Oddities of language and lore in a moral lecture scene
A long excerpt shows teachers and students in a humorous parsing lesson on words like man woman and boy. It blends social satire with quips about gender roles and proper conduct, ending with a vignette of a chipmunk skull used as a cage and a comic hotel bar tale about a Yankee avoiding meals to dodge charges.
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America
TsachEr
Elmira
New York
Sullivan
Chemung River
Baldwin
Georgia
Sitt M
A. McNulty
Notice on Advertising Rates and Policies
The Appeal outlines ad rates and rules. It states payment must accompany orders and that unpaid time expires with a 25 percent surcharge. Obituary notices over five lines apply standard rates, and political candidate names incur 95 dollars cash. It warns against promoting private interests through non-advertising items.
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Allcom Jons
Strange Lobster Keeps Music Loving Mistress’s Pet
A French journalist encounters a gray spotted lobster in a woman’s kitchen. She recounts how the crustacean was kept after a bite incident and now enjoys music, leaning toward the piano whenever played. Also shared: potato cultivation steps and a joke about the Sultan of Furkey with seven hundred wives.
Right Way to Burn Kerosene and Quick Wound Remedy
A New York Sun reader warns against turning kerosene lamps down to save oil as it fills rooms with fumes and harms health, noting cases of illness and damage to furniture. The Journal of Agriculture touts smoking wounds with burning wool to stop pain, claiming it saves lives. Additional notes praise solid English education, plain clothes, and practical manners, followed by a riddle about hotel bills and a note on typesetting at the Pumpkin Independent office.
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New York Sun
Worra Knowine
Journal of Agriculture
Whimsical Texas Roadside Encounter and Odd Tales
A traveler in Texas meets oxen driven by a countryman who labels each beast with humorous religious nicknames Presbyterian Baptist Episcopalian Methodist. The exchange leads to various anecdotes about home, manners, and comic mishaps, including a Savannah tale of a molasses spill and a chase for a sheep’s head.
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Texas
Darky
Savannah
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