Jones Misreads Ad for Housekeeper Amid Real Estate Calm
A comedy of errors unfolds as Mr. Jones visits Miss Pamelia Peppermint to rent a house, misinterpreting her ad and insulted by her conditions. The mix-up ends with Jones fleeing in embarrassment while the ladies reflect on the odd resolution and ongoing market dullness.
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Heigho
Mr. Ellicott
Jas
Jones
Mr. Jones
Pamelia Peppermint
Joanna
Mass Pamelin
Times
Miss Peppermint
Sid Mr. Jones
Mass Pamelia
Miss Peppermunt
Snake Items From a Rural Inventor Make a Curious Page
A farmer and city editor trade ridiculous snake anecdotes to fill a page. Tales include a black snake rescuing a girl from a pond, a rattlesnake guarding a baby, hoop snakes stopping a cider barrel, and a pair of serpents helping to house a garter. The farmer promises more items and praises the curious beliefs of rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bime
Cherub
Village Post Office Scene Brings Echoes of Past Community
A long vignette unfolds around a rural post office half an hour before mail arrives. People expect letters from kin and neighbors as a mail boy dispenses scarce notes while the postmaster’s authority looms. A closing domestic reminiscence recalls a couple hiding from shivaree in a loft, ending with a warning about future weddings.
Snake Adder Inspires City Editor's Quick Math
In a strangeness from the fore part of spring, a boy using a back stoop sums swiftly after a snake reputed as an adder appears. The city editor, surprised, notes neighbors call the creature an adder and jokes about seasonality for snake items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Bedouin Bird Omens and Monkeys in Arabian Lore
The passage recounts Bedouin auguries from birds where two ravens bring luck, and green black birds foretell fair omens. It notes superstitions about animals, mentions flesh of the rock badger not common here, and tells of Mount Kara monkeys once men who disobeyed instructions before the prophet, transforming into monkeys and becoming untouchable to eat.
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Palmer
Peninsula of
Sinai
Mount Kara
Arabia
Great
Sandy Desert
Folklore of animal flesh and magical cures in desert tales
The passage discusses belief in magical properties of animal flesh not recognized by lexicons. It notes a hyena leg eaten by Bedouins near Suez for a fiend, and mentions gemsbok flesh said to draw an obstimate inlet from a wound. The text references a Wells of Moses and Bedouin requests for a leg.
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Suez
Moses
Ups and Downs of George H. Williams in Public Life
Washington letter details George H. Williams of Oregon once a territorial chief justice and national figure. After six years out of office he cleared $120,000 in debt by hard work and legal practice, with family abroad, a return to an ornate home, and a possible bid to reclaim the Senate. Also notes Mrs James’s suicide attempt after a friend’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Williams
Oregon
Territory
Congress
Joint High Commission
Treaty of Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Europe
Senate
Washington
The Name of Mother Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse speaks of the name of mother as a sacred word that comforts and binds. The speaker recalls soft murmurs from kin and the blessing of a mother’s name, pondering its power to heal and unite in sorrow.
Pleasantries and Oddities From a Bygone Dispatch
A humorous collection of quips and vignettes including a housewife’s remark on tough fowl, a boarding-house tale, a Chicago girl’s prelude to winter fuel, a goat’s surprise near a man washing in a creek, and a playful recital about Hobbs and Nobbs. Also features a doctor’s anecdote about a patient and a stray verse about Roll on. The piece closes with a tavern anecdote about a bad five dollar bill and a wary waiter.
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Landady
Tom
Chicago
Hobbs
Nobbs
Nobba
Hobbs’ Jobs,” and Snobbs Salks
Ian
Culbert
Witham
William
Hawk- Eye
Woman's Glory Shows Record Long Hair in London Lecture
In a London lecture Dr Erasmus Wilson displayed photos of a 88 year old woman five feet five inches tall whose hair forms a gold veil reaching six feet three and a half inches on the ground. He notes mean female hair is about thirty inches. He cites two American women with seven feet six inches and nearly as long hair, the Philadelphia druggist's wife able to cover herself while seated.
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London
Erasmus Wilson
Hugh
Philadelphia
Canary Rescued by Loyal Dog After Bird’s Escape
H.8 Lapham’s canary and his small car dog have shared a lifelong bond. The bird escaped on Wednesday and the dog disappeared but returned with the canary in its mouth. The bird remained alive and back in its cage, albeit not very chipper, yet in passably good health.
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Lapham
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Mam
Grayfin
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EU Paso
Namie
Iuky
Rellon
Jook Blues
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