Wishing Stone Tale of Debbie and Dick
A sunlit morning leads siblings Debbie and Dick to a mossy Wishing Stone in an oak forest. Dick seizes three wishes wrongfully while Debbie seeks a leather mitten bead, and each learns the cost of desire as the green fairy enforces a three day return rule. Debbie gains home warmth, while Dick loses his top and jackknife to a perilous kite misadventure and rough luck.
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Debbie
Dye
Oak Forest
Deb
Cole
Nan
Dick Dilso
Bart
Coolie Worships Brass Andiron in St Louis Home
At a St Louis house a domestic servant from China worships an old brass andiron, offering two dead rats as an idol. He spends four hours daily before the andiron saying his catechism, while neighbors think the household may try to guide the Chinese belief toward a brighter afterlife.
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St. Louis
Ion
Letter to Lincoln and the Chief Justice appointment
A Washington Republican recalls a letter to Lincoln seeking a judge’s appointment during the Lincoln era. An elder statesman refused to sign, saying Chase was too political, yet Chase became Chief Justice and has since been writing letters about the Presidency.
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Washington Republican
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Judicial Department
Chase
Mexican orgando cactus fence described in detail
A California exchange reports on a unique Mexican fence made from the orgando cactus. The plant grows eight sided, ten to twenty feet tall and about five feet eight inches thick. Builders cut sections, plant them in trenches, and cover to root, creating a centuries old fence that improves with age.
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California
Mexico
Republic party analyzes postwar gains and tax cuts
The Albany Evening Journal argues the Republican party has stabilized the South, reduced taxes by eighty million, and seeks further cuts on a scientific basis. It urges continued fiscal retrenchment and warns against partisan deadlock ahead of the presidential race. The piece favors amnesty and economic clarity while predicting broad political advantages.
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Jy Lds
Congress
Republican ‘Party
Lepis
Republican Party
Presidentrant
Republican
Andrew Johnson
Senate
Finance Committee
Albany Evening Journal
Bishops of Methodist Episcopal Church Decrease by Ill Deaths
Within fifteen months past three bishops Thompson Kingsley and Clark have died. Ohia reduces the number to six with two unable to render active service. Bishop Simpson lies seriously ill in Philadelphia. Ames, Scott Jones and Simpson depute the entire episcopal duties across sixty nine Annual Conferences and numerous con ferences and missions abroad, a workload that risks overwork.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Thompson
Kingsley
Clark
Ohia
Simpson
Philadelphia
Qu Ames
Scott
Jones
Bananas Spark Countryman Banter in Rural Visit
A countryman strolling through New Endon with his rural friend Hittie bursts into a muttered quip about bananas at a fruit store. He says they are the biggest beans he has ever seen, reflecting rustic humor during the visit to town and a playful exchange with his companion.
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Africa
Boston Journal “of
Oder
Mat
Aires
Newendon
Hittie
Min
Scherick
Duponco
Uponco
Beemaniter
Freeport
Equ, William Polk, Clerk. I.C. Lawyer, Complts Solicitor
The fragment notes William Polk as clerk and cites a Complts Solicitor with reference to I.C. Lawyer. No clear event or date is provided.
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William Polk
I.C
Boston and New England Passengers Baggage Transferred Free
Boston and New England passengers with baggage are transferred free of charge in New York under a cross regional transport arrangement. The policy covers onward travel within the New York area and simplifies the transfer process for riders moving between territories.
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Lightning Express
Cincinnati
West Salem
Cleveland
Leavittsburg
Meadville
Dunkirk
Suspension Bridge
Buffalo
Cincinnati Express
Dayton
Susquehanna
Turner's
New York
Elmira
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Boston
New England
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Sox
Maisie
Caesar
Fred
Geoge
Clio Stanley
NEMA
Ana
Equ
I. C
Stephenson Street
Albert Hart
Stephenson County
John Ruth
Buckeye
Stephenson
State of Illinois
A. D
J. M. Smith
Illinois
Circuit Court
William Jobes
Palmer Rockwell
Court House
Bailey & Neff
Qstate
Stehenson County
James Griffin
Charlotte Griffin
Stephenson Co
Bailey& Nery
Erie. Railway
Albany
Pennsylvania
Rochester
Neo York
Andistrem
NEW York Day Express
Atlantic
Great
Western Depot
Columbus
Depot Corner Exchange
Michigan Sta
New York Time
Ornellisville
Turner
Hornellsville
Onion Eee
Hornelsville
Blifst
Sulvehanna
Erie Railway Company
M& New Ferry
Jersey City
Erie Railway
L.D. Rucker
Wm.r.barr
Gen’ Pags, Ag’t
Hancery
Said
David C. Sunderland
Jacob Mayer
Exrom Mayer
Joseph #. Smith
Charles FH. Little
Gilbert M. Clayton
Isaac H. Miller
Frederick Bartlett
James 8. McCall William Jt. Ewing
Patrick L. Garrity
Franklin D. Gray
Moses W. Gray
George H. Yhetos
Tllinoiy
Holden
Illiam Polk
E. P. Barton
Delamarre
Garandiere & Dupont
Lombard
Paris
France
Price
America
Job Moses
Cortlandt
Bryan
Bachhlors
Bond Street
New
Yor
J. H. Schenck
M.D
Joseph UW. Schenck
Belsonck
Schenck
Marne
Faust
North Sixth Street
Lake Street
Chicago, Ill
DR. Duponco
Emmert & Burrell
Matt
D. W. Gregory
Helos
Bou . Fuller
Finch + Fuller
Wledene
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