Twenty-One A Lucky Number Love Tale
A man recalls a love proposal tied to the number twenty one. After a suicide attempt, a misdirected hotel key leads to a room swap with his beloved Jessie, who arrives with her aunt mistaken for a breakup, saving him. He later proposes, and twenty one becomes his lucky number.
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Jessie Grey
Jessie
Doctor Black
Doctor Plage
Cho
Tim
Sessie
Ming
Suat
Aegis
Usner
Lucy Sumber
True Mitlion of the Grangers Critique in Winona Store Losses
The Whitewater Register notes two Granger setbacks with losses of 13000 and 20000 at Winona and Own towne, urging better information for farmers and criticizing monopolies while urging focus on crop production and marketing. A Danbury man refused to attend his mother in law’s funeral in Buffalo after receiving a telegram.
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Winona
Owntowne
Whitewater Register
Danbury
Buffalo
Five Jack Hand Beats Four Aces in Grand Jury Tale
A Mississippi impressionist tale from a United States District Grand Jury recounts Scipio Chateau a mixed heritage witness describing a poker hand. He details beating a gentleman for sixty two dollars and a half using an invincible hand five jacks against four aces, ending with a dramatic pistol display and the foreman verifying the story.
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United States District Grand Jury
Scipio Chateau
Sully
Scipio
Ives
Catte
Toxag
Oreek
Kanans
Croad
Alde da
Geminen
Jacky
Anoder
Arkansin Chan
Grand Jury
The EmEn\tThe Gilded Age Mississippi Steam Boat Tale
Uncle Dan and Chil'n witness a Mississippi steamboat approaching with a blazing eye and torchlike lights. They fear divine judgment for their wickedness, pray for mercy, and urge the boat to spare the children before it disappears beyond the cape as the crowd watches in awe.
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Uncle Dan'l
Uncle Dan
Dan
Gwyne
Colin
Obedstown
Dan'l
Gort
Weill
Prah
Chile
Methodist minister urges honesty and reform in preaching
A Methodist minister calls for an honest shift away from hellfire and vicarious atonement preaching. He argues for teaching Christ's real principles and urging sinners to follow them, while science challenges old theology. He envisions evangelical ministers uniting to purge dead wood from theology.
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Brethren
Reva
Swing
McKanig
Christ
Chitat
Chen Deng
Lee
Arbor Day Planting Contests Set by State Horticultural Society
The State Horticultural Society designates April 20 as Arbor Day or the next day if Sunday for planting permanent groves. Premiums for the largest number of trees vary by species and age, with prizes up to 80 dollars. Plantations must be 2600 to 4456 trees, counted alive by two witnesses, with affidavits sent to James L. Badd of Shellsburg.
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State Horticultural Society
St. Ord
Towa
Arthur
Horticultural Society
James L. Badd
Shellsburg
Benton County
Agatinat Dogs and Costs Across the State
A discussion notes that five hundred thousand dogs impact the economy by reducing mutton output, costing 6.5 million dollars for weekly dog care, and causing about 120 hydrophobia cases yearly. Total waste is estimated near 7.75 million, with additional miscellaneous losses and legal costs from dog fights.
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Intercel
Washington figures recall era of the Supreme Court
An aged reminiscence recounts 18th and 19th century figures at a Washington social scene. Dr. Blake of the Metropolitan Bank and a Board of Public Works member, along with judges and officials, convened at a dining house near the Capitol, with drinks named Judicial Madeira and stories of the country’s early justice.
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Poe
Washington
D. Hye
Nest
Dr. .Blake
Metropolitan Bank
Board of Public Works
Blake
Mia
Boston
Baltimore
Waslington
Supreme Court
Che Courteau
Stary
Snuiner
Hia
Mra. Carter
Judicial Maderia
Medorta Tshiid
Giorge Washinton
Alexandria
Busheod
John Marshall
Sumner
Republic
Murder on Garden Street Stuns Peoria District
A reported fatal murder on Garden Street near the horn railway in Peoria involves Ella Fitzpatrick and her husband Thomas Fitzpatrick a fireman. Authorities say evidence is circumstantial while the husband remained jailed as the community questions the couple’s tumultuous relationship and alleged drink fueled fights.
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Pitspatrick
Plu
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Trish Paopla
Dod
Bot
Pherin Kaleey
Werestad
Acarcely
Faults and Folly in Human Nature and Society
A cryptic meditation on faults and vanity from John Ploughman imagery. It notes that no one is free of flaws and that living beings carry both good and evil, warning to avoid vanity while acknowledging human weakness and foibles.
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John Ploughman
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