THAT SMILE ON HERN GOT ENNY WORK TO SAW
An elderly speaker laments cold weather and hardship while appreciating a woman’s warm smile. He recalls lean times, work struggles, and family prayers, noting the girl’s generosity and the town’s wealth versus his poverty. The poem reflects endurance, faith, and value of love over riches.
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Enny
Bob
Brutus
Mars
Jim
Kate
O’ Hern
Iain Morgan
Inter Ocean
The Stranger's Call and a Veiled Duel in Camp
In a western mining camp, Big Jim Davis stares down a pursuing stranger who vows lethal justice. The confrontation ends with a demand for a private showdown outside as tension mounts among the camp’s rough crowd. The piece blends frontier bravado with a fatal pursuit and a looming pistol or knife duel.
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Big Jim Davis
Big Jim
Jim
Davis
States
Sleepwalking Pursuit Ends with Skeleton Discovery
A mysterious pair slips into moonlight as if in a trance. Davis trails without drawing a weapon while others stand stunned. they vanish up a hill past a rock and an infamous murder tree. A month later a prospector finds Big Jim's skeleton two miles away.
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Davis
Taylor
Big Jim
N. Y
How to Make Strawberry Sherbet from Preserves
A historical tip explains making sherbet from preserved strawberries by mashing and straining a pint of cold water with a quart of fruit, then adding orange and lemon juice, sugar, and gelatine dissolved in hot water. Pack the freezer, churn until just before firm, yielding a light punchlike texture. use a teaspoon for serving in place of spoons.
Childs bids farewell to school and birthright tales
A Harlem boy laments not being born into privilege to become president. A Mapleave child feels useless in spelling, while a Saratogian parent consoles with belief in equal odds. Separately, fashion notes describe tableware trends and delicate summer garments with lace trims and organza details.
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Harlem
Texas
Snow and floods hit multiple states with deaths and disruptions
Six inches of snow fell in the Black Hills and parts of New York New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont and Connecticut. Floods damaged Attleboro and Wyandotte. Five to six people drowned in Arkansas and Missouri while a train stalled in Kansas. A New York bomb damaged Hartford killing six. Dueling in Missouri left Crump dying. Various political and personal notes wrap the day’s unsettled news.
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Black Hills
Redding
Ark
J.S. Clarkson
Harrison
Attleboro
Mags
St. Louis
New
New York
London
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
Wyandotte
Kas
Chicago Milk Shippers’ Association
Tuthill
Hills Friends
David
Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Cilna
Hartford
Conn
King’s Daughters
Russia
Irish National League
Ireland
Geo
Sterling
Andy Crump
Springfield
Crump
Kate R. Pike
Washington
Astor House
Jesse Gove
Boston
Blaine
President Eliott
Harvard
Europe
United States
Lieut. Hetherington
San Francisco
Japan
Gower Robinson
Harlem Household Wine Suspected Theft Case
Matilda Snowball, a colored domestic in a Harlem family, faced suspicion for tasting Rhine wine. The judge challenged her, while she claimed another worker, Webber, touched the bottle and insisted she had no drunkenness or improper taste, asserting better sense than to drink it.
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Matilda Snowball
Harlem
Matilda
Webber
Texas
Carlebad Sprudel Salt Offered For Various Ailments At Home
An advertisement extols Carlebad Sprudel Salt as an alterative and eliminative remedy to dissolve tenacious bile, ease irritation and remove obstruction. It claims benefits for constipation, liver and kidney diseases, chronic stomach and bowel catarrh, rheumatism and gout and recommends use before breakfast. Includes agent contact details and notes additional markets on the fourth page.
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Eisner & Mendelson Co
Barclay St
Monkey Knot Woes Highlight Limits of Animal Reasoning
The Globe-Democrat notes a monkey cannot untie a knot despite tying it and observes that observation and reasoning are needed to escape. The Louisville Courier-Journal laments warm weather brings flies and pests, criticizing poor housekeeping and lack of prevention as roaches, rats, and flies multiply.
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Globe-Democrat
Louisville Courier-Journal
CAREFUL Living and Scott’s Emulsion Offer Free Book
The notice promotes CAREFUL Living and Scott’s Emulsion of cod liver oil as help for consumption victims. It claims both hope and fear are harmful and invites readers to receive a free book from Scott & Brown, chemists in New York, with druggists stocking the emulsion nationwide.
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Scott
Scott & Bowny
South 6Th Avenua
New York
Purify your blood with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Check progress of Consumption and scrofula with the Golden Medical Discovery. It heals lung scrofula by purifying blood, removing taints, and rebuilding strength. It claims to cure all blood-taint and lung diseases, with a money back guarantee if not benefited.
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Dr. Pierce
Madrid Chemical
U.S
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Ill
Indianapolis
Ind
Geo. W. Sloan
Washington
Browning & Son
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Philadelphia
Argonia
Kan
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Dispatch
Atchison Globe
Saratoga Saratogian
California
Morgan & Gray
Weiner Wuerst, &c
Link
Indiana
Tierces
Sic
Central Packing Company
Yarmouth
Johnson
Messina
Tennessee
Illinois
Sacramento River
Limburg
Alaska
Timothy
BuTriu
Patanta
Nal Eagle
West Wrahington St
Hat Department
S. Meridians
Amulex
Theater
Textgut
Ada Gray
Tapy Jsazfl
Miss Ada Gray
Signor
Blitzan
Sele
Traveler's Register
Indianapolis Union Station
Pennsylvania
Central Time
Washington Strats
Columbus
Knightstown
Richmond
Louisvil
Martinsville
Vincennes
Ink
Madisen
Pittsburgh
Eastinyton
Kenia
Logansport
Lara
BS van Aetacieln
Terre Haute
Evansville
Sleever
Greencastle
Tarte Haute
Acc
Arive
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Michigan
Lake Erie
H. M. Bronson
D. B. Martin
CC. & ST
L. RY
General Pass. Agt
Cincinnati
Oinnsor
Thati
Indianapolig
Polewuund Derrek Sp
Cincinnnati Limited
Cincinnati Vestibule
Dio
Detroit
Ocgy
Chicago Lim
Abor
Daiy
Monon Ace
Pullman
West End
Union Station
South Tlinois Street
Messenger
East
Washington Street
Delaware Street
Rulist SN
Z. Siarket
T. H. Davidson
Cor, Ohio
Meridian
H. C. Schergens
East Washington Street
National? Business College
Cor
Jievidian Hee Duthee
Rentsch's
Virginia Avenue
Long
Sk Droggista
W. Wash
Pdndienapolis
Eregelo & Whitsett
Ifrea Ambnianza
John Chank
Canal and W
North St
General Assembly
State of
Company 1
Pemon
Dole Lara
Frank H. Smith
Mercantile Printing
Express
M. Abbett
Chichester
Ennyroyal
Stampa
Mall
Chiletester Chemical
Madiaon
Pailada
Lusic Festiv
Walter Damrosch
Furseh-Madi
Margaret Reid
Anna Bureh
Campanini
Cartin
Adolph Brodsky
Carl Barus
Big 4
Coreyington
Meridian Streets
Spiegel, Thoms & Co
W. G. Wass
Ind. Ave
Nerwie Se&ds
South
Dero
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