An Old Time Heroine and the Freedom Wagon Tale
A Canadian landfall escape in June sets Mrs. Stone and her family on a wagon trek from New Hampshire to the Lake Ontario region. On board a boat she shelters a slave boy hiding from pursuers, outsmarting a slaveholder with quick thinking and a brave, tricksterly rescue. The voyage ends with breakfast on the boat as the enslaved youth joins their path to freedom.
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Pebhael Stone
New Hampshire
Far West
Dinos
Lake Ontario
Jone
Burda
Fiei
Louisa
Bethuel
Iissis
Caniuda
Myassa
Mrs. Stone
Mr. Stone
Canadian
Welland Canal
Niagara Falls
Mr Stone
Good-By
Loy
Joward
Mr. Shelley
Stone
Stones aided fugitives on underground railroad route
Mr Stone recalls a Worle woman and fortune helping a free Individual, noting the Stones long engaged in anti slavery work after settling in a new home. They sheltered many fugitive slaves en route to emancipation, Working along the underground railroad in opposition to slavery.
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Lowlay
Mr Stone
Lortland Transcript
You Never Can Tell By Looking At A Squirrel
A humorous tale follows Harry Farnham at a town party as he misreads appearances. His sister guides him toward Madeline Bell and a refined blonde guest, prompting a facially obvious misjudgment and a playful exchange about recognition and wit.
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Tost
Harry Farnham
Larry
Madeline Bell
Harry
Mr. Lloyd
Portland
Snakes Swallow Eggs Tale Told At Wine Party
A long tavern yarn recounts a Texas tale of snakes eating eggs from nests. The Judge claims a single snake held 143 hens eggs in its stomach, later admitting most were traded for tobacco, while the eggs lay in a row lengthwise as the reptile stretched to a long snake.
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Exas
Tabucey
Earliest London Directories and 17th Century Listings
A sketch of the 1677 London directory with only three known copies and later reprints. It notes Henry Robinson's 1650 manuscript “Cities of Addresses” with registers of addresses, a sixpence price, and the idea that no new facts exist under the sun. Also mentions 1732 directory and a stray verse about a prayer meeting and doctor.
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London
Wodlian
Manchester
My. Winter
Chatto & Windus
Henry Robinson
Buried Treasures Unearthed in Dashur by M de Morgan
M de Morgan, head of the French Egyptian service, reports discoveries in Dashur near Cairo. He describes six pyramids, brick and stone, underground work revealing an undisturbed pit, a secret door, a chamber with eighteen sarcophagi, and a vast treasure of gold breastplates, jeweled signets, pearls, emeralds, a gold mirror, and heart-shaped clasps.
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M. de Morgan
Dashur
Tventy
Cairo
Jie
Lerucious
M. Maspero
Baby-friendly vaudeville rooms in New York theaters
The Detroit Free Press reports on large city vaudeville houses adding nurseries and baby-check systems to keep audiences comfortable. Parents can deposit infants in supervised rooms with fluids and check numbers, allowing uninterrupted viewing while fathers may wish to see more of their child after each act.
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New York City
Mienter
Welman
Roctorts Theater
New York
Yellowstone Lake
Toth
Best Way Out in a Frayed Chapel Tale
An unclear narrative recounts Lord Colendye who in a chapel misread a lesson, mixing up second Jescon and orthodox duties. The fragment hints at a flawed conclusion and a faulty path as the tale unfolds in a late period framing.
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Colendye
Corpadt
Jescon
Firsts and Contd at Wall Ended in Confusion
A fragment reflects a speaker misnaming a person and then correcting with a bilingual quip about endings. The moment reveals miscommunication surrounding a named individual and a humorous aside.
Perils of Courtray on the Wisconsin Central Train
An elderly man sits beside a kind stranger on a Wisconsin Central train. They discuss rains, crops, and politics before a valise is left behind. A passenger darts out, the valise is tossed from the window, a confrontation ensues, and a conductor intervenes. The tale ends with a caution about being too obliging.
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Courtray
Wisconsin Central
Rockefeller
Peter Comper
Thories
Desplaines
Tre Sp
Abbout
Glimpses of Four Continents and War Tactics
A mixed selection recounts Maori wartime cleverness with a dummy decoy in the bush and bullets reclaimed from a self-made earth bank. It praises General Winfield Scott’s leadership and a bold miracle of fishing lore in Yellowstone Lake. Other notes cover prophetic pay and social duties, with reflections on marital balance and power.
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Buckingham
Continents
England
Anse M Laurin praised in Mississippi backwoodsman's tale
A Mississippi volunteer recounts a Willard’s Hotel lobby encounter praising Anse M Laurin as a cool head amid a chaotic town scene. He describes a courtroom clash with rival lawyers, a prone fought room crowded with legal figures, and a crowd of witnesses fleeing as the ill tempered dispute escalated before calm discussion returned.
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Washington
Willard's
Anse
Emis
Hother
Ijle
Ange
Jackson
Texas
Mustang
Ause
Jim Root's Ride Amid Fire on the Limited
Tale centers on Jim Root, engine operator, and Jack McGowan as they battle flames on a refugee train near Hinckley. Jim keeps the throttle amid scorching heat to move passengers to safety, aided by McGowan with a water bucket as the train burns. The narrative lauds Jim’s steadfast courage and duty, while describing the dramatic blaze and the perilous rescue effort.
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Jim Root
Jack McGowan
Ainoldig
Hardy
Jack
Jim
Cruelly Surprised and a New Pencils Invention
A curious scene at a desk ends with a visitor offering to enroll a man for “the finest work” from a publishing firm. The text discusses an American inventor who creates a novel pencil with removable paper wrappers revealing lead. The piece hints at a moral line about pity for a known tool user.
The Duchess Repaid A Humble Plea From A Milliner
An English Duchess, famed for kindness yet careless in payments to tradespeople, is confronted by a ten year old milliner's daughter sent to plead the debt. The girl asks to be addressed as your grace and offers a prayerful thanks before the Duchess quietly pays the bill, though she recognizes the moral lesson.
Love in a Horse Trade Near Harmony Grove
A marriage planned for Thursday near Harmony Grove dissolves into a comic exchange. The groom sends a flirtatious note proposing a horse trade while the fiancée replies with sharp, humorous questions about the horse he plans to trade. The Atlanta Constitution archive captures a playful social telegrams vibe from the period.
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Harmony Grove
Groan
Rlaga
Atlanta Constitution
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Tim Mao
Winfield Scott
Battle of
Chippewa
McNecil
Scott
Kays Kate Vield
Fils
Bible Times
Aman
Priviene
Power
Laurin
Unnvary
Hinckley
Phoro
Mornor
Munrey Kant
Amar
Jim Toot
Hell
Imany
Miller
Macklay
Mbitoni
Dante
Hall
Nnout
Ordaye
Rome
Grasa
Nog
Tall
Duath
Phroo Hundradt
Jewellou
Gowon
Lebrolt Nreeress
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