Mormon Wives and Present Relations Shown in Satirical Tale
A Chicago Tribune Utah correspondent notes that Eastern readers overestimate Mormon wives desire to escape polygamy. Most would vote to remain in their marriages, with few seeking to leave Utah, given the social and practical constraints. The piece contrasts this with a humorous domestic vignettes of a Green Mountain courtship.
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Jonathan
Sally
Utah
Chicago Tribune
United States
Smile While You Can Poem by Kate Cameron
Independent verse urges readers to keep a brave front and smile despite life’s trials. It counsels not to borrow trouble, to avoid fretting, and to face tomorrow with resilience.
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Kate Cameron
Yarn the Ant and Grasshopper by Josie Billings
A dated dialogue tale set in a frosty memory where an old toothless ant hosts a wheat-filled home while grasshopper visitors jabber about winter, politics, grocers, and curiosities. The grasshopper boasts, asks for matches, seeds, and opinions on licenses, with rural chatter on crops, animals, and upcoming seasons.
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YARN
Ant and Grasshopper
Josie Billings
Venus
Pernbel
Larlem
Yure
Thare
Sandy Creek
Justics
Ferguson
Evrybody
Old Square Benson
England
Nader Sherman
Batt
The Flaw Hunters and Their Preternatural Eye
A critique of pass judgmenters who detect imagined flaws in others. It contrasts moralists spotting defects with Hazlitt’s warning about nitpicking. The piece likens rigid faultfinders to those who misread great works and people, warning against envy of merit and snobbery.
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Newgate
Hazlitt
Earthquake Profits and Predictions From a San Jose Gambler
Mark Twain lampoons a San Jose liquor seller turned self styled earthquake expert W Frank Stewart. He built a homemade device to read quakes from a pencil mark and foretold disasters that failed to arrive. The piece mocks his enterprise yet notes his persistence and potential future fame.
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Mark Twain
California
W. Frank Stewart
San Jose
San Jose J
Santa Cruz
Stewart
How to Manage Kerosene
A safety guidance piece warns about kerosene lamp hazards and explains how a foam-like gas forms atop burning oil. As the flame lowers, gas accumulation increases and a small disturbance can ignite it, causing deadly explosions.
Virginia Ahead Snake Tale and Odd Farm Profit Jest
A West Virginia field report tells of a woman who felt a monstrous snake on her shoulder during warmth and asthma, the creature slain by her husband after a tense night. The piece also relays a farmer tale where a Dutchman and Yankee split profits, the Dutchman hoping for tops while the Yankee reaps bottoms, ending with a joke about future shares.
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West Chesterfield
Jornal
Ima
Jobo
Sfe
The Dutchman and Yankee Farm Dispute Tale
A jumbled tale contrasts Jonathan and a Dutchman over crops and a split farm. The Yankee later runs his own property while the Dutchman opens a lager beer saloon. A separate Lawyers Rule anecdote recalls a lawyer feigning illness to delay court, only to be thwarted by a shrill audience interruption.
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Jonathan
Unclear Civil War Field Hospital Exchange
A fragment recounts army officers recalling celibacy among civilian delegates and Christian Commission workers. At Gettysburg a wounded patient, dressing a minor wound, suddenly spoke to a visiting delegate asking for a Christian response, then jokes about not groaning.
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Gettysburg
Scorpse
Christian Commission
Cure for the bite of a mad dog proposed in Galena
Franklin Dyre of Galena Maryland recommends a home remedy using Elceumpane plant root to treat hydrophobia after a mad dog bite. He describes boiling the root in milk and taking doses over several days, claiming it neutralizes the virus and saved lives in his neighborhood.
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Franklin Dyre
Galena
Kent County
Maryland
Mo&t
Lea
Advice on saving boys from roaming streets at night
The excerpt urges parents and guardians to keep boys indoors after dusk. It warns of dangers from nightlife, including vice and gathering of rowdy peers, and stresses making home life attractive to deter roaming. It appeals to fathers and mothers to act to preserve morals and safety.
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Hite
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