The Demon’s Road and a Bohemian Road Tale
A southern Germany tale in Toplitz center stage reveals a Satanic road. Hans Von Rabe bargains with a dwarf contractor to ditch a Prague road at speed, only to see the road outpace him until a final daring escape cancels the contract. The selection closes with aphorisms on life and faith.
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Germany
Toplitz
Bohemia
Satan
Das Teufel
Kreutz
Prague
St. Bride
von Rabe
Hans von Rabe
Temple Gate
Hans
Nero
Tagree
von Rahe
Domkirche
Rome
St. Peter
New York Times
State Fairs Award Hop Bitters For Merit
All the fairs give first premiums and special awards to Hop Bitters as the purest family medicine. The piece praises the awards and urges testing. Exhibited at the State Fairs with an antler column.
New Year Reflections On Self Reform And Saving
A reflective piece urges renewing body and character for the new year. It contrasts bodily renewal through sleep and healthful living with moral improvement, arguing that small daily habits and repeated self-review build lasting change. It also extols frugality, teaching that saving pennies starts a path to financial independence and disciplined spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
How He Got the Sermon
A young Scottish ordinand faces a presbytery examination with a sermon that is not his own. Moderator Principal Robinson identifies the work as from an old volume, and the candidate confesses he copied it from memory after hearing Robinson preach. No further action is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurgeon
London
Leo
Scotland
Robinson
Fixity of Rules in Russian Service Story
Prince Bismarck narrates a tale in which a sentinel is placed in a Petersburg Summer Garden to guard a snowdrop linked to Empress Catherine I. The reason remains unknown, but an ancient memory uncovers that an order was issued to protect the flower, and the guard position persisted for a century.
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Prince Bismarck
Russia
St. Petersburg
Catherine I
Why Miss Jones Won't Move Her Jaw
A strict schoolmarm faces a stubborn pupil in a tale of moral suasion. The girl suddenly breaks the moment with a deadpan remark about her governess, noting that her upper jaw does not move, ending the scene with unexpected humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea
Bretah
Aproe
Miss Jones
Ancient magi and wonders in old times
The article discusses ancient Egyptian magicians and biblical miracles such as turning water to blood and turning dust to lice. It questions when magicians and witches ceased their practices and whether successors followed, noting editors would enjoy printing communications as written but finding it difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Moses
Aaron
Endor
Advertising rates and a tale of the Vice President
Advertising rates for one inch one week are 1060 with 25 els weekly after. Special notices cost double before marriages and deaths. Transients must be prepaid. Contracts for yearly ads offered on fair terms. Ads due Thursday noon for next issue. The vice president Wheeler recalls Hamlin stories about office power and a canary named Dick entertains with waltzes in Newark.
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Tne Wick
Presdent Wheeler
Capitol
Franklin
Hamlin
Senate
House
Amlin
Sam
United States
Wheeler
Washington
Good Minster
House of Representatives
Sam Shellabarger
Amd
Mayflower Tales In A Cunard Tale Of Ancestry
A sharp exchange about ancestral origins unfolds as a speaker contrasts the Mayflower with a Cunard steamer ride from Liverpool to New York. The claim that ancestors traveled on a merchant ship is met with raised eyebrows and a wry, pitying smile from the opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette
Boston
Cunard
Carrie
Liverpool
New York
Mrs. Astor
Parlo
Thad
Winter Disdain Echoes In Fragmentary Quote
A fragment from a newspaper page shows a garbled line about not liking winter and transferring a pin packet, followed by a stray phrase about hats and hands in pockets, suggesting a stray OCR corruption rather than a coherent report.
ADVANCED PHYSICIANS PRAISE PIERCE REMEDIES AS RELIABLE
A letter from Twinville Tennessee dated May 28 187 reports Dr Zachary treating catarrh with Dr Pierce nasal Douche Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Golden Medical Discovery leading to a complete cure. The endorsement notes many advanced physicians regularly prescribe the medicines.
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Pierce
Farry
Twinville
Tenn
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo N. Y
Zachary
Johns
Chamless
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Phenix
Hope Street
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Gid
Louisa Bushnell
the Independent
Miss Mullock
Jin
Ship Hospital
Saul
Great Kanawha River
W.C. Pendleton
Great Kanawaha River
Charleston
West Virginia
Ohio
Ohio River
Cannelton
Kanawha
Paint Creek
Debby’s Ripple
Gillespie's Ripple
Redhouse Shoals
Johnson's Shoals
Newcomer's Shoals
Island Shoals
Brownstone
Cabin Creek
Thomas Turtle
U. S. Engineer Corps
Sunset Cox
Tom Brown
Rugby
Indiana
Sam Cox
Samuel
Cox
Mr. Cox
Con- Tess
James Brooks
Congress
Brooks
Rhode Island
R. I
Roger Williams
Williams
India Point
Roger
Tom
Paragraphers' Association
Haverly
Billy Rice
Lem Wiley
Mr. Williams
New England
Ewart
Sir Godfrey Cordiion
Sir Godfrey
America
Connecticut
Hawkeye
C. W. Carpenter
Continental
Newark
Pemiane
Mr Carpenter
Balloge
Kellogg
Biu
New York Sun
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