The Gallup Family Talks of Death and Angels
In a domestic scene Mrs. Gallup warns husband Samuel he will be a widower by Saturday night and longs for details about death and the afterlife. She confesses fears, recalls past care, and asks if angels are young or old, pretty or plain, and whether a harp awaits her in heaven. Samuel remains absorbed in a gas article as she laments departure.
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C. B. Lewis
Wr. Gallup
Chemung County
Samuel
Mr. Gallup
Mrs. Gallup
Mrs. Watkins
Gabriel
Sanuel
Gallup
Ohio
New York Times
James Kell
Ninth Street
N. F
Washington, D. C
Washington
Face Alty
S. S.5
Swift
U.S.S
Medical Advic
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Suspicions Cure Brings Husband Home To Honeymoon Glow
A London Answers piece recounts a wife who cured her husband’s club habit with a reverse psychology ploy. She urged him to stay out, feigned a worsening headache, and dressed to entice him back. He returned quickly, and has since spent many evenings at home, easing their tension and rekindling a near honeymoon mood.
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Moon
Mrs. Jones
Susan B. Anthony
Hin
Ele
Tie
London
Baldness More Common In Untamed Men Says Study
A study of 860 hair loss cases finds baldness prevails among unmarried men, with many bald individuals leading indoor, intellectually oriented lives. Hair loss often begins before age 30, affecting the crown in men and general thinning in women, with nutrition-related diseases and heredity as contributing factors.
Four to One Fools in Malta Ask for Directions
An English officer in Malta asks a native for the way. a shrug and No speak English follow. The officer calls him a fool, but the man surveys the languages he does know and finally asserts I only one. Youth's Companion.
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Malta
Incredulous Lawmaker Quotes Rail Project Critique
A Buffalo Commercial memory recalls a New Hampshire debate over a Mount Washington railroad charter. A legislator quipped that granting permission would be as pointless as building a railroad to the moon, yet the line to the Tip Top House remains in operation.
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Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Tip Top
Buffalo
Caught in the Trap How a Hotel Lost 5000 in a Smallpox Swindle
In 1880 a pair of strangers staged a fake smallpox scare at a western city hotel to force removal of a supposed contagious guest. The hotelier, fearing ruin, paid $5,000 to discreetly remove the conmen, while learning the ruse was a crafted confidence game. The affair, later deemed an education in caution, prevented broader panic and larger losses.
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Cerain
Sle
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Hedge and a Quiet Garden Romance
A fragment from Good Words presents a drowsy, dreamlike exchange on hedges and gardens. The speaker praises a neighborly bond and invokes visions of shared spaces, gentle affection, and a wish for future joy in a hedged landscape. The wording carries lyrical, almost antique cadence with romantic imagery.
Nightmare Courage and the Nightmarish Crawl of Fear
A New Orleans lawyer discusses nightmares revealing cowardice under stress. He cites suffocation in dreams as a trigger that intensifies fear, noting that in real life some defend against attackers with deadly outcomes. The piece links dream panic to legal considerations and extenuating circumstances.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Habit In a Horse Work Ends in a Hoisting Fraud
A retired contracting man recalls selling a drum-working horse named Jerry who lifted his feet to avoid ropes. The Harlem grocer buyer later noted Jerry’s pattern of stopping short and lifting, then moving on. The buyer hired a contractor and sold the horse for higher hoisting use.
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Jerry
New York Sun
How He Got It And Other Anecdotes From Chauncey Depew
A collection of anecdotes including Chauncey Depew recounting meeting a scarred Union soldier who claimed a Bull Run wound came after a long run. A letter cites sulfur as a fire extinguisher aid in stoves and chimneys. A marriage toast notes the bridesmaids and mothers crying and fainting in a crowded church. Milk is proposed as a fire extinguisher agent for burning petroleum. An Australian punishment practice is described as spear thrusts in different parts of the body.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Depew
Bull Run
Bull Ran
Trove to Yourself: Blameless Life Theme Echoes Duty
An excerpt extols self loyalty, upright living, and lawfulness as central to national gratitude. It frames happiness as linked to a blameless, steady character who remains true to himself through hardship, likening such virtue to the white flower of a spotless life.
Sea captain proves long water life in tale from Chicago News
Miles notes a man who has lived 40 days on water while Giles counters with an uncle who has nearly 40 years afloat. The exchange highlights a sea captain's claim to extended life at sea, framed as a boastful comparison from a Chicago newspaper.
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Miles
Giles
Chicago News
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