Selected Story of a Bold River Crossing and Rescue
On the Red river near Indian Territory, Ernest Black and a companion help a pursued white man and Lily, an eighth Indian woman, cross to Texas. After a daring hostage tactic, the fugitive and Lily are saved, the pursuers recaptured, and the couple later marry after trial at Fort Smith. The recount blends frontier danger with a romance amid Chickasaw country and a river ferry.
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Ernest Black
Red River
Indian Territory
United States
Texas
Ernest
Ife
Frank
Beecher
Herndon
Lily
Sion
Fort Smith
Kiamatia
Earth
Miss Lily
Williams
Miscellany of Life Truths and Warnings
A series of maxims on duty character and virtue. Observations urge discipline, self knowledge, and restraint. Warnings against speaking ill of others, guarding reputation, and bearing trials with temper. The contrasts between fortune and duty, and the enduring value of character are emphasized.
Cunning Balance Between Virtue and Prudence
The text contrasts cunning with virtue and vice, suggesting prudence can often fill the space that cunning would occupy. It notes some people bring warmth and optimism, while others invoke a cold wind that leaves one underdressed and exposed.
Experience Teaches Humility Over Boastful Pride
A reflective note on how experience cultivates modesty and cautions against infallibility or self-idolatry. It argues that wisdom from experience should temper confidence, avoiding primacy that cannot be challenged and boasting.
Floating island mirrors steady piety amid earthly change
A meditation on an Oregon lake where a floating island rises and falls with the water. It never submerges in floods nor dries in drought, seen as an image of true faith enduring through worldly fluctuations. The piece extols God's truth sunshine and blessing sustaining this steadfast symbol.
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Oregon Lakes
Prescription by Telephone Saves Crouped Child at North Adams
A North Adams physician was called at 1 a.m. to a Briggsville home with a critically ill child. He prescribed via telephone, the parents brought the patient to the transmitter, and the remedy produced rapid relief and recovery. The doctor stayed on the line until favorable results were confirmed.
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North Adams
Mass
Briggsville
Ife
Briggsville House
Sle
Newspapers as a catalyst for public intellect and schooling
Rev Dr Bellows argues that newspapers educate the nation by expanding horizons and morals, urging stronger school preparation to improve reading, and noting the press cannot always meet its own high standards yet remains crucial to national thought and taste. He warns against overestimating the press but cites its significant influence on public opinion and culture.
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Dr. Bellows
Liberal wages lift the worker and the world alike
Rev. 3. B. Stewart argues warm wages empower people by ensuring a margin beyond bare survival. He contends higher pay boosts health, knowledge, and civic spirit, giving workers hope, independence, and better prospects for a secure home, education, and comfort.
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B. Stewart
A Romance and a Lesson on Wealth and Fate
The Cleveland Leader recounts a northern Ohio romance begun before the war between a Tennessee man and a minister’s daughter, separated by war, loss, and a long search, ending years later with a son learning his mother’s fate. It also shares Mr. Marcy’s tale that riches measure happiness, not dollars, illustrated by a backwoodsman who values being “three hundred dollars clear cash.”
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Cleveland
Ohio
South
South Carolina
Rica
Mr. Marcy
Bill Marcy
Southport
Albany
Bill
Jack Smith
Vermont
Roller Skating Woes At Armory Hall Told In Comic Memoir
A New Britain Record reader recounts a humorous skating attempt at Armory Hall. He describes awkward falls, bruises, and learned caution after renting skates for ten cents and enduring a crowd’s amusement. The piece blends nostalgia, practical admonition, and local color about social skating habits.
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New Britain
Armory Hall
Ulster
Life on the Rail at Grand Island
A passenger in Grand Island complained about three flies in his tea and joked about rail car classes. He asked for entomological mustard and adamantine prunes, saying he could not travel second class or usurp first class rights, and hinted at throwing a fly at the head waiter.
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Grand Island
Sanford's Radical Cure Brings Hope for Consumption Victims
The text notes that consumption victims arise from neglected catarrh and praises Sanford's Radical Cure as a pure balsamic remedy. It presents a diagnostic link and promotes the product as a cure. The language reflects a 19th century patent medicine pitch emphasizing natural balance and health restoration.
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Sanford
Parson's Exterminator Clears Barns and Homes Nightly
DeEatTaH to rats mice and ants, Parson Exterminator claims quick vermin control. Barns granaries and households said cleared in a single night with no fear of bad smells. Sold everywhere as best and cheapest vermin killer in the world.
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Deeattah
Parsons
Chicago school defects noted by Citizens Association panel
A special Chicago committee reports four defects in the city’s schools. Teaching method and rote arithmetic are criticized, with little focus on morality, physical training, and practical shop skills. It urges ethics, belief in God, and memorized Ten Commandments to be taught clearly.
