Brave Little Cissy Howell Finds Courage at Elmwood Lane
In a lonely Elmwood district children roam among hidden houses and wildflowers. Cissy Howell, teased for fear of the dark and four crossroads near her grandfather, learns bravery after a night journey home aided by memories, song, and a protective garden world.
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Elmwood Lane
Elmwood
Cissy
Pitty
Gram’ma
Gram
Cissy Howell
Lion
Elmwood School
Wild Men of the Mountains Report from Orestimba Creek
A California correspondent describes a tall shaggy creature seen near Orestimba Creek in the mountains. The figure, five feet high with long arms and a short neck, was dark brown and cinnamon hair covered and accompanied by a female. The writer debated shooting but chose to observe as the pair moved into the brush.
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California
Orestimba Creek
Antioch Ledger
Fashion kills women by fashion and virtue
A Presbyterian critique claims fashion enslaves women diminishing character and strength. It contrasts fashionable ladies with working women, arguing fashion leads to weakness and weak offspring, while urging readers to study biographies of great people for examples of virtue.
Boy Attacked by Hog Leaves Deep Facial Wounds
A six year old boy, son of John Mahoney of Mahoney and Rochford, was attacked by a hog while walking to school with his older brother. The hog dragged him by the pantaloons, biting his face and legs in multiple wounds, with one deep thigh gash. His brother was also grabbed. larger boys chased the animal away. Dr. Crawford attended the boy. fear of lasting disfigurement.
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John Mahoney
Mahoney & Rochford
Crawford
Galena
Taxes in South Carolina Rise as Democracy Cites Civil War Costs
The Democracy argues taxes in South Carolina have more than tripled since 1861, calling it a penalty for treason and rebellion. It warns taxpayers to consider the cost of a renewed Democratic bid to regain power and the likely expense of a second rebellion.
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South Carolina
Cost to a Country Merchant in a Walnut Street Deception
A Clay county traveler visits the city with intent to buy goods and socialize with a widow living on Walnut Street. After a staged reunion at the opera house, a supposed husband appears, the couple flee, and the merchant pays 100 for his honor. Police involvement follows. The piece casts this as a Chicago-driven capitol-shifting scheme affecting Peoria and Chicago.
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Clay County
Fritz
Walnut Street
Atore
Mr. P
Fort Scott
Kansas City
James— M. Nichols
Marion H. M. Nichols
Whder
J. M. Nichols
John W.snow
Stephenson County
Trinoi
Freeport
Stephenson
Guiteau
Lanois
James M. Nichols
Sale
Illinois
Simon H. Doebler
Abraham N. Pelfley
Catherine Peifley
Isar
A. D. Lell
Harrison
Cedarville
Ilinois
Isaa C
Stephenson Co
Bailey, Brawley & Neff
Punishing the Savages reaches Arizona citizens in retaliation
The Tucson Citizen reports that angry residents, aided by 150 Pepago, attacked an Apache camp near Camp Grant on April 30, killing about eighty five and capturing twenty eight children. They recovered a stolen horse a farmer named Smith owned and rifle cartridges plus a $200 breastpin tied to a local murder. The piece asserts Arizona citizens will not endure further killings or theft.
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Tucson
Arizona
San Pedro
Camp Grant
Smith
Tubas
Wooster
Poughkeepsie Train Stop Prank Ends With Pill Joke
A Brooklyn politician challenged an Albany bound train conductor asking if the next station was Poughkeepsie. After repeated refusals, the train neared the station, and the conductor announced the stop then realized the passenger's daughter warned him to take a pill at Poughkeepsie. The joke amused all aboard.
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Brooklyn
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Mysterious wagon accident claims life of W J Stewart
W Jd Stewart of White Hall was killed near Athensville when a wagon wheel crushed his head after a stick blew from the wagon startling the horses. He had been hauling goods to Athensville on Friday the 28th ult. The incident occurred while he stood in front of the wheel to tighten a tire.
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Carrolton Gazette
W. Jd. Stewart
White Hall
Athensville
Frauds of the Two Wrecked Men
Professor Gibson and Velpeau visit two men in a hospital ward who confess they have earned a living for fifteen years by feigning injuries. They deliberately step into traffic to be struck by wagons driven by the wealthy, then sue for damages and repeat once wealth runs dry.
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William Gibson
Velpeau
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