A Fable of the Schoolroom Talkers in January 1878
A whimsical tale set in a deserted schoolroom at 8 o'clock in January 1878 where a blackboard chalk and eraser converse with a talking janitor and a stern teacher. The exchange reveals their roles and a schoolroom harmony, guided by the unseen schoolroom genius who declares their combined work essential to educate youth.
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Hil Hill
Staryillers
Wrife
Erie Railway Company
Castle Garden
New York
Europe
Jersey City
Erie Company
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Ems
Oddities and humor from a bygone era in one column
A collage of light anecdotes and quips ranging from schoolyard jokes about yards and rulers to tales of clever children, quirky neighbors, and humorous misadventures. The diverse snippets mention teachers, pianists, a dogeared barber, a North Carolina baby turning white, funny remarks from Oshkosh, and Dr. Mary Walker in a comic fashion.
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North Carolina
Legend of the Long Ago From Yosemite's Falls Tale
A Pittsburg Telegraph Yosemite correspondent recounts a Sierra legend of a beautiful Yosemiten maiden loved by many warriors. The Night Wind Spirit wooed her, but she remained chaste. He hurled her from a cliff at Pohono, and the fall is marked by rainbow and spray amid the Spirit of Day. The Shinitskye name Pohono as the realm of the Evil Wind.
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Pittsburg
Aiden
Rly
Jon
Theath
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Crammar Schofuasen
Odds and
Tommy Beales
Tommy
Smith
Schenectady
Oshkosh
Clara
Ontario
Charles G. Finney
Boston
London
Toler
Norbury
Madison Avenue
WN. Y. Mail
Mary Walker
Fort Wavn
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Washington
Philadelphia
New York City
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Pullman Palace
Westinghome Air Brake
Janney
Chicago
N. York
Atlantic Express
Night Express
Baltimore and Washington
Fort Wayne
F. R. Myers, Gen. Pays
Ticket Agt
Minnesota and Dakota, Winona
Winona
Northwestern States
H. M. Burchard
Marshall, Lyon Co
Minnesota
Geo. P. Goodwin
General Office of
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Ill
Aeense
H. Hwallerv & Co
Offenion
Howe Machine Company
Jackson Sts
Howe
Freeport
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Freeport Journal
Jay
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Chicago Journal
Price. Journal
Chicago Fouttia
Inter Ocean
Harper’s Weekly
Annes
Munro’s Fireside Companion
New York Tribune
Toledo Blade
Rural New
Arthur’s Home Magazine
Atlantic Monthly
Scientific American
Hall's Journal of Health
St. Nicholas
Poul OL EL
Philad’a
Emmert & Burrell
Col
Chicago & Bridge Streets
Aryers
Tre
Tansill
Swarts & Stocking’s
Popular Drug Store
Court House, Freeport
Charles Sumner
Atheneum
SGP
Sat
Worcester
Kryiut
Longfellow
Whittler
Sumner
Toles
Rving
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Agassiz
Marsh
Henry
Everett
Mann
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Felton
Hilliard
Webster
London Atheneum
New York Herald
Suel’ Geatlemen
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George W. Smattey
Dodd G. Dassard
J. B. Lippincoty & CO
Market St
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G. Morris
America
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the Home Journal
Homa Journal
Harper's Magazine
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Lippincotts
Blackwood's
English Quarteries
Littell
Appleton's Journal
Morris Phillips & CO
Park Place
the Nursery
L, Shokey
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Galena and
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Freeport, Md
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Iran
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U. 8
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