The Story of a Razor Lovers and Keepsakes
Mr Johnson keeps a seven razor set in a case including a day-marked blade. His wife laughs at his shaving as she tends him, and after years he remarries when a barber cleans him up for a funeral. The tale tracks intimacy, memory, and changing households.
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Johnson
Phere
Sara Banjos
Tohnsam
Lyne Lappy
Sundar Mir
Lou
Harber
Mr. Johnson
Tns
On His Native Nerve and the Drummer’s Rise
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recalls a drummer who, after waking penniless in New York, sells stoves with notable skill. He lands a trial at a stove factory, proves himself in a new route, earns a salary raise, and remains with the firm. The piece reflects on fate, confidence, and streetwise hustle.
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EL Tehrew
Troy
New York
Daffy
Detroit Free Press
Helped Out by a Bear in an Old Williams County Tale
A man in Williams County, Ohio, recounts catching bear cubs from a hollow stump while trapped by a mother bear. He pinned the cubs, used a hunting knife, and leapt free as the bear plunged upward. He then sold the cubs for five dollars each to Adrian.
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Williams County
Ohio
John Gillet
Gillet
Rownd
Love for Eternity Song Brightens Mrs. Johnson
In a reflective scene, Mrs. Johnson begins to find pleasure in life again after encouragement from Mr. Mortimer. She expresses hope for the future, even singing a song titled Love for Eternity during a social visit, showing a shift from despair to gentle optimism.
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Zister
Mariz
Lve
Luer
Harry
An Elephant's Teeth
An article describes elephants dental anatomy noting they lack front teeth and meat eating habits. It details eight molars two above and two below on each side, a large mid tongue that moves only in the center, and a two step dentition with milk teeth replaced around age fourteen. It mentions circus men preserving the baby teeth as curiosities.
Inconsistent Authors Rush to Get Pay and Rework Text
The passage notes that some inexpensive writers hurry to receive payment and would revise their work if given time. It cites a startling line about a character growing up without knowing parental love because their mother died when the eldest brother was born.
Bank failures ruin Kansas man’s long savings
A Santa Fe conductor in Abi lene Kansas lost his life savings when Kirby bank failed. He had $2000 saved over many years, received $1000 in dividends from the bank receiver, then deposited it in the Cross bank at Emporia which later failed.
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Kansas
Kirby Bank
Abilene
Santa Fe
Cross Bank
Emporia
One-Fingered Fireman Adapts To Life On Wheels
The Columbus Dispatch describes a railroad worker known as the one fingered fireman who lost both hands but adapted with a steel blade strapped to the wrist to grasp objects. He uses a knife and fork attachment to eat, two beaks to button clothes, and a wrist pen device enabling writing. Ele earns a modest living as a traveling salesman and remains cheerful with many friends.
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Western Railroad
Columbus Dispatch
Ele
True Conscientiousness in a Second Cousin Jabez
A reminiscence describes Jabez a man famed for precise honesty. He refused quick answers about rain, counted every morsel at meals, and after his wife’s death had her tombstone altered with a wry remark about remarrying.
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Jabez
Noc Logback
Puck
Greenlandic aging and social customs described
In Greenland the growth of Greenlanders occurs around age 25 and the oldest reach about 60. Each person carries a sack to record age and each sunrise adds a bone to the sack once yearly. A woman remarks that life is getting odd as friends she visits face trouble and she recalls a time without a friend who had a fire.
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Greenland
Hospitable Great Woman of Shunem in Elisha Sermon
Dr. Talmage portrays a Shunemite wife as a model of hospitality, domestic virtue, and faith, praising her influence over her husband, care for Elisha, and strength amid tragedy. He links her kindness to church welcome, ministerial support, and Christian motherhood, celebrating why she is “a great woman.”
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Talmage
Elisha
Shunem
Hidraclon
Louis XV
Spain
Russia
Jupiter
Homer
House of God
Lisha
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Jofaed
Ixossuth
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Tee
Mr. Mortimer
Mrr
Mortimer
Ptullos
Tuey
Bostor Journal
Sahara
Amazon
Danube
Mississippi
Etna
Cotopaxi
Vesuvius
Titan
Acros
Christ
God
Satan
Robin Redbreast
India
Nile
Tigris
la Plata
Tartary
Alhambra
Indus
Ganges
Israel
Egypt
Rev
C. C. Bowen
Swedenborgian
San Jose
Cal
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