Aunt Juritha's Gift Sets Kitchen Arts For Bride
A long tale of an elderly aunt’s wedding gift to Juritha Jasper Castleton, detailing a kitchen themed care package. The box includes a wall clock, utensils, a broom, lamp, comb case, a hearth broom, a slate, and many practical items with admonitions about thrift, order, and domestic harmony.
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Sarah Bell Hackley
Prn
Juriths Jakper Castleton
Excelsior
Juritha
Mrough
Juciita
Jasper Castleton
Trish
Christy
Christmas Prompts Show Rice Christians Spirit Behind Gifts
A Lane day school teacher recalls a holiday lesson on giving and sharing. A young boy died of pneumonia before Christmas and his family would have valued a gift, yet a sister asked to take the boy’s gift home, noting the absence of candy for Johnny, illustrating mixed motives during the gift season at the school.
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Joritha
Househiok
Rita
Aunt
Carter
Jane
Bride Farmers’ Home Journal
Lane Day School
Lucy
Johnny
Slater
Brooklyn Eagle
Gambling with Death and Mushroom Edibility Quip
A dialogic quip contrasts mushroom varieties with edibility and risk. Statisticus notes about 6000 varieties, 400 edible, while Sporticus wryly adds eating one can yield a toxic or dangerous effect. The exchange uses playful fantasy names.
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Statisticus
Sporticus
Judeo
France Faces Revolution at Montcenu Miners Split Over Rifles
In central France about 8,000 miners split into pro working and anti-working camps amid a growing weapon scare. A Red Socialist paper offered rifles for every fifteen copies, prompting both sides to arm. Government raids and reprisals followed as delegates from many districts met in Saint Etienne to push for a general strike and broader labor demands.
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Montcenu
France
Weriinam
Paris
Red Socialist
Premiim
Monteonu
Juges D'Instruction
Saone-and-Loire
Saint- Etienne
Bexant
Eyrard
Pas-de-Calais
Joucavner
Chabrolin
Carmaux
d'Alais
Merzet
Girardet
Loire
Huvat
Buisson Mor
Citizen Cotte
Auve
War Department
Socialist Committee of
Saint Etionné
Montecad
Saint-Etienne
Montesan
Commentry
Deenseville
Montceau
Parth
Bank Discount Tales and World News Echo in Virginia Civil War Notes
A Virginia farmer's loan tale reveals high discount rates after the war, with collateral, mortgages, and a $1000 note yielding only $287.62 at five years. The piece shifts through global episodes including miners, arms, eight hour day debates, and a Hawaiian song interlude, concluding with a Chicago Tribune quip about contractors and extras.
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Marking Repertoncn
Virginia
J. Toge Tyler
Collot
Imagination and Dyspepsia Through Advertising Victims
A Times Democrat reader notes how a boarding house resident sifts through ads for remedies, reading his own ailments into sensational claims. He observes advertising influences diagnosis, claiming constant shifts in symptom focus and suggesting a curious psychology behind dyspeptic complaints.
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Zetentista
al Allment
New Orleans Times Democrat
Welcome to the Duke Sparks Publicity Pranks in Toronto
A Toronto welcome for the Duke of York featured red painted sand barrels along the parade route. An advance theatrical company used the barrels as ad stands, placing posters reading The Devil Is Coming. Residents washed away the posters, then the actor moved to the next town, New York Press reports.
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Duke of York
Toronto
Faust
Faust, With A Well-Known Water Af Mephistopheles
New York Press
Call to restore Pine Tree shilling to ease costs
The writer urges government action to restore a Pine Tree shilling, arguing it would save money and moral posture. They compare currency values, favoring a twelve and a half cent coin and criticizing larger pieces and copper cents for everyday use and deceiving shoppers. They claim a two and a quarter to a dollar structure would help households and commerce.
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New York
North Carolina
New York Press
Lawyer Witnesses Eyewitness Confusion in Virginia Trial
A young Virginia lawyer attended a trial in his native county after recently starting practice. A witness claimed to be an eyewitness despite blindness, detailing a quarrel that led to a man being struck with a shaft. The strange testimony centers on who really saw the incident and its alleged enmity.
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Whoao
G Street
Virginia
Washington Post
Lew
Jim
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Maxsachusetts
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