The Persecuted Life Insurance Agent and the Steeple Escape
A narrator recounts his harassment by Benjamin P. Gunn a persistent life insurance agent. Gunn follows him everywhere peddling a ten year endowment plan and even pursues him to Mexico with a doctor and mortality tables. The tale ends with Gunn's wild pursuit and a comic meditation on buttons and buttonholes as a metaphor for faithless systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin P. Gunn
Gunn
Benjamin
P. Gunn
Pedr Smith
Max Adder
Guan
Presbyterian Church
Sexton
Mississippi Valley
Mexico
Popocatapetl
Pepith P Ye Ginn
Paks Ibther
Bequest Troubles and a Poet’s Comic Twist
A farmer’s will prompts questions about widowhood and yearly income for a wife as a lawyer explains the logic behind legacy adjustments after remarriage. A joke about a poet with a five dollar bill adds a humorous twist as a boy questions a playful nickname for William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
William
Greeleyism in Michigan Faces a Political Test
The piece notes Michigan Republicans dismiss Greeley movements as falsehoods and reports weak Greeley participation. S. D. Bingham cites small muster rolls in Wayne Kalamazoo Ingham and Clinton counties and predicts Liberal strength will prove false at Louisville. The piece argues the Greeley reform bubble will burst in November.
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Michigan
S. D. Bingham
Lansing
Greeley
Brown
Louisville
Grant
Wilson
Bingham
Wayne County
Kalamazoo County
Ingham
Clinton County
A Curious Album Page From A Mental Photograph Album
A lively correspondent prints a question and answer page titled A Curious Album Page dedicating to Mr. Greeley and Liberal Democrat supporters. It lists humorous responses on favorites, opinions, and mottos, ending with a fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Graham
the Greeley
Horace
Jeff. Davis
Diogenes
Alexander
Cincinnati
Cappana
Grant
M. Y. Gom. Advertiser
Inventions and discoveries timeline from Europe and London
The list recounts early achievements including roses planted in England in 1632, linen rag paper in 1474, shillings coined in 1504, diamond cutting in 1439, almanacs at Buda in 1470, gunlocks in Nuremberg 1477, hats in Paris 1504, watches in Nuremberg, printing circa 1441, soap in London and Bristol 1534, and stops in literature from 1520.
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England
Buda
Nuremburg
Europe
Paris
Faustr
London
Bristol
Waiting for the Evening Train sketch by Thurlow Weed Brown
A funeral prelude-like sketch recalls an elderly speaker at a depot waiting for a train as Death, the mighty engine, passes through life. The piece contrasts youth and age with reflections on labor, virtue, and an eternal journey beyond the river.
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Thurlow Weed Brown
Wisconsin
Keeping Tinware Bright for Daily Care
Daily washing of tinware with a woolen cloth in a tub or boiler keeps brightness and prevents wear. Dry all ware before storing and wipe the wash boiler. Iron ware should be stove blacked to stay presentable, avoiding gray or dingy pots.
Grog and Politics in a Worcester Speech
A local notice compares cheap whisky to an expensive newspaper on a sideboard. It quotes G F Hoar in Worcester contrasting Republicans and Democrats, arguing Greeley betrayed the South and Grant defended emancipation and civil rights, while critiquing Greeley and praising Grant for protecting freedmen.
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Worcester
Mass
G. F. Hoar
Greeley
Grant
National Treasury
Bull Run
Donelson
Henry
Vicksburg
Appomattox
Lincoln
Inter-Ocean
Chicago
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B. P. Gunn
Masi
MBA
Anene
Asif
Mary
Lake Shore & Mich
Southern Railway
Elkhart
Grand Rapids Accommodation
Night Express
Grand Rapids Express
AIR Line Division
Air Line Accom
Atlantic Express
Pacific Express
Steamboat Express
Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids
Air Line
Jonesville
Albion
Adrian
Monroe
Detroit
Jackson
White Pigeon
Rivera
Allegan
Grand Trunk Railroad
Sarnia
Montreal
Quebec
Portland
Ialem Crossing
Lafayette
New Albany
Sys
Wabash & Michigan
R. R
Goshen
Wwam
New Paris
Milford
Warsaw
Theittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Kankakee
Walkerton
Plymouth
Rochester
Peru
Indiana
Lis
Herald OF Truth
Elkhart, Ind
Eukhart
Simonton
Main Street
F, Funk & Bro
Opera House
New Presses
Edward and
Emma Molloy
Proprietors
J. F. Curtiss & Co
Johnny Davenport
Charles Walley
Ve. Marx
Fredburg
C. W. Fish
J. P
Concord Township
Elkhart County
W. Fish
R. K. Brush
Liverpool
Dinburgh
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Company
Tor
New York
Queenstown
Lino
Royal Bank of Poland
Edinburgh
University OF
W. Corby
Notre Dame P. O
ST. Mary’s Academy
South Bend, Ind
School of Design
St. Mlary’s Conservatory of Music
Classical Conservatorie
Hage
High
Franklin
Walley
Prmlanthropist
Sonable
Prichs
Farlor Seis
Chicao
Congress Street
Mis
Northwest
Linois
Northwestern States
Riadical Paper
Vy Mail
By Mail
Congress St
Til
THE
Calkens
Asf
Manzeghigago
Express
Chery Ag Pepe
Calkins Bros. & CO
South Canal St
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