Two Armies and the Dream of Fame in Neo Jersey
A roaming tale of Abou and a young man seeking wealth and literary fame. The genie-like Abou grants three wishes through a wand, each yielding power, office, then literary renown, revealing fame as hollow. The youth learns wealth and status fail to satisfy the soul's deeper yearnings.
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Love
Abou
Camden
Amboy
Direkter
Skorn
Gamdea
Govenor
New York
Gersey
Morton Petowitz
Commodore Vanderbilt
Stewart
Dedde
Agin
Alluz
Wuz
Av. Wich
Fermale-Infantss
Chicago
Winkerleid
Winkie
Willyam
Tell
Burr
Boneypart
Sussex County
Goto
Legterbacker
Merry
Ben
Adhem
Guy Avisoz
Roomin Oil
Imakinse Noosence Ux
Gile
The Ambishus Man and a Mortal Reminder in Verse
Fragmentary venting in a dated voice reveals a speaker ill in body noting a medicine bottle’s legend Take one tablespoonful after each meal and a wife named Louisa helps remind him mortality weighs on him The passage blends humor with illness and the masque of legends and mortality
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Riz Aurion
Bejasus
Abou Ben Adhem the Magnificent in New Jersey
A long OCR fragment portrays Abou Ben Adhem as a renowned magician living in New Jersey before a flood. It contrasts him with Signor Blitz and Heller, notes his public status, political ties, and wealth concerns, and introduces a curious young traveler who meets the famed illusionist at his tent amid oxen and camels.
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Abou’ Ben Adhem
New-Jersey
Blitz
Amazin
Eus ‘Heller
Chiay
Direkter
Camden
Amboy Balerode
Uy Courac
Ourich
Beni Adhem Wurasettin
West Virgin
Gil Stox
Ben Adhem
Tariff report shows wages lag behind cost of living
The Revenue Commissioner Wells report argues price rises since before the war outpaced wage gains. Wholesale and retail costs for staples like bread, coal, meat, butter, rice, salt, sugar, coffee, and teas climbed by 70 to 150 percent. Rents for worker housing rose about 90 percent on average, in some cities up to 200 percent. The piece notes inflation, high immigration, and growing enterprise amid economic strain.
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Wells
Fragmented 19th Century Notice On Drowning And Crumbling Tales
A garbled compilation recounts a man in Terre Coupes prairie losing reason after drinking a pint of whiskey and ending in the county poor house. It also merges a Penn Yan ice accident with a cousin’s sorrow and a large Cleveland family reunion. The page includes scattered notes on safety, a Dutch-tinged remedy, and political anxieties about Spain. The tone is fragmented, with misread names and dated concerns.
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Jonethan
Beckwith
Terre Coupes Prairie
Hy Oman
Penn Yan
David
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Mlawango County Journal
Gopal
Statu
Eraa
Ouu
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Rockwell & Upham, Prorrietons
G. A. Lawton
National Bank ,of
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Ats.ane OF
Conrad Kruger
United States
Europe
Jrtley
First National: Bank
Green Bay, Wis
Grenes
Henry Strong
M. D. Pear
Cashier
York Hia Ted
Tfenry Strong
Charles Tudor
OS. Fisk
M.D. Peak
W. D. Colburn
Old Country
Darwin P. Andrews
IZ Ad
Tun
Count Nous
Shawano, Whsconsen
A.G. Rockwell
Tin Clerk County Board
Peraopa Lmegal & Distance
Libork
B. B. Cuucifer
Ahd
General
Opies
Ogee
Enis
Arron
Sthwat EN Bay, Wis
Wisconsin
Orlg Ber
Storngy Ait
Cnitneelior
Green Way
Rome
Wit D. Colburn
Green Bays
Wis
Marshall ‘S Bro
DY ‘Goon
Washington &T
Green Bar
Glory
Abber
Agia
Gréenland
Tag
Knolij
Musbia
Monay
Politikel
Menry
Bfa
Mao
Jung
Pittsburg
Kali Fisher
Equestrienne
Thunder
Danville
New ‘York
Hush
Tov
Benjamin F T Patterson
Patterson
Mobile
Bermuda’ Hundred
Vaion
Popo
Catapetl
Aarty
Autphur
Mexico
Ambishus
TRE Legend
Garar Hocsixa
Columbus
James Stultts
Cleveland
Kable
New York ‘Herald
Spain
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