The Turkeys and Parson Household: A Curious Farm Tale
On a New Hampshire farm Solomon Parsons and his wife nurture prized fowls and turnips. A whiskey-soaked corn incident leads to a comic sequence as six turkeys mock a tragedy, revive, then provoke a lighthearted quarrel and reconciliation between the couple amid a broader note on nut-bearing trees and orchard profits.
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Solomon Parsons
Solomon Parcone
Mya
New Hampshire
Paraonsos
Mee
Parsons
Day
Richaess Guly
Dane Crode
Tuckey
Ron
Mra. Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Parsond
Mrs. Parsous
Drs. Parsons
Mrs. Parsons
Lama
Ey Deans
The Old Hunter Misreads a Compass Tale
A Michigan hunter in colonial days bought a pocket compass but could not trust it. He tried to force the needle north yet only pointed southeast, wandering the woods and getting lost. He admitted fear of using the device and preferred heading by feel rather than instrument.
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Michigan
Government Loses Sienna Dollar Value in River Steamboat Skirmish
A garbled report notes that government property, valued at a sien dollar lgra, was lost last year due to river steamboat activity on the Missouri. In Brooklyn an individual leaped from a building and died, an apparent suicide.
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Missouri
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