Leaves Teach a Lesson of Providence in Autumn
In a rural scene a widow and two mothers struggle with debt and scarcity. Elsa and Mrs. Robbins welcome Walter Robbins's widow and her children, sharing food and shelter. A later windfall reveals Walter’s mining fortune and the two families unite, trusting Providence to provide a hopeful future.
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Walter
Olivia Marritt
Olivia
Elsa
Providence
Walter Robbins
Mamma
Bessie
Mrs. Robbins
Lillie
Miss Elsa
Miscellany reflections on vanity and truth in social life
A series of maxims warn against pretension and judging others. The passages urge humility, report that wealth provokes resentment in the hypocrite, and stress personal suffering as the only path to understanding.
Youngest drummer boy of the Twelfth Indiana in Civil War
Recollections honor Thomas Hubler born October 9 1851 in Fort Wayne Indiana. He enlisted April 19 1861 at age nine joining his father’s company and served through twenty six battles until war’s end. He reenlisted in August 1862 and remained with the Army of the Potomac and later Warsaw Indiana. The piece notes his fame as the youngest Union drummer and his lasting memory among comrades.
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12Th Indiana Regiment
Wisconsin Eagle
Tommy
Twelfth
Indiana
Thomas Hubler
Fort Wayne
Allen Co
Warsaw
Lincoln
Little Tommy
Army of the Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
Temperance sermon and horse driving tips from a Philadelphia page
A Catholic Bishop urges temperance and urges Catholics to quit liquor trade citing Cain and Abel and Judas. The page also offers practical horse driving lessons focusing on reins, patience, and gentle handling. A large oyster story describes a giant tridacna shell found by an oysterman and a daring rescue aboard a ship.
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East Indies
Bob
Pint Lookout
Chesapeake
Gillis
Hoss
Gil
Sunda
Kem
Curus
Arisin
Philadelphia Times
Rice and Beans as Nutritious Economical Food
An article extols beans as a chief nutritious staple rivaling meats, noting beans offer about 87 percent nutriment and a ten cent quart can feed a family of five for a day. Proper cooking is essential for digestion and flavor, with home preparation preferred over restaurants. VEGETINE is endorsed as a blood purifier by physicians and authorities.
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Epasucracies
The Table Height Bet Among Indian Army Officers
In British India betting among officers, Maj Jones and Col Brown clash over a mahogany table’s exact height. Brown swears it at thirty six inches. Jones counters at thirty five and a half. A bet rich with risk ends with Brown exposed as deceitful and ostracized by peers.
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India
Oheer
Colonel Brown
Maj. Jones
Col. Brown
Brown
Jones
P Brown
Tam
Coventry
England
Harper’s
Will Then Health Lecture Prompted Audience Wit
A lecturer discoursing on health asks how one uses time while waiting for a doctor. Before he answers his own injury, an audience member quips that he can make his will.
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Nouce
Honest Con Scene Turns Sour Over Butter Bust
A citizen overpays in a grocery after miscounting change then returns nine dollars claiming a nine dollar excess. The grocer accuses him of a con game while the man protests innocence and jokes about a two honest conscience as he leaves with a counterfeit tale from a lawyer.
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Tie
A New Style of Quaker Bonnet Emerges
Readers learn of a major reform in Quaker bonnets. The olive or nut brown silk design features a Normandy style crown with front pleats and narrow casings. Strings sit high on the sides for a cottage bonnet look with optional white inner quilling.
Knowledge Lasting Jewel Among All Decay
A reflection on knowledge as an enduring treasure, contrasting with material loss and time. The line prizes learning as the supreme jewel that may outlive worldly change.
Fannie Mills Feet Draw Curious Journalist Visit
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent visits Sandusky to verify Fannie Mills 22 who lives on a dairy farm. Measurements show right foot 1 ft 6 in left foot 1 ft 5 in. instep 21 and 20 in. feet 7 and 8 in wide. She weighs 109 lb and wears unusually large shoes made with lasts from Albany.
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Fannie Mills
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sandusky
Ohio
George Mills
Mills
Fannie
Fannie Mill
Albany
N. Y
Twins All Around in County Mercantile Family
The Pasco twins John and Sam, living in the county north end, married twin sisters who also resemble their spouses. They built two cottages that look identical, each wife has a child of nearly the same age, and the whole party traveled to the city last week behind matching mules. The brothers run a prosperous mercantile business together.
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Elsa Robbins
Elsa
Mrs. Robbins
Carter
John
Sam Pasco
Gainsville Southron
Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Agency
J J Young and Co secure the agency for Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. It is described as the only certain cure for coughs colds hoarseness asthma hay fever bronchitis and lung throat ailments with a positive guarantee and free trial bottles. Also notes a goat as prime oleomargarine material and claims no better butter than goat.
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J. J. Young & Co
Dr. King
Dr Kaufmann’s Medical Book Promises Cure With Plates
Advertisement offers a disease guide by Dr Kaufmann with vivid plates. Readers urged to mail two 3 cent stamps to A P Ordway & Co Boston to receive a free copy.
Rain Falls on All Yet Thieves Take Umbrellas
A proverb-like saying contrasts equal rain for all with unjust conduct stealing umbrellas, leaving the righteous to endure the wet. The line underscores fairness and theft as opposing forces in daily life.
Marion man praises Helectric burn remedy
L. P. Follett of Marion Ohio says the best thing for burns is Thomas Helectric. He reports rapid healing and strong improvement after using the product.
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L. P. Follett
Marion
Ohio
Thomas
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