Squan Creek Postmaster Rivalry Sparks Town Frenzy
In Squan Creek Salathiel Green loses the postmaster job to a wily would‑be candidate after town leaders fear an official who never speaks or hosts. Moses Jackson urges signing a petition for change, but locals split. a public meeting ends in chaos yet yields two new barns and four houses.
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Salathiel Green
Squan Creek
Moses Jackson
Tobias Brown
Tobias
New York
Squaw Creek
United States
Sun One
Siquaw Creek
New York City
Mme O
Millonaire
Atlantic City
Pump Tompkins
Philadelphia
Sarathiel Green
Dan Boonshaw
Catskills
Saluthiel Green
Moses
Philetus Langden
Philetus
Keyport
Red Bank
Abe Carter
Hisself
A Slight Difference Diggs Reads Of Burning Heretics
Diggs compares ancient burning of heretics to modern religious journal roasts. Biggs counters that today’s heretic is spared with a roast in journals.
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Diggs
Acc
Biggs
Chicago Evening News
The Joke Didn’t Work
A brief fragment recalls a stage road turn overlooking a grave and a rough headboard. The narrator mentions asking the driver a question and receiving a brief, clipped reply.
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eHow
Time Forelock Gravestone and a July Foot Race
A farmer buys an ominous gravestone “forelock time” to cover a village foot race on August 13 between Danl and Jim Swipes. The stone reads a death date, but the farmer jokes it may be for any side in the looming clash. Narrator jokes about attending and staying neutral.
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Jim Burns
Jim
Delhi
Dan’l
Dan'l
Dan
Sartin
Pears
It Saved His Leg Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Healed Sore
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia endured a six month frightful running sore on his leg. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it and he writes of the healing.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
Missions and liquor traffic critique in heathen lands
James B. Dunn cites missionary and religious leaders arguing that liquor use by Christian nations harms Africa India and other heathen regions. He notes Brahmin, Buddhist, and Mohammedan groups condemn intoxicants, while Christian nations sometimes export rum, contributing to social decay and resistance to the gospel.
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Lagos
House of Commons
Africa
New York
Missionharies
Claistencom
Lutheran Missions
God Wife
America
London
Baboo Chunder Sin
India
Parliament of Religions
Chicago
Narasima Charya
Madras
Brahma-Samaj
James B. Dunn
D. D
Union Signal
Wise Chief Jonas Wolf Enforces Whisky Law in Chickasaw Territory
A St Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent recounts Chief Jonas Wolf a famed Chickasaw leader who strictly policed intoxication. He punished violators by stripping, pouring out whisky and driving them from the territory, arguing whisky corrupts his people and that justice may be swift.
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St. Louis
Jonas
Temperance Tidings and Local Saloons Sparks
Dr Riley warns tobacco users of heart irregularities with evening smoking causing wakefulness. Northern Europe totals abstainers include Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland with 50 000. Matins completes temperance tour covering 49 090 miles and 26 steamships. Macy Indiana buzzing over Andrew Oliver Tis securing a saloon license after 30 years without one. an advertisement in a distant paper escaped local notice.
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Europe
Sweden
Euccg
Norway
Vondeey
Denmark
Pinhind
Matins
Good Templar Order
Macy
Ind
Andrew Oliver
Macey
Armor Cost for German Battleships Estimated at 65 Million
It is estimated that the armor for the new battleships for the German navy will cost 65 million dollars. The Sentinel subscription promotion accompanies the report.
White Fruit House Expects Profit Rise on Large Stock
The year just past was prosperous and the trade expects further gains this year. We have laid in an extraordinary large line of goods purchased at the lowest cash price.
Local grocer lists staple foods and prices
The notice details assorted goods from coffee to canned fruits and oils with prices. It notes fresh loose coffee available at lower cost, various Roasted Mocha and Rio coffees, teas with no market change, and canned goods including peaches, apricots, corn, raisins, and fish. Also lists oils, lamp oils, and syrups with per gallon prices.
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Miperial
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Whadignapolis Express
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Indlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway
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