A Night of Storm A Love Story for the Million
Robert Russell travels to Montreal to marry Alice Malcolm but is detoured by a deadly Canadian snowstorm. He finds her near death after a broken seduction driver abandons her, and, in a log hut, saves her with fierce endurance. The storm tests their love as they begin married life.
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England
Alice
Robert Russell
Montreal
Russell
Sungland
Jmea House
Heaven
Robert
Alice Malcolm
Ife
Canada
Preacher in New Orleans Avoids Fine With Collection Plan
A recently arrested African American preacher in New Orleans could not pay his disorderly conduct fine. He proposed the judge let him borrow until Monday, promising a collection the next day. The judge agreed, and the preacher was trusted to repay.
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New Orleans
Value of eight millions of horses equals national debt
The statement compares the total value of eight million horses in the United States to the national debt noting that even many horses would be needed to draw it if the debt were paid in gold.
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United States
Bank of Earth Declares Value in Honest Labor
A quip extols a farmer’s plowshare as the best bank, never defrauding honest labor, while a sharp letter from Offenbach protests English censorship of French opera, highlighting moral controversy and labor ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Earth
Spest
Sar Offenbach
A Ward-Working Queen Victoria as a laboring sovereign
A Boston Journal correspondent details Queen Victoria as a tireless monarch whose official duties begin at 7 AM. She reads all documents before signing, uses dark morocco baskets sent from Downing Street and other ministries, and personally handles correspondence. She also pays postage and helps the poor at Balmoral.
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Boston Journal
Queen Victoria
England
Downing Street
Admiralty
Nome Department
Ieud
Army
Windsor
Balmoral
Osborne
Cat Wipes Paws Before Entering Mistress’s Bedroom
A correspondent recalls a one year old cat that greets his mistress by wiping his paws on the door mat each morning before entering. If his feet dirty the white bed coverlet, he is told of the fault and retires to the mat, then dries them by the stove until clean.
Grant declines interview with Major Doctor Mary Walker
President Grant again fractures Radical ranks by refusing an interview with Miss Major Doctor Mary E Walker known for the scarlet pants and green tunic at the inauguration parade. He will meet her only in attire befitting her sex, a condition that aims to discuss and dispel the issue she seeks to address.
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Nas
Grant
Mary E. Walker
Mary Walker
Advertising Aphorisms From a Bygone Era
A compact collation of timeless adage on advertising urging steady promotion over sporadic bursts. It argues that large type is unnecessary, curiosity should be aroused, cash payment supports quality, and regular campaigns outpace sudden big bets. It cites examples from Bonner and Dickens era figures, stressing distinct ads to outshine imitators.
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Ayer
Tony Weller
Sam
Dickens
Rocks
Hills
Vales
Bonner
New York City
Captain Judson Builds Steamboat for White and Wabash Rivers
Captain C Judson a steamboat man with about fifteen years of experience is constructing a 30 by 9 foot vessel near Loperrs Mill in Jefferson township. It will have a ten horsepower engine draw about 15 inches of water and near July first completion. The Wertinsville Gazette notes flax seed feeds horses and cattle. A Michigan man reports a colt killing and eating one of his sheep after prior losses.
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C. Judson
Loper’s Mill
Jefferson Township
Wabash
Judson
Wertinsville Gazette
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Wendel Schmitt
Main Street
New Harmony
Ind
Fretageot, Son & Phrall
Cutting
A.B. Jones
Pisely & Son
NEW Harmony, Posey CO
Clarksville
Nashville
Henry Mincer
Kir Renn
Eaves Evansville
C. Rd. Rudd
Evansville
F. W. Lichtenberger & CO
R. Fauntleroy
Messrs
Owen & Co
Church
Main Streets
Mier
Valentia
Houser i Gi Persemporium
van Dunck
Nou
Floyran
Boston
Withington
Owen & Owen
the Register
C. W. Slater
J. P. Bennett
Tur Register
LAW OF
Louisiana
Darkey
New York Times
Havana
Ile
Dumas
Paris
Havre
Monte Christo
Michigan
Rax
Philadelphia
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