Twenty-five Children and a Mountain Top Family
Mrs Swartwood, a Wyoming Valley mother of forty-three, has twenty-five children, eighteen still living, in Mountain Top. Her husband, a locomotive engine driver, and she manage a crowded eight room home with a bustling laundry, boarders, and a busy kitchen. She recounts the family roster and recalls marrying at thirteen, stressing that early marriage happened amid poverty, with the children growing in number as life went on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Bam” Swartwood
Indy
Mountain Top
Willenbarre
Maude
Cora
Mandle
May
Elsie
Ruth
Lotte
Lottie
Swartwood
Walterbu'e
Louis
Thaddeus
Herbert
Warren
Sprouet
Daniel
Alonzo
Elmer
Calvin
Salem
Ewartwood
Rollet
Joys and Trials of Large Family Life
Mrs Sam Swartwood recalls managing a household of twenty children with no hired help. She stresses that more children eased care, as they learned to work and contribute, though money remained tight. The tale contrasts poverty with pride in diligent, well behaved offspring and the challenge of keeping them fed and educated.
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Mrs. Ewartwooil
Tatake
Mafyine
el Bart
Vlaltorn
The Golden Ball Simon T Stern Tale of Two Copycats
A fantasy fable where three princes compete for a golden ball by writing poems. Richard the youngest is accused of copying, while John and James plant theft by copying from the library. The wizard reveals both brothers copied the same poem and Richard wins the prize for originality.
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Richard
John
James
Toyment Abell
Pichor
Prines
Wierd Wineman
Ve. Jomes
Walt
Winard
Navy at the Coronation Participants Named in Report
Navy officers Lieut Charles Webster secretary to the mayor and Lieut Henry Heber Ward mix lieutenant are listed among coronation participants. The fragment notes their roles and association with city leadership during the event.
Music That Had No Charms and The Office Boy's Mischief
The piece recounts Van Bibber’s frustration with persistent street barrel organ music outside his office. He battles squeaky tunes, a pushy foreign peddler, and a buxom tambourine player, while a nosy real estate man and others interrupt his work, leading to comic mischief and clashes.
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van Bibber
van Hibber
Hin Duck
Vin
van Bibner
Hix Teen Ciefm
van Biber
van Wither
The Wrong Boy Got the Spanking
A Detroit man and his son travel by train when a window incident puts the boy's head near a telegraph pole. The father pulls the boy inside during a scolding by the conductor, then the father discovers a nearby observer and questions what happened.
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Detroit
Willie
Falventos Daily News
The Captive Crocus and the Warders Tale
Minna Irving presents a fragmentary verse about a Ute maid known as the captive crocus held in a narrow cot within a donjon. A prince rides through the wood with a green plume and embroidered banner, usurping the tyrannical king and freeing the warders from their tower.
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Minna Irving
Feud Between Dog and Cat Ends in Brawl at Street Stand
A bulldog owner and a cat owner clashed in a cellar area near a fruit and orange stand. The dog knocked over fruit stands while the cat attacked the dog. A crowd gathered as police intervened and separated the two sides. The fight hurt no one seriously, but the incident highlighted long held animal rivalries in the neighborhood.
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Hon
Mick
Perstade
Samoan Observatory Near Apia Announced
The New York Sun reports a Samoan observatory near Apia will be established to study terrestrial magnetism atmospheric electricity meteorology and samology. Researchers from Gottingen and Honolulu will direct the project seeking to advance air pressure knowledge and related subaerial science.
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Apia
Samoa
Academy of Rolenew
Gottingen
Ben. Jogior A. Nippolit
Obnervatory
Honolulu
Amazing Exploit Demonstrates Glass Cutting Trick
An observer recounts a boy who performs a glass cutting feat using scissors and a pane of glass. The stunt hinges on physics and submerged blades, with the water dampening vibrations so the cut travels only in the intended direction.
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CPCCA
Funny Shee In England Describes Catching Fan Folly
Fragmentary 19th century excerpt notes English boys and men chasing a fan in a humorous way. A speaker recounts advice about patching a mare and the hard part of aiming, with odd dialect and cryptic phrases about horses and a “hook” and a “wan” in a rural setting. The text is garbled, but conveys a rustic scene and quirky dialogue.
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England
Succeeding Martinelli and the wild boat to shore
A garbled tale describes a figure called the Hagia Worwe seeking autonomy from a feared ordeal. A guide senses danger as a mysterious force engages with water and a frantic escape toward a rattling shore with boatlike wings.
Helen's Boosin and a Spider Web Lesson
A humorous vignette for a child and parent features Helen asking why a spider makes a web. The father replies with a playful misdirection about gazing and meals. The piece shifts to a serious aside noting Japanese funeral practices and a delay in mourning after burial.
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Helen
Dowisa
Honora
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Charles Web
Ster
Henry Heber
Admiral Crowninshield, Ad
Miral Schley
Europe
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Tinals
Fe Mee
van Hibben
Bunday Bulletin
Crocus
Prince
Owen
Dow
le Pevalyor
Hrtina
Atella
Nella
New York Sun
D. B. Waggener
Martinelli
Mare
Galt
Wantingtom
Kent Vonio
Isa Boon Sanded
Ianiace Poteet
STEPY
Mur
Paleonio
Lee Lee
Nalble Money
Japan
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