Anastasia's Ghost and a Family's Strange Choice
A gray haired widower plans to marry his adopted teenage ward Katie Nelson but is haunted by Anastasia's ghost warning him against a second wife. He yields to his nephew Charlie's mediation, discovers Katie loves Charlie, and the two wed. the narrator ends with forgiveness and happiness.
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Anastasia
Icath Nelson
Katie
Charles Raymond
Charlie
Bridget
Meeself
Anastagia
Wiliam Raymond
Katie Nelson
Mr. Raymond
Mr. Haymond
Rascal
Alie
Arain
A Cure for Lochian and the Nitrite Remedy
A chemist notes that nitrate of amyl inhalation speeds heart rate and causes facial flushing. Dr Benjamin Richardson reports it relaxes blood vessels and muscles, potentially stopping angina pectoris paroxysms and even subduing severe tetanus-like spasms.
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Lochian
Guthrie
Benjamin Richardson
Sefanus
Heat fuels motion demonstration by schoolboy
An Arkansas circuit rider recalls a young student showing heat can generate motion by slipping a lighted punk into a teacher’s chair. The tale underscores the idea that practical proof matters more than loud preaching, noting the humor and surprising energy produced.
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Bee
Pride and propriety at funerals in Gerrit Smith era
A colonial era voice questions display at funerals noting Gerrit Smith’s wealth, a plain coffin, and the contrast with lavish flowers. The fragment cites farmers, bugs on a stalk, a seed store scene, and a Rhode Island anecdote about a wife fearing her empty flour barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit Smith
New York
Probabilities About Reading and Subscribing in Print
A satirical piece on newspaper practice warns readers about meddling in a printing office and the perils of delinquent subscriptions. It notes avoid borrowing papers, pay editors, and settle inquiries with cash to secure favorable replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoourself
Heaven
Sinful Sundays and Turkey Tales in a Methodist Meeting
A Southern village class meeting exposes a colorful exchange as Brother Jones teases Brother Dick about stealing, joking that no turkeys or chickens were taken, while a neighbor reflects that ducks would have felt even worse, revealing rural humor and moral sting in a religious setting.
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Methodist Brethren
Brother Jones
Brother Dick
Bradder Jones
Obituary Prompt Sparks Jest Over Boston Doctor of Divinity
A Boston Doctor of Divinity shared a name with a deceased man. A zealous newspaper writer, misreading the death notice as Dr P, published an exuberant obituary. The next day a wag met the doctor and quipped that he should be dead, as no one could live up to that tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fainting Actress Spurs Charity at Henry V Rehearsal
During a Booth's rehearsal of Henry V a pale actress fainted and volunteers rushed to assist. Mary Wells organized aid, learned the woman was starving for three days, secured a hearty meal, and led a fundraising effort raising 40 to aid the family including a dying husband and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth’s
New York
of Canterbury
Ars
Quick
Nym
Pistol
Bardolph
Sluettlen
Mary Wells
Miss Wells
The Egg Statistics Tale and a Moral on Accuracy
A humorous digression notes how statistics can mislead when playful figures misrepresent real data. It recounts a French egg tally of 41 050 222 103 and a half, corrected by a mayor who explains half an egg cannot be counted twice, illustrating the perils of overprecision in reports.
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France
Ministry of Commerce
Rancho Comte
Artificial Feeding of Children Warns Against Substitutes
A maternal milk is the only safe natural feed for infants and cannot be safely substituted. Wet nursing is advised only when the mother's milk is unsuitable and a proper wet nurse is available. Prepared foods, heavily advertised, often mislead and may hinder a mother's duty to nurse.
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the Register. Co
W.slater
Arkansas
Texan Pacific
Ate
AIV
Avil
Congress
Republican Party
Avill
Long Branch
Gen. Grant
Spivens
Mulligan
Rhode Lland
Busultaaa Eee
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