Samathan s Beings and Uncle Sam’s Centennial Record
A compact historical chronicle tracing Uncle Sam’s early days across the 17th and 18th centuries. It lists notable milestones from Plymouth Rock and Thanksgiving to the founding of colleges, printing presses, and the move toward independence, with playful notes on habits and inventions.
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Samathan
Uncle Sam
Plymouth Rock
Merry Mount
Connecticut
Salem
New Haven
Boston
Saybrook
Firat Postoffien
Pancuil Hall
Sons of Liberty
Jonathan
Not Much of 2 Dinner. A Wife Hosts Conflicted Guest Play
A Danbury News item recounts a wife trying to impress a husband’s guest with a hurried dinner. The guest voices discomfort over the improvised spread while the wife defends her effort and jokes about the emergency. The piece ends with a joke about a lawyer’s restless habit.
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Danbury News
When Will There Be Only Twenty Five Letters
A riddle in verse asks when the alphabet will have twenty five letters and answers that moment comes when two people become one.
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New Harmony
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East Main Street
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H. Ford
Watch & Clock Repairer
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Wilson Alsop
Wew
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Jacob Breith
Wendel Schmitt
Rerchant Tailors
West Main Street
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Wale Paper
Lichtvenberglr & Sons
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J. Yuiget & Son
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Lichten Berger ‘& Sons
New Orleans
Joseph West
Louis Prados
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West & CO
Commission Merchants
Poydras
Magazine Streets
George S. Williams
Third Avenue
High Street
Vansville
Indiana
WM. M. Solton, M.D
Daniel Neal, M.D
New Iltarmony
RS. Solton and Neal
Main
Church Streets
F. Owen & Co
Holton & Neal
S. & W. Hartman
Boot and
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Nperger & Son
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William N. Bennett
New I Harmony
Union Tall
Willsase M. Bennett
Duff
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Indianapolis
Rexual Tower
Audiens
Manning
Merchant’s Exchange
Evansville
Locust Street
Estella House
Els Lagow & CO
Hall
Reel Tural & Mumbor LS
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W. FP. Gray
Jeweler
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J. C. Ayer & CO
Lowell, Mass
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