The Bell Plan Sets Up A Swedish Wedding Tale
In a Nordic village tale a young couple struggles with inheritance and a church bell. Lucy and John Jacobson face disinheritance until a bell is crowdfunded by neighbors, crops, and dowries. The bell unites church, family, and wedding as the couple triumphs.
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Sweden
Jacobson
John Old Jacobson
Marrage
Joan
Peterson
Lucy
John Five
Jory
Luc
Walt
Larry
Javolwyn
Nevers Inn
Jacobevan
Left Handed Roads Across Canada and England
In travel humor, a reader recalls adjusting to left side driving and right side driver seats in England and Canada. Observations contrast rail and road etiquette, noting Canadian practice of closer man to man interaction on passing teams and the general impracticality of trains passing on the left. Washington Post notes end.
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England
Canada
Portland
St. John
N. B
Dobbin
Maude
Washington, Post
Disraeli Declares Wit in Shrewsbury Speech
Benjamin Disraeli faced jeers during his first appearance before Shrewsbury electors, where opponents hoisted pork amid taunts. He calmed the crowd and declared his candidacy, earning a large majority.
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Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Shrewsbury
Crossing the Bar inspired by a nurse’s prompt
The London News says Alfred Lord Tennyson, recovering from illness, was urged by his nurse to show gratitude by giving something to the world. He then wrote Crossing the Bar and presented it to her as a peace offering.
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Tennyson
Gramming
Mr.Tennyson
Sle
London News
The Red Cross origins and Geneva conference
The Red Cross idea originated with Henri Danant, a French humanitarian. The Geneva Society of Public Utility advanced the plan, Swiss officials were engaged, and General Dufour led a committee formed February 9, 1863 to propel the movement, culminating in the Geneva conference of 1864 and the Red Cross society.
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Red Cross Society
Henri Danant
Danant
Geneva
Dufour
New York American
Dualistic Austro Hungary system formed in 1867
After the 1818 war Hungary became effectively Austrian, but the dualist government was established in 1867. On February 20 a responsible ministry took office under Andrassy, and in June the Austrian emperor and empress were crowned king and queen of Hungary at Budapest.
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Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Andrassy
Land Empress
Budapest
Kentucky Ned and the Ranch Love Match
A narrator recounts summer life on a Kentucky ranch where she falls for a cowboy nicknamed Kentucky Ned. After a dramatic cattle peril a salt tactic saves the herd, earning Ned gratitude and the narrator’s affection. Years later they marry and live on the ranch.
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Father
Kentucky
Ned
United States Army
Kentucky Ned
Father Awl
Niagara
Fio
Liie
Lfe
Spettom
Louiss
C. Farell
The Hard Won Bet of Bricks Carried Half a Mile
A traveling man recalls a $2 wager to carry four bricks half a mile without resting. He describes gripping two bricks per hand, the brutal strain on fingers forearms neck and shoulders, and the aching soreness that lingered a week after reaching the hotel. The tale, quoted from the Detroit Free Press, underscores the hidden difficulty behind a seemingly simple challenge.
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Detroit Free Press
Some Queer Shoes
A compact catalogue of footwear from different cultures. It describes the Chinese wooden shoe with a dark clot top the Portuguese sandal with a leather ramp the Persian high shoe richly inlaid and strap over the instep the Muscovite hand woven frame shoes the leather options and the Siamese fur lined wooden sole with inlaid upper and ornate exterior in gold and silver finishes.
Lincoln I Own Horse Trade Tale From Illinois
A Lincoln horse trade tale from his Illinois practice unfolds with a judge and a sawhorse swap. Lincoln arrives with a wooden sawhorse and laments getting the worst deal, while a crowd laughs at the pun and the solemn reveal.
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Lincoln
Illinois
Mean Trick At Club Bulletin Board
A curious prankster entered a club and posted a Welsh town name Llanfairpwllgogerychwyrndrobwilantsy Tiagagogoch, offering a reward to anyone who could pronounce it, causing distress among friends.
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Wales
Llanfairpwllay Llgogerychwyrndrobwilantsy- Tiagagogoch
Then the Quarrel Ceased in Bohemian Magazine
A brief, sharp vignette of a family quarrel in Bohemian Magazine where a wife argues she knows whereof she speaks, insisting she went to school and being met with a calm, witty retort from her husband that she returned stupid.
Dr Pierce Medicines Endorsed for Chronic Cough and Catarrh
The ad touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's Catarrh Remedy as proven cures for chronic coughs catarrh mucous membrane diseases and digestive issues. It warns against substitutes of unknown composition urged by dealers claiming equal efficacy, noting four decades of cures behind Pierce's medicines.
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Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Pierce
Southern Railway timetable fragmentation lists numerous routes
A garbled rail schedule shows No. 111 westbound and No. 112 eastbound trains with connections at Greensboro Salisbury Raleigh Selma Goldsboro and other hubs. It mentions Pullman service dining cars and various stops including Danville Richmond Charlotte Savannah New Orleans and Louisville. Ends with contact details for Southern Railway officials and a stray comic line about Brown.
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Greensboro
Danville
Richmond
Salisbury
Charlotte
Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
Jacksonville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Asheville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Raleigh
Selma
Goldsboro
Carris Pullman
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Norfolk
Fayetteville
Florence
U. S
Lynchburg
Washington
All Points
Winston-Salem
Charlestor
Memphis
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Charlottesville
Baltimore
New York
Oxford
Keysville
Durham
Southern Railway
IL B
Spencer
Washoes
Hardwick
Washington, D. C
W. HL
Tayce
Tass
Vernon, Trav
N.C
F. W. Woodward
Union
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Chapel Hill, NL
R.T. Howerton & Son
Old Reliable Modern
Mangum St
Tuane
NEW
Iifokawesien
Sun Daily
Lynchture
Toons East
Weat
M. F. Bragg
Trav
Vass
W. B. Bevinl
G.P
Roanoke
Tapa
Salvay Snaces
Sammy
Ste Snaces
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