Valley Farthings Mob Drama Ends With Flight Into Night
A mob pursues the Farthing family through Sugar Valley with threats of lynching. The sheriff and Gran’man confront the crowd at Poppy Miller’s cabin as a wary siege unfolds and the Farthings vanish into the Run valley.
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Rees Werom
Ware Farthing
Saraes
Tom Farthing
Tom
Lois
Allan Farthing
Lena Heller
Poppy Miller
The Hour of the Powers of Darkness Scene
In Roaring Run a twilight gathering at Squire Artswick's store gathers sheriffs and deputies. Lem Fisher Ulle Dribel and Jake Kisterbeck lead a talk on trapping unseen villains using religious and magical lore amid a tense night at Hartewick Hall nearby.
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Jake Kisterbeck
Tek Fisher
Karl
Squire
Amos
Ais
the Valley
Roaring Run
Hartewick Hall
Allent
Moody
Lem Fisher
Cotton Mather
Ulle Dribelbis
Powers of
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Question of Enjoyment in Prohibition Debate
A Pittsburg ministers gathering discusses the liquor question with a Georgia clergyman present. A local pastor mistakes the Georgia for claiming statewide prohibition, and the exchange ends with a witty correction about the Georgia’s actual stance.
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Pittsburg
Georgia
Blank
Potatoes Spark European Taste Debate in New York
A European diner in the Knickerbocker dining room argues potatoes are undervalued in America. He cites local menus lacking spuds and praises the blue mouse and Rhine varieties, noting taste and cultivation issues and homesickness for richer flavors.
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New York Herald
Europe
Rhine
Success depends on hard work not genius alone
The article argues that genius alone is insufficient without persistent effort. It cites Newton, Beethoven, Dickens, and Meyerbeer to illustrate that steady practice, daily attention, and long-term dedication drive achievement. It warns against idle living and urges self-honesty about personal fitness for effort.
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Disraeli
Bayle
Meyerbeer
Fagg
Newton
Hagan
Beethoven
Reynolds
Nowerre
Chartes
Michael Angelo
Allwright
Jenner
Id Chesterfield
Lyman
Mee
America
Ahsoe
The Tender Passion and the Woman’s Love Ideal
From New York Weekly an essay argues spring love rests on idealized dreams of women and the danger of misreading such feelings. It traces how fixation on a perfect partner, later doubts, and harsh winters of reality test true love and endurance.
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Jack
Cupid
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A collection of wry maxims on money love marriage and prudence. The piece plays on social quirks from credit to charity and urban rural contrasts with humorous observations. It notes a milkman advocating pure water and jokes about husbands wives and fortune.
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Chicago News
Croatian Firm Funds Long Walk Aimed At 26000 Miles
The article follows a man who began a 26000 mile walking trek from Memphis en route to New York to visit every state capital. He plans to return to his country Croatia for a final project and has agreed to receive 10000 dollars for the journey. He carries a trunk and wears minimal clothing to stay under the radar.
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Memphis
New York
Mikulec
A Rare Good Thing From Allen's Foot-Base
A testimonial from Mrs Matilda Holtert Providence R 1 praising Allen's Foot-Base for relief of sore or tired feet. She says she would not have endured so long without it and notes it is sold by all druggists for 26 cents.
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Allen
Matilda Holtert
Providence
R. 1
The Straight and Narrow Path the Fire Escape
A Chicago News column contrasts duty and social behavior at public dances and divorce talks. It muses on wealth and wisdom, with social commentary on manners, marriage, and self reliance in a brisk, aphoristic style.
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Chicago News
Seeesean Magazine Snippet Shows Ragged Vest Plea
A humorous fragment shows a Swede tailor asked to mend a ragged vest and quoting a two dollar charge. The scene ends with the tailor refusing barter and noting a simple repair. A line about last year's coal output in England mentions a drop of over 6,000,000 tons.
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Seeesean Magazine
England
Origin Of a Famous Human Food and its Discovery
A brain and nerve builder food story traces the creation of Grape-Nuts by C W Post. The inventor sought a daily food to renew brain and nerve strength beyond meat, leading to a product praised for easy digestion, steady energy, and no stimulant effect. The package bears the Post signature and a small booklet titled The Road to Wellsville. There’s a reason.
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C. W. Postle
Wellsville
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