The Widows Stranger in Cobb House
A stormy lodger seeks shelter with widow Mrs Cobb. He is revealed as Sam Payson, her long-lost fiancé, returning after years apart. He learns Maria Cobb still remembers him and proposes a future reunion, ending in a wedding and shared happiness for the reunited lovers. Bowie the cat and the household bless the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ode Hairs
Oberkeas
Wilow ‘Cobb
Descon Lavi Cobb
Bevan
Jordahe
Levi Cobb
Ehie
Sam Paynon
Old Bowie
Bowie
Levi
Bowls
Mr. Cobb
California
Califorming
Sam Payson
Sam
Mr. Gable
Samuel Payson
Eee Payson
Aaid
Sapphira
Flint
Min
Cobb
Maria
Mann
Hilside
Saoti
Che
Maris
Reader
Bills Pending in the House Aimed at Military and Post Funds
The House considers bills and resolutions including funding for new frontier military posts along the border, consular and diplomatic service appropriations, building a Mississippi River bridge, harbor defenses and coast fortifications repairs, payrolls for letter carriers, postage stamp controls, and payments to contractors from the rebellion era. It notes Blan d Silver bill amendments and a committee investigation into Army reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Mississippi River
Staes
Banning
Senate
Man Falls Four Hundred Feet at Owen Mine Shaft
Philip Wing, worker at the Owen mine, vanished from the shaft during a Monday morning shift. Seven colleagues rode the bucket down and found bloodstains on timbers and a cap at the 200 foot level. Rescuers discovered Wing crushed and mangled 2,400 feet below the surface with his remains in the gump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorning Keat
Philip “ King
Owen
King
Philip Wing
Calaveras
Cad
Poe and the Raven Recital and a Child's Communion Moment
excerpts recount Poe reciting The Raven to a roomful audience, a group of servants peering from a window, and the dramatic reaction ending in laughter. A Philadelphia friend’s golden haired daughter aged two aids her father’s sermon, kneeling beside him at communion in a touching family vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Hayi
Mr. Poe
Permia~sion
Misa Poe
Poa
Susan Archer Wells
Scribner
Philadephia
Artiqus
Oprian
Harper's Magazine
Fragmented humor and anecdotes from an early 20th century page
A collage of witty asides, jokes, and quotations touches on diary keeping, farm life, clerical figures, temperance rants, and war era humor. It threads through comic lines about hats, meals, spelling quirks, and a mix of public remarks, notices, and satirical snippets, showing a bustling, period-voiced miscellany.
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Kerman Jangl
Axarriz
Iackman
Jim
Chicago
Great Republic
Chicago Tour Math, «. Rersesertative Basen
Maasachusstta
Congress
Mr Baker
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Dulla
Enow
Hyas
Feagaget
Appietons' Journal
Ieto
Bers
Mr. Koleer
Peel
Mrs. Cobb
Alt
Eilance
Washington
Pitman
Cincinnati
Lehigh County
Actupt
Sontel
Valuo County
Unity
New England
Bret Foop
Rox Youna Moranis
Puppiss
Myr
Pitan
le Moyne Bone-Ronating
Washington (Pa
Cor
New York Sun
Mofet Register
Virginia
Richmond
Turner
New York
Pension Bureau
Emmanuel
Thiers
Paria
Gambetta
Stan
Nash- Ville
Berlin
A. Sammxpzn
Richland
Anaur
Fort Wayne
England
Maine
Bhuigor
Bangor
Bex Burien
Lew
United States
Burlington
Hinsdale
Italeg
Ben-Home
Epicandrah Valley
Staunton
Louisiana
South Carolina
Florida
Juon Island
Justice Hannay
Messrss Shanklin
The
Courier
Evansville
Ind
Bhomd
Lafayette
Hong
Germany
Austria
Australia
New Zealand
Nisi
Tower of London
Henry
Brinceton
Princeton College
Slire
Carter
Atterbury
Chicago Tribune
Thomas B. Bredford
Dover
Del
Francis Lovely
Baltimore
Mil
Horace McDermott
Dayton
Powell M. Bradsley
W. J. Block
Wilkesdarre
Richard H. Hutchins
Wyoming
Edward F. Matthews
Harry H., Matthews
Stanley Matthews’ Sons
Henry McAlpine, Jr
Savanish
Jobn
J. M. Shaw
Pittaburg
Slab
Robert E. Anoim
Princeton
George 8. Jobn
St. Charles
Moe
John
Meigs
Julian Olds
H. C. Porter
Townda
Ae Matthews Brothers
Cincinish
Claga
Tia
Junction
Matthew Goldie
Goldie
Fielda
Long Bridge
Little Branch Road
Junation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Croldie
Indies
Timi
Stanis Link
Guldiv
Len Hem
Atu
Philadelphia
Junction Depot
Guldie
Ash
Og Bha
Lincoln
Monk Bradk
John Brougham
Ford
Edwin Booth
Booth
Name Theater
Forrest
Lear
ToimeCullough
Eagar
McCullough
Jd. H. Hackett
Atgff
Hackett
London
Golden Asie
Wallol
Ory of
Lange
Elent
Wosega
Tome Seyuves
Ana Ted Jaader
Ian Kome
Thysella
Jones
Sparta
Mather
Mao
Pata
Vestalg
Ina
Berty
Beni Lentalus
Scinione
Oférpower
St Pwilt
Boma
Valentine
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Cigan
Equatorial
Africa
Stanley
Alex
Stephens
Yome
Wren
Adam
Futtle
West India
Coahima
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