Where Cupid Lurks Marriage License Office
An Allegheny County piece describes the marriage license process in 1885, focusing on Captain John Hieber the patient registrar. It explains the requirement of a permit, outlines the office location and the comic peril of couples seeking licenses, and notes divorces reflect a small but real portion of licenses issued.
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Cupid
Venus
Hymen
Harrisburg
Jupiter
Allegheny County
John Hieber
Perelior
Register Conner
Register Hoerr
Marriage License Office Tales And Tangles Of Love
A detailed account of how age and prior marriage questions complicate license issuance. Anecdotes include a father in the workhouse, a stern mother, and a ruse with a bluffing suitor. The piece notes miscegenation neutrality, self or common law marriages, and the clerks’ brisk handling of consent, fees, and publication rules.
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Commonwealth
Peapanel Sui
Sameatiten
Ferstone
Troy Hill
John
United States
Asia Minor
Gove
Difference Between Romance and Novel Explored
The New Orleans Picayune distinguishes romance from the novel, tracing romance to troubadour origins and poetry, while the novel descends from fifteenth and sixteenth century novella traditions. It notes romance handles grand characters and improbable events, yet can be realistic, as in Robinson Crusoe, which remains natural and human within a probable movement.
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Crusoe
W L Scott Requests Rail Pass in 1888 Letter
The Chicago Tribune recalls a letter from W L Scott Democratic leader and ally of Grover Cleveland to Chauncey M Depew dated September 25 1888 requesting a railroad pass from New York Central back to Erie with a note that it would aid Butterfield and his district. Scott received the pass but may face House records inquiry to confirm his vote on corporate interests.
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Chicago Tribune
Chauncey M. Depew
W. L. Scott
Grover Cleveland
Scott
Erie
Mr. Depew
New York Central Road
New York
Butterfield
Advatoga
Epa
Sounys
Saltero
Anita
Marina
Frank Feen
A Verdant Youth and Paris Green Jests
A farmer mocks a returning son who studied in France calling him green yet proud of Paris education. The farmer’s daughter defends the youth while the father quips Paris green as a pun. The exchange highlights rural humor over cosmopolitan experience in a light dialogue.
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France
Green
Paris
Humphle
Paris Green
All Hallows Eve Festivities Across Mexico City
A October 24 dispatch describes Mexico Citys Halloween Eve celebrations across Alameda and Plaza Mayor. Crowds in bright attire enjoy street markets, bullfights, theater, and an evening dance, while police and army officers mingle with revelers and donkeys roam among hawkers and vendors.
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City of Mexico
Alameda
Plaza Mayor
Army
Haliow
Mexico
Cortez
The Kings Manor House and its Historic Rooms
A description of Yorks King's Manor House once part of the abbatial palace. It recalls royal receptions, the modern use as a school for the blind, and features such as a Tudor fireplace in Lord Huntsdon's room connected to Straffords Star Chamber. It notes donations from the American Printing House for the Blind and Perkins Institution.
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Old
York
King's
St. Mary’s
Philanth William Wilberforce
Boston
New York
Laura Birdman
Lord Huntsdon
Strafford
Mysterious Visit Plan Ends With Misdirected Journey
Mr Peters follows Mr Brown to a supposed native place but cannot learn the destination. They ride a train in two hours and Peters later writes to a Boston friend asking to guess the postmark on a letter from Brown's supposed station.
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Mr. Peters
Mr. Brown
Boston
White
Brown
Fiore
J. Perens
Surprised Trapper Boy Tracks Big Muskrat Catch
Webster County Commissioner Thomas J. Courser hears a shout from six year old George Bourassa as the boy, meantime, proudly announces a muskrat catch in a steel trap set near his home. The boy lifts only partial details of the animal.
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George Bourassa
Thomas J. Courser
Webster
Cau Coon
Joshua Leads Exodus Hope From Egypt Amid Rebellion
The saga follows Joshua urged by Miriam to free the Hebrews. Nun’s heir Hoglah and elders urge departure from bondage while Joshua debates loyalty to Egypt. An old mentor shares signs of divine blessing and sets the path toward Succoth, amid plights of escapees and a growing vow to leave with the enslaved community.
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Mecca
Ceon Quaerttone
Pwrittes
Dirpator
Bunting
Court House
Theister
Regal Temple
Hieber
Mamie
New Orleans Picayune
Congress
Honee
Switser
Messenger
Richard
Charley
Puck
Dawn
Jeremy Diddler
Senor Sanches
Cafe del Comercio
Senor Sanchez
London
Federal District
Plaza de la Constitution
King's Manor House
Ancient
Hichard
Harper's
Concord
N. H
Joshua
Georg Hbers
Uarda
Serapis
Egypt
Hornecht
Ephraim
Miriam
Joshus
Kasana
Sod
Litte
Oglah
Eliab
Ashe
Dak Fe 3Ather
Mizei
Hoglah
Hogiah
Nun
Hloglah
Asser
Tersil
Aio
Ding
Leould
Phearibe
Anid
Aminndale
Deval
Abe
Phineas
Adousi
Ipas Place
Ahieser
Alec
Aaron
Brleagar
House of Nun
Abraham
Tania
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