Reformed Town Ends Gun Rule in Jimtown Dynamite Trap
A vigilante era ends when four committee members plotting to kill Pete Hollister are outwitted by a dynamite trap set via electrified wiring. Hollister and Bill Cundiff are killed in the blast as Jimtown's courts and schools expand, ending the town’s reign of gun violence.
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Jimtown
Jamestown
Roughs
Pete Hollister
Peter Mollister
Vigilance Committee
Desperado
Pete
Bill Cundiff
Bill
Cundiff
Hollister
Peter Hollister
Mercy
Charlotte Corday
France
Martin Shaw
Nathan Parker
Thomas Warren
George Urner
O'Neill
Bill Cundiffkin
Court of Justice
Mr. Shaw
Flollister
When Writing Was Undignified in 1833 London
The London Express notes how authors faced social stigma a century ago for being literary. It cites Lady Scott and her 1833 novel Trevelyan, remarking that London would shun her, a view once common though now poets include even butlers.
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Lady Scott
Unclear Fragmentary Note on Names and Places
A fragmentary line swaps terms like Bronx Lenox and references Russia and alphabet ideas. It reads as a playful or abstract aside rather than a connected event or report, offering few concrete people places or dates to anchor a full news item.
Sympathy Lines From the Baltimore American
A brief humor note jokes about a husband diagnosed with voluntary inertia. The miscommunication sparks a light exchange as a reader realizes the husband’s supposed laziness is a medical mischaracterization.
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Baltimore American
Implied romance rivals in Greene family dispute
In a speculative social note from the Xonkers Statesman, residents discuss potential suitors for a young woman. The debate centers on whether suitors are merely rivals for her father’s influence rather than her hand.
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Greene
Xonkers Statesman
Easter Gift by May C Etheridge
A brief literary piece titled Easter Gift by May C. Etheridge explores themes of renewal and hope through a reflective narrative tone. The author uses seasonal imagery to convey emotional warmth and quiet contemplation.
Easter Gift Drives Dolly’s Charity to Rich Rewards
A rural delivery mystery unfolds as Dolly receives a five dollar bill from her Uncle Josh to give to a needy person. She places it with a sleeping ragged boy who later turns up in the city with the note, leading to a sequence of gifts and a lifelong chain of charity and marriage plans. Ten years on, Dolly becomes her uncle’s agent and worthy wife, while Joe Kimball learns the full tale behind the five dollar bill kept in a frame as the family keepsake.
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Llenry Swift
Dolly
Josh
Ler
Pappy
Lally
Joshua Stamper & Co
Joshua Stamper
Stamper
Mr. Stamper
Joseph Kimball
Dolly Stumper
Kimball
Joe
The Mocking Bird’s Notable Song and Diet
The Mocking Bird ranks as the Western hemisphere’s top singer with famed imitative powers and strong southern affection. Despite its popularity it lacks economic protection since about half its diet is fruit including oranges grapes figs strawberries blackberries and raspberries while one quarter is animal matter such as grasshoppers.
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Western Hemisphere
Strategical Blunder and a Father’s Party Quip
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote contrasts strategic error with seizing opportunity. It humorously notes a father’s oversight during a mother’s party, then offers a moral line: the man who waits for opportunity is not as good as one who makes it.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Wife Restores Iowa Man to Work After Long Illness
W. L. Stoddard of Sioux City Iowa suffered prolonged stomach trouble and could not work for a month. After one dose of Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy his condition improved quickly and he returned to his job. The wife reports two bottles were taken along with the regulator and urges others with chronic stomach or intestinal issues to try the remedy.
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W. L. Stoddard
Lemon St
Sioux City
Iowa
Mayr
Will
Mr. Stoddard
United States
W. W. Stickford
An Important Analysis of a Pre-Wedding Doubt
A woman narrates doubts before her wedding to John, admitting she may not love him and comparing love to emotional insanity. She questions engagement and contemplates canceling the plans, while her fiancé reacts with calm. The piece explores inner conflict about commitment and love.
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Ciarringe
John
Fiannie Agin
Notice of Assignment in Jones County Iowa
Public notice in Monticello Iowa announces the assignment by Wm H Gifford & Son for the benefit of creditors dated October 20. Creditors must present claims to the assignee in Monticello within three months. Witnessed and sworn, C D Chase named as Assignee with Coxsee as attorney.
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State of
Iowa
Jones County
Wm. Tl. Gifford & Son
Wm. H. Gifford & Son
Monticello
ATL
Seldlem
Iowna
Ind
C.D. Chase
Dw Coxsee
Et G
Monks County
Charles W. Brown
Said County
G. A. Fisher
Clerk District Court of Jones Co
Lawa
J. W. Doxsee
District Court
Frusmer Streichan
Anamosa
Lovell State Bank
J. W. Coxsee
Towa
Frederick J. Kay
Kettlity & Kay
Jones
Lowa
W. Coxsee
Chambers
Linn County
Monticello Express
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Bronx
Russia
Lenux
By May C. Etheridge
District Court of the State of
Wid
Herrick & Reed
Plaincil
A.D. Muedkrill
District Court of
Plaintiff
Fred Pateston
Eilers & Bolton
Qoglls
Fidelity Bethres
Chiropractic
Monticello State Bank
E. G. Rawson
Onslow, Iowa
Club Des Laideuses
Pauline Metternich
District Court of the State of Town
Mary Jane Shover
Frank Shover
Thomas Shover
Fred Shover
Jomelia Bullock
Fannie E. Winsor
J. H. Winsor
Charley Dewey
Charles Dewey
Kittie Cuttler
Cuttler
Harry Wright
Charles Beardsley
W. F. Bingham
Maria Bingham
Camilla M. Johnson
Elen Ef. Rawson
Rawson
Elizabeth M. Norcross
Norcross
Eliza Timanus
Timanus
North Range
I. M
North Tange
William H. Shelley
Rita Timanus
Minanus
Elisabeth M. Norcross
Liereon
J. W. Doxseer
Pharitits
Fr. D. Ellison
State of Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. W. Gleason
J. J. Cheney & CO
J. E. Bateman
Chamberlain
Kettlitz & Kay
Hotel Cumberland
New York
Broadway
54Th Street
Bath
Stimson
Hotel Imperial
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