United States Canada purchase plan meets Maine opposition
The Maine public rejects Mr Arkinson's idea of U S purchase of Canada’s maritime provinces as impractical. Voters favor reciprocity and free trade. A Georgia grand jury returns true bills against Thomas Woodfolk and relatives for the murder of Richard F Woodfolk.
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Arkinson
United States
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Maine
Macon
Thomas Woodfolk
Richard IF. Woodfolk
KR. F. Woodfolk
R. F. Woodfolk Jr
Charles Woodfolk
Pearl Woodfolk
Annie Woodfolk
Rosebud Woodfolk
Mattie Woodfolk
Temperence West
Woodfolk
Eel Fishing Nights and Frontier Train Scene
Two Rowley boys trap eels by lantern and pole along a shallow Brook in frosty evenings. In Marysville California a rail depot scene sees about two hundred Chinese passengers purchase goods and drink, spending over a hundred dollars in minutes. Mme Helena Modjeska’s mother Mur Brxps dies in Poland after a long, active life.
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Rowley
Mass
Marysville
Cal
Redding
Mur. Brxps
Mme
Helena Modjeska
Poland
Benda
Mme. Modjeska
Curious Tales From Europe and America
A collection of short oddities and biographical notes. The Czar in Denmark jokes about loaded revolvers in a bag as safety increases abroad. Ducks vanish then reappear after snapping turtles are removed from a pond. A tiny two yard long locomotive intended for an East Indian prince is described. Connecticut Senator B Eavon remains active past seventy. Liberia’s U S minister to Liberia, Taylor, is pictured as fashionably dressed and enjoying life on leave.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Art Kraus
Munich
Chanrms
Henry Jones Taylon
United States
Liberia
Absance
Wildcat Battle Ends in Fatal Three Foot Feline
Two daughters of W D Clark of Pleasant Valley California hunted a large wildcat seen during a visit to a neighbor. After a long fight they knocked it over with a stone, then the dogs helped subdue and kill the three foot cat. Parents returned to see the animal displayed in the yard.
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W. D. Clark
Pleasant Valley
Cal
Shaving in China A barber comes to you on demand
In China shaving is described as reversed from Western norms where barbers travel to clients. The barber carries his kit and serves customers directly, without a crowded shop or waiting for a call. The barber remains silent, but conversation can occur if desired.
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China
Téxas Siftaga
Denmark Cedes Islands to U S in Quiet March of 1867
Oliver Risley Seward recalls how on October 24 1867 the Danish king approved a treaty selling the West Indian islands to the United States. Voters in St Thomas and St John favored annexation, while Copenhagen ratified in 1868. Sumner’s committee later buried the measure, straining U S Denmark relations per contemporaries.
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Columbia
Christian
St. Thomas
St. John
Copenhagen
Nigsdag
Washington
Senate
Sumner
Foreign Relations Committee
Committee On Foreign Relations
America
Oliver Risley Seward
Scriber’s Magazine
The Personal Devil and Possession Belief Explored
A speaker argues for belief in demoniacal possession citing cases of characters controlled by a devil. He contrasts physical health with inner tempers and asserts that even healthy people can be possessed by a destructive impulse. The passage questions whether belief changes the reality of possession.
President Jackson and the Baby in 1833 tour tale
Judge A R Boteler recalls a Princeton College boyhood memory of President Andrew Jackson during his 1833 eastern tour. A poor mother with a dirty faced baby appeals for aid as Jackson halts the procession, lifts his hat, and asks Eaton to kiss the infant before returning the child to the grateful mother.
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Washington
Princeton College
Jackson
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Princeton
New York
Trenton
Judge Boteler
Gen. Jackson
Gen. Eaton
Eaton
Old Hickory
Secretary Eaton
G. Carpentier
Cosmopolitan
Lord Thurlow’s Blunt Wit at Court and Clerical Dignitaries
Anecdotes recount Lord Thurlow the Chancellor’s blunt humor. He remarks on how he handles duties like a pickpocket threading a horse pond. He deflates rivals and dignitaries with sharp, memorable quips during public processions and royal encounters.
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Lord Thurlow
Prince of Wales
George TY
Thurlow
A Thrifty Man
A white man greets a longtime acquaintance a negro named Spencer with cheerful talk and a tale of trouble from officials. The anecdote recalls a bribe offer that led to a penitenchy sentence and critiques white folks and thievery. An Arkansas traveler adds a steamboat superstition about ministers and white horses predicting accidents.
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Spencer
Jim
Arkansaw Traveler
South Sea Falsifiers in Samoan Society
Excerpted observation from the San Francisco Chronicle describing Samoan dress, housing, climate, and social behavior. It argues that while clothing and huts suit the heat near the equator the civilization needed is moral reform, criticizing lying and theft as taught by mothers and noting frequent theft from white traders and the wary, barricaded stores.
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Samoa
Equator
Africa
San Brancisco Chronicle
Barbecue Lust and Folly Alarms Arkansas Traveler
An Arkansas traveler tells of a hungry man at a barbecue who saved nothing for home and finally admits he would have eaten saddle bags and a log of bread. He collapses by a tree as onlookers leave him to his own lack of sense.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Neither or Nither Pronunciation Origin in English
The piece argues that neither pronunciation is a matter of taste with long e favored by good speakers. It cites German influence from King George I and Hanover ancestry, noting court parasites adopted the king's diphthong pronunciation. A commentator named Alvert Maple Leas comments on widespread misunderstanding.
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George I
England
House of Hanover
Alvert Maple Leas
Boston broker keeps tip to self after wallet found
A Boston broker loses a wallet with 815,000 on the street. A newsboy finds it and returns it. The owner resists temptation to claim ill begotten gain and thanks the boy, urging daily play on the common and the value of trust and kindness. The tale praises integrity and prompts reflection on seizing every chance to do good.
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Boston
P. S
Burdette
Shellac, Boilers, and Oil Cleaning Methods
Instructions describe making a shellac solution then separating layers, plus cautions on using old boilers and safe heating practices. A veteran engineer shares firing and banking tactics for long runs, boiler sizing, and fuel use. Also details a crude oil cleaning apparatus using stacked shelves and cotton filters, noting cost and reliability versus chemical washing.
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Iran
Where Signs Point to Hidden Company in a Farmhouse Tale
A traveler stops at a lonely farmhouse and encounters an old couple who interpret every mundane event as omens. The grandmother predicts rain, money, and a drunken husband, insisting these are signs of company and luck, amid children and a washing woman with a cautionary superstition.
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Tommy
Susan
Church Dissensions Prompt Expulsion Threatens Minister
A New York Star excerpt depicts a dialogue where a minister warns of resigning if Deacon Jones is not expelled amid church dissensions while his wife questions the text for the day. The exchange reveals internal conflict, power dynamics, and doctrinal disputes within the church community.
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Deacon Jones
New York
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