Two Charity Boys and the Thief of Bertie
Daniel Allen and his wife Keziah adopt Bertie and Harry from Lowood. Harry mistreats Bertie, Bertie runs away, Bertie is suspected, Bertie returns after Harry is exposed in a theft. Robert Dobson defends Harry, revealing Bertie’s memory of mercy and forgiveness restores family.
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Daniel
Missouri
Kith
Kin
Clinton
Fulton
Joe Smith
Creek
Ford’s Creek
Keziah
Daniel Allen
Clintonville
Montreas
Allen
Bertie
Harry Allen
Harry
Taddie
Mr. Allen
Flora
Mrs. Allen
Robert Dobson
Mr. Leeds
Lizzie
Lertie
Wig purchase ties Tweed escape to Dibblee incident
A New York World tale links the Tweed jail escape to Mr. Dibblee’s wig business. A bald son buys a wig for instant use, a hurried buyer snatches it, and Tweed then flees in disguise, prompting Dibblee to connect the strands of fate.
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Mr. Dibblee
Tweed
Ludlow Street
New York
Dibblee Thoughtfull
New York World
General Grant and His Remarkable War Horse
General Grant praised his stud of horses and displayed his favorite wartime charger to a friend. The horse was small, sleek, and intelligent with a hawk like eye, bred abroad, once on Jeff Davis’s plantation, and Grant swore he would trade nothing for it except its former master.
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Grant
America
Jeff Davis
Davis
Pig iron value rivaled gold and silver sales
The country produced pig iron valued at 73 million dollars last year, a sum nearly matching the combined value of its gold and silver products.
Wine with a History Finds Its Way to Montana Buyer
J A Murray of Butte Montana holds twelve bottles of wine with a storied past. The tale traces a Tuscan monastery find to Poland France Utah Brigham Young and a mining camp bequest tied to a loan. The vessel’s journey ends with Murray receiving it as repayment for a $500 loan used to hire a hand for Julius Levy and recover $1309.
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J. A. Murray
Butte
Montana
Poland
Decherniz
France
Bouforte
America
Henry Coatway
Utah
Brigham Young
Brigham
Pioneer
Julius Levy
When She Spoke
A vivid older prose description portrays a blue eyed girl with gold hair and pale beauty. Two young men admire her while awaiting her speech. She finally speaks with a witty retort about the cold day, delivering a playful, artless answer.
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Lily
Fifteen minutes a day for self-improvement urges year end payoff
A brief meditation on time management urges daily fifteen minutes of self-improvement to build lasting benefits. The piece contrasts economical use of time with hasty, miscalculated planning that leads to perpetual hurry and a life filled with expedients and disaster.
Irish Landlords Expose Ireland’s Social Divide and Slavery
A polemical critique of Irish landlordism contrasts Dublin’s beauty with decayed aristocratic villas and ruined estates. It condemns landlords for extracting peasant wealth, calling the system a worn out form to be abolished and noting the growing national anger across urban and elite districts.
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Dublin
Europe
Ireland
Whistling and Whistlers in Everyday Life
A cultural note on whistling across races and ages. The piece links boys, Shakespeare, and Negro whistling, observing how mood affects tunes and how whistling signals character, cheerfulness, and discipline. It also notes gendered differences and suggests limiting whistling for girls.
Vienna Girls Learn Pantry Skills in Vienna Education
The Buffalo Courier notes Vienna education for girls includes studies until age fifteen followed by a year or two of pantry and kitchen instruction under a family member or trained cooks. The aim is independence in housekeeping and self reliance. Austrian women are described as affectionate wives and mothers, accomplished, witty, and beautiful.
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Vienna
Buffalo Courier
Europe
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Millheim Journal
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New Journal
Penn St
Hartman’s
A Harter
Millheim, PA
B. Stover
Madisonburg, Pa
W. Reifsnyder
J. W. Stam
Penn Street
R. John F. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Milluem PA
D. A2
L. Lee
Woopwarp, PA
O. Deininger
Journal Office
W. J. Springer
Millheim Banking House
Main & North Streets
Millheim
Jno
H. Orvis
C. M. Bower
Srvis, Bower & OF
Ellis L. Orvis
Vis
Attorneys-at-Law
Woodings Building
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeder
Astings & Reeder
Bellefonte, PA
Allegheny Street
Oe Atre
Yocum & Ngs
C. Meyer
Bellefonte Pa
Hoy
W. C. Heinle
Centre County
J A. Beaver
J. W. Gephart
Gephart
Alleghany Street
High Street
Rockerhoff
Allegheny ST
G. McMillen
Ummins
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Phan
Main
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Nlarry
Ilarry
General Grant
Shakespeare
Vienna Girls
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