Flossie Frees Hearts with a Humorous Dowry Plan
In April Flossie Somerton schemes to marry Mr Nicklepod for money, but her father Judge Somerton intervenes. Nicklepod offers charity and companionship instead, proposing a delayed marriage to Flossie while allowing Jack time to prove himself. The tale ends with an uneasy, hopeful compromise and a wedding to come years hence.
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Flossie
Nickiepool
Mr. Nickled
Plessie
Blossom
Papa
Blossie
Jack
Flossic
John
Paps
Froga
Mr. Nicklepool
Ian
Apa
Yack
Davis
Mr.Nicklepool
Onr
Valait
Casac
Cld
Flossia
Floss
Flonsie
Papa Nicklepool
Somerton
Nicklepool
Professor Microbe Finds Joy On A Balcony
In New Orleans the absent minded professor Ebenezer Microbe escapes his theories and dyspepsia by watching life from a balcony in the French quarter. He savors a roses struck night of Opera crowds and a midnight feastless supper with Nanette, learning to enjoy the world beyond strict habit and bacteria.
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Paul Microbe
A .Oleze
Boston
Peron
Microbe
Hadeen
South Pole
France
Sprain
Rue de la Paix
Boulevard «Des Italiens
Nanette
Professor Microbe
Hind
Ragroove
William Tell
Ebenezer Microbe
South
Catharine Cole
New Orleans
Picayune
A Curious Lightning Stroke Strikes Burke County Cabin
In Burke county a lightning strike hit a small one room cabin on McMaster's place. The fire started in the chest under the bed and spread to clothing and beds. Three children and the mother suffered severe burns while the eldest boy, 13, showed extensive skin loss on his back. The second boy, about 5, and a 2 year old baby were badly burned as the family of seven endured the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Constitution
Burke County
McMaster
Equilibrium of the Sexes Across Europe and Beyond
The article notes Europe shows a growing excess of women, heavier in the north and some central regions. After Napoleonic wars the gap narrowed toward equality, then widened again by 1870 due to wars and large emigration. In America Australia Africa, male emigration widens the male majority. global equality remains elusive across races.
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Europe
Middle
East
America
Australia
Africa
Easy to Hit Moral About Sermons and Weakness
A preacher tells a tale of hitting a