J C Godwin Co Offers Broad Dry Goods Selection
By Leaps and Jumps Our Business Has Progressed. Year by year we have added to sales and become the most talked about firm in Dry Goods Clothing Notions and Carpet. We boast largest assortment with bargains in skirts jackets black dress goods silks hosiery corsets readymade suits and custom made clothing. Visit No 36 N Washington St for prices and styles.
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Easton
J.C. GODWIN CO
Washington St
JULIUS HINES & SON
Baltimore
New Denton Hotel Steps Under J F Cohee Command
A card from J F Cohee announces taking charge of the Schoptank Hotel in Denton Maryland. He invites former customers and the public to visit and assures they will spare no pains to please guests. Proprietor J F Cohee requests patronage at 225 Fourth Street.
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Denton
J. F. COHEE
A Strange Revenge and a Left Handed Shot in Dixie
In a prewar Louisiana setting, Victor La Moyne clashes with Hilton over Polly Graham. A horseback mishap leads to suspicions of foul play and a duel is arranged by dawn on a river bank. The tale recalls old plantation society, rivalries, and a notable left handed shot that decides the outcome.
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Le Moyne
Louisiana
Judge Graham
Polly
Victor La Moyne
Judge
Hilton
ereeting
Stuart
Polly Graham
Miss Polly
Tilton
Miss Graham
Revenge, duels, and a snake saved by a child in Civil War tale
Whitney A. Smith recounts a late 19th century saga of Le Moyne and Hilton. A pistol duel ends with Le Moyne wounded, vows of revenge, and Hilton marrying Misa Graham. Years later a second duel is halted when Le Moyne spares Hilton's child during a cottonmouth confrontation. Le Moyne dies after Gettysburg while the narrator seeks a missing friend.
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Le Boyne
stuart
Le Moyne
Hilton
Mr. Hilton
Moyne
Misa Graham
Tilton
Stuart Hilton
Le Marge
Russell
papa
Victor Le Moyne
Lea Moyne
Gettysburg
Pickett
Whitney A. Smith
New York Press
London thief tale tied to Sir James Ingham
In a London court a charge of watch robbery arose from a traveler who shared a carriage with the plaintiff from Bournemouth. The watch, valued highly, was not stolen but left at home, according to Sir James Ingham. An old thief later stole away in a cab posing as a messenger and disappeared with the watch.
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London
James Ingham
Bournemouth
James
Kensington
Fragmented King Henry Essay With Mixed Facts
A boyish essay mixes kings, wives, and legends. It claims Henry the Great as a widower born in 1066 with 510 wives and children, mentions beheadings and revocations, and references Wolsey as a leading figure. It ends with Mary Queen of Scots as successor and mythical titles.
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Henry
Anne Domino
Henry 8
Mary Queen of Scots
Wife Bets to Uncover Sleeve Mystery in Kansas City World
A husband returns late, offers $50 to sleep without questions, and a torn sleeve prompts the wife to drop the inquiry. The tale, from the Kansas City World, frames a gamble over the missing sleeve and the $50 bet.
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Wil
Kansas City
Pate de foie gras cruelty described in graphic detail
A lurid account portrays geese farmed for foie gras, describing their confinement in underground cells, binding, and forced feedings. The piece details days of torture, repeated dumpling stuffing, and the sought moment when the liver becomes ripe for harvest, culminating in skeletal remains and emptied bodies.
Early Morning Coffee Mix Up and Sabbath Fishes
A man misreads ground cloves for coffee causing a loud, comic scene at breakfast after an ailing wife prepares the meal. He drinks two quarts of water to calm down, while his wife notes the mistake. The item also collects various fables about fishes and religious tales from different cultures.
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Lewiston Journal
Hunting Tigers In Persia From Historic Methods
The article compares tiger hunts across nations with traps nets and mirrors. It outlines Chinese use of a glass mirror to lure the animal and describes a Persian method using a bamboo cage a sleeping hunter and a knife or spear to strike once the tiger is cornered.
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Persia
Chambers’ Journal
Kipling Wit Traced to Grandfather Macdonald Tale
In a brimming anecdote from Troy Press, Rudyard Kipling’s humor is linked to his maternal grandfather the Rev George B Macdonald a Wealeyan clergyman. A courting incident reveals the elder Macdonald’s prudish strictness and his remark about propriety as he confronted Mrs Brown’s couples.
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Rudyard Kipling
George B. Macdonald
Macdonald
Mr. Brown
Brown
Troy Preaa
Beehive Rheumatism Cure Deemed Philanthropic Oddity
A nineteenth century remedy uses bees to treat rheumatism as a philanthropic system. The patient is stripped and bees settle on the body, supposedly neutralising acid in the blood and easing symptoms.
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Maika
Gray’s Elegy Polished Into a Gem by Labor
The text notes that Gray kept the elegy for nine years shaping it until it shone like a gem. He wrote little in life and when asked why he produced twenty pieces he replied that poetry costs much in the labor of composition.
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Gray
Burr and the Albany church reprimand tale
Aaron Burr once attended an Albany church where town aristocracy gathered every Sunday. He became habitually late and the minister publicly rebuked him. Burr replied that he despised the type of criminals who turn state's evidence. After that, no more public reprimands occurred in that church.
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Aaron Burr
Albany
Burr
Calamity at Dinner Sparks Global Mockery
A gentleman hosts guests as a colored servant drops a platter carrying a turkey. He proclaims the scene a catastrophe for the nations, noting the supposed fall of Turkey Greece China and Africa in a satirical, hyperbolic gesture.
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Turkey
Greece
China
Africa
Nelson on Deck in Vinegar Tape Strange Interview
An amusing anecdote recalls Lord Nelson meeting two Spanish captains. With legs bound by vinegar-soaked brown paper, he faced the Spaniards with courtesy, their opinion of him unchanged by his odd attire. A follow up quip shows Mildmay delaying punishment as a child quips that the father isn’t the mother.
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Nelson
Lord Nelson
Prince of Palermo's Snow Trade Monopoly Uncovered
A palace rumor claims the Prince of Palermo grows rich from a snow trade monopoly. He is allegedly brought at night in baskets on muleback from the mountains to the coast and shipped to Italian cities, where it is sold at two to eight pence per pound.
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Palermo
coset
Evelyn and Etta Resolve Ring Drama with Jeweler’s Aid
Evelyn and Etta discuss breaking off with a duck and mending relations with the help of a jeweler. The dialogue notes Evelyn tiring of the old ring while Etta mentions how a new ring is given when they make up.
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Evelyn
duck
Etta
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