Odd Sayings and Notable Lines From Colonial era Text
A jumble of antiquated reflections and sketches notes age jokes, memory honors, and social quirks. It mentions Queen Victoria spending millions, a boy named Bourik Sbeen mocked, Barbara Hamlin's dramatic speech, and Count Rothenburg at ten years old with dragoon ties.
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Mitas
Victoria
Bourik Sbeen
Stomza
Baraiba Hamlin
Maine
Count Rothenburg
Dragoons
Widow Leathers Captures Ark Jaguars Tail in Rooftop Tale
In Arkansas near Sweet Home, Mia Martha Leathers, the Widow Leathers, tames a large jaguar by firing a three inch auger into the roof, knotting the tail, and sending the beast away after four days of nightly strikes and pig sacrifices. The event ends with the tail secured and the jaguar killed by a neighbor.
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The
Tribune
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Arkansas
Northwatern
Sweet Home
Washington County
Robinson's Cross-Roads
Benton County
Mia
Martha Leathers
Widow Leathers
Leathera
New York
Arneds
Ben Hawkie
Leathers
Jaguir
Pauline Collier
Maude Eames
Susap Handfield
Margaret Respiesa
Captain Wood’s Bengal Journey Reveals Widow Child
Captain Arthur Wood recounts meeting a Hindoo peasant family in Bengal. A girl under seven, with cropped hair and neglected dress, appeared isolated and treated as unseen. He learns she is a widow whose husband died three years earlier, leaving her in hardship and stigma.
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Sonal Knowledge
Arthur Wood
Bengal
Aletera
Caplin Wood
Ear Yeaier
Traveling Alone Advice for the Solo Female Traveler
A Ladies' Home Journal excerpt offers practical guidance for a girl traveling alone by train and staying in unfamiliar hotels. It covers ticketing, sleeping arrangements, dressing modestly, using toilets, handling trunks, budgeting tips, tipping etiquette, and interactions with hotel staff while emphasizing caution, courtesy, and self-protection. It also lists clear don'ts such as dressing loudly, seeking romantic entanglements, or sitting alone in public parlors, and asserts a well-bred woman can travel from California to New York with proper conduct.
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Asi
Callifornia
New York
Chevalier Bayards
Ladies’ Home Journal
Emperor and people spread democracy in China and India
The piece notes democracy’s reach from the West to China and India. It cites reforms in China under the Ching emperor who defends his actions as repairing an old palace for his wife Madame, while critics face punishment. The tone mocks the emperor’s decree and warns of a growing reform mood.
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China
India
Saya
Ma More
Dramn
A Policeman's Think in Russia Explored
A journalist notes a policeman may arrest anyone he suspects of plotting against the state even an old man a boy or a peasant and questions why Russians seem unaware or misjudged yet urge restraint in intrafamily matters amid a moral critique of authority and suspicion.
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Russia
Protestant missions and church notices in 17th century tone
A collage of ecclesiastical statistics and anecdotes covering Protestant missions, church leadership changes, baptisms, and offerings. Mentions Moody on forgiveness, Swentzel named missionary bishop to Japan, and various church efforts, with assorted ads and minor quotes mixed in.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Epworth League
Young People of the
Methodi T Episcopal Church
Methodist Church of
Fragmented OCR notes mix signals from Moody to medical dialogue
The readable lines show Evangelist Moody's trouble in Fore ton, Monmouth female modesty, a doctor patient exchange, and a New Jersey coast experiment about fog horns. The garbled text also notes color vision in men and a general health claim, all in fractured dialogue and commentary.
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New Jersey
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North Dakota
August Flower
Paris
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Vashlin H. Fordola
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Toreite Priees
Pecencairinsaate
Ozark Wilderness
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Jaguar
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Southern Presbyterian Church
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Canon Beott Robertson
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Stark Bro’. Nursery Co
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Wyoming
Jones
Georgia
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Geo. H. Healford
Clinois
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Gulf of Mexico
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F.d. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Wartaces of
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Gradmare Nas
Monmouth
Monmosih
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Seward City
Alaska
Aldemen
Common Council
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Castoria
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Mies
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Landindy
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Iowa
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Mich
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St. Tivontin OH
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Covington
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Atlanta
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Carlin
Trice Warren
J. F. Smith 4. CO
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Jim Preston
Ellen LE Garde
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Quatis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
W. L. Douglas
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