Denver beggars and a Vermont Yankee velocipede ride east
J. B. Grimes reports in Lexington that six hundred educated beggars fill Denver after mining camps, with one Vermont Yankee using four old wheel flanges to build a four wheeled rail velocipede. He provisions it cheaply and escapes the city by outpacing the regular train toward the East, reaching Kansas City within a day.
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Lexington
J. B. Grimes
Colorado
Denver
Vermont
Kansas City
Provident Darkey in Twiggs County Flight with Frying Batter Boots
A Twiggs County darkey hired by a Dublin man fled after sleeping with the white family. He cooked three days’ rations and started home, carrying batter in a boot after frying fritters, then was persuaded to return and remains content.
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Twiggs County
Twiggs
Dog Grieves Deeply Exhumes Masters Grave
Two brothers Thomas and Frank Blanville died in a railroad accident near Moberly Missouri. Their Newfoundland dog, grieving, followed to the cemetery, scratched into the double grave, reached the coffin, and will be confined until its first wild grief subsides.
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Thomas
Frank Blanville
Moberly
A Musical Prodigy From Irwin County Gains Noted Praise
Holmes Murray a young Irwin County boy described as a rival to Blind Tom visited his uncle Dr. D Bagley in Harris County. He had never seen a piano before yet he sat and played There is a Happy Land after the bedstead was explained to be a piano. The Hamilton Journal notes the boy's talent had impressed friends previously and calls his skill remarkable.
A Duntiful Daughter and Other Tales from Galveston
Readable fragments recount a Galveston tale where a woman’s cook avoids detection after chickens are stolen to spare her father’s pride. Also notes five boys discovering a small coin hoard at Pleasant Hill and a miscues about a peddler murder and a Marshfield shootout with no injuries to the principals.
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Pleasant Hill
A Sick Artist Turns Pledge Into Boarding Room Drama
In a Newark boarding house, Mitty and I defend Bernard Waller, a penniless painter struck by fever and shunned by Mrs. Hall. Despite social snubs, we shelter him, risking scandal to show that even a sick, friendless man deserves care. Dr. Miller warns his illness is grave.
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Mitty
Cynthia Caldwell
Mr. Pettigrew
Clarrissa
Kate
Henrietta Hall
Mrs. Hall
Miss Henrietta
Birdseye
Young Diederman
Mitty and Bernard Waller's Quiet Marriage Reveal
In a tale told by Peoria Transcript style, Mitty wed Bernard Waller after his secret wealth is revealed. He explains he was rich yet kept silent, planning a surprise as the couple prepare to tour their new home and escape Mrs Hall’s disapproval.
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Kate
Mitty
Bernard Waller
Mrs. Hall
Henrietta
Bernard
Ito
Vonolf & Co
Ann St. N.Y
Ann &T
N.Y
Professor Louis Agassiz and the field snake anecdote
Miss A C Brackett recalls in Education journal an incident at a Framingham school where Agassiz calmly detached a frightened field snake from a pupil’s desk and gently held it, naming it, to show kindness to nature as students watched the creature curl around his hand.
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Nature
Journal of Education
A. C. Brackett
Louis Agassiz
Framingham
Agassiz
Mr. Whipple
Fragmentary Local Incident Description on River Bank
The text describes a shooting by a man near a riverbank and mentions swimmers and a sheriff among others, but details are fragmented and unclear. The scene appears to involve a confrontation with gunfire and a group including law enforcement present.
Undertaking firm offers complete funeral goods in Green Castle
A Green Castle undertaking business advertises a full line of coffins caskets and burial robes of all sizes and styles. It guarantees satisfaction and states it keeps a complete stock at No 22 East Washington Street.
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East Washington Street
Greencastle
Ind
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Goodbar & Not
Queensware
Sadie Public
Green~ Castle, Eid
B. F.L. Gauss
Galena
Ills
Germany
Switzerland
Day
Sam
Kidney Pad Co
Ted
R. L. Spore
Sharon
Wis
Bright
Arimore & Dean
Niles
Mich
Casper Weitzel
Lancaster
A.J. Stoner
Decatur
DAY Kidney Pad CO
Toledo
Sole l
Ohio
Jones’ Drug Stroc
Foutz
Fouts
Fouta
Foute
Baltimore
Mad
Tutt
L. Simpson
Louisville
Murray St
Beluv Ste
Acta Inetantanes
New Yorks
A Provident Darkey
Dublin (Ga
Georgia Exchange
Galveston News
Matilda
Galveston
Fadder
Dar
Marshfield
Waller
Mr. Birdseye
Peoria
Sutro
Comstock
Carson
Gitiv
Ayer
Aven
Ayver
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
ALL Druguists
Cn Et
John Bull
Smith
John Dull
John J. Smith
Dr. FC
IIN Bull
Bull
Office Siomain St
ZY. Y
Outfit
Redbout & CO
Fulton St
New Y York
Nike
Cooper
Rolling Mill
Cooper Shop
John Riley
Warris
Harris Remedy
Manl G Chambts
Sth & Market Ste
Louis, Mo
Windertakers & Furniture Dealers
Conrad Cook
West Side
Euuare
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington
A. W. Cowles
D. D
Pres
Elmira
Indiana University
Bloomington
KOBTC
Foster
Lemuel Moss
Matehlese
Malt Litters Company
Boston
Mass
Bla Wilson
Penn
Williamsburgh
Wenn B. Ogden
Cedar St. Newark
Gray
Turbinese
Gray Medicine CO
Mechanics’ Block
Detroit
Lys
Nest and Tonen
National Bul 1G Co
St Lows, Mo
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