The Iron Vault Locksmith Tale in San Francisco
A San Francisco locksmith recalls interrupted life, a veiled woman seeks help to rescue her husband locked in a vault for three days. The two guide him through a perilous underground vault, the woman retrieves a man in distress, and the locksmith is paid five hundred dollars and dismissed home. The husband remains in his home, and the woman still resides in the city.
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San Francisco
Sam
Janey
Kearney Street
Tate
Tle
Thoughtful
Egypt
Tarael
Flo
Montgomery Street
Hushaner
Genesee
Agla
Cone
Webster House
Frank
Mr. K
Wilk
It Can’t Be Helped and the Call to Action
Readings urge replacing the refrain it cant be helped with active effort to reform society. The piece condemns laziness in public health, urges street cleansing, education, and moral industry, and cites leaders who advocate thoughtful reform and personal responsibility.
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United States
T.d.ncarthur & CO
Browiway
New York
Washington St
Boston Jr
Wihleeler
Westminster Street
Tle
Judge B
Joe
Uays
Hope and Happiness Amid Adversity in Late Reflections
The passage speaks of happiness as a sustaining hope during hardship. It discusses the pursuit of lasting pleasure, the healing power of consolation, and the rainbow of hope lighting even dark days, promising eventual sunshine and beauty beyond death.
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Wilson
Monotonous Field Ploughing and Odd Animal Talk
A farmer's young horse endures a long, repetitive ploughing journey with Dobbin and the gray mare guiding the pace. The scene shifts to reflections on work, hunger, and a tangential discussion of terrestrial earths as sustenance in distant cultures.
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Dobbin
Haro
Dobbyn
Duslin
Fricnutrut Tales of Africa and Odd Local Anecdotes
A miscellany of odd colonial impressions and rural jokes. Descriptions of African villagers reacting to white visitors with fear and mockery mix with humorous vignettes of a New England lawyer Burgess and a Western-town misadventure, plus a New Jersey preacher and other town tales.
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Hope Street
Bristol
R. I
A. Greene
Rome
Sewiliwyg
iEmpire
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Boston
Machiine
Giles
Providence
Connecticut
Massachusetts
PAPHR
F. H. Richmond
Bank of Bristol
First National Bank
Sidney D'Woulp
Mason & Hamlin
Milov & Hamlin
Mason Brothers
Warren
Uf Glubue Smith
Critture
New York Observer
Julius Orrar
Napoleon
Franklin
Isaac Newton
Breal
Leibnitz
Autwene
Luther
Cheyne
Charlton Potts
Thermia
Cane
Dong
Earth
Amazon
Bolivia
Lapland
Berlin
Sweden
Finland
Retzous
Luce
Lasus
Athera da
Dr. Lavingatons
Africa
British Museum
Howaz Ansedate
Burgess
New England
Burress
New Jersey
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