Local marriages and notices from Bringhurst to Logansport
Robert F. Johnson and Miss Jesssie M. Ross of Broghurst wed last Saturday at Delphi M E church with Rev L S Smith. They plan a brief trip and home in Bringhurst where Johnson farms and sells livestock. The Porter and Justice families in Carroll County plan an annual reunion at Spencer Park Logansport on Aug 20. Also notices about Hollowster Rockey Mountain Tea ads, Miss Roukb Stoughton to Philadelphia, Mrs J D Zartman visiting Flora, and a humorous piece on complicated marital relationships and cousin ties in a philosopher’s anecdote.
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Robert F. Johnson
Jesssie M. Ross
Broghurst
Delphi M. E. Parsonage
Porter
Justice
Carroll County
Spencer Park
Logansport
Market Values of Dead Rate Story From New England Senator
A New England senator recounts a Providence business man famed for tight control over finances. He hired a ratcatcher to clear his warehouse of rodents, then balked at a $10 bill asking if he receives anything for the rats, illustrating frugality limits.
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New England
Providence
New York Tribune
A Scotch Story From Arbroath Church Harvest
In a harsh farming season, a Scottish church near Arbroath holds harvest thanksgiving. Johnstone, a regular attender whose crops failed, misses the service and explains he does not wish to approach his Maker in a spirit of sarcasm.
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Arbroath
Johnstone
Mr. Johnstone
Ralls and Lombard Street History and Odd Lore
History notes Lombard Street as London’s great banker street deriving its name from the Longobards, a rich banking race under Edward II whose Medici badge signaled pawnbrokers. The pawnbrokers’ gilded balls since the nineteenth century echo the blue Medici balls. A curious anecdote recalls a collector and a Longobard tale about two chances that items may not be redeemed.
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Ralls
Lombard Street
London Street
Longobards
Medici
Nickolas
Beef and Beane and Leicester Beans and Bacon
In a New York Press excerpt the writer notes that beef and beans did not originate in Maine Boston or Park Row. The ancient city of Leicester has claims to these dishes with lines mentioning squab ple Devon white pot Leicester beans and bacon fl Ger Kings.
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Maine
Boston
Park Row
Leicester
Devon
Geticy Jones on the Train Detectives Clash
On a moving train a tense confrontation erupts between a detective and a prisoner as the pursuer shouts out arrest. The prisoner insists on his identity amid the escalating standoff and cross talk.
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Geticy. Jones
Rascal
Grewan
Ant and lizard duel over a winged cricket nature note
In Bordigbera a black winged ant hunts a larger cricket, dragging it along the road. The chase draws a lizard onto a wall, which darts in, seizes the prey, and carries it away as the ant circles helplessly, wings beating in agitation.
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Lisard
Bordigbera
Matrimonial Promoties In Navy Families
A Washington tale notes slang among naval officers families. The youngest daughter, whose eldest sister recently became engaged to a captain, quips that she is “advanced a number” as she will miss her sister. The light remark reflects social circles within naval households.
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Washington
Dreaming math and art haunt a sleepy night
A mathematics professor dreamed his son lay under a radical sign and could not be freed, echoing a Boston drawing teacher's late night struggle with empty drawers and vanishing pens. A quip follows about the world owing a living, with a creditor twist.
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Boston
Mary
Christian Register
Bach Cases Prove Serious With Two Doctors In Attendance
Late one evening a doctor received a note from fellow practitioners asking to join a poker game. The doctor declared the case very serious and noted there are two doctors already in attendance.
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Bach
Sam
COMPLETE LIST OF PRESENTS FOR LOCAL EXHIBITION
A detailed inventory lists items donated with values and current holders. Town Lot valued at 100 dollars, furniture, kitchen stove, sewing machine, china, clothing, shoes, fabrics, coal, clock, photographs, and various groceries. Names include Flora Hardware go Myers, Smith Bros, Voorhees Lumber Co, Myer Eaton, Linton & Gas, A W Blue & Co, Niccum Todd & Co, Ed Myers, F C Horner, Bell & Son, Will Eckerle, N N Smith, J S Mills, M Holub & Son, and others.
