Philadelphia Cat Refuge Homeless Pets Find Home and Mercy
The Cat Refuge at 1242 Lombard Street in Philadelphia houses feline and canine orphans. Since opening seven years ago it has cared for over 18,600 animals, averaging about 120 cats weekly. The non sectarian shelter rescues, rehomes, or humaneely ends the suffering of aged or abandoned pets while accepting donors to cover debts.
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Philadelphia
Lombard Street
The
Institut
Thomas
Tabitha
Refuga
Prirovato
Seylum
Wm. R. Biddle
Society
Mercy
Shell
Paris
Elizabeth Morris
Philadelphia Record
Proceedings of the Lime- Club in Old Town Speech
A fragmented report from the Lime- Club session references a speaker mockingly deriding a universal know-it-all, mentions members Sam Vand Johnson and Leadville connections, and notes illness among Generals Clay and others. The tone satirically critiques behavior, with President Day responding to the quips and concerns about club welfare and local relief.
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Satan
Sam Vand
Johnson
Leadville
T the Sick
Midway Tooter
Livin
Lst
Gan
Scott Clay
Day Am .Mdn
D. Ub
Schanoberérgat
Coxas
Bissalf
Senseless Census Taker Returns to Mrs Pine’s Home
Mrs Pine angrily rebukes a census taker during a crowded morning in which children misbehave and mishear questions. The exchange escalates to accusations of being divorced as the caller asks about her husband’s status. The piece ends noting a new census taker is needed in that district.
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Mrs. Pine
United States
Mexico
Ducky
York Graphia
Decorated American Recalls Royal Title Purchase in Marseilles
A Springfield correspondent recalls meeting an American who rose from a cabin boy to wealth and a ship chandler. He wore a colored rosette as an insignia of rank and admitted buying a title from the pope to dissolve the badge. The tale ends with a remark on pretensions and decorum.
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Springfield
Marseilles Exancy
Plesse
Wuxxk to go when short of money Gow work
A collage of humorous quotes and short items from various papers. Notes include remarks by Barnum about a tax assessor, a quip on Italian opera singers, a new song by Dovley Buer, and a rusty joke about a brick cabinet. A boy breaks his arm after repeated fence falls with a Sunday school moral.
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Wuxxk
T Mayer
Barnum
Italy
Detroit Free Press
Boston Post
DovLey Buer
A Romance of Italy and Kansas Comes Home
A Boston audience first met a thirteen year old girl Miss Bell of Spenceport New York who studied in Milan later marrying her young violin teacher Leonardo Campsani. The couple traveled to Kansas to comfort a sister, fell in love with the West and welcomed their first Kansas child while considering making Kansas their permanent home.
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Boston
Bell
Spenceport
Rochester
New York
Oaton
Conservatory
Milan
Italy
Leonardo Campsnari
Trre
Wiomi
Kansas
New West
Commonwealth
Locusts Reported Moving Through Virginia and Pennsylvania
A New York Tribune summary notes a yearly swarm of locusts spreading across Western Pennsylvania and Virginia. The insects threaten tree limbs by laying eggs in green wood, with experts claiming the swarm will vanish after destroying spring growth. burning branches and plowing may delay their return.
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Tuksovantes
Pennsylvania
Virginia
China
Losa
Bel-Sea
Red Sea
New York Tribune
Murder by Rats in Motetiag Village
A bizarre report from Troy New York describes a pet rodent murdered in a cage, with later speculation that rival rats carried out the act. The scene and surrounding evidence point to multiple rodents as suspects, including those with darker fur.
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Mr. Grovar
Lee Thim
Troy
N. Y
Our Young Folks A Fragment From Fredericke Locker
A garbled excerpt from an early magazine piece attributed to Fredericke Locker includes fragmented lines about a boy or girl wishing to fly a bird and a reflection on the sun and shade. The text resembles a youthful verse or diary fragment with missing words and unclear framing.
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Fredericke Locker
Cornic
Driver Ants of West Africa Terrorize Villages at Night
A New York Observer piece recounts how vast bands of West African driver ants raid homes at night. They overwhelm with millions of workers, arching mud roofs, dragging prey, and even crossing water in living bridges while remaining ferocious yet eyeless in appearance.
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The
New York Observer
West
Africa
Tnd
M. E. Winslow
N. Y
Leading Questions at a Detroit Office Hours Fracas
A man unsettled by fears about debt and relationships offers bribes and asks legal and social questions to a father. The dialogue covers breach of promise, remedies, and coercive attempts as the office hours end with the uneasy departure of the troubled man.
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Dolla
Yeurty
Detroit Freestress
Pigeons at the Piazza Stir Up Quiet Feasting Tale
A whimsical scene in the Piazza of St. wae oe describes pigeons attracted to a woman feeding them Indian corn. A naive English girl feeds the pigeons who cluster and hover around her, and a bohemian set previously bought the gift. The piece notes a Tennessee crime law about killing birds, implying a connection to avian behavior and public quirk.
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St. Wae
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Penstock
South Caroline
Brother Penstock
Proceedings of the
Lime- Club
New Orleans Picayune
Quincy
Papa
Mabel
Harvard Lampoon
CuesTex County
Norristown Herald
Virgina
West Africa
Detroit
Tennessee
Hamburg
Deslera
Vogeler & CO
Eee Barrivanr
Jonas Whitcomb
Beaton
Europe
Lear Washington Ircing
Pierre Rting
O W. Salmien
Jonaa Whitcomb
Jonas
Brent Joy
Jos
E-Roy
Hheage
American Home Missionary Society
Errly
Andir Dereon
Theac
Robertson Wrestl
Fauquier Co
Yaepad’Whitcomb
Jusepa Rumnett de
Hunt
Friekda
R. I
ALD Uwruggists
Tee E
Ateks Salter Malittal
Ee Priod
ALL Daugonts
Ain
Duncan
Grenareliabie
Will Gare
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