The Cleric Omotor and the Byesville Scandal
A Bylesville church faces upheaval as a mechanical automaton clergyman, the clericomotor, masquerades as Rev. Dummeigh, impressing Deacons Simpson Stimpson Grubb with canned sermons and a new fundraising gimmick until a crank mishap during a Sunday service destroys the device and leaves the pulpit vacant.
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Bylesville
Parson Thorne
Beecher
Simpson
Stimpson
Grubb
New York
stranger
New York morning express
Wallingford House
Iris
John Rogers
room 16
No. 16
Deacon Simpson
Deacon Stimpson
Jes
Deacon Grubb
Deacons Simpson
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Dummeigh
Byesville
Stimpsons
Rogers
Hezekiah
Trez
Het. Simpson
Jezekiah
Lez
Orthodox Church of
Detroit Tree Press
Fatal shooting on bridge near Pocomoke City ends in tragedy
In Maryland, Captain L Q Davis is killed when Irving Mills shoots during a pursuit of his lover Mary E Ross. The event unfolds as Mills attempts to escape to Princess Anne Jail eight miles away after the fatal hit. Mrs Ross and Mrs Dickerson aided in stopping Mills, while the family faces shock and Mills remains quiet. The reports note Mills fired directly at Davis, and the aftermath centers on community outrage and Mills' arrest.
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PRINCESS ANNE
Somerset
Worcester
L. Q. C. Davis
Pocomoke City
Mary E. Ross
Captain Davis
Irving J. Mills
Baltimore
William G. Bansemer & Co
Ross
lower peninsula
Mills
torbade
Joss
Dublin
Marcellus Dickerson
Captain Ross
Mrs. Ross
Hosa
Miles bullet
Reevaluating Life and Steering Toward Saving
Poem-like text urges reconsideration of life choices and financial habits. It advocates starting now to pursue better fortune, stop blaming fate, and plant seeds of savings in a fertile, active manner. The speaker warns against ending days in strangers’ company and emphasizes personal responsibility.
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Neaven’s
Booth Recites The Lord's Prayer For Baltimore Guests
A pious Baltimore elder invites the famed elocutionist to dinner and asks him to repeat the Lord's Prayer. Booth agrees, drawing the gaze of a large company as he performs the devout recitation at the drawing room.
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Booth
Baltimore
My Father's House Inspirational Elderly Worshiper Deaf to Words
A pastor encounters an elderly deaf woman who attends church regularly. Through a slate she explains she loves her Fathers house, hears Jesus in spirit, and aims to influence others by humble living. Her example reproves able members who neglect church attendance.
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house of God
Jesus
God
lfe
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Pebbles of Humor from a Fractured Page
A collection of short, fragmentary quips shows a Montana girl reportedly kidnapped by a bear after a single hug, odd social observations about mail delivery in small towns, and humorous misreads about love, religion, and politics. The pieces mix jokes, local lore, and dated sentiment with light, nongraphic oddities.
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OMOTOR
committee on selection
Wis
Denton
WM. A. STEWART
Tuos
S. KKinnamon
IEO
responsible
GANT
Temino ouce OUR “Goodrich
Singer Pattern
FOLEY & WILLIAMS MPG. CO
Adams St
Chicago
Ils
TABER ORGANS
INSTRUMENTS
TABER ORGAN GO
MASS
ha yung
ceu sey
wewa
py senwees
NOATL WALKER & CO
Baltimore St
Baltimore, Md
YSPEPSIA J.M. LAROQUE
LAROQUE
J. As. Laroque
W. E. THORNTON
Nore and
Tleertsous Sts
alt inrere
IBLEY
Sibley
Dakota
Rochester
bess
HIRAM SIBLEY & CO
N. Y
Ill
ELATI’ S
UALL
BUCKINGHAM'S
R. P. HALL & CO
Nashua
Ayer
Caroline county
Preston
Greensborough
M.T. KISLAY
D. D.S
N. Kutaw St
LIVERY STABLE
GREENSBORO
Maryland
WM. H. GOHEE
Jas. Parnell
MERCHANT TAILOR
DENTON, MD
THAWLEY & GHINGHER, BUTCHERS
M. L. BLANCHARD
P. O
Bridgeville, Del
ecw
ALLAN PINKERTON
BINGHAMTON
L3vesiers
BLAINE & LOGAN
H. J. RAMSDELL
DEN PERLEY POORE
HUBBARD EMIRADEEPIN
A. P
Oliiaw
Montana
Logan
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