Lincoln's Pustee Mother and the Debt Free Marriage
A tale set in Kentucky follows young Abraham Lincoln visiting Mrs Sally Johnston after his wife Nancy's death. Lincoln learns of debts she has accrued and secretly pays them off. Impressed by his act, she agrees to marry him the next morning at De'elock under Christion Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Thon Lincoln
Cochin
Elizabethtown
Sally Johnston
Mrs. Johnston
Tommy Lincola
Tommy Lincoln
Bernese Dee
Deol
Ile
De'elock
Mira
Randolph
Rose
Boy Reforms and Mischief End at Supper Time
Baltimore youth Thomas Talbot drops a reform plan after asking his stepfather Amos Talbot to begin the grace before meals. As grace ends, Thomas pivots to snatching food and dashing into the street, with witnesses noting his feeble resolve amid a tale of youthful mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Talbot
Baltimore
Maliclos
Thomas
Amos Talbot
Valbot
Tor
Tom
The Musician and the Carpenter Debt
A famed extravagant man of song falls into debt and faces a demanding carpenter at his home. The musician, disabled, responds with calm while the carpenter insists on payment and refuses to ascend the stairs to discuss the matter. The scene highlights tension over a $100 debt and possible further owed sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnelan
Deceptive Real Estate Schemes Across a Town
A fragmented tale from the Pittsburgh Chronicle shows a wheeler dealing seller Buttress pressuring Will Norris to buy lots and build cottages on his property near a colonial Arkansas town. A traveling salesperson from Detroit touts a house sale scheme, mixing misdirection with humor as locals debate ownership and residency. The dialogue hints at scams and exaggerated promises, with characters trading lines about price, habitations, and guaranteed returns amid a chaotic exchange. The piece reads as folklore gossip threaded with regional slang and inconsistent names. The scene captures a dealer network courting a holdout with talk of quick profits and a life attached to a new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttress
Puttness
Young Norrivsagely
Earthquake Reverberations Strain Socal Relationships
Rose faces shock of quake and social strain as Major Randolph’s mission and a budding inventor alter class boundaries. In San Francisco news and a disrupted irrigation plan frame a tense family scene, with Rose torn between propriety and concern as a distant father is urged to hurry home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rancho
Maj. Randolph
Atlantic
Mrs. Randolph
Rose
Emile
Adele
Young Inventor Strands in Deep Crack in Wheat Ronch
A young inventor avoids attention from Byile and wanders into a dusty lane. She discovers a wide crack, twenty feet deep, crossing her path. The fissure forms a moat-like barrier between her and the wheat valley as she contemplates escape. A companion voices that crossing is impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byile
German cruiser halts at port amid crowd near ship
Allrce German trip steamed into port this morning with a yellow flag at the toasthead causing emotion along the city front. The vessel proved to be the Romelns from Heng Kon. No stekar on board. the flag and the Cup fooled Br. Lawlor into delaying runners to keep them from the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romelns
Heng Kon
Tiere
Stekar
Br. Lawlor Fe
Prancteen Paaminer
Whistling Fracas Tells of a Pestering Johnnie
The tale centers on the incorrigible boy Johnnie who resists whistling. His mother rebukes his habit after noticing his puckered lips during a quarrel over persimmons. The boy confesses confusion, saying he perceives the noise as small and unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnole
Johnnie
New York
Allcoor's and Other Remedies Advertised in Peculiar Lettering
An advertisement style passage touts Hosteller's Stomach Bitters as a tonic for vigor and health and warns against imitations of Allcoor's porous plasters. It also features Brown's Bronchial Trachea claims and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back promise, plus cut-rate sale notes from Dixons, Bos akon & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AuLeocs
Allcoor
Drasoweth
Dr. Pauper
de. Pannue
Water motor for sale by Patmen and Rev Portland Or
A gen water motor advertised to develop from 10 to Li hore power available at sacrifice. Interested buyers address Patmen and Rev Portland Or AP. A. Ritual. Complete workings of a bigoted work by mail 25 eons Huey’s book score Port,eiad Or.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patmen & Rev
Portland, Or
AP. A
Huey
Tuerk
Ma Aevifnee
Palmer & Rey
Portland
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Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall ST
Kate
Tetter
Clara
Mixa Pinkerly
Muzale
Dinwiddie
Conmium
van Roam
Selver Domain
Witshing Chrontele
Goodyear Rubber Co
Golden West
Jane
Ant Ty
Closert & Deve
Portia
Hove
Bishop Scott Academy
Portand
Eacking
Helen Hyler
Jack Lever
Duck
Detroit
Lete Nation
Arkansas
Papa
Salteuny Clivens
Amd
Vito
Vpittisthun Chronicle
Sunset ““ Sweet Peas
California
Sunset Seed & Plant Co
Reed
Neemney
San Francisco
Santa Clara
By Prancis
Bret Harter
Mission End
English Channel
France
England
Tnan
Brown
tnVer
Dixos, Bosakon & Co
Hall
Belug
Pequines
Halls
Palmer & Rev
Scott & Downe, SN. V
All Draggiste
Sower
Prc
A. J
Bee Supplies
Portland Seed CO
Second Street
Hood
T. W. Hayes
Peon Ave
Pittsburgh
Dade Esi Shiloh
Gra Isyru
Boschee
J. H. Jonss
Moffat
Texas
Ifornia
Evan
Wldoven
W.L. Douglas
Jadia
Fen
Fesiicia
Der
Co-San-Ko
Bosanka
Philadelphias
Dollan
Ted
Pacifo Coast
GoLnergin & Co
O' Farrel Street
Market Street
Canal
Bach
Ripon, California
Winslow
Bettie
Valmer & Key
Cal
No. F
Paree
Mack & CO
Front St
ST. Jacobs
Ustrate
Ima
Floxd
Morris
Peta VA Incubat Co
Tmi
Ime
Supolio
Socoun
Admiral
Ferry
Perry
D.M. Ferry & Co
Detroit, Mich
DR. Gunn
Bright
Hunt
Iver
Howell
Bos
Wiltoe
Wittiaws Aan Uring Co
Cleveia
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