Corres: Small Town News From Blendon Mount Vernon and Beyond
Blendon reports residents visiting family sick with lung fever and others returning after absences. Local farming notes include turkeys shipped, artesian well drilling, and excitement delaying items. Mt Vernon items mention business moves, new baby, a Ferris wheel plan, injuries, and revival meetings. Nearby Beulah and Bedlah morsels note butter prices and farm sales.
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MT. Vernon
T. V. Rogers
Chancellor
E. O. McEwen
Wisconsin
A. E. Hadley
Henry Coon
Hunting
Sire
F. M. Hatch
Violet
Hull Lows
C. N. Hatch
Lows
H.C. Cook
Tekken
Shev
Baker
Waite Lake
Rev. Coon
A Kind Man and a Clever Witness in Odd Tales
A London Telegraph anecdote recalls a man returning a dropped pocketbook and £100 with honesty rewarded by the owner. A county court tale features a witness demanding expenses before testifying, and President McKinley personally allowing a spectator to take photographs at Omaha station.
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London Telegraph
Lincoln meeting and Shakespearean stage notes in brief
An informal account recalls Lincoln’s politeness during a Springfield visit with committee members. It contrasts Lincoln’s simple hospitality with offers of wine declined, then moves to John Churton Collins on Shakespearean theater, axis deer at Woburn, a golf dinner anecdote, and social quips about cooling during dances, plus notes on California’s name origin and a moral on impulses.
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Charles Carleton Coffin
Lincoln
Springfield
Hio
Bes
John Churien Collins
Collins
Wobura
Woburn
W. G. van Tassell Sutphen
Independent
Washington Relics and Factory News From The Era
Washington relics display a camp chest used in the Revolution with tinder box utensils and tents. Washington’s 1783 Annapolis uniform reflects a grand stature and refined dress. The New York Ledger notes a chimneyless furnace trial with forced draft showing fuel economy and costs.
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National Museum At
Washington
Annapolis
Washington Post
Cumberland
New York Ledger
Perfection Claimant Tests Moody with Humble Question
A man claiming sinless perfection visits Evangelist Moody to boast of his piety. Moody asks to verify with the man’s wife, highlighting the punchline that true perfection may be rare or unknown. The exchange is framed as a social quip from a period publication.
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Moody
Evangelist Moody
Mr. Moody
Ladies’ Home Journal
Monster Flower of Mindanao Tallest Blooms in World
The bolo, the largest flower in the world, grows on Mindanao in the Philippines. It has five petals, can reach nearly a yard in width, and a single bloom has weighed 22 pounds. It appears on the island’s highest ridge about 2,500 feet above sea level.
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Mindanao
Philippine
Father Reminds Son of Whipping Resolve
A New York World excerpt features a stern father scolding his impudent son and insisting a beating is due. The husky boy counters that he can be disciplined with his coat on, signaling a defiant exchange between parent and child.
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New York
Honors Easy in Local Walk Contest
A Cincinnati Enquirer note quotes a participant asking who carried the honors at the walk. Mr Sam Johnsing is named as the winner, while the cake mystery remains unsolved and known only to the crowd.
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Rastus
Sam Johnsing
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Blendon
Fred Chappell
Hane Nelson
Benny Trebii
Harry Perkins
Scott St. Vrain
Cowan
Elliott Township
W.H. Dean
Jamison Kilborn
S. A. Heljeson
Bedlah
Peerlab
Mr. Vernon
Edwin Wilson
Badgar
John Beddoes
Austin Bevey
John
Beulah
Nellie Saul
Rogera
Iowa
United States
Canada
England
Sole Proprietors
S.c.wells & CO
Leroy
N.Y
Hamilton, Can
Scallin
Manufa
the Ledger Monthly
Ledger Monthly
Robert Bonner
Ledger
New York City
J.W. Broadbent & CO
W. H. Webster
London
McKinley
Omaha
Mr. McKinley
Emerald Isle
California
Cortes
Peninsula
Lower
Europe
J. D. Hammond
Washington Relics
National Museum
Belier
Billy
Sammy Doppy
Sammy
Loendon
Heekins Queen
CS. Burnside
D.t.gilman
O. L. Branson
I. W. Seaman
A. P. Beckwits
Ase’ Cas
First National Bank
Mitchell, South Dakota
Dorsa General Banking
D. T. Gilman
J. D. Newcomer
J.S. Daniels
A. A. Boynton
C. M Swan
T. A. Duncan
J. O. Wairath
OL. Branson
A. H. Pearson
Ferguson
Cash Bargain Store
Rais
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