Moonlit Sled Ride Leads to Odd Providence Marriage
In a rural tale from a New Hampshire farm, widow Mrs. Sarah Drew and her long‑time hired man Jake White plan a moonlit sleigh ride. An Elder Henderson interruption nearly ends the moment, but a marriage follows after injuries heal and Providence guides the couple toward a wedding that same winter.
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Sarah Drew
New Hampshire
Dake White
Uae
Farmer White
White
Jake
Sarah
Eld
Duty
Moore Titan
Jess
Providence
Ekler Menderson
Martha
Drav
Elitor Henderson
Shell
Srg
Henderson
Tyne
After Life's Fitful Fever and Witty reminiscences
A collage of brief anecdotes and quotations from Dr. Harris’s wit, clerical humor, dream psychology, and a comic skit from Youth's Companion. The pieces touch on postmortems, Asiatic collarer pun, a bishop’s independence, and a banker-like toast.
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Francis A. Harris
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Barris
Charles the
Boston
Bits of Moray and the way money was cut
In old times coins were scarce and small change was cut from larger sums with an ax and auger, producing bits. Six bits equal 75 cents, and the phrase two bits and four bits linger from those days though less spoken now. The New York Press notes how people cut ten bits from a dollar using tools before the government stopped it.
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Good Old
Cays
United States
Sam
New York Press
Newspaper Circles Reporters Debating Napoleons Sleep
In Judge's Library the First Reporter jokes about Napoleon needing two hours sleep a night while on his 47th assignment in three days and the Second Reporter suggests he likely avoided sleep given his workload.
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Napoleon
Courageous Career Of Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A biographical sketch outlines Ella Wheeler Wilcox as a powerful American writer with a vast audience from the New York Evening Journal. It notes her rise from Wisconsin roots to national fame, key works like Laugh and the World Laughs with You and Poems of Passion, and highlights her perseverance, faith, and the marriage to Robert M. Wilcox with homes in New York and Short Beach Connecticut.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York Evening Journal
Lfe
Johnstown Centre
Wisconsin
Vermont
Fife
Prairies
Madison
New York Mercury
Wilcog
Fiis
New York
Har Harbor
Golden Gate
Wilcox
Robert M. Wilcot
Meriden
Conn
Short Beach
Conna
Shso
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Pulser
Bishan Elttlejeth
Loogstand
Wisleith
Archdeacon Bryan
Archdeacon Sross
Netor
New York Tribune
Miss Sparhawk
Atis
Miss Sparbank
Ondy
Hetle
London Chronicle
Harks
Rir
McMichael & Gre
New Yorks
Ella
Heeler Wilcox
NCE
Om USA
Northern Chemical Ass'n
Minneapolis, Minn
Crocker
Euffer
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