Widow Tabor and the Hog of Fowlerville Fable
Silas Strong, a bachelor farmer near Fowlerville, clashes with Widow Tabor’s notorious hog that has rooted crops and caused mischief for years. After failing to capture the animal, Strong seeks legal action, only to be diverted by the widow’s charm and hospitality. A court summons looms, but personal entanglements and a moral muddle threaten his resolution as the hog and widow complicate his sense of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Strong
Fowlerville
Tabor
Mr. Strong
Mnotter
Dods
Silas
Liverpool
Dury
Silda
Nyar
Powlervik
Sdus Sloane
Cmmfort
Porterville
Sihis
Manning the Stations Aboard Ship in Times of Emergency
A description of shipboard emergency discipline detailing numbered stations and rapid response. It explains how bells, levers, telephones, and bulkheads coordinate crew actions, with drills daily and chart-room oversight to track the drill and ensure readiness aboard large vessels.
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van Vliet Adling
Lew Wallace Encounters Pirated Ben Hur Copy in London
After Ben Hur’s early success, Lew Wallace found a pirated London edition missing the subtitle, adding a preface and rewriting a chapter. He confronted the publisher, who admitted the crime and claimed the changes suited British taste, prompting Wallace to depart astonished by the scale of the piracy.
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Lew Wallace
London
Wallace
Higgall
If ye ax me that again Wil give yen kick in the gob
A turbulent peasant witnessed in a trial before Chief Baron O Grady. After persistent questioning the counsel demanded guidance on how to proceed. The judge advised the counsel to shift to a different witness rather than repeat the probing question.
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Baron O'Grady
The Poultice Is a Barbaric Relic
A Delineator critique calls the poultice a barbaric relic from witch burning days. It condemns foxseed poultices for babies as oppressive and germ infested, interfering with breathing and inflaming skin, with heat as the only useful aspect.
He Got the Teacher at the Grammar School
A man called at a large city grammar school to see a teacher and, unsure which one, pressed a bell button. After a moment the corridor cleared and the visitor followed officers to a room where a guard disciplined the visitors for orderly conduct.
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Sion
Yiders
Patent idea sparks debate on protectable engagement
A London Answers note recounts a patent expert questioning the concept of an engagement ripe as a patentable invention. The inventor defends the adjustable idea, while a guide expert skeptically asks what is patentable about it. The excerpt ends with a musing on memory and destiny.
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Youb
Drelot
London
The Value of Confidence in a Colorado Mine Tale
Sallie Conyers inherits a mining claim from her father and, after a bet on the Hope Mining Company, buys stock with a $1,000 settlement. The vein hits at 1,500 feet, stock soars to 22 dollars a share, and she becomes wealthy while her lover Willard Stearns sees their engagement end. The tale unfolds with guarded romance and the risks of speculation in a frontier mine.
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Evelyn Wetworth
American Press Association
Tom Conyers
Sallie Conyert
Colorado Springs
Sallie
Conyers
Hope Mining Company
Sallie Conyers
Willard Stearns
Saille
Hope Mining
Sal- Ne
Hope
Syl- Ve
Hope Minune Company
Sullie
Bereo
Arago Nose Tale Told By a Passenger in Train
The story recalls Emmanuel Arago of French politics and astronomy famed for a notably large nose. A carnival nose joke backfired as a mother begged him to remove it, discovering it was his own. He persisted with the nose tucked under his hat while the child’s cries faded.
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Emmanuel Arago
Versailles
Arago
Monsieur
Arngo
Role of the Coconut in Native Life on Coral Islands
The coconut is described as the staff of life for island natives on sea washed reefs. It thrives by the sea, its hard shell protecting the germ, and its fibrous husk enabling buoyancy. The article notes its outer layers provide milk, oil, wax, sugar, vinegar, candles, soap, cups, rope, mats, thatch, and food, clothing, shelter, and fuel in a single resource.
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Pacific
Dickens Method for Speech Building with the Wheel Analogy
The passage describes Charles Dickens organizing a speech by visualizing a wheel with spokes for each subject. He treats each spoke in turn, elaborating as he goes, and only when all spokes fall away leaving the tire and space does he feel the speech is complete and ends. The method emphasizes structured progression and completeness.
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Charles Dickens
Fragments From a Whispered Exchange On Manners
The readable lines show a terse chat about propriety and whistling in front of a woman. The dialogue references a boy, a warned action, and a claim about a man advising whistling for money. The passage preserves a sense of social instruction through a rough colloquial exchange.
Running Conversation in a Historic Trade Race Fragment
The fragment records a casual exchange about a planned entry for a forthcoming race in March. Participants discuss preparations and a possible entry, with names suggesting a light, informal context. The readable text hints at a local or community event rather than a formal competition.
What Did He Mean About Women’s Vote Then
A fragmented quotation questions a man’s view on intelligent women and voting. It contrasts belief in women’s suffrage with uncertainty about opposition he faced, hinting at evolving public attitudes and language of the era.
Lucky Mistake Sparks Suitor Mix Up at Club
Miss Marian Buckingham awakens to two notes offering marriage and invitation, then destroys one and sends the other. The mix leads to G B Hilliars meeting her at home, revealing misunderstandings with suitors at the Hamilton Gillis club. Tension rises as they argue over expectations and apologies, exposing pride and misreading of intentions.
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Buckingham
Hamilton Gillis
East Forty-eighth Street
George B. Hilliiars
G. B. Hiller
George B. Hilliars
Gustavus B. Aillier
Mr. Hiller
Marian
Margret
George el Mare
Centenarian's Advice On Youthful Living From Spurrock
James Wright of Spurrock Kentucky extols staying active at eighty and claims Electric Bitters keeps him feeling sixteen. He cites past kidney troubles and thirty years of illness relieved after one bottle, calling the medicine a godsend to the weak and sickly elderly. See at M. Ol een.
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Wen. Parr
England
James Wright
Spurrock
M. Oleen
Kills to Stop The Fiend Ulcer Cure Sold In Town
A Gladwin Michigan man paid doctors over 400 dollars for a running ulcer before trying Bucklen's Arnes Salve. It cured the ulcer and fever sores, boils, felons, eczema, salt rheum, piles, burns, scalds, cuts and corns. 25 cents at O M Olsen.
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Joho Deye
Gladwin
Mich
Bucklen
Arnes
O. M. Olsen
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Feu
Grocet
Mont
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Sears
Ry George
Puck
Obcar Cox
Americas Press Association
Wester Canada
Canada
Mayy
WM. Pearson Co
Morthern Bank
Winnipeg
Sunset Magazine
Toul
Adare All Ees A Sunset Magazine
Dutking Sem
Francine
Hollister
Pioneer Drug Co
United States
Chicago
Fancton See
St. Paul
M.A. Bixemam
Bracnaw
Bingham Bros Dralerg
NEW Udm
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