Wiggles Races to Wedding by Locomotive Escape
In Bainsford a planned wedding nears when bridegroom Wiggles learns his carriage is a locomotive. He rides the engine to the station, marvels at the speed, and shares a terrified, comic view of the rapid journey as the engineer grimaces at the pace.
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Bainsford
Mr. Wiggles
Wiggles
Ilo
Wigeles
Ifo
Squire Maltravers
Ifelan
Ile
Alford
Trene
Laws Restrict White Men from Real Estate or Citizenship
In Liberia and Irayt the laws deny to white men the right to hold real estate or become citizens, reflecting a racial exclusion policy.
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Liberia
Irayt
Mad Engineer Rides Air Line to Wedding Ending
A crazed engineer dances on a moving engine as Wiggles flees through towns and bridges toward New York. The scene culminates in Wiggles being taken away, while the squire's wedding ends with ally Alford marrying the bride. The ruse is revealed later, and the squire praises Alford.
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Wiggles
Wireles
Vren
J. New York
New York
Beunsbury
Wiveles
Wiigules
Alford
Dainsford
Ife
The Use of Large Words From a Local Cleric to a Lawyer Tale
A wary farmer travels to a Washington lawyer after a costly suit. The minister jokes about a plan tasmagoria as the farmer contemplates fear and misunderstanding. The lawyer explains the judges ruled against the client, who pays the bill and a fee with little complaint.
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Washington, D.C
Remarkable One-Kid Circus Rider Performs 25 Somersaults
A year A boy circus rider in Louisville executed 25 consecutive somersaults on horseback, then completed five backward somersaults for a total of 30. The horse and equipment were valued at $2,000, and a dispute with the manager led to a promise of the horse, pad, and bridle after the feat.
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Louisville
Tea Customs in Canton and US Tea Costs
The article describes Canton tea customs with jars for used grounds and a three-cup method, where the second cup is best and the third is very good. It notes cheap Chinese tea becomes luxury due to duties and transport costs, and reports on Senator Sprague’s fiery speech at a picnic attacking General Burnside and likening Vice President Colfax to an ass in a lion's skin.
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United States
Canton
China
Carleton
Sprague
Creneral Burnside
Colfax
Virginia town bans old maids by lottery purse rule
In a Virginia town men draw lots when eligible maidens reach age thirty, allocating a purse to the selected woman as a form of social outcome.
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Virginia
One Horse Power Explained by Mechanical Terms
The article defines horse power as the power to lift 53,000 pounds one foot in a minute, using a rope over a one foot pulley and a moving well. It explains dynamometers, draft tests, and that a horse’s output depends on speed, with man power estimated at one-fifth of a horse power.
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Horace
Parisian belle’s cosmetic bath turns her black by accident
A Parisian woman obsessed with whitening cosmetics undergoes a medical bath and wakes to find herself blacked by chemical action. A doctor jokes about turning her into a sulphuret before restoring her to whiteness. The tale warns young ladies to beware cosmetic powders.
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Oler
Fragmented Civil War era note on gossip and manners
A jumbled moralizing snippet advises how to handle drowning persons by whispering various confessions to politicians, married women, young men, and carpetbaggers. It reads like a dubious how to guide on rumor, secrecy, and private matters with a harsh caricature of abuse of influence.
Mississippi dentists called tooth carpenters in plain talk
The Mississippi editor labels dentists who advertise modestly as tooth carpenters and notes that even capable people may boast. The passage likens candid speech to a sunflower that blooms with strong self confidence.
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Mississippi
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