Desperate Encounter With a Burglar in Lonelyville
A suburban homeowner Billy, away from town with family, returns at midnight to find three burglars in his house. He grips a chair poker and quietly climbs to the upstairs, imagining a heroic newspaper account but realises a three-man raid could be deadly. The trio moves about stealing valuables while he contemplates alerting others and safeguarding his paper.
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Ly Sims
Billy
Marineville
Guardians of the Peace
Denly
Pig
Lonelyville
Burglary Report Ends With Quarrel At Lonelyville
Billy Sims, a journalist, chased three burglars in the dark and met a policeman who challenged his lamp use. The case led to a misunderstanding, a magistrate rebuke, and a later notice of burglary with the claim of intoxication and a fine for contempt that did not occur.
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Billy
Lonelyville
Billy Sims
Luke Sharp
Detroit Free Press
Night in the open as cattle penned and troops starve
Troops and officers slept in the open with no bedding or food after cattle were penned into houses. Bitter cold, scarce fuel, and misfiring attempts to cook mutton failed. A dry Waziri cow and goats offered no help, and hunger ended with pieces of mutton roasted on a makeshift fire. Rats and a roaming camel and horse kept them sleepless.
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Blackood
Blessed watchers and faithful stewards in Luke teaching
A sermon on Luke chapters twelve to fourteen emphasizes readiness for Christ’s return and the duty of faithful stewardship. It argues that true servants must live by scripture, avoid worldliness, and seek the Lord’s guidance for present service and future reward.
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Annas
Israel
Jesus
Isa
Man
Christ
Jerusalem
Peter
Paul
Abraham
Joseph
Potiphar
Egypt
God
Judas
Jesus Christ
Prevented a Duel by Wife’s Calm Counsel
A fiery husband, insulted at work, considers revenge but is swayed by thoughts of his despondent wife and children. He seeks his wife’s advice. she calmly rebukes violence, saying she would not go to the devil, and his anger subsides. The tale ends with a note on her steady judgment.
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Han
Beta
Harry
Tam
Windward
New York Telegram
American Hair Trade in Paris Sparks Wealth Tale
A Paris hairdresser tale inverts desire as an American notes offer. A poor girl agrees to sell her long hair to help her indigent parents, accepts two banknotes, then flees with a single strand after realizing the banknotes were worth $100.
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Paris
Remarkable Escape From Sixth Story Fire
Miss Lillian Kreiger of Troy New York escaped a sixth floor fall during a Stetheimer collar shop blaze that killed fear and left 150 workers near death. She plunged onto an awning and into a firemen s net suffering only a sprained ankle and reporting no other injuries. The World notes her calm, clear mind and brief recollection of the ordeal.
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Lillian Kreiger
Troy
N. Y
Stetheimer
Kreiger
New York World
Early quotation from an elegy on Richard Burbage death 1620
Quotation from an anonymous elegy noted in Notes and Queries about the death of actor Richard Burbage in 1620. The lines speak of grief, mourning, and the impact on players and audiences, with a reference to Lent and shared sorrow. Collier’s Annals of the Stage is cited.
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Spheare
Richard Burbage
Collier’s
Plebeian argues seat price at distance from chatter
An Indianapolis Journal item records a heckler claiming a seat cost a dollar and a half while complaining about hearing distance. Charlie from the box counters that many attendees have paid much and still cannot hear, suggesting the audience has a bargain.
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Charlie
Theab Aw
Indianapolis Journal
Widow woman and the joke of political phrasing
The Washington Star notes a recurring error by lawmakers to call a woman who lost her husband a widow woman. The piece adds a curious aside about a swallow building a nest, describing its tunnel as moving upward then downward to drain the nest.
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Congress
Mr. Barrett
Washington Star
Plant Draws Water From Soil At Remarkable Rate
A flowering plant is said to absorb water from the soil at a rate amounting to 200 times its own weight. This striking claim highlights the plant's extraordinary water uptake capacity and its adaptation to its environment.
New Overboard Rescue Buoy Lights Way at Night
A recent life saving buoy uses a small storage battery to power an incandescent light that rises from the water when thrown overboard. The buoy activates on contact with water, helping a man overboard at night to spot the rescue beacon quickly.
Hat from 1840 Harrison campaign to wedben Harrison bride
Samuel Clary died at 88 in Flemingsburg Kentucky. He actively supported General William Henry Harrison in 1840 and prized his campaign hat as a keepsake. On his deathbed he requested the hat be sent to Mrs. Dimmick for her marriage to General Benjamin Harrison.
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Flemingsburg
Samuel Clary
William Henry Harrison
Henderson's Livery in Maynard Mass Promises Reasonable Rates
Henderson's Livery offers many hacks for weddings funerals and events with attentive service and sick or lame horse care. Calls answered any hour and licensed to sell state wide with auctioneer appraiser and justice of the peace services. Orders by telephone or Box 181 Maynard will receive prompt attention.
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Maynard
Mass
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