Marie and the college girl at home for holiday
A Rockland man’s daughter returns from a female college amid lavish praise and a clash over the “rhythmic foolishness” of modern study. The old couple, wary of change, confront the clash and attempt to restore order at home. A second story warns of a new swindle targeting farmers with fake patent wagon tongues and county rights schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Warren
Maria
Marie
Mariun
Swindler No. 1
Nebraska
No. 1
Rainbow Tints the Sky with Youthful Morning
Poem fragment evokes bright youth and an approaching tempest warning. Imagery centers on colors in the sky and the sense of looming change as the speaker reflects on time and fate.
Strangers on a Natchez steamer gamble for fortunes
On a Natchez landing the Star Light carries two strangers who register on board. They gamble with a New York cotton buyer, a Red River planter, and Josiah Perkins watching as tens of thousands of dollars trade hands in three card monte and straight poker. Perkins wins back what Robbins loses then exposes a trick. The planter departs wiser after a sharpshooter’s reveal. The tale closes with the Traveling Terror and a repentant editor recalling past misdeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Light
Natchez
Red River
Ohio
Josiah Perkins
Opelousas
Silas Robbins
Berwick Bay
Hallack Clark
New York
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Clark
Robbins
Perkins
Lathy Perkins
Monte
Tom
Texas
Shorty Barnes
Bowery
Kentucky
Omaha
Conductor Reveals Trick Over Extra Baggage Charge
A Tennessee bound commercial traveler tricks a stranger on a departing train. He asks to have a trunk checked free, claiming the traveler shares the ride. When pressed, the stranger discovers the ruse and the traveler pays the usual excess fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Solam
Man sues over dog bite in strange hydrophobia claim
Ezra Mixer, nearly seventy, testifies in Court of Common Pleas about a dog bite near Lebanon. He says killing the dog is needed to avoid hydrophobia, a theory he and many neighbors reportedly believe. Kenyon objects as trial continues with laughter in the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Mixer
Jonathan Trumbull
Lebanon
James M. Kenyon
Kenyon
Mixer
Court of Common Pleas
Mr. Kenyon
New England
Grand Temple at Manti Progress and Legend of Mountain of the Lord
Construction of the Mormon temple at Manti Utah advances with heavy work crews. The white limestone structure sits on a mountain spur called the Mountain of the Lord and rises 82 feet above the road with two towers reaching 179 and 169 feet. The article recounts Brigham Young’s guidance, local geography, irrigation, and legends about the mountain’s name. It also discusses coal origins and scientific debates on coal formation and marine versus land plant contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manti
Utah
D. Wilkin
Wasatch Range
Folsom
Young
Salt Lake City
Pieche
Utah Territory
Wasatch Mountains
Wasatch
Sevier
Nevada
Brigham Young
Saupete County
Mount Ephraim
the Lord
Muck
Bochum
Fremy
Herr P. F. Reinsch
Herr Reinsch
Howeer
Ape Detective Aids Indian Police In Master’s Death
A traveling troupe's ape, after witnessing a murder of the impresario and four monkeys, led villagers to the grave and is now aiding Surrate police in identifying the assassins. The article also includes a medical note on facial arteries and stopping nosebleeds, ending with a proverb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montargis
India
Sarrate
Surrate
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Rebersburg, Pa
C. Springer
Journl Store
Millheier, Pa
Prrockerhoff
Court House
H. Brockerhoff
McKeever
Rvin House
MAIN
Jay Streets
S Cal
Lock Haven, Pa
Woods Calwell, Proprietor
D. H. Mingle
Miltlheim, Pa
John F. Harter
Practical
Tomlinson
Cery Store
Main Street
Mittuem, Pa
F. Kister
Foote
Main St
Uid
S. B. Peale
H. A. McKer
Peale & McKee, Attorneys AT Law
Bellefonte, Pa
T. Alexander
C. M. Bower
Lexander & Bower, Attorneys AT Law
Garman’s
Jo B. Linn
Attorney AT Law
Allegheny Street
Lement Dale
Diamond
D H. Hastings
Yocum & Hastings
M. C. Heinle
Centre County
Wiser E. Reeder
J. A. Beaver
J W. Gephart
Eaver & Gephart, Attorneys AT Law
Alleghany Street
High
A. Morrison
Woodring
J. Keller
Lyon
G. Love
Mr. Mixer
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