Blessing of a Good Deed Brightens a Broker's Day
A stock broker Mr. Everett makes two thousand dollar gain and then twenty dollars to a poor boy, John Lovering. The boy’s misery reveals his widowed mother’s rent crisis, prompting Everett to offer aid and friendship. The act renews his spirit, showing giving brings greater joy than accumulating wealth.
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William Eversett
Everett
Mr. Everett
Everest
Jenkins
Sfice
Myveret
Cassen
California
New York
Slesmer
Oroker
Mule
Mr Everett
Tno
Jay
Ali Everett
John
Eyerett
Newhorn
Iad
John Lovering
Wall
Teeverett
Curious case of a man in female attire in Boston
An officer pursued a figure dressed as a lady through Boston streets. The man, a resident of a neighboring city and a church member, admitted the deception and explained a lifelong penchant for wearing female clothing. His hotel disguise and trunks of dresses were revealed, but he was released after a gentleman vouched for him.
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Goodwin
Flanover Street
Washington Street
Gardiner
Tremont Streets
Linfrid Daniels
Ofiers
Boston Mail
Trickery at the bar ends with a lesson on debt
A New Orleans Picayune tale recalls a needy patron who borrows sixpence for a drink after being refused credit. A fellow patron lends him the money, and the man repays with the boast that he always pays borrowed money before his bar bill. The anecdote ends with a quip about what is gained on one side and lost on the other.
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New Orleans Picayune
Srgen
Tim
The Quaker and his Apprentice in Concord and Portland
A memory piece recalls a Concord bookbinding Quaker named Charles H and his apprentice Oliver L 5. The narrative follows their struggles after the Quaker’s temper and later moves west to Utah and Portland where the surviving apprentice supports him. A Portland journalist recounts how the master and his family prospered after a selfless $150 gift from the apprentice, funds that aided land purchase near Chicago and eventual reuniting and gratitude in the prairie country.
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New Hampshire Statesman
Concord
N. H
Bourne
Charles H
Oliver L. 5
Efe
Portland
Concart
Utica
Tich Prairie
Chicago
Foolish Soup Lesson From A Blacksmithing Family
An old blacksmith in a rural area runs a busy shop and boards his workers. A boy learns a trial by fire lesson after spitting into boiling soup to test its heat and ends up facing his employer’s anger for a dangerous act. The tale ends with the boy never wanting for food.
Doubtful Happiness and Rural Life Echoes in Fragments
Fragmentary text contrasts thrifty rural households with a wealthier man and a college expulsion tale. It mentions a man with seventy dollars yearly, a small house and land, farm animals, and a cheerful wife. It also touches on healthful country living and a college-related gossipy episode among students.
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Office of the Register of Deeds
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Faw
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Registra
Owens
Garabon, Sank Co
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Abbott & Norpitrop
Sauk
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Colina
J. AW. Norrimnor
Prairie du Sue
Pulling & Stewart
Chessinners & Attorneys At Law
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Chancery
Mortage City
Th. de Purleng
Stewart
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Moseley
State of
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Circuit Court
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Regis
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Barobow, Sauk Co
J.B. Quimby
District Artornex
Land Agent&e
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Noe
Sumner Hous
E. Sumner
Daniel Scliermerlorn
Oak Street
Isaac Mourhéad
C. Daly
Ada B. Feegles
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Toad
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Purdy's
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Antaur
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Knickertocke
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