Searles Rummage Sale Turns on a Tale of Trousers
Lemuel Searles visits a city rummage sale to fetch a hot dinner and a key, buys a pair of trousers for 25 cents, faces a cascade of theft and mischief, and ends with his wife exposing the joke as he laments a mismatch between tale and truth. The couple’s farce spirals into costly tailor work, a dubious dye job, and a final round of muff and sealskin threats as Lillian calls the bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel
Searles
Scarles
Sam
Mbirs
Reccen Sf
Jlo
Sud
Lego
Lillian
Lemmy
Prise
Long
Jong’s
Lemuel Seames
Jiemael
Lily
Alice Lotlie Lee
Boston Globe
Old John Brown’s Body Place Near Lake Placid
Four Track News recounts Old John Brown’s grave near Lake Placid in North Elba New York. It notes his execution in Charleston in 1859 and how Kate Field helped turn the Brown farm into a public site visited by Adirondack travelers in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake / Placid
Wises County
New York
Adirondacks
John Brown
Brown
Kansas
Charleston
Kate Field
North Elba
Lake Placid
Harper's Ferry
lFour
The Peace Conference
A poetic meditation on war and peace from 1899 urging restraint and hope. Israel Zangwill argues that nations dream for a kinder world, while old hatreds smolder beneath patriotic pride and call for a lasting transformation of global conflict.
Never Harmed Him at Vanderbilt-Neil 50n Wedding
An anecdote from the Vanderbilt Neil wedding at Newport features Harry Lehr entertaining guests with playful antics in the conservatory. Lehr pretends a dog role and delivers bon mots, noting Vanderbilt’s marriage with irony and self reproach, saying Vanderbilt never did him any harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lehr
Newport
Lehr
Neilson Cottage
Vanderbilt
Mr. Lehr
When He Cooled Off Ogden Describes Imagination Moment
Robert C. Ogden opened a speech with a digression about realizing imagination’s power. He recounts entering a warm room near a steam radiator and deciding to pantomime to prove the heater’s excess turned stone cold. The anecdote appears in the New York Mail and Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Ogden
New York Mail and
Expreas
Oddities and farming notes from a changing rural south
Circulation of farm advice covers hogs and dandelions, weather effects on pests, livestock, silos, fencing, and labor. Mentions Hessian fly, binding twine costs, convict labor, and silo economics. Notes regional farming shifts, flood and drought concerns, and frost impact on fruit trees.
Plan to charge by weight for pasture gain sparks debate
An owner who pastures neighbors stock shifts from a per-head fee to a 2 cent per pound gain charge in fall, arguing equity. Meanwhile a farm laborer, after weeks of hard work, takes the team to visit his girl on Sunday, defying orders and leading the farmer to lose needed help during a critical season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Chicago
H. m
Fall Days of the Year From a Rural View
The author muses on cherished seasonal days from spring to late September, praising sunny springs, June breezes, and especially September harvest days with ripe grains, fruit trees, grapes, and calm leisure. He argues such simple, nature-filled moments surpass money, fame, or politics in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hve
The Evolution of Eating From Barbarian to Civilized Dining
A discussion on how cooking, table manners, and meals mark civilization. It traces from raw, uncooked foods of primitive peoples to fire use, then knives and forks, and finally refined service. It emphasizes home training and social expectations shaping eating behavior.
Real estate boom in the farm belt fizzles
The northwest farming lands have leveled off and real estate agents flood the scene. Bargain hungry land grabbers, old grangers, and wary buyers shift to managing mortgages and scrimping on the farm. Land agents pivot to books, lightning rods, and stock foods while selling to farmers.
Farmers Exempt From Labor Strife Face Rising Farm Labor Costs
Amid widespread strikes farmers have avoided direct labor disruptions and kept wages high. The piece notes liberal rates for farm help and the growing push to substitute machinery and horseflesh for human labor as a response to the wage squeeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jose
Wii
Samuel Rogers
Toon War
Israel
South
Boards of Equalization
Northwest
West Texas
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Poland
China
Bermuda
Ataredo
Texas
Germany
Origkiard and
Js.trigg
Trigg
Rockford, Ta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!