylvester
Mexico
Mercy
Dessie
Darla
Mama Erprentee
Mrs. Winthrop
Florida
Fortines
Lewis
Totu
Tom and His Wife Were Engaged In Lively Conversation With Professor Graham
Cook
The Boy Feathers Out Chapter Scene With Mrs Bessie
The narrative follows Mrs. Bessie and Tom as they discuss disciplining a boy. Tension eases with a fruit basket gift, while negotiation about punishment methods unfolds at dinner and around the house. The family debates kindness versus harshness in child rearing amidst playful chaos.
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David
Bessie
L. A
Tom
Scrimmager
Little Shap and the Tortured Tar Tale
In a family drama, Dr. Corbett and Tom discuss a rebellious boy known as Little Shap who scars his face while his mother and relatives cope with the aftermath. The incident sparks changes, with Susan dismissed for disobedience as the household confronts care, responsibility, and the boy’s restless mischief.
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Tom
Corbett
Sylvester
Darling
Bessie
Munzéy
Ond
David
Susan
Cook
Fannie Mills of Sandusky Mystery of World’s Largest Feet
Sandusky Ohio July 17 Fannie Mills 22 lives on a dairy farm two miles east of Sandusky. Her feet are described as enormous and ever growing with the right foot one foot six inches long and the left inch shorter. Measurements show instep around twenty one inches. She weighs 109 pounds and is in delicate health yet cheerful. Her father keeps her from public display despite offers to exhibit her around.
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L. C
Robbie
David
Jon
Bessie
Claude
Chaude
Tom
Maritin
Tom Sylvester
Essie
Sandusky
Fannie Mills
George Mills
Fannie
Albay
N. Y
Waith
Chicago
Wedding at a Funeral in Rochester Michigan
The late Mrs. Swift was buried from her home. Before services Lizzie and Jesse Lawrence, betrothed, were married at the graveside with mourners present. Linzie inherits the residence and land plus about $2500, and the couple begin housekeeping at once.
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Rochester
Mich
Kraj
Swift
Aew
Lizzie
Jesse Lawrence
Sullivan Stinging Creek Fight Echoes Homer’s Sea
A Washington Sunday Herald piece recalls Sullivan on a beach before a boxing match. He quotes Homer’s oluphitosboios thalatta discussing the sea, then loses the fight in a twenty four foot ring. The memory highlights his polished, well bred demeanor despite changing culture.
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Sullivan
Creek
Washington Sunday Herald
Boston
A State with a Full Treasury
State reports in Galveston indicate the receipts leave the treasury with more than eight million dollars in cash. About two million sits in special funds awaiting investment guidance from the Legislature, with idle funds costing roughly one hundred thousand dollars yearly. If constitutional amendments pass, the Legislature must name acceptable investments, or idle funds will remain and losses will accrue until the next regular session. An extra session could cost around thirty six thousand dollars, possibly justified by the investment issue alone.
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Galveston
Tex
Daring Cavalry Charge at Chancellorsville Saves the Army
The piece recounts Colonel Keenan and Pleasanton's cavalry assault at Chancellorsville in 1863. Major Keenan leads a gallant charge through woods to hold Jackson's force, dies at the front, while Pleasanton brings up artillery to blunt the attack, preventing a Confederate breakthrough and saving the Army of the Potomac.
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Keenan
Mis
Chancellorsville
Army of the Potomac
Hooker
Lee
Theodore W. Bean
First Cavalry Division
Cleasonton
Philadelphia Times
Bean
Eleventh Corps
Soteclock P.m
Jackson
Pleaswuten
Seventh
Twelfth Corps
Sixth New York
United States Ford
Orange Plink Road
Devin
Fifty-fourth
New York Infantry
Yestirety
Pleasanton
Kellogg
Oficer
Committee On the
Pieasantson
Praht
Pieasanton
Cameron
Weekly Times
Rodes
Colston
Howard
Sickles
Wihatto
Mooker
Johnson
Polk
Stuart
Lyon
Kearney
Reynolds
Sidewick
Sean
Fish and Blood
Mmen
Alasceonan
Isn't It Pretty A Park Encounter About a Veiled Doll
A reporter at the park observes a baby carriage with a veiled doll, while a little old man milks a story about the child for a girl named Rose. The scene reveals the line between deception and truth as the boyish man learns of a doll in a carriage and the real flowers carried away by a white hearse.
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New York World
the World
Chiayan
Danpa
Rose
Randpa
Population snapshot of La Beau D T shows growth
A Pioneer Press reporter notes La Beau D T has six general stores a dry goods store an hardware store five saloons a meat market three lumber yards one bank one post office and telegraph office with 280 call boxes and a Yale pattern building. Since the count a new bank fifty room hotel hardware store dry goods house and a Presbyterian church have begun.
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St. Paul
Presbyterian Church
Hop Bitters and cures claimed for a wide range of ailments
A promotional piece extols Hop Bitters as a universal remedy. It cites expert doctors recommending hops for nerves, Buchu for kidney and urinary issues, mandrake or dandelion for liver and digestion, and asserts Hop Bitters enhances these remedies. It claims cures for Bright's disease, diabetes, neuralgia, rheumatism, skin conditions, and many other illnesses across populations.
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Bright
Buchu
Bricht’s
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Freebel
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Papa
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Susi
Weill
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Orange Plank Road
Wilderness Tavern
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