The Itinerant Minister Wife's Bold Parsonage Move
A frontier tale recounts Jackson Williams a thrifty itinerant preacher whose wife Rosy defies hardship by hiring loggers to tow their new parsonage across the ice from Link’s Mills to Marston. The daring feat shocks villagers yet earns public sympathy as the Williamses settle amid shifting circuits and unpaid salaries.
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Ianyone
Jackson Williams
Williama
Jacky
Teosilla Cahill
Jackson
Jack
Rosy
Jackson Willaame
Heroins
Lha
Rosy Williams
Dolly
Jackson, Jr
Jackson Williama
Fackson Williams
Link's Mills
Williamson
Lancaster
Marston
Muntii
Papa
Simonton
Mra. Williams
Juiik’s Mills
Lick's Mill
Marafon
Willismea
Maraton
Blodgett
Hismet
Sartin
Williame
Williams
Public misfortune if bicycles vanish and their value to nation
The passage extols bicycles as agents of health and innocent pleasure, praising their role in promoting sports, geography, beauty, and regional industries. It argues bicycles distribute money in accessible districts, connect people with nature, stimulate love of honest sports, and foster national civility.
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Thouganda
Tribute to General Joubert Reflects His Worth
Harper's Weekly extols General Joubert as a real statesman soldier and gentleman whose death moves friend and foe alike. It argues that his quality surpasses battlefield triumphs, and that producing one such citizen is greater than winning a thousand battles.
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Harper’s Weekly
Bost Feader
Joubert
Tossed Overboard By A Bull In Maryland Court Case
In Criminal Court No IL Washington Miss Lelia Matthews and Miss Sabina Matthews sue E S Randall for $300 each after a bull on the steamer Harry Randall at Chapel Point Maryland dragged them toward the water and tossed them over into the Potomac. Justice of the Peace Mattingly awarded $300 to each. Randall appeals.
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Justica Cole
No. IL
Washington
Lolia Matthews
Ler Aister
Gabina Matthews
E. S. Randall
Harry Randall
Chapel Point
Matthews
Iis
Potomac
M. J. Colbert
Justice of the Peace
F. Carroll Mattingly
Lelia
Sabina
Mr. Randall
Powerless Man Faces Rival Lies Over Love
A man paces a room, denouncing his rival who spreads false stories about him to the girl he loves. He claims helplessness, while companions mock him and urge vengeance. He notes the rival holds life and accident insurance through his company.
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Man In the Iron Mask
RGM
Hig
Morally dubious boarding story fuels a rise to riches
A traveling salesman recounts a Gotham socialite who profits from insuring a debtor boarder who dies. The landlady’s $500 payout funds an entrepreneur’s fortune and a place among the Four Hundred. The tale is offered as absolutely true, with later reflections on a bold suiter and a kitchen maid’s streetwise instincts.
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Gotham
Abe
Aes
Eack
Laodiad
Nuree
Soldier Who Loved the Sea and Lord Roberts as a Boy
A fragmented reminiscence traces Lord Roberts weaving wool boats named for naval heroes or battles in boyhood, revealing a surprising early passion before his famed military career. A jumbled aside questions twenty million pins per day used to fix American wardrobe needs, noting constant demand without explanation.
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Lord Roberts
Queen Victoria greets station dog and charity act in London
An incident during Queen Victoria's London visit shows her pausing as a platform is prepared for her. She notices a station dog named Tim, who is collecting donations for widows and orphans, and drops a sovereign into his collar mounted fund box. The piece also explains the cowslip name origin and identifies the marsh marigold as Caltha palustris rather than a cowslip.
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Thu
Queen Victoria
London
South Africa
F Tim
Great Western
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