Flea Folklore and a Rochdale Trial Witness
A curious blend of natural history and legal drama describes fleas in armor like brown plates and powerful legs leaping up to 200 times their length. The text links flea feats to whimsy and a Rochdale court case where Rev. R. N. Sharpe was cleared after evidence about a dog fight and spared a daughter’s view.
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Puget
Mouffet
Bingley
Strand
Latriella
Rene
England
Rochdale
R. N. Sharpe
London
A Mother's Guide to Keeping a Baby's Life Record
A pleasant custom urges mothers to log a baby's early years in a small book. Start with birth notice, then monthly notes, hand and foot imprints, hair, poems, and occasional clippings. The practice, though brief each month, yields a treasured history for the child’s future happiness. Reserved for Larlies' dione Journal.
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Larlies
Dione Journal
Three Witnesses Admit Robbery of Cat in Garden
The three witnesses testified they saw a man use a pole to force a cat from a tree in a garden and then urge his dog to seize the animal, resulting in injury to the cat. The account details the alleged cruelty and actions leading to the animal’s distress.
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Thia Garden
An Irish Blessing and the Wolf and the Lion
A Maine regiment Irish soldier receives charity from Christian Commission workers. He questions their pay, and the delegate explains that the best pay is warm clothes given to the soldiers. The tale ends with the soldier’s blessing. The Wolf and the Fox tale ends with a lion’s campaign defeat after a scheme, with a moral about a corrupt judge and politician.
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Maine
Christian Commission
Will
Pat
Detroit Free Press
One More Disappointment in the Nebraska State Journal
An employer praises William for three years of faithful work and assigns him to work on the books until 11 o'clock for the next two months, expressing trust in his ability to stay alone in the office.
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William
Nebraska State Journal
Unreasonable Expectations in a Local Tailor Scene
A quirky exchange shows two men debating style and fit of clothing. Jerusalem Cohn and Chatham Greene discuss pants size and fashion, with playful mockery about overstuffed garments and tailoring choices in a humorous dialogue.
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Jerusalem Cohn
Chatham Greene
Disappointed Pair and Royal Lineage in News Sketch
A column opens with witty contrast on matrimony and love from Washington Critic. It notes Mohammed birth in Mecca around 570 571 and his flight on July 15 622 A D The Prophet died in 632. Mrs Many Cameron granddaughter of Kentucky’s governor is aged seventy seven and in Louisville almshouse. A Scottish chemist proposes corpse disposal for profit. Shakespeare is said to be managing a London theater.
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Mayomer
Mohammed
Mecca
Arabia
Medina
Many Cameron
Kentucky
Louisville
Mr. Dawle Slug
Mr. Slug
Richmond Dispatch
The End of the Singing School Era in Church Music
The article recalls the long standard of Watts and Select hymns and the varied repertoires sung by choirs and singing schools. It notes shifts toward simpler music as singing schools faded and quartette choirs rose, with examples of both traditional and misheard or humorous lyrics.
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Our Fathers
Watts and Select
Boston
Jesus
Egypt
Aaron
Mear
Dundee
China
Quartette
Safe and Effective SRANDRETHS PILLS
An advertisement extols Brandreth's Pills as a safe vegetable remedy for indigestion irregularity of the bowels constipation biliousness headaches dizziness malaria and blood impurities. It claims over fifty years on the market and many testimonials and sales as proof of effectiveness. A joke about a man named Mr Slug ends the piece.
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Srandreth
Brandreth
Disease remedies and brief anecdotes in a 19th century column
A column mixes medical ads with short anecdotes and quotations. It references Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a death prevention claim, a conversation about singing and timing, a note on Henry IV's assassination date, a street dialogue about catarrh and Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and a caption about apprehensive chickens from New Haven News.
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Jones
Smith
J. Y
Dr. Sage
J. Deco
The Biting Tongue and Stomach Bitters Advertisement
A compact notice presents Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy against diseases from miasma such as intermittent fever and bilious remittent, claiming it eliminates causes and relieves ailments like dyspepsia and rheumatism. The piece also includes a humorous exchange about a fortune teller, noting a customer demanding a refund after a failed prediction.
What Are Woods For
A Utica Observer humorous quip asks why woods exist after a boy asks if woods hold lions tigers or bears. The piece notes Stipe Mountain in the Catskills hosts a singing bird named the Bicknell thrush, unique to that area and praised for its agreeable tones.
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Thousand Islands
Utica
Stipe Mountain
Catskills
Trifle Cues and Health Pitches in Old Snippet
An old fragment proclaims heedful living by Forrest style wisdom, touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for consumption and scrofula, praises Moxie for stamina and quitting booze, and notes tact in social debates with officials and ministers.
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Forrest
Dr. Pierce
Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners Advertised
Advert for winter money making through duplex fuel saver and boys and men products. Mentions Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners that claim to save one pair of boots each year. Contains note to view advertisement in another column of the paper.
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Lyon
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America
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
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Rose Terry Cooke
Will Carleton
Robert J. Burdette
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Kate Upson Clarke
John Sherwood
Florine Thayer McCray
Wm. A. Hammond
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