Stove Raised in Mountain Cabin Becomes Jackpot Jest
A story recounts a mountain trek where five travelers reach a two-room cabin. They debate why the stove is hoisted high, with theories about draft, convenience, and venison drying, until Long Tom reveals it was due to burro packing mishaps and a failed stove pipe, prompting a playful poker-style jackpot among the group.
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Aisz
Love Tom
Long Ton
Long Tom
Canc
Uestove
Baily
Tom
Thestove
San Francisto Arenaut
Society Gossip and Theatrical Notes From London To New York
Emme Abbotts ties with Senator Paris of San Praneieco surface amid 8 percent marriage talk. W J Florence, once blonde in America, now red in London, visits Paris after months away. Sarah Bernhardt slated to open in Cleopatra in New York February, amid remarks on actresses and pay. A critique notes many self-styled soubrettes lack talent while listing fortunes and homes of several women. A dramatic death scene in Camille provokes audience scorn and a stern rebuke from the dying actress. Washington and St Paul press praise Senator Morgan, Ingalls among noted presiding officers, with contrast to Morton. Jacob Seligman, famed New York banker, once penniless immigrant, now a billionaire with vast holdings and a storied rise from four-footed poverty to wealth.
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Emme Abbott
Paris
San Praneieco
Muiria
Abbott
Lure
W. J. Florence
America
London
Sarah Bernhardt
Pitthave
Cleopatra
Sarah
Volews
Leta B
Mervilla
Youktra
Mollie Thompson
Katia Bart
Nallie Meicurys
Annie Mazars
Philadelphia
Kate
Sis
Ebs
Rata
Ingalls
Senate
Minnessty
Noth Carling
Minnesota
Caroling
Giffera
Morton
North Dakota
Arkassan
Arkansas
St. Paul Press
Jacob Seligman
New York
Saks Wichitan
Jake
Siligman
Azar
Curious prizes and odd happenings from a quirky week
A New York progress party offered a 50 pound watermelon as a curiosity prize. A sleepwalker in Slaterville Georgia awoke at a grindstone sharpening a knife. Truckee residents lament an unusually harsh summer. In Dane County Wisconsin a man swallowed a large needle and the doctor’s sneeze forced it into a pin cushion. A Athens area woman amusingly plans death each night in a bius gown, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla lifts a woman’s waning appetite.
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New York
Slaterville
Truckee
Barnevald
Dane County
Wis
Athens
Snodgress Absent Again at Club Election
Gossip and brief snippets from a 19th century page feature Snodgress missing the club election due to a sprained ankle and the implied widowhood of his wife, plus a street scene of dogs and testy exchanges, and a mock passage from a romance with exaggerated prose about love and engagement rings.
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Snooper
Simmons Liver Regulator touted for stock ailments
A dealer claims Simmons Liver Regulator is the best remedy for colic grubs line layer cough and hide-bound in livestock. He recommends mixing a mash or dough and feeding daily at a small cost, noting no losses when used promptly and regularly. Tei Taylor Ags for Grangers of Ga Tal 10S6.
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Simmons
Tei, Taylor, Ags
Grangers
Les Holtzman
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New York Weekly
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Siberia
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Cincinnati
Pallmen Sieepers
Atla Eton Dayton RR
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Dayton
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Bor Rena
Detroit
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Buffalo
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Kates Mouse
West Wash
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Mirfer
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