Bride From Far South Finds Home On North Carolina Farm
Johanna Gersler, a new immigrant with limited English, travels to a North Carolina farm to marry John Burden. The couple marry after a dinner at the hotel and a quiet ceremony, and she discovers a welcoming home among cows, a garden, and a warm, protective husband.
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Bra Johnson
Johannelsade
America
Akin
Johnwen
John Burden
Nyes
Burden
Jenny
The lecturer on raising boys adapts topic after interruption
A speaker begins a lecture on training and rearing boys but is interrupted by a harassed man who admits he has no children. The exchange reveals a humorous challenge to expertise as the lecturer shifts subjects.
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Theg
Fines Built the Mansion House in London
Report notes how the Mansion House funds were gathered from dissenters by enforcing sacramental office. Under Charles II acts, sheriffs who refused service or sacraments faced £400 fines until 46th defender refused both, leading to a legal ruling that disqualification removed service duty. The accumulated £18,000 supported the mansion house building fund.
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Mansion House
London
Llouse
London Standard
Beggars Swept from Florence by Grand Duke Scheme
An old tale recounts how the grand duke of Florence ordered beggars to gather in a plaza and receive new clothes at no cost. Beggars were stripped of their rags, cash found in old garments funded a bridge over the Arno, and beggars were driven away as well dressed supplicants failed to persuade charity.
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Florence
Grand Plaza
Arno
The Daintiest Dish Green Turtle and Other Sea Delicacies
The article extols the green turtle as a supreme delicacy, detailing its habitat, eggs, hunting methods, and preparation. It notes Chelonia midas and Chelonia virgata variants, describes egging and pegging tactics, and contrasts green with hawkbill and snapping turtles. It highlights pursuit on beaches, the pride of shell traders, and uses period tone to celebrate turtle cuisine and related seafood.
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South Seas
South
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Chelonia Midas
South Pacific
South Sea Islands
Florida Keys
Tts
Florida
Long Island
New England
Maryland
New York Herald
Life in Nicaragua Describes Daily Habits and Death Customs
A vignette on life in Nicaragua detailing simple daily routines, dress, and gender roles. It notes servants handling shopping, honest money practices, and women nursing babies. The piece contrasts funeral customs with Latin American practices, including coffins, vaults, and relocation of pianos and safes after deaths.
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Nicaragua
Wisdom and Woe in a Humble Start
A Cleveland era quip contrasts a great merchant’s moralizing with a young man’s blunt joke about beginnings. The tale plays on social ascent and the humor of ambitions, framed as a quick newspaper-style aside from a Columbus Dispatch excerpt.
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Cohumbus
Golden Rule Question From Mr Callipers Weller
Watson's Magazine quotes Mr Callipers Weller noting the Golden Rule has changed and is not what it used to be. The remark frames a dialogue about enduring values in a modern context.
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Littleelarence
Papa
Mr. Callipers Weller
Watson's Magazine
Half Rates to Mexico City for Geological Congress
Excursion tickets sold at one fare for round trip from August 16 to Baptistery I, with favorable return limit, on account of the International Geological Congress. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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Mexico City
Mex
Baptesidor I
International Geological Congress
Chicago & Northastern Ry
Beloit
Wis
Chicago & Northestern Ba
Sons of Veterans
Peoria
Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Homeseeker
Chicago & Northeatery
Ry Lédwtd
The Ambition of Chin Fin Pirates of Singapore tale
Chin Fin a Hainan born youth turns sixteen craving greatness. A precocious thief and pirate, he joins a gang, learns crime, and plans a hemp market heist with a crew. Merchants counter with a rival armed brig. a fierce sea chase ends with Chin Fin and his pirates captured and condemned.
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C. J. Hirt
Chin Fin
Hainan
China Sea
Singapore
Efe
Ife
ABC
High Seas
Manila
Chin Jin
Anumba Islands
Chin Pin
Chinlin
Straits
United States
Summer Tourist Excursions via Chicago Great Western Ry
Tickets on sale daily to Sept 16 with stopovers to Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Mexico City. Final return limit October 31. For full information apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
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Chicago
Great Western Ry
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
California
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Mexico City
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
Reply to the Judge in Newburgh Court
Supreme Court Justice Dickey lightens courtroom terms with jocular remarks to witnesses and lawyers. A young lawyer, opening address, asks what the suit is about, prompting the judge to quip about crabs and lobsters.
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Supreme Court
Dickey
Newburgh
Mother Returns Home After Quake Prank
A mother discovers a chaotic home after her son Tommy breaks a lamp and dishes while claiming he was allowed to have anything. He explains they played the San Francisco earthquake, a prank inspired by a Chicago Daily News feature.
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Tommy
San Francisco
Chicago Daily News
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