Pawned Watch Triggers Humiliation and Moral Turnaround
A poor college student, David Kershaw, tempted by rich life, pawns his father’s watch to buy a debut outfit. At a Mitchener party he is humiliated when a theft accusation looms and the truth surfaces. He returns the clothes, clears his name, forges a steady path, and later heals Mitchener with a cautionary tale.
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David Kershaw
Dave
David
Jourdan Mitchener
Kershaw
Chesus
Mitchener
Mr. Kershaw
Daisy
Lily
Jourdan
Sle
Mr. Mitchener
Bellew
Tis College
Pennsylvania
New York
Avalanche chase ends with narrow escape on mountain
Two miners in a snowy ascent near a cresting peak trigger a massive avalanche. One man rides the slide to safety while his partner races down the gulch, pursued by the snow, until both survive after the unseen danger shifts to the valley below. A second tale notes a witty English statistician drawn to a love rival's appetite.
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Aspen Times
Engagement Reveals Bill Clerk Father’s Banter
Miss Pottleworth introduces fiancé Spickle to her father in a library confrontation. The father, busy with papers, quips about bills and postpones payment while approving the engagement, noting he hoped to avoid further bill collectors as he grants consent to the marriage.
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Miss Pottleworth
Young Spickle
Spickle
Electricity Drives Threshing Machine in England
England uses electricity to power a threshing machine. A Mexico hill at Chimapia split in two by an earthquake. Paper shoes made in England from papier mache mimic leather. In Scotland cattle inoculated for pleuropneumonia on the lower tail joint. purpose unclear as tails were partly removed.
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England
Chimapia
Mexico
Scotland
Antelope-Chasing Frontier Tale From Laramie to Colorado
David W. Judd recalls a frontier expedition from Laramie Wyoming Territory led by Auditor Weston with Ralph, Tim Foley and others. After days of failed antelope shots, a staged flagging attempt nearly yields a buck but a doe and two fawns are found dying. remorse halts further hunting as the party continues with other game and a Rocky Mountain lion.
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David W. Judd
Laramie
Wyoming
Weston
Nebraska
Ralph
Tim Foley
Sheep Mountain
Heav
Stanley
Bay
Pinkham’s
North Park
Colorado
How He Once Ran a Locomotive
In a railroad office tale Colonel Bob Leach recalls a Civil War escape when he drove a scouting engine at breakneck speed to outrun Confederate gunfire. Bullets showered just after a curve as ties were scattered. he and a telegraph operator aboard miraculously survived.
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Bob Leach
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Madisonburg, Pa
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Millneim, PA
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Penn Street
Milluem, PA
R. John F. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Milluem PA
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Journal Office, Pennst
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H. Orvis
C.M. Bower
Ellis L. Orvis
Bower & Orvis
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Woodings Building
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Reeder
Bellefonte, PA
Allegheny Street
Yocum & Hastings
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Bellefonte PA
Hoy
Centre County
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J. W. Gephart
Gephart
Allegany Street
High Street
Woopwands PA
Allegueny ST
C. G. McMillen
Nummins
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Lila Mouse
Main
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Europe
The
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Muuch
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