The Wild Rush of Crooks and the Vigilant Committee
In a rugged frontier settlement, Crooks the Englishman shelters from pursuers as Geordie Alijohn’s daughter Brule nurses and wooes him. Brule’s covert love sparks a desperate plan to flee with money, while a hidden letter uncovers a fatal family debt and a choice between love and justice.
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Fammy Alijoho
Sissy
Bob Craidock
John
Bammy Alijohn
Lode
Alioha
Crooks
Symptons
Prule
Brule
Brula
Croaky
Father
Waura
Koingeway
Geordie
Shu
Jean
Theif
Mer
Ankeen
Khe
Phils
Che
Pigland
Brulo
Sisay
Tharate
Mary
Liv
Articulation Exercises at a Virginia Normal School
A Virginia normal school session closes with an amusing collection of verbal contortions. Pupils submit phrases that twist consonants and vowels into comic, antiphonal wordplay, featuring names and tangled lines such as Robert Rowley and a siege of thistles, plus fanciful characters from far places.
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Virginia Normal School
Chia Glontas
Popocatapetl
Cotopaxi
Wis
Robert Rowley
Vite
Vest
Vindéor
West Windham von Vitsun
Bombardino
Bagdad
Abormilique
Bluebe
Miss Joe's Thanksgiving: a chicken, a sister, and a plan
In a small community, Miss Joe and her sister Clorinda endure illness and poverty aided by neighbors. They keep a Brahma chicken named Peter as a lifeline and farm project, debating meat versus gratitude. A last minute rescue delivers a chicken for Thanksgiving, ending Joe's risky experiment with faith, family, and modest bounty.
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Clorinda
Joe
Liv
Wouh
Farrier
Lanino
Rawls
Zaninenelsis
Mrs. Hough
Manny
Mough
Dean
Emerson
Tyson
Clarindi
Misa Joe
Peter
Miks
Hla
le Wits
Luey
Leppy
Nestle
Miss Clotindiy
Pat
Watt
Aunl
Bierson
Peter Cine
Miss Joe
Miss Clovind
Hieves
Theo
Juatava Clarinda
Toa
Josepha
Bo Seen
Honzh
Noboy
Dairyman Praises Wren Rye For Milk Quality
A New England dairyman says he fed wren rye to cows for three seasons with a marked improvement in milk cream and butter. He reports no coloring in his butter and finds the green rye superior to other grasses for producing better dairy products.
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New England
Charter clash decides death benefit to widow and orphan
Judge Tudga Arnold held that a death benefit of 1000 dollars assigned by Joseph M Maneely to his sister was valid despite the charter's aim to aid widows and orphans. The court favored the charter over the constitution, allowing payment to the widow and orphans and noting any power to pledge benefits requires charter amendment.
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Tudga Arnold
Order of the Knights of Birmingham
Joseph M. Mancely
Order
Maneely
Joseph M. Maneely
Philadelphia Record
The Dog Saves Boy at Market House Crossing
A four year old boy of John B. Bacigalupo narrowly escaped a streetcar on the market house side. A smart dog, with its master nearby, leaped into action and pulled the child from the tracks before the car could strike. Crowds witnessed the daring rescue and the dog is hailed as a hero.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
John B. Bacigalupo
Theqwarket-House
Fronclanas
Artun
Kerry
Ireland
London
Soustera
The Great Battle of Leipzic Anniversary Observed in Germany
The London Standard notes Napoleon commanded about 180000 troops while the Allied force led by Schwarzenberg Blacher and Bernadotte numbered near 300000. Allied losses reached about fifty thousand in killed and wounded, the German account citing heavy casualties. The piece compares Napoleon’s forces to Gettysburg and remarks the allied loss echoes the scale of Gettysburg.
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Leipzic
Leipzig
Germany
London Standard
Napoleon
Prince Schwarzenberg
Blacher
Bernadette
Sweden
Nanoleon
Gettysburg
Cincinnati
Abraham Lincoln as a Youth Avid Reader in Backwoods Life
The piece describes Abraham Lincoln’s early life and education. It portrays how limited schooling and scarce books shaped his self taught discipline. Lincoln voraciously read any available volumes, copied extracts, and studied statutes, while performing hard labor. He read by firelight, wrote essays, and pursued knowledge despite hardship, a foundation for future greatness.
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Lucoltus
Abraham
Saya A-Weiter
Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln
United States
Washington
David Turnham
Eleys
The Calendar Craze in Boston Reflects Seasonal Fever
The Calendar craze grips Boston as publishers push literary calendars before holidays. Aiman banishes the nuisance, while Emerson calendar provokes family friction. Daughters judge daily life by calendar scraps, challenging romance and dinner decisions. Critics condemn calendars as childish and debasing literature.
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Boston
Aiman
Tevell
Emerson Calendar
Tair
Childiah
Well and Tennyson
Bedstead Size and Heroic Figures in Ancient and Modern Chiefs
Historical critique notes Og King of Bashan slept in a bed thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide while Gen Winfield Scott stood six feet four and a half inches tall. The piece compares legendary exaggeration to actual measurements and cites a Washington album entry from 1680 describing a Girard nail warehouse.
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Bashan
Scott
Lincoln
Winfield Scott
Alwi
Washington
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Land of the Free
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Girard Nail
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