Bride of John Meacham Wins Long Battle for Love
Nora Wilton, heir to Col. George Wilton, defies her father to wed John Meacham after a costly rift over his father Girard Meacham’s mining scheme. John earns forgiveness by returning $10,000 and proving his worth through Westward fortitude, securing parental consent and a marriage that ends the feud.
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Nora
Meacham
John Meacham
Rascal
Col. Wilton
John
Nora Wilton
Col
George Wilton
Girard Meacham
Enteriel
Gol. Wilton
Joln
Wilton
Mora
West
Eldorado
Marsden
Mr. Marsden
Winthrop Deane
Deane
San Francisco
Mr. Deane
Klienfelt
Turkestan
M. Vamberg
Asia
Mr. Kennan
Singapore
Quips and sketches from a late 19th century column
A collage of jokes and short anecdotes from various papers. It includes quips about soup bones and oysters, a joke on hair loss from pie, a prison base gag from Sing Sing era, a suggested railroad joke, and a tale of a widow wielding a black snake whip at a clergyman. Also features verse about a choir and a humorous misquote about manners in dialogue, with scattered regional humor from Texas and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Morning Journal
Sing Sing
Jaehene
O'Neil
Tuerre
Texas
Col
Winchester
Wheezer
Dakota Bell
New England
Mendelssohn
Flattering Wealth Sparks Onion Odor in Tid-Bite Snippet
In a Tid-Bite quote, Miss Pride taunts Miss Tiptop over a French cook, mocking vanity. Mrs Pride notes an onion odor as a witty jab. A couple aims to stop arguing for a month, then abandons the habit, while a Voltaire line reflects on the obstacles to genius and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pride
Temperance in the Sunday School Lesson Amid Sabbath Teachings
A Sunday School article surveys Leviticus topics and temperance readings, urging self denial to curb intoxicants. It cites Canon Farrar and Dr Guthrie, contrasts moral suasion with legal prohibition, and links Noah and Sinai lessons to vigilance against intoxication.
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B. C
Mount Sinai
Joel
Canon Farrar
W. M. Taylor
Archdeacon Jeffreys
Dr. Guthrie
Lyman Beecher
Hell
the Voice
Joseph Cook
Muaker
Mount Sinai, Under the Curtains of the Newly Elected Tabernacle
Aaron
Sinai
Jehovah
Tabernacle
Israel
Sunday School Journal
Providence
Nadab
Abihu
Eleazar
Ithamar
Moses
Lea
Ezek
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Louish Chandler
Wilton VS. Meacham
Chas, A. DE Witt
Capliage
Washington City
Baltimore
Philadelphia
William Abram Love
Atlanta
M. D
Washington
Johnson
Atlanta Constitution
Toronto Times
Tur
Texas Darky
Uncle Mose
Mose
Texas Siftings
John Barlow
Kentucky State Journal
Thor
Rankind
da Costa
Revuque
Voltaire
Infant Jesus
L. E. Beardsley
Clinton
Deatrick
Mays
Defiance, Ohio
Baltimore Bakery
R. Brown
Corner Forth
Clinton Sts
Kaye
Corwin & Kiserb
Eureka
Seay
Corn Inn
Perry Street
Bet
T. Sutphen
H. Bevington
Lir
Gameron
John W. Winn
Henry W.onderly T
John Oe
Wight
R. J. Clemmer
David Miller
Michael Gorman
F. J. Sheets
Fred Schultz
Albert Gerry
B. W. Slagle
A. Ex Coughanour
Bereaw
Wee
H. Ralston
Eg A. Brichel
W. Knapp
John Wei
John Marshal
W. A. Kehn
Aer
Jase “Tennys
John Cantlon
Gions Miller
Anorto
P. Zigler
Ekate Hoover
Tiedeman Block
S. D. Potters
D. D
J. B. Harris
Wp. Cameron
Harris & Cameron
A’p
Stone Front
Defiance National Bank
W. D. Hill
W. H. Hurbame Hill & Hubbard
Mr. Rit
Keystone Brock
Defiance
H. G. Baker
Itorney
Preisendorfer’s
Lion Store
Henry Hardy
Ttorney
Councellor
Wolseffer
Milton E. Orcutt
Wertheimer
Court House
Ohio
W. C. Travis
LAW
General Collection
Morse
Cor. Clinton
First Streets
Mass
Charles E. Bronson
AY Jla Law
Kittners' Clothing
Or Court House
Frank W. Knapp
Nota Public
Deflance
Gourd House
Buffington
Emass
J.J. Hale
Ohto
Word
Karst & Tenzen
Wabash Depot
The
Farmers of Defiance Co
Defiance County
Chase
N.W. Cer
Fancy Steam Dye Works
Heitzwable
Peter Dickman
Deflane “Oo
T Pai
Burgland & Grand
Nort Defiance
Lowe Nat Pric
Livi Diokman
Mackinac
Detroit
Mackinac Island
T. Ivnace
Cheboygan
Alpena
Harrisville
Oscoda
San Teach
MOENY
Seagrave & Brother
Madison Street
Toledo, O
J. L. Scott
Jno.f. Deatrick& Son
Clinton and
Third Sta
Rpeasacr & General Fire
T Roe Obi. i
Hoffman Bros
Undertakers
Opera House
Defiancf
Batistachon
Ree Ans
Deflane
Ohi
Kuhn Bros
UL Bourbs
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