Perilous Moment in Graybeard's Quest on the Prairie
Graybeard and companions evade Mohave and Apache brigades after a tense standoff in the valley. A sudden Apache raid is repelled with help from the older scout, Birdie and Shad. The immigrants continue toward California as Graybeard recalls his long vigil and retrieves a hidden gold stash from his cave.
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Graybeard
Brooks
Craybeard
Tom
Gray
Birdie
Shad
Graybeara
California
Humpoldt Range
Graylee
Shads Marriage Aid Leads Immigrant Move West
Shad misleads a ministerial-looking immigrant to marry Birdie before a dawn departure. Graybeard funds the wedding and divides wealth among six families as they trek toward Gunpowder mountain. Tom stays behind, while the tale ends at Graybeard Hall, a famed estate back east.
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Tom
Shad
Birdie
White Pear
Black Fox
Mountann
Grayoeard
Grarheart
Brooks
Mrs. Adams
Graybeard
Indiana
California
Pass
Erdie
Wing
John Rogers
Gunpowder Mountain
Man of God
Middle States
Bone Place
Graybeard Hall
Living Alone at New York Custom House with Pets
Miss Louise Chester former janitress of the New York Custom House died in Brooklyn last week after a secluded life. Her home housed a menagerie of three parrots tropical birds canaries and several cats and dogs. She left a fortune over 50000 and was noted for charity though she never spoke of herself and her past life remains a mystery.
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Louise Chester
New York Custom House
Brooklyn
Miss Chester
Chester
Buford
Boston
Dorchester Avenue
Leroy Studevant Wold
Miss Buford
Robert Hathaway
Grace
Mr. Rathaway
Brent
New Hampshire Hills
Leroy
Leroy Studevant
Grace Hathaway
Studevant
Federal Street
Abner Ferret
Mr. Hathaway
Miss Grace
Mr. Ferret
Peryess
Ferret
Boston Society
Leroy Studeryant
Woodstock
Flurry Brook Station
How Our Rich Men Began Life
Notable New York fortunes began in humble starts with Jay Gould as a cowboy James R Keene arriving from England with twenty dollars Rufus Hatch selling merchandise D Appleton ran a grocery James Watson Webb a country clerk Henry Villard a reporter Leonard W Jerome a printer HM B Claflin a Vermont school teacher Charles O Connor born to Irish poor parents and Peter Cooper a hatter apprentice.
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New York
Jay Gould
James R. Keene
England
Rufus Hatch
D. Appleton
James Watson Webb
Henry Villard
Leonard W. Jerome
B. Claflin
Vermont
Charles O'Connor
Peter Cooper
Jolly Red Nose Injury On Vermont Mountain
A ten year old boy in Wershire Vermont slipped on crust and lost the end of his nose in a fall. Dr. Simpson stitched the end of the nose back on and the boy is recovering. The clipping also notes a mother’s remark about Ely Cream Balm curing a baby’s nasal breathing issue.
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Wershire
Life and Love in New England: Brent Brothers and Grace Hathaway
Gregory Brent defies his morose brother Israel while escorting Grace Hathaway to a New Hampshire guardian. A stormy drive ends at Flurrybrook bridge where Topsy balks yet Gregory calmly leads grace forward as distant threats loom and Leroy Studevant plots unseen ahead.
Chapter II A Purpose Checked In Files of a Gossiping Man
Miss Louise Buford speaks to Leroy Studevant about a clever surprise. Studevant, a tall, gaunt man, is described as an inveterate gossip, drawing the reader into a domestic or social scene from the era. The excerpt hints at character dynamics rather than a full plot point.
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Mr. Studevant
Louise Buford
Leroy Studevant
Grace Hathaway Entreats Shelter From Graceful Guide
In a tense night ride to a distant farm, Gregory guides Grace Hathaway to safety after a station stop. He reveals his identity and bonds form as she notes his calm control, the spirited horse Topsy, and her weary resolve. Grace learns Gregory is Israel Gregory, the man she presumed to be the Brent family’s son.
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Ethan Brent
Israel
Gregory Brent
Gregory
Israel Brent
Porra
Ana
Greg
I.srael
Grace Hathaway
Mrs. Brent
Miss Hathaway
Mr. Brent
Grey
Perabely
Topsy
Whiteface
Flurrybrook
Miss Grace Hathaway
Leroy Studevant
Popsy
The Tramp and the Dog Just About Even on the Average
A Detroit Free Press vignette shows a cold Cass Avenue scene with a homeless tramp and a starving dog sharing a moment of mutual hardship. The man contrasts his hunger with the dog’s, noting they are “even” in misery and ending with a pledge to endure until relief arrives.
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Detroit
Aluhough
New Jersey
Snoring and the Nightly Chorus in Hotels
A narrator recalls studying various snoring styles in crowded hotels. He describes through humorous details how a fellow guest’s breathing evolves from soft to roaring, groaning, and animal-like clashes, ending with two roommates joking about whose snoring is louder.
Vast Euclid Avenue mansion to rival Europe in grandeur
In Cleveland on Euclid avenue a monumental home rises on a large lot with ray granite exterior and five stories. It features eighty rooms each finished in a distinct wood, extensive frescoes by Italian artists, and turreted castlelike architecture. Owner Sam Andrews, once a Standard Oil insider, plans a residence worth millions. A separate Me departure reports four deceased children and a dying mother from diphtheria at Deer Isle Maine.
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Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
America
Europe
Moscow
Sam Andrews
Standard Oil Company
Taken Out of Bed by Favorite Prescription Letter
Dear sir I thank you for great relief from your Favorite Prescription after seven years of sickness one year in bed I am now able to be about Amanda K Ennis Fulton Mich praises Dr Pierce Buffalo New York’s remedy for long illness with recovery noted.
The Grist Mill Edited by comus
W H Todd of 26 Lincoln Street Somerville Mass handles department communications and solicits contributions and selections from readers for The Grist Mill edited by comus.
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Comus
W. H. Todd
Lincoln Street
Somerville
Mass
Word square and puzzles from old newspapers page
A dense OCR mosaic of numbered word puzzles from a 19th or early 20th century page. It includes No 1261 through No 1308 items with clues, letter counts, partial solutions, and attributions to cities such as Fall River, Rutland, and Boston.
Word Square Puzzles and Prize Winners
A page presents numbered word squares with clues and rare meanings for several squares, including No 1 through No 10, listing items like a flit bottom boat and a Gothic vault. It notes solutions and prize-winner offerings for the Weekly Globe with six months and three months subscriptions for top readers.
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Old Orchard
Not no 2. Howard Old Orchard Me Grist Mill tease
A fragmentary verse filled note referencing Howard Deane Trebor Will I Am Globe James Wilson Z Will A Mette Mabe ange A Meader Josie Morse and lines about Lancelot Danny Lroy and returning to a mall. The readable text hints at a casual greeting and a suggestion to keep a store presence.
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Howard
Old Orchard
Deane Trebor
Will I. Am
Globe
James Wilson
Z. Will A. Mette
Mabeange A. Meader
Josie M. Morse
Zypan Eury
Lancelot
Danny Lroy
Advertisement note for The Boston Weekly Globe
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