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D. B. Myer
Flora Hardware
Smith Bros
Big 4
Voorhees Lumber Co
Myer & Eaton
Linton & Gas
F. Eisenhart
A. W. Eikenberry & Son
Smith Breen
Jake Smith
Reist & Co
M. Holub & Son
Pennsylvania
Jacob Cunningham
Knapp & Son
F. C. Horner
Niccum, Todd & Co
Ed Myers
the Leader
Myer & Eatin
Niccum
Todd & Co
A. W. Blue & Co
Bell & Son
Will Eckerle
Dr. Fox
R. Long
C. M. Burns
N. N. Smith
Estralia
S. R. Long
J. H. Steckel
W. C. Justice
J. M. Culp
J. S. Mills
Birds Flee Cities When Epidemics Threat Pestilence
Professor Mascart reports to the Paris Academy that birds, especially sparrows and swallows in large cities, flee when serious epidemics begin. The observation supports ancient writers' claims that birds abandon areas threatened by pestilence.
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Birde
Mascart
Paris Academy of Sciences
Amusements of Society Debated in Wit Exchange
A sharp exchange from the Washington Star notes Miss Cayenne and others debating the amusements of society. The line questions whether society’s amusements are nonsensical, while mocking those who imagine others’ amusements.
Idle Men as Pests Warned by Atchison Globe
The Atchison Globe condemns idlers who hinder progress and good citizenship. It argues that idle men in a town encourage mischief and impede the efforts of useful, progressive citizens, stressing the negative impact of loafers on civic life.
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Atchison Globe
Incident at Sea Described in Brief Dialog
A fragmentary exchange recalls a steamboat accident where Hibbs asks for help as Squibbs sinks after saying he has nothing to offer. The witness recounts reaching down and the man sinking without aid. The brief passage conveys a maritime tragedy with minimal details.
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Hibbs
Squibbs
Ranter Returns to Vaudeville After Hamlet Talk
An exchange from the Toledo News-Bee notes Flery Manager quoting about Ranter. The item mentions Ranter playing Hamlet, a fiery performance, and his return to vaudeville.
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Flery
Ranter
Hamlet
Toledo News-Bee
A Magnate and a Wife in Mock Seriousness
A Magnate is described as enormously rich with a joke that his wealth makes him fear even glancing at women. In a humorous exchange Jehmon asks about his wife speaking French and Thompson suggests she thinks she does, citing a French waiter as evidence of the joke.
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Philaéed
Paterel
Jehmon
Thompson
Unreasonable Magistrate Questions Prisoner in Robbery Case
A Baltimore American court scene features a magistrate scolding a prisoner for midnight burglary and the prisoner retorting about daylight theft. The exchange highlights clever wordplay and a satirical nod to parental sayings as the judge and crowd react.
Married life and new servants cause household chatter
The brief tale recalls a newlywed couple hiring two servants a man and his wife to share duties. The wife expresses happiness and hope for harmony, while the man cautions that domestic differences may arise and that Bridget should not know of their arrangements, hinting at secrecy and tension in the household.
Remarkable spiders and their airship like webs
A description of large spiders in Java forests weaving incredibly strong webs. one Texas spider reportedly creates a balloon four feet long and two feet wide, attaching it to a tree and using the rising air as a makeshift voyage to a distant location with its young, then resecuring a new home.
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Java
Widow's bonnet sparks bargain fashion plan
In a domestic exchange, Mrs. Crabbe proposes a cheap alternative to an extravagant bonnet. Mr. Crabbe resists, prompting the wife to reveal a simple widow's bonnet as the preferred option.
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Bieter
Mr. Crabbe
Fi Gephia Press
Sealed vows soften bachelor life for Edwin and Angelina
Angelina asks Gear if Edwin will regret leaving bachelor life for marriage. Edwin answers with cheerful certainty that he misses bachelorhood almost not at all and would marry again if he lost Angelina, praising the union.
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Rea
Angelina
Edwin
Angy
Spelling, Terms, and Humorous Misuse in Military Language
In a Washington Star piece the author mocks word twisting by comparing sentinel and hussar. Sentinel traces to Latin signifying ship hold with a pump link to bilge water while hussar allegedly comes from a wartime Hungarian practice of raising every twentieth man for an army.
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Apor
Matthias Corvinus
Hungary
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Rockey Mountain Tea
E. Nobes
Marion Hogan
North Vernon
Gregg
Camden
Hollisters Rockey Mountain
C. E. Nobes
Roukb Stoughton
Burlington
Philadelphia
C. H. Jennings
Hollister
C. ©. Nobes
J.D. Zartman
Deer Creek
Flora
Gret
Niccum, Todd & G
Ferman
Grocenies
Hunter
Netta
New York Press
Callane & Kendall
W. E. Callone
E. F. Kendall
Evan Eaié
Baltimore American
Manny
Bridget
Thim
Washington Star
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