The Whip Merchant and the River Village Scheme
Bob Miller schemes to foil a large whip seller by luring him with whisky and a pretend dinner invitation. He forms a band of companions to seize the whips, disperses the supply, and disperses the seller with a mock battle over the town’s kids. The plan ends with the man warned off and invited to a false dinner.
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Bob
Dick Blue
Laporte
Pittsburg
Racine
Philander Racine
Boston Harbor
Washington Family Links to American Flag Origin in England
The essay traces English Washingtons from Durham and Northampton to Northamptonshire, noting a dwindling line to three brothers by 1830. It links the family crest to the American flag idea, suggesting Washington quarterings inspired the stars and stripes, and lists living English Washingtons in church, military, and law roles.
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Atlantic
George Washington
Washington
England
Paris
Chicago
Durham
Westmoreland
Lanashire
Northamptonshire
York
John
Laurence
Amerca
Henry
Brington
New Northampton
Washintons
Lancashire
Lancastre
Northampton
Laurence Washington
Thomas Kitson
M Rehas
Henrys VII
Laurence Wishington
Northamton
Keene
Civan
Sutgrave
Washingtons
George Villiers
Duke of Buckingham
James I
Islip-on-the-New
United States
America
H. E. M. Service
Corps of Royal Engineers
Admiral Washington
Adam Washington
Royal Navy
What's the Matter with Pork A Portsmouth Deacon’s Market Misadventure
A pious Portsmouth deacon who profited in pork margin trades for months faced a sharp loss after a pork panic. To cover losses he pursued legal remedies against his brokers. The tale spread in town and during a prayer meeting a boy’s question What’s the matter with pork caused a hush. The deacon seeks to talk with the boy.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Discoveries Link George Washington Ancestry to England
Boston man Henry F Waters argues new findings clarify Washington lineage to John Washington and Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave. He shows Lawrence Washington of Brasenose College and rector of Burleigh fled royalist Purge, dying before 1655, leaving Amphillis and children John Lawrence William Elizabeth Martha. John and Lawrence then emigrated to Virginia about 1657.
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Henry F. Waters
John Harvard
Harvard College
Washington
Boston
Chicago Tribune
George Washington
John Washington
Lawrence
Virginia
England
Waters
Lawrence Washington
Sulgrave
Brasenose College
Oxford
Burleigh
Essex
Tring
Hertford
Amphillis
John
Important Business Awaiting Mr. Depew
A woman asks Chauncey Depew at Grand Central Station about a cow damage case. The gateman says Depew is not back from Europe. The caller instructs to tell him to expect a November visit and to pay sixty dollars, no less.
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Mr. Depew
Chauncey Depew
Grand Central Station
Europe
Jess
Ola Hank Wakely
New York Tribune
The Caged Rabbit Fable from American Folklore
A rabbit finds a box in an apple orchard and enters it. A farmer traps the rabbit inside the box and plans to eat it, revealing there was no escape. The tale ends with a moral about dangerous farmers.
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Rabbit
Two Fighting Cocks Slug It Out For Pride
A farmyard pair of cocks boast and slug it out until the farmer threatens a pot pie. One rooster pleads to be spared citing eye and pocket watch likeness while the other boasts of victory. The farmer declares the winner must die to keep his laurels. the tale humorously notes the Sullivan Kilrain fight as a misfit moral.
A Royal Yacht Filled With White Rich Furnishings
The Victoria and Albert yacht, Queen Victoria’s traveling vessel, features pure white interiors with gilded reliefs and silver mountings. Its deck uses cork floorcloth with a carpet for the Queen, plus furnished state rooms, a dining saloon, drawing room, and a library. The yacht is illuminated by electricity except in the Queen’s cabins.
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Morocco
Prince Albert
Beatrice
Comical Analysis of Reading Failures in School
A twelve year old reads a sentence about 500 picked men at Yorktown and suggests they were chosen to run through the enemy. The tale recalls a boy who misreads spiked helmets as a device to duck heads and dive into battle.
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Yorktown
Catia
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Dwight Baldwin
Bob Miller
George Miller
Clem Warren
Dick Blye
President Washington
Chicago. Ledger
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