Trowbridge in Freeport class reads life of J Trowbridge
An English Literature lesson recounts the life of J Trowbridge from his birth near Rochester New York to his Boston years and popular works including Cudjo's Cave and the Vagabonds. It notes his appeal to readers and his public stance on morals, with a dramatic anecdote about a saloon brawl and Aunt Martha praying for the miscreants.
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Freeport High School
Trowbridge
John Townsend Trowbridge
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Boston
J. J. Trowbridge
Cudjo
Roger
Bright Hope
Jack Haggard
America
Aunt Martha Prays Down a Saloon Thug in Detroit Tale
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts Aunt Martha, an elderly woman known in the city, confronting Bob Smith a new saloon keeper on Franklin Street. When Smith assaults her with water and menacing threats, a seaworthy sailor intervenes, vowing to stand against the violence as patrons rally to protect her in the tense moment.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Martha
Franklin Street
Bob Smith
Bob
The Wife Makes the Husband
A narrative on marriage and faultlines in a troubled union. A wife’s sulky silence and social judgment strain her husband, who is praised for virtue yet blamed for separation. The author argues men are shaped by wives and that many ill treated husbands exist.
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United States
Fainting and a postponed wedding tale in Miss Lilywhite
Miss Lilywhite recalls a nineteen year old wedding where she fainted on the altar. Her lover doubted her, yet love prevailed and he led her to the parson, completing the tale with the wedding interrupted by her fainting.
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Miss Lilywhite
Angelina
Ring Lost at Church In Fainting Wedding Tale
A bride named Caroline Lilywhite recounts fainting at the altar as the ring slips from the groom’s fingers and vanishes down a stove chimney. The ceremony is postponed to the next day, provoking a quarrel and the groom’s departure followed by a voyage to India and remarriage elsewhere. The tale ends with the narrator remaining Caroline Lilywhite a spinster after thirty years.
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Angelina
Hartshorn
Sal Volatile
Miss Lilywhite
India
Caroline Lilywhite
Grasshopper tales from Cherokee county haunt the traveler
A St Louis Globe reader recounts remarkable grasshopper incursions in Cherokee county Kansas. He describes houses eaten to rubble, a kitchen stove and chimney torn apart, and a woman who found seven thousand bushels of grasshoppers generated by heat. The tale includes a Dutch farm with cheese making and neat hospitality, ending with reflections on Dutch cleanliness and farm life.
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St. Louis Globe
Cherokee County
Kansas
James Boys
Insurance Company
A Dutch Cow Stable Show Room Of The Summer Farm
The narrator describes a large whitewashed hall styled as a Dutch cow stable shown in summer. Each wall has brick gutters and brick flooring with posts and a central brick alley. Tables hold bright utensils and pottery while visible milk and daily use are missing, revealing a summer showroom rather than a working dairy.
Beecher Saying I Have Always Had a Good Time
The lecture room talk on Beecher’s life reveals a man who credits his happiness to blessed parents a strong upbringing and broad education yet places ultimate value on the faith in Christ. He says the thought of Jesus has been the motive and secret of his ministry and life, making him rich in faith regardless of worldly wealth.
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Beecher
Jesus
God
Christ
Ping
Brooklyn Scandal Sparked by Clergy Rumors and Feud
A French reporter recounts a sensational Brooklyn scandal involving three clergymen led by Mons Moulting of Pleemoor Church. Allegations link him to improper relations with Theodore Beechare’s wife and to connections with Susan B. Anthony’s kin. Beechare accused of similar improprieties with others. The church council at Pleemoor Rock Church blocks Moulting from preaching.
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Brooklyn
New York
Brookleen
Mons
Moulting
Tiltony
Beechare
Pasteur
Columbus
Ohio
Theodore Beechare
Preesh Jonger
Hong of the Oyster Keep Me in My Little Bed
A fragmented poem fragment references a speaker urging Hong to keep them in a small bed. No clear context, names, places, or dates are readable beyond the lines quoted. The tone hints at a personal plea or lyric fragment within a larger verse.
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A.D. Ferris
Stephenson St
Freeport
A. D. Ferris
N.b.loos
Opera House
N. B. Loos
Mira Giles
Foxy Bill
Bill
New England
North Holland
Geo
Crain, Rumdingere
Sechrist
Crain
Stephenson
EXATS
Cape
Kundinger
Stines
Star Clothing
Hous
Stephenson Street
Bodan
Isaac Stine
Stan
ETA
Boots
Stephensoe
Stine
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