Quiet country boarders raise more questions than trust
A Maine coast boatman hosts two foreign sounding men who rent rooms for a month and pay with a two hundred dollar check. Their odd behavior and strange talk about a keeper and a mysterious man raise suspicions of lunacy or crime as the narrator follows their movements toward Nate Scudder’s home.
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Scudder
Nathan Scudder
Nathan
Sol
Nate
Hardy Ann Scudder
Hardy
New York
Trumet
Nate Scudder
Trumet Harbor
van Brunt
Dora Bassett
Caesar
Van
Ebenezer Doane
Beulah
I. Ee
Hartley
Martin Hartley
Asylum
ABC
Martin
B. B
Nate's
Nate Scudder in Wellmouth as City Guests Spark Suspicion
Emeline T reports Nate Scudder and his wife rented Scudder house on the Neck road to city folks. The narrator Sol Pratt finds Nate evasive about his guests and money, while a boarder fears theft and contemplates their odd behavior.
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Emeline Eldredge
Emmie T
Dora Bassett
Nate Scudder
Emeline
Trumet
New York
Neck Road
Nettie Brown
Nate
Trumet Lght
Nate Scudder Nimesek
Dora
Soll
Morraful
Epworth Memorial Church appoints business manager
Epworth Memorial Methodist church in Cleveland names a full time business manager to handle finances benevolences dues subscriptions and expenses. The move aims to free the pastor for pulpit work while the manager records committee business for the official board. Dr G K Morris endorses the plan calling it ideal church government.
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Epworth Memorial Methodist Church
Cleveland
Epworth Memorial
G. K. Morris
Asparagus an Old Vegetable in History and Use
A brief note on asparagus as one of the oldest cultivated vegetables, tracing its long history and enduring presence in cuisine and agriculture. The text highlights its ancient origins and continued popularity across cultures.
The Doctor's Fee and Public Charity Tone
The Texas State Journal of Medicine argues that people will pay lawyers large sums to avoid prison but resent modest charges for doctors to aid eternal salvation. It emphasizes persistent medical service despite nonpayment and condemns perpetual rascality and laziness.
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Texas State Journal of Medicine
Uplifting Talk Sparks Rural Hopes in Early Report
Farmers express optimism as local leaders discuss aid plans. A speaker asks whether balloons or dynamite will be used, reflecting the era's improvisational remedies and public curiosity about solutions.
Cannibalism Topic Cited by Beecher in Urban Debate
Henry Ward Beecher argues that cannibalism exists in modern civilization and cites New York as more cannibalistic than Pacific islands, warning that removing such practices would leave thousands of empty maws in the city.
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New York
Isles of the Pacific
Henry Ward Beecher
Sitting in a Game Embraces a Late Hour Excuse
A father accepts his son’s late hours citing a sick friend as the excuse. The boy explains the friend’s illness forced him to stay up, echoing the father’s own past behavior when he was young.
An Old Irish Laborer Offers Sketch Consent in Studio
A frail Irish laborer enters a New York artist studio asking for money for a meal. The painter gives him a dollar and, spotting a chance for a sketch, offers to pay if he may paint the man. The man agrees and quips about how he would remove the painting later.
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New York
Minneapolis Fur and Gun Catalog Ad and Jokes
An old Minneapolis ad lists The N. Ww. Hide & Fur Co selling guns and traps and furs and hides for catalog 10. The text adds humorous quips about umbrellas borrowers stories and ceilings, reflecting period witticisms.
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N. Ww
Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
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