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ChicaGo
Chicago Citizens’ Association
God
Little girl snubs doctor with sharp sarcasm
A sick child refuses to honor the doctor’s treatment. Gracie answers with biting sarcasm, asking if the doctor thinks she lies in bed for the fun of it. Her vivid remark stops the examination as the parents look on.
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Gracie
M. D
Ragbag
Gallagher
Gallager
Boston
Hop Bitters Praised By Nunda News
The Nunda News extols Hop Bitters as a popular remedy before the public. It claims the tonic builds users up and compares its flavor to bone set tea, noting it is not a whisky drink. The notice urges readers to try Hop Bitters when not feeling well.
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Nunda News
Irate Austin Parent Strikes Back Over Torn Pants
A Texas Siftings snippet reports an angry Austin parent swinging a strap at a child after tearing pants. The student pleads for mercy while claiming familiarity with the act, insisting the pants speak for themselves.
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Austin
Texas Siftings
I Wish I Was Dead After Sulphur Bitters Cure
A testimonial from Mrs C of Newport Rhode Island claiming relief from years of leucorrhoea after using Sulphur Bitters. She states three bottles cured her and expresses gratitude for the treatment.
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M.A Raymond
F. W
Jackson, Mich
Ifrs. C
Newport
R. I
Public laws Rhode Island acts on pauper support
The Rhode Island General Assembly passes an act amending Chapter 71 of the Public Statutes to require the kindred of a pauper who reside in the state and have sufficient ability to support the pauper in proportion to their means. The act takes effect upon passage.
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General Assembly
Act Amending Special Courts of Common Pleas
The act revises section 2 of Chapter 195 to grant concurrent cognizance with the Supreme Judicial Court and Court of Common Pleas for actions involving auctioneers, tenants, tax collectors, sheriffs, and towns, detailing cases of possession, damages, and official duties. It repeals inconsistent acts and is certified by Secretary Justus M. Addeman.
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Special Courts of Common Pleas
General Assembly
Supresty Court
Court of Common Leas
Justua M. Addeman
Secretary of
Habit Chorea Description and Behavioral Control
Dr S Weir Mitchell notes Habit Chorea a common nervous-affect seen in children and some adults. Movements include facial twitching eyelid twisting mouth and shoulder elevation similar to St Vitus dance. Will-power and family reminders help control early. prolonged habit worsens. Dr Foote's Health Monthly cited.
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S. Weir Mitchell
Foote
Balm in Gilead Cream Balm gains noted in Pittston
Ely Bros. of Owego New York report success with Cream Balm for catarrh with many in Pittston using it. A local woman regains sense of smell after fifteen years and a Tunkhannock lawyer claims partial deafness cure. Druggist Mr Barber favors the remedy. price fifty cents. Public meeting pun ends with a quip about a crying baby.
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Gilead
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
Pittston
Barber
Absent Minded Boston Lady Loses Bonnets
A Boston writer recounts a humorous episode where a renowned lady, dressed to meet a blind companion, discovers her bonnet is missing after a long walk through fashionable streets. She posts a reward notice in shops along the route, then returns home to find the bonnet still at her door.
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Boston
London
Johnsing Fined for Disturbing the Peace in Austin
Sam Johnsing received a $5 fine from an Austin justice for disturbing the peace. The justice offered an appeal and legal remedy, which Johnsing compared to drugstore remedies, claiming the more he takes the sicker he gets.
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Sam Johnsing
Austin
Johnsing
Niina Inquires About Chicken Crowing After Meal
Niina asks about the chicken’s crow after meals noting the creature’s budding gift and wondering what becomes of the crow as food is eaten. The whimsical question frames a child’s curiosity about life, sound, and meals.
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Niina
Quarrelsome Thinkers Spark Endless Feud
A witty remark notes some people are so quarrelsome that with two ideas in their head they would clash. The line humorously implies constant disagreement would prevent harmony even in dual thoughts.
Spare roomatism rhymes with rheumatism joke
A quip about rheumatism framed as a joke on guests dying from cold bed sheets, highlighting a humorous take on an old ailment.
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Geo. W. Brown
Marshall St
Providence
Drake
Harper & Bros
Detroit
Mich
Wm Taylor
Masa
Frank A Bean
Weeks & Potter
Buston
Catarr
Sanford’s
Wreks & Potter
Laster
Remler Collins
Baltimore
Young & CO
Thug
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Franklin
Charles V. Perry
Court of Probate
Isritel
Frederick Prarse
Bristol
Hyon
Benjamin LR. Wilson
PPTE
TAS
Ettire
State Street
Freeman's Bank
Jen KR
Arnold Gladding
Waldron & Spencer
George Tilley
Hwe
Bradford Street
Lewis B. Waldron
Frank E. Spencer Bristol
Japan
John Lake
PIHE
J. H W. Young & CQ
Goke
Rhode Island
Raynham, Mags
C. I. Hoop & Co
Era Dar F. Whitman
Field
Messrs. C.I. Hoop & Co
Hoop
Homer B. Nash
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