Was Perkins story continues with a séance interview
Abigail Perkins recounts paying eight dollars for a talking with her dead father via a streetfront medium. The session reveals political gossip, a skeptical setup, and a sharp critique of the spirit business. Meanwhile in a hotel, Roger Campbell and Mrs. Howard Fawcett maneuver amid secrets, loyalties, and a failing trust as Madeline Harnden vanishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Melvinna
Father
Makyn
Abigail L’erkins
Massachusetts
Pice
Abigail
Fall River
Feilers
Wmédium
Maine
John Barker
Melyina
Keno
Barnegat
Mel‘vina
Abigail Perkins
Little Dodd
A. P
Howard Fawcett
Roger Campbell
Bcr
Mies Harnden
Madeline
Roger
Madeline Hea
Harpdan
Fred Delamoyne
Frea
Bey
Mr. Carter
Campbell
Delamayne
Mrs. Watson
Mra. Aweety
Mr. Campbell
Carter
Madeline Haraden
Pawnbroker Outsmarts Impatient Suitor With Daring Coin
A young man tries to dupe a pawnbroker by offering a $10 gold coin and asking for an advance. The broker tests the coin, cites its age, and offers only a small loan, then the man returns with the same piece demanding fivedollar notes. The broker remains calm and reveals the trick.
Return to His Native Land A Chinese American Heritage
Charles Ar Showe, born Wong, the first Chinese American to naturalize here, visits his homeland in China after years in the United States. He recounts boarding in San Francisco, Yokohama, and Makone, describes a Mandarin customs inspection, and notes wealth scales, a thirteen month year, and the pride in Chinese students abroad including a Harvard Chinese language professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ar Showe
Kearney
Nia
Maplewood
Ar Showe
Wong
Chirmes
Makowe
Boston
Showe
Messrs. Kidding & Co
Washington Street
Charles
Charley Ar Showa
P. T. Barnum
Wook
al Showe
Europe
Union Street
China
San Francisco
4. Colby
Ma .Ar Showe
Lim
Ar Sbowe
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Makone
Ashe
Mutowe
Chiriwee
Anuthorty
Customs Department
al Shower
America
Neor
New World
Ar Show
Hartford
Springfield
Starvard
Lia
Cattle feud ends with cattle rescued and relief in Texas tale
In a Denver News recount from August 29, an 1860 Texas case shows a herdsman seized by a dozen riders demanding his cattle. He pleaded with homelife letters and a mother's testament swaying the crowd. A generous ranger secured release by buying the herd, leaving the man faint yet freed and departing toward safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver News
Recorder's Court
J. W. Duvoyan Oid
Texas
Helena
New Hampshire
Sein
Ohese
Les
Going, Going, Gone in Boston Auction Halls Exposed
An observer visits a Boston auction house to learn the secrets of the business from the proprietor known as Wouter. They discuss bankrupt sales, crowd behavior, fraudulent practices, damaged goods, and the law governing auctions, noting how buyers and sellers interact and the potential for undercutting regular merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
TX Globe
Inquirer
Wouter
Fakir
Furniture Desiers
Corio
Holland
England
Fragmented verse and humorous vignettes from a 19th century paper
A collage of odd verses and anecdotes. The piece blends Bric-a-Brac poetry about love and journeys with comic courtroom banter, laundry shop humor, a strange drink tale, moral precepts from Lincoln era times, and light, ironic sketches. It echoes a Sunday feature mixing verse, humor, and short morals. It includes Justice Kreis scenes, a Danbury News quip, and traveler wit.
Detroit club debates race and fitness in 19th century tones
At a Detroit lime-kiln club meeting Major Ashbury Uongreeve urged connecting Paradise Hall to a gym for colored people, offering stock and patronage. A member mocked muscle culture with rural humor, noting health myths and stocking wages as they joked about life, work, and the community’s strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ashbury Uongreeve
Paradise Hall
Len
Gardner
Bradder
Randolph Wit Parks Fire Opposition in Congress Retort
The scene in Congress features John Randolph silencing a young Georgia rival with a sharp retort after a fellow Georgian’s death. Randolph’s poised response evokes the memory of his late friend as the chamber erupts, leaving the young orator discomfited and the gallery amused by the sphinxlike humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rany Skiva
Washington
John Randolph
Georgia
Congress
Adolph
Randolph
Mr. Randolph
Cincinnati
Bank panic lessons stirred by judge at quiet club
In a brief meeting interval Judge Guernisbee Johnson urged discussion of a Montreal tank panic and Quebec riots. The president’s bland reply led the judge to press for lessons a bank panic might teach. Brother Gardner answered affirmatively, noting the danger echoes the freedman era and affects depositors and savers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Line-Kiln Club
Guernisbee Johnson
Montreal
Quebec
Brother Gardner
Midnight Expedition Tells of Lynchburg Judge and Mule
A Lynchburg writer recounts a farcical tale of Judge Farrar and a stubborn mule. The judge, in a nightshirt, tries to drive the animal from his yard while his wife laughs from the window. The mule bolts around the house, the shirt rips, and the man ends up injured and helpless as his wife scolds him with provocative quips. The episode leaves the mule terrified and the judge later prone to vertigo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Farrar
Dutch Gap
Mies Bullock
Virginia
Mary
Ellow
Clem
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Perkins
Harper's
Lee
Tarba Light
Love
Warm Springs
Baltimore Bulletin
Samuel
Esid Justice Kreis
Samuel Johnson
Sam
Jess
Q Golly
Squire
Ann Samuel
The
Danbury News
Toli
Pat
Louisville Courier- Journal
John Tyler
George Washington
Jobo Adams
Sue
Tyler
Joan Tyler
Burdette
Canada
Burlington
Albany Journal
Abe
Johnny
Mr. Jones
Shaw
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