Wedding Day Betrothal Fails Over Timeliness
Johnny Plowden aims to marry Amy amid wedding plans but slips into a labyrinth maze at the park the morning of the ceremony. He battles delays, loses his clothes, and is arrested for damage and assault as the clock strikes ten. Amy calls off the wedding, and a stranger buys a tiger as a poignant consolation.
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Missy
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Danbury News
Race of Crapple Crown Fowls Ends in Tragic Dishonorable Defeat
Thomas J. Roach keeper of a chicken ranch narrates a remarkable incident on the old San Jose road. A prized black crapple crown was defeated by a newly introduced white rival after a fierce battle. The deposed bird attempted suicide by spurring itself and drowning in a rain barrel, but Roach rescued it before dispatching the remains with an ax for the table.
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Thomas J. Roach
San Jose Road
Mr. Roach
Roach
Sanfrancisco Bulletin
Mistress D Angelina Smith Wins Thompson University Prize
In Virginia Chronicle a lighthearted scene unfolds as Miss D Angelina Smith, eighteen, seizes first prize in mathematics at Thompson University. Mrs Joblink, overhearing the news, voices aspirations of ambition and reform while neighbors discuss women’s potential beyond domestic roles. The couple's conversation turns when Joblink blurts out the obituary of Mrs Kinkearles, revealing a buried truth about Mrs Joblink’s past.
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S. Ann Midge
Why He Wanted the Tiger at Barnum's Sale
Attendees at Barnum's Hippodrome sale in Bridgeport recounted a tiger auction. A stranger bid to 5400 dollars and took the animal. Barnum questioned the man's origin and motive. The bidder claimed to buy the tiger for himself, prompting Barnum to shift uneasily.
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Iippodrome
Bridgeport
Barnwna
Married Through the Window Parsonage Tale
A clergyman recounts a late night attempted elopement ended with the couple shouting up to him from a garden walk. He refuses to marry them then and the parties eventually arrange the ceremony by window, leaving a fee under the front door. A second item notes a terrier saving sisters from a falling sail spar on a Halifax to St. John’s voyage.
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P. Kelly Anderson
Farmersville
Toledo Globe
Wood
Halifax
N.S
St. John’s
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The Mother’s Work and Quiet Power At Home
A meditation on a mother’s tireless daily labor at home. The piece praises a mother’s unseen influence on her children and husband, noting that though she feels unproductive she leaves a lasting, positive mark, like a book recording her care.
Eggfight of Lent Market Stir Riles Orristown Herald
In Orristown Herald a playful line notes that going to market in Lent is very eggfighting with a humorous tone about seasonal eating and market lore. The comment reflects local wit rather than a hard event.
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Chester County
Orristown Herald
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