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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1883
Page
7
Muckle drumlie bargain ends in a high stakes sale
Joe Jawtry schemes to borrow a thousand dollars by offering Tobit Clake’s hillside as security. Nathan Linch and Tubal Tulkins bid fiercely, hoping to outmaneuver each other for the plot, while Joe’s true aim is to watch a neighbor get a bargain, not to cash in. The matter ends with Linch winning the hillside deed for five thousand, while Joe reveals the ruse and his real interest lay in the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Joe Jawtry
Adam Smith
Joe
California
Muckledrumbie
Nathan Linch
Tubal Tulkins
Muckledrumlie
Tobit Cluke
Nathan
Mr. Sinch
Tulkins
Nat Linch
Nat Sinch
Tobit
Tobal Tulkins
Nathan Sinch
Tubal
Tobit Clake
Ian
N. Y. Ledger
Vast Odds and Averages From 19th Century Data
A collection of factoids from multiple sources notes Mississippi female age counts, world ship totals, sailor ranks, ostrich hatching rates, and criminal stats from Prussia. It also cites fruit shipments from Savannah, poultry and egg consumption in the United States, New York City official incomes, city size comparisons, and dental prosthetics production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Chicago Herald
Italy
California
San Francisco Chronicle
Prussia
Savannah
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Chicago Times
United States
Register of Deeds
Sheriff's Office
Paris
London
Elderly Deacon Joins In At Providence Home Opening
A 95 year old deacon in Providence participates in the opening program of the new Home for Aged Men. He sings Old Hundred with energy and calls the residence “just like Heaven,” reflecting on his past property holdings and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. L
Providence Journal
Key West Cigar Industry Totals 81 Factories
Key West reports 81 cigar factories employing about 5000 workers. In the year ending June 30 they produced 75 million cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Wit and Wisdom Fragments From Various Papers
A patchwork of aphorisms and quips on life work and society from the New York Herald Chicago Tribune and other papers. Bits humor and rural speech note value of honest toil and common sense with sketches of everyday folks and proverbs.
Jumbo the Kitten's Tragic Play in the South Meadow Lot
In New Hampshire Tommy Derwent and his pets Daisy Jumbo Rover and Aunt Sally endure a summer tale. Tommys curiosity leads him to an old well where Jumbo is drowned during a game. Tommy mourns and Aunt Sally uses the accident as a learning moment about obedience and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy
Jumbo
Brother Dick
Grandma
Sally
Tommy Derwent
New Hampshire
Tommy
Rover
Newfoundland
South Meadow
Jommy
Dee
Papa
John
Poe
Jessee
Jummy
Danyell
Lions’ den
Joseph
Dee Jammy
Jammy
Dee Jummy
Aunt Sally
Roger
Old South Meadow
Christian Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Happ
H. C. Dodge
Burlington
Hawkeye
WIT and Wisdom
N. Y
Arkansaw Traveller
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