A Commotion Over a Dinner at a Drowsy Inn
A traveler orders dinner at a rural inn and bets the landlord about price and portions. The meal features pork, salmon, beef and potatoes as the innkeeper enforces strict rules while the guest composes with generous appetites and a sharp wit.
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Macang
Wader
Andi
Bnnger
Hone
Roda
Fastinaion
Inel
Jiu
Maudford
John Jones
Mr. Jones
Larkey
Lance
Liv
the Land
Winter as Poet of the Family in Clark Lowell Essay
James Russell Lowell praises Winter as the wiser, more honest season compared to Spring and Autumn in a reflective Atlantic Almanac excerpt. He defends Winter’s moral clarity, contrasts it with youth and vanity, and frames the season as a steady, cleansing force amid seasonal personifications.
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Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Ife
Lamartine
Ieine
James Russell Lowell
Atlantic Almanac
Farewell Sermon Sparks Lurper November Drawing
An 19th century diaristic piece recounts a Southern preacher’s farewell to his longtime congregation. It blends anecdotes of tearful elders, youth, and enslaved community members with rustic travel as the minister departs to a new field.
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Nicholas Waln
Philadelphia
Ile
Pennsylvania
Chey
Waln
Lippincote
Tabor
Israel
Brother Watkins
Brother Walkins
Brother Wakins
Eprron
Lurper's
California Chinaman Witness Testimony Upheld by Federal Courts
A Fourth District California case upheld admitting a Chinaman’s testimony despite state law barring Chinamen as witnesses. Judge Sawyer ruled under the Fourteenth Amendment that equal protection allows residents to be heard in court, aligning with the era’s constitutional interpretation. The Chicago Times commentary urges California to repeal such discriminatory statutes.
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Fourth District Court
California
Sawyer
United States
Chicago Times
Hoop Snakes In Foster County Tale
A narrator recalls a tale of hoop snakes seen near a home lot with a hired man striking it with a hoe as it swelled the handle. The anecdote ends with a proverb on fools and wisdom.
Vineland Offers Farm Lots Near Philadelphia and New York
A promotional notice markets Vineland New Jersey as a fertile, healthy climate 30 miles south of Patanelia with rich soil suitable for wheat corn tobacco and fruit. It details land prices from 25 dollars per acre with four year terms, five acre lots from 150 to 200 dollars per acre, and town lots with favorable installment plans. The piece highlights rail access 32 miles to major markets, civic improvements schools churches and a cooperative property-improvement policy to attract settlers and builders.
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Union
Pataneliasarnilron
Garden State
New Jersey
Ind
Clichy
Grant
Philadelphia
New York
Webo
Solon Labindon
New York Uridune
Charles 'L
Duck
Mass
WU Markets
Vineland Lands Attract Settlers With Promising Crops
The article extols Vineland as a fertile region with extensive farms, orchards, and vineyards. It notes strong productivity, easy land clearing, and provisions such as free tools and a carriage with spade for visitors. It highlights rising wealth of settlers and opportunities in timber land and prepared fields.
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Ito
Farma
Vineland
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Solon Robinson
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Vineland Rural
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Vineland P.O
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Ayer
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Ayer & CO
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al Druggtets
Suue Ca
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N. Y
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Life Insurance Company
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A. Tobias
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Fremport
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Webster
Harper's Magrizine
Chicago
Avening Journal
J. A. Raymond
Preatient
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Auman
Churk
Agricusteralt College
Webster's National Pictorial Snatioary
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Erovince High School
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