Banana Peel Revenge and a Street Battle Tale
A column of odd anecdotes unfolds from Ferry street where a woman slips on a banana peel tossed by enemies in a feud with the Crown family. Her retaliation escalates with a misguided chain of pranks, while a neighbor’s son pays the price for revenge as a vandals’ prank ripples through the block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry street
Crown family
Brown
hiim
Ben
Widder Smith
rascal
widder
trick
Buffaloxpress
By Marriage and the Mollie Gibson Mine Tale
A traveler recalls meeting a self styled colonel who admits no military service and explains his rank came by marriage to the widow of a Thompson. Colonel Wart from the Cornucopia mine shares a tale of two miners who earned a fortune by rustling a mansion worth $31,000 for the Mollie Gibson heiress in Aspen Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
uged
Cain
mesenger
sand
New York Herald
New Brexico
Wiggins
Devil's river
newali
Texans Rangers
kunnel
sahi—Kunnel Thompson
Warco
Wart
Cornucopia
Neihart
Mollie Gibson
Aspen
Colo
Curious Beekeeping Warns of Robber Bees in Hives
A London Tit-Bits observation notes organized crime among bees with thieves storming hives and stealing honey, including burglars returning with loot. It cites artificial production by feeding lurow honey and brandy. The Brooklyn Eagle discusses pure water for chemical use. A light item follows about a convict in Ohio signaling where his loot is hidden to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipps
Civil Service Gazette
JAMES EPPS & CO
Momaopathic Chemists
London
England
Buchner
Brooklyn Eagle
Ohio
Philadelphia Ledger
The Prescience of Fame in Rural Thought
In this Harpers excerpt George William Curtis notes fame's rare foreknowledge and the village gaze at a famed farmer turned poet figure. A contrast follows with a Sprague Mills worker who, despite a broken leg, labors through the day, illustrating labor ethic amid irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Tupper
Westminster abbey
George Willian Curtis
Harper's
Sprague’s Mills
Lewiston
Hints for Mission Meetings and Prayers
A compact guide urges short purposeful prayers and devotional focus for mission meetings. It emphasizes studying mission history, geography, and current events, with brief talks of 5 to 10 minutes, then prayers naming places and people. It includesGeorge Lawson’s prayer and Professor Sanders’ precepts urging daily godly conduct and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
China
Chin
Independent
Sanders
Charles W. Sanders
Johniii
Cheerful Christianity and the Joy of Salvation
A reflective piece urges Christians to cultivate joy through faith and repentance, noting that lack of joy signals unconfessed sin or weak faith. It discusses loving one another as Christ loved, and advises quiet, steady contemplation to calm the mind, asking for pardon and peace. It closes with a benediction attributed to Bishop Wuntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Christian Inquirer
Jesus
Bishop Wuntington
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. W. TUNIS & BRO. LUMBER COMPANY
TUNIS MILLS
R. S. Fountain
W. W. TUNIS & BRO. LUMBER CO
J. C. BARCUS
T. GC. HACKETT
BARGUS & HACKETT
GENERAL HARDWARE & IMPLMENTS
QUEEN ANNE, MD
BARCUS & HACKETT
C.T & C.B. MACKENZIE
West
BaltiMore STREET
aMec OS Mo
Dayton
Hitc
J. H. COULBOURN
DIVE STOCK COMMISSION
North Sr
Philadelphia
South Charles St
BALTIMORE, MD
S.F. CREW
J.A. MEDAIRY
GEO, K. MEDAIRY
J. H. MEDAIRY . Co
North Howard Street
Baltimore, Mary
anp
far Bank
EDWARD A. HARTMAN
NATHAN
DUNER LACCO
R.C. GARRETT & O Fruit and Produce Commission
LITTLE DOCK S7
sparErRiki VyE
BILLIEADS
BILLYEADS
BILLWEADS
BILLIERADS
IGOOD
KINNAMON
SHIELDS
EASTERN SHORE HOUSE
BALTIMORE
Third street
Denton
BARNES & MOORE
Deuxton
MARYLAND
WAM
IL MOWBRAY
Denton, Md
JouRNAL
F. W. Pangborn
St. Nicholas
Italy
Whitechapel
Abbott
Trenton
Delaware
Peabody museum
Cambridge
American Museum of Archeology
University of Pennsylvania
New York Sun
New York Ledger
Pitter
Dr. Peresis
New York Epoch
Montezuma
Spain
Pizarro
Peru
cordillera
Andes
Bogota
Zipaquira
Suamoz
America
Numboldé
Acosta
Cortez
Prescoté
R. Lemly
Charleston
Waterloo
frigade
Halkett
Goodby
coas
Newcastle Chronicle
Boston Herald
Robert Bruca
Robert Bruce
Col
New York Recorder
Hees
Allie
Maudie
The Prescience of Fame
George Lawson
Jesus Christ
Chhrist
PEPE Ms
SPAPE
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