The Mortgage on the Farm by Wal Carlton Narrates a Mortgage’s Toll
A narrative of a farmer's life through seasons marked by mounting debt and foreclosure. The story portrays the mortgage’s relentless grip on home, family, and hope, describing illness, failed crops, and the eventual sale of the farm as the family endures sorrow and ruin. The unnamed speaker reflects on loss, medical costs, and the haunting memory of debt that shadows every room and window.
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Wal
Piette
Mfey
Bnight
Wowan
Wil Carlton
The Bad Boy And The Linberger Cheese Scare
A boy recounts loud mischief after stealing Linberger cheese at a dairy exhibit and causing a church to suffer through a foul odor blamed on sewer gas. The tale follows the family’s reactions at church and home, as health inspectors and plumbers search for the source amid a tense household mood.
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Giyrlie
Tia Mgm
Exposition Building
Tuan
Whitefish Bay
Tia
Tim
Semon
Hog diet and empire: a historian’s odd theory on conquest
A journalist historian cites a provocative thesis that civilization's rise and fall tracked hog consumption. He claims Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and later nations thrived when hog eating remained prevalent, while abstainers suffered decline. The piece skewers European powers, linking dietary habits to political strength and moral character.
A Small Chance for His Money in Debt Times
A Missouri paper recounts a hopeful parable of a farmer who in debt to Walt Parkin barters twenty dollars for years owed cattle. The tale ends with plans to trade for an old mare and raise a colt. the farmer promises the first male foal will settle the debt. A Little Mays Prayer from Middleton Mercury tells of a mother who teaches a boy about prayer. The child asks for fifty sisters and one hundred brothers, but the mother stops him, preventing an orphanage of children.
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National Republican
Desert
Himalayas
Apollo
Doer
Phiding
Essehylus
Clouturi
Buriihe My
America
England
France
Germany
Bismarck
Austria
Egypt
Grecce
Rome
Greece
Roma
Missouri
Walt
Walt Ana
Wal
Ckast
Colla
May
Neuluus
Holden
Fean
Elements of a True Marriage Sermon by Ntew and Cato
A sermon outlines three pillars of a true marriage health love and sympathetic companionship. It warns against marrying bodies without understanding traits and stresses equal partnership. It urges spouses to know each other before marriage and emphasizes shared religious and intellectual alignment.
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Chat H. Cato
Martiaga
Asia
Sensible Proverb Fragments on Work and Fortune
Fragmented sayings on industry, luck, and virtue. The text riffs on earning, destiny, and eating wisely, with lines about honest work leading to prosperity, liking one’s job, and patience. It weaves aphorisms and odd imagery without a single clear narrative or人物 names.
The Mother as Priestess of Humanity in Tender Verse
A reflective piece extols motherhood as the sacred priestess of humanity guiding infant souls from birth, offering words of comfort and memory. It contrasts spiritual duty with worldly life and urges mothers to be a beacon of peace and love in their children’s lives. It then shifts to humorous vignettes about a runaway horse drama and a London Builder tip on loosening rusty screws, ending with a satirical restaurant anecdote about meal pricing.
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Fife
London
Sunday Nap and Restful Habits in Practical Life
A fragmented 19th century column argues Sunday rest suits different minds, praising a Sunday nap after dinner for intellects and recommending gentle activities and charity after meals. It urges domestic enjoyment, shared duties, and moderate church life to balance worship with service, cautioning against secularizing the day.
Food for Thought on Life and Virtues
A fragmented moral tableau on patience, restraint, and dignity asserts valuing the present while hoping for what is lacking. It extols perseverance, prudent living, and kindness, warning that revenge or obstinacy defeats personal growth and that government should ease good acts. It ends with scattered questions about a boy entering water.
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Powells, Praggiat and Bookseller
Frme Insurance
Parrerson
New York
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Osproved
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Towell
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