Whipping a Preacher Ends in Twisted Resolve
Harvey Ingsley leads a Skiffton gang who try to rattle Rev. Buell at Walnut Grove church. After a brutal confrontation Buell defeats them, urges peace, and many boys repent joining the church. Twenty years later Rev. Buell lies in Skiffiton cemetery with a monument by Walt Walters.
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Harvey Ingsley
Harvey
Walt Walters
Skiffton
Buell
Will Ashton
Jim Sykes
Bob
Sampson
Harveys
Young Ashton
Joe Gibbons
Joe
Walt
Ranson
Kuell
Nat Jones
Walnut Grove Church
Shiffton
Luna
Shiffton Boys
Walnut Grove
Mr. Buell
Jeho
Young Ingstey
Deacon Jones
White
Deacon White
Oreeper
Watt
Joel Buell
Skifion
Snow
Wisdom and Workman Study Urged by The New York Sun
The New York Sun urges workingmen to cultivate intellect through daily study. It cites Gibbon and Franklin as examples of sustained effort, arguing two hours daily can surpass many college graduates and elevate the reader’s mind by engaging with eminent past intellects.
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York Sun
Gibbon
Franklin
Health and Money Compared in Timeless Truths
The piece contends health is most enjoyed and least envied while money is most envied but least enjoyed. It notes the poorest would not trade health for wealth, whereas the richest would trade all their money for health. It frames health as the precious, irreplaceable blessing.
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Beecher
Saloon in Indianapolis Opens Quiet Sabbath Day
A saloon in Indianapolis opened on a recent Sabbath day with only a Bible and a pitcher of ice water on the bar. It had very few patrons that day.
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Alrover Saloon
Indianapolis
Angling Passion Across Eras and Moral Strengths
A readable sampler links angling to poets scientists and statesmen, noting Nelson and Washington as ardent anglers. It reflects on self control as a driver of achievement, and ends with reflections on character, effort, and the value of resilience.
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Trojan
Nelson
Ovid
Beileau
Goldsmith
Rossini
Paley
Durham
Dehall
Walter Scott
Walton
Cure for cancer described using plaster remedy
The Milwaukee Democrat reports a treatment by Dr. Fell of London that claims to cure facial cancer with a zinc chloride plaster applied over a circular wound made to expose the cancer. The plaster allegedly sloughs the tumor and prevents recurrence, with cases said to remain healthy after treatment.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Democrat
T. W. Mason
Cincinnati
Fell
London
Sam Lawson Reflects on Stowe Humor in Old Town Folks
The passage features Sam Lawson delivering a humorous riff on Mrs. Stowe's Old Town Folks. He jokes about Parson Simpson as clever yet discouraging, and compares their state to a well fifty feet deep with stone walls, yet bound by divine sovereignty and freedom. He muses on Aunt Sally Morse's toothache and a roundabout trip toward South Pond.
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Sam Lawson
South Pond
Sally Morse
Unclear Train Encounter on the Little Misumi Route
Passages describe a chaotic scene aboard a light express on the Little Misumi route with a tall African traveler asking a question and a humorous exchange about travel directions to Fort Gibson and Cincinnati James joining the joke as the line proceeds toward a rough town.
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Gettiva
Sweetness Backfires on Local Young Beau in Parlor Prank
A youth known as Bobby visited a girl near Nace on a Sunday night. The parents feared courting too young, called the girl out and sent her home with a parlor-ration prank. The mother presented a loaf of bread with sugar and told him to run to his mother, ending his romantic advances.
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Bobby
Immigrant Arrival Figures Reach New York City
Among fourteen hundred steerage passengers landing on a single day from the steamer Manhattan, three hundred were English and Welsh of various trades. Norwegians continue to pour in, with an estimated two hundred thousand more expected in the next eighteen months, all heading northwest.
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New York
Manhattan
Northwest
Railroad ties substituted after silver pound tie laid
Almost immediately after the silver pound tie and golden spikes were set for the Pacific Railroad they were removed and sent to San Francisco sealed in a car with Nevada’s silver hammer. A wooden tie replaced them and a common fron spike secured the last rail.
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Pacific Railroad
Nevada
San Francisco
Five year old in Pittsfield adds Thanksgiving prayer
A Pittsfield child recited his usual bedtime prayer and unexpectedly added a request for blessings on his papa and mamma, grandpa, granane and granpa's turkeys, and to be taken to grandpa's Thanksgiving, delighting his mother.
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Pittsfield
Papa
Mamma
Grandpa
Granane
Granpa
Calf Training Method Described in Rural Columns
A Country Gentleman excerpt outlines a calf feeding technique focusing on gentleness and timing. The method uses a finger dipped in milk to coax the calf to drink, with rope and careful hand positioning to prevent spillage and ensure safe feeding.
Treatment of Horses and Household Horticulture Notes
The piece warns in humane terms about treating horses gently to avoid fear and injuries and critiques harsh discipline while praising dandelions as garden greens. It also covers weed control with a push hoe, a dubious diphtheria remedy for chickens, and a method for preserving eggs by boiling and shell coating.
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New England
Paris
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