Farmer Joel Jones Marries Widow Betsey Burton in Centerville
In Centerville a thrifty farmer Joel Jones woos and marries Jane Burton, a widowed mother of five, after rescuing her from hardship and inviting her brood to share his home. Betsey, Jones’s sister, balks at the union but the couple’s Thanksgiving wedding brings joy and a bustling, new family to the farm.
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Nobla
Taina
Oel Jones
Centerville
Betsey
Joel Jones
Joel
Bob
Burton
Farmer Jones
Miss
Mr. Jones
Miss Burton
Jane Burton
Jim Burton
Nancy Price
Jane
Wal
Parsoh Dadlittle
Joel Torre
Hey
Centreville
Dada
Connecticut
San Antonio Man Finds Meager Lodging and Shrugs Off Hunger
A San Antonio gentleman visited a neighboring town and found the local hotel lacking in comfort. He arrived hungry but managed to lose most of his appetite during the ordeal, leaving him with a modest tale of travel woes.
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San Antonio
Noisy Dinner Etiquette Sparks House Rule Debate
A fragment from a San Antonio Herald item shows a tenant clashing with a landlord over table manners. The landlord insists on proper cutlery use, joking that the house rules forbid fingers in bowls while maintaining a breezy coastal tone and rail town humor.
Meteoric Stones Sightings in United States History
Over eighteen years twelve meteor stone falls occurred in the United States with eight in the western prairie region from Ohio to Kansas and Kentucky to Wisconsin. Prof. J Smith of Louisville maps the sites and cites an eight fall total weight of 4000 kilogrammes or about 2310 pounds. Across sixty years there were twenty noted falls, ten in the same region, weighing twenty times as much as the others.
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Senate
Texas
Diaz
Tingalla
Committee On Indian Affairs
United States
Davis
Seaboard
Saunders
Voorhees
Julous E
Townstud
Judiciary Committee
Robert Smalls
House
South Carolina
Dawes
Boston
Eaton
Horusz
Haskell
Sehleicher
Atlantic
Ohio
Mississippi
Sapp
New York
Council Bins
Cobb
Committee On
Frinay
West Virginia
Treasury Department
Ngalls
Cameron
Wisconsin
Swann
France
Myr. Cox
Singdon
Library of Congress
Messrs
Garfield
Hewitt
Saturn Bay
Atkins
Committee On Appropriations
Foster
Metcalfe
Missouri
Stephens
Notopy
Great Britain
Iceland
Pennsylvania
Germany
Chicago
Brrsy
Kansans
Bridgeport
Conn
Colorado
Nevada
Doromman
Condouctor
Bremerhaven
Comstock
Virginia
California
Unite States
Prairie
Kansas
Kentucky
J. Sraith
Louisville
American Journal of Science and Arts
Smith
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di 'Heton
Osepola
Neb
Torney
Osceola
Nooenteoat Public
Ocode
I. G, Taunman
Rydis & Therman
Attorneys AT Law
Yula Tole CO
Nebraska
Wiss
Crites
Omee
State Bank
Moik
Ont Hutla
Polk County
Wits
Polk
Adjoin
Usaeola
Nebl
Ner
West
A. B. Maxwell's
NW Mickey
Court House
Stillman
Hellcaust and Apothecary
Columbus
Masonic
Yee Lodge
AFL
ALM Reular
J. G. Mickey
W. M. Wiowers
Sec'y
Seman & Tolman
Proprietors of the
Wisconsin Lumber Yard
Columbus, Neb
Olive Street
Phil North
General Land Agents
Fort. P.R.R
Polk, Platte and
Butler Counties
Pimnatiog
Amplete
Fina Fe
John B. Mitchell
Itam Schilz
Hammond
OLR Hotel
W. F
Gether
West Corner Public Square
Smyond
Apuler Bouce
John Hammond
Civy
OSE
Ween Farham & Flaarney
Omatla
Neel Aska
T. J. Drain
Osceola, Polk Co., Neb
Tna
Phoenix
Hartford
Old Continental
Gaskell
J. Latham &,Co
Washington Street
Buals & Foster
Park Row
Limes Building
THE
People's Journal
Portland
Maine
E. Peck
Clarksville, Neb
J. M. White
Public Square
J.P. McMichael
J. Latham & CO
Mass
Sale Stable
We F. Kummlel
WM. Phe
Ane
Grace
Willian Grace
King James
A. Owle & Sons
Toternal Revenue
P. Shillader
Anji
Congressional
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Maypay
Filley
St. Louis
Sunset Coxa
Mr. Hewitt
Tyzspay
Smatz
Thurman
MM. C. Butler
Stees Vs. Davis
Beck
Allison
Ingale
Yovse
O'Neill
Philadelphia
England
United States Treasury
Ant
Lerald
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