The Mortgaged Farm Restored by Love and Hope
Marion Wilyard faces eviction when a letter reveals the mortgage is sold to a neighbor. Her brother Jack’s choice to pursue wealth harms her family. Wat Clinton returns and buys the farm, offering hope. Marion learns the farm remains in the family, now shared, ending sorrow with reunion and renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Wilyard
Jemmy Lane
Jack
ANNER IWAnnis
Marion
Miss 'Melia Anderson
Mev
Millard
Melia
Mrs. Hilyard
Wat Ilinton
Miss Anderson
Marian
iggie Hinton
Aggie
Maria
Walter
Clintons
Myra
Lilyard
Miss Melia
Wat Clinton
Wat
West
Wat was
mother
Tam
ast
Agnes
Ageio
Watt
Abner Harris
Brief attorney rises after cremation in odd life turn
A concise account from a peculiar tale describes a lawyer who, after cremation, briefly resurges in life to secure a fee. The strange episode centers on a legal professional and explores themes of mortality and obligation, framed in a terse newspaper style.
The New Bathing Dress Fashions for Young Ladies
A satirical look at 19th century seaside fashion mocking water-resistant bathing dresses. It praises nonwet garments with blouse flounces sailor collars puffed sleeves and elaborate trousers paired with silk stockings and kids while lampooning the idea of swimming in such attire. It notes fashionable seashore bathing happens in tubs.
Preservation of Shad Packs Weatherproof Ice Cakes
A Philadelphia group formed a fish preserving company last spring storing 90,000 shad from Gloucester and river mouths in crushed ice within patent freezers on Delaware Avenue. Each cake holds ten shad, 46 by 16 by 4 inches, frozen to twenty degrees above zero. Despite three months packed, scales bright and fish firm, flavor preserved. Restaurants report growing demand, with shipments to Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis and orders from Cape May to Saratoga. This fall plans include 30,000 pounds of shad and 100,000 pounds of mackerel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware Avenue
Gloucester
Christiana
Connecticut
Chestnut street
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Cape May
Atlantic City
Long Branch
Saratoga
The Surrender of Sitting Bull Chief Ends Ten Year Pursuit
The surrender of Sitting Bull, the Sioux leader famed for terrorizing frontier settlements, came with about two hundred loyal followers to Fort Buford. After a long siege and battles, including Custer’s defeat, Sitting Bull and his group finally surrendered, ending a bloody ten years of pursuit and reshaping frontier fortunes.
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Sitting Bull
Fort Buford
Dakota Territory
Tle
Ife
Yellowstone
Yellowstone river
Montana
Sianelitha
Gibbon
Crook
Rosebud
Big Horn
Custer
Sitting Bul
fially
ton man
New phase of insurance promises $1000 upon marriage
The piece warns of Pennsylvania and other states offering insurance that pays $1000 to single young people when they marry. Agents push this scheme, enrolling even thirteen year olds, with classes taxed as marriages occur. Directors skim 20 percent, leaving little for insured, while the plan aims to cash in on matrimony rather than true security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
Caroline county
CHEORGE & DAILY
CARCIAINE co
Pennsylvania
noge
Hen drama in coop as woman lassos runaway flock
A humorous scene shows a woman calmly corralling a hen that dodges a male suitor’s chase. The hen studies the man, returns to the coop, while the man chases with wood and debris, then declares all hens sold next morning as the woman counts and houses them swiftly.
Spelling Trends Highlighted in Popular Paper
A popular paper’s pages lampoon evolving spelling fashions with subtle hits at contemporary modes, illustrating how readers adapt language and style in daily usage.
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Denton Journal
GEO. T
JAS. F. MELVIN
Ames
MARYDEL, MD
JOSEPH S. DAILY
HARE HORE BEAU
Ese McGURDY
Philidelphis
BEATTY
OLEGANS
Farr
UEATEY
Washington, N. J
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
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Childs
OLou
PRATT Ste
BALTIMORE
Charles and
Hanover
ata
Maltby
Ifouse
CG. W. MINNICK & SON
Easton Md. av
DAVIS
Denton Enterprise
WAL. T. DAVIS
Denton
MILES W. GREEN
Slick Hotel
ASI
Easton
STEVENS & WAYWARD
Stellly Easton
BASTC
HARDWARE and FOUNDRY
Oliver
Syracuse
Wiyard
Treble
GENERAL FOUNDRY
T. Ti. SAULSHURY
Caroline
sojolying
TRON
Dee
JONATHAN EVITTS
DODSON & GOLDSBOROUGH
HAG
BURLINGTON
Des Moines
Connell Blu
Omaha
Lincoln
St Joseph
Atchison
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Idaho
Oregon
California
fannilal
Fort Scott
Denison
Dulas
Royston
Austin
San Antonio
Galveston
Texas
Palace
Jorton
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uattan
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United States
Rwanda
J.Q. A. DEAN
Gerd Lastern
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Broadway
New York
PERCIVAL LOWELL
Agt
T. J. POTCENA
WALTER BOCKLA
SITOL
Hillsborough, Mid
WALTER DOOREN
Childrens
C. N. OEFXHM & SON
Pratt St
Hanover St
MOD
directt
W. P. PATTERSON
W. Pratt St
SHAD
Tom
Bill
Worcester
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