The Trusted Cashier Serial in Brookhaven Leader
In the Brookhaven Leader issue from November 1 1883 the serial tale The Trusted Cashier unfolds with a plot of bank vaults and a dangerous pursuit. The narrative centers on a banker type with a fortune at stake and a villain pursuing a public figure. The segment ends with a chapter cliffhanger.
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Che Brookhaven
B. T. Hobbs
Brooktiaven
Mississippi
Hicks
Aemlat
Sint Iermptot
N.V. Star
Watermelon apology sparks a boyish confession
In a schoolyard tale, Will Van Leaf shares a summer mischief about stealing watermelons from Old Bear’s patch on Staten Island. Ned Morningstar and other boys confess and arrange to repay, with Serious Dick turning the tale toward honesty and restitution.
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Will von Beat
Ned Morningstar
Wil
Edgenays
Will van Leal
Will
Frank Smith
Will van Leaf
Lydinhn’s
Staten Island
Widow Pratt's
Cem
Ned Rowe
Joh
Old Bear
New York
York
Bartholomew
Ted Higgins
Oil Spots and Paralyzing Myths in 19th Century Notes
A compilation of essays and anecdotes discusses the oil spot off Sabine Pass and its stormy rituals, then shifts to medical explanations of paralysis, including brachial monoplegia, hysterical aphonia, reflex palsies, and disease-related nerve injuries, outlining causes and recovery.
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Stamm
Andy Johnson
Sabine Pass
Sabine River
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Milcawkee
Artians
Abe
Temperance Education and Law in the United States
The piece argues for compulsory temperance education in all states, urged by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It cites public funding for studies, legal scrutiny of drunkenness, and harsher punishment for drunken crimes, appealing to religious and civic duty to curb alcohol's harm.
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Arthur
Henry Wanl Beecher
Hroatlyn Eagle
M. Worth
Miss Chamberlain
England
Cleveland
John S. Stoddant
Brooklyn Academy
NY Sea
Reynulis
Elmira
Eldridge
Wirdh
N. F
HL. Root
Valley City
Dakota
Hill Nye
Laramie City
Walt Whitman
Chicago Journal
Rosa Bonheur
Bat
Mane
Abedel
Socrates
Bands of Hope
Massachusetts
Ten of
Foscoes
Abeld
Minnesota
Vermont
Thia
Cir Haiaton
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Edward Coke
Pittacus
Greece
Pittsfield
Gamwell
Lord Coke
Marcy
Aisichieg
Humorous Quotations from Old Newspapers
A collage of witticisms and quips from various 19th century papers. Jests about dollars, monkeys, blushing brides, barbers, and a mix of wordplay and dialect humor flood the pages, with notable lines from Chicago Telegram Boston Post and others.
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Toys Watermelon
Margaret Eylinge
Detroit
Christine Nilsson
Amer
Ani
Jeteren
Kansas City
Roadway Railroad
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
Aypon
Hewett
New York, West Sir Buffalo
Mr. Monnett
Stanford
Kingston
Stamford
Union & Delaware
Onur Niwliter
New Yonk
Cnts
Pennsylvania
Temperance
Temperance Quention
Brookhaven
Astyren
Chicago Telegram
Darwin
Burlington
Lowell
Chicago Tribune
James Gordon Bennett
Robert Bonner
Charles A. Dana
Marlboro ‘Times
Bogorra
San Francisco
John Gyumber
John
John Grumber
Norristown Herald
Jon
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