Thanksgiving Pumpkin Surprise for Widow Gray
In a November village tale, six boys plan a surprise party for Widow Gray. They craft elaborate pumpkin dishes and lantern processions with a turkey, fixings, and plum pudding, funded by Squire Fiske and the neighbors. The event unfolds as a joyous Thanksgiving tea for Mrs. Gray and her sons.
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Bill
Widow Gray
Maitland
Tom Gray
Tom
Squire Fiske
Joe
Will
Mr. Eimery
Joe Eimery
Will Somerby
Let Us Be Thankful. YVESCOLOGEC OME From Tamlet
Thanksgiving themed meditation on gratitude and service cites Agnes Wineaid and Christian Herald ideas. It urges sharing blessings with others, avoiding selfishness, and treating happiness as a lamp to warm shadowed hearts. It includes anecdotes about football games on Thanksgiving and a dog locked in a closet to teach thankfulness.
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The
Christian Herald
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Advertising and Growth: A Lawyer's Philadelphia Inquiry
A southern lawyer in Philadelphia studied old files to see how persistent newspaper advertising built American businesses. He visited firms, found colossal emporiums, and heard that structured ads drove growth, with one firm crediting initial capital of 10000 dollars, 2500 in stock and 7500 in advertising, for doubling then quadrupling profits.
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South
Philadelphia
New York
Ele
Philadelphia Times
Creditors Bill Against Electric Park Assoc Limited
The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company files a creditors bill in circuit court against Electric Park Association Limited. It holds a $135 judgment, $45 paid, seeks disclosure of all liable parties as insolvency blocks satisfaction. stock formerly held by Joseph R. Bickerdike and Stephen R. Gooley remains unpaid.
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Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company
Electric Park Association, Limited
Joseph R. Bickerdike
Stephen R. Gooley
Counrt
Vienna Fire Victims Fund Surpasses One Million Florins
After the Ring theater fire of 1881 donors built a benevolent fund for victims families. The total contributions now reach 1,326,736 florins with an annual income of 39,817 florins. The fund distributes equally to eighty eight widows and 107 children who lost relatives in the blaze.
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Ring Theater
Vienna
Mind Reader Fakely Visits House Repeatedly
In Yonkers, a man recalls Fakely the mind reader as he returned thrice to the house to learn why his wife tied a cord around his finger. The odd scene was noted by a Yonkers States man.
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Crimsonbeak
Yeast
Yonkers Statesman
Curious Facts From The Past On Life And Nature
A survey of odd trivia notes life water use by plants, population ratios, sleep in elephants, and travel of gold across the Atlantic. The text cites global counts by region, quirky towel paper bathing aids, and carrier pigeons used for money related messaging on fishing boats.
Theatrical Letters on Titles and the Stage Memory Lane
The article recalls Eliza beth Farren star of the 1770s and Miss Warren, with sketches of Sheridan and Leno related stage tales. It notes the shift to realism in modern plays and recounts anecdotes of Irish and English theater figures and performances across cities and venues.
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Hilu
Elizabeth Farren
Twelfth Earl of Derby
Thomas Lawrence
Haymarket
Teazle
Lady Sneerwell
Sneerwell
Teazile
London
Fanny Whitehead
Thackeray
Bernard-Beere
Tom
Bernharent
Jane Eyre
Bathsheba Everdene
Peg Wellington
Lena Despard
America
New York
Victims of inherited evil and odd crimes in Oakland and beyond
Read of a thirteen year old girl in Oakland mauled by a bulldog and driven to mental decline, plus tales of a Whiting Indiana boy’s self inflicted death, a Buffalo man’s midnight vigil by a sleeper, and a Brooklyn tomb devotion as Evergreen Cemetery faces scrutiny. Others include a San Francisco factory death in a shaft accident and a Maine schooner mystery from a bottle message.
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Alice Wilson
Jonathan Reed
Mr. Reed
Evergreen Cemetery
Pauline Olivieri
Geo. Devencenzi
John McPherson
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Harriet
North Sydney
Portland
Econ
John Moore
William Lewis
Flarriet
Tirondelle
St. Tilda
Scotland
Atlantic Ocean
Bath Street
Glasgow
Curious two headed birth shocks Kot Springs Ark
A two headed infant born near Kot Springs Arkansas attracts medical attention. One head sits at the base of the spine, a rare malformation. The child is thriving and expected to live.
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Kot Springs
Ark
Morehead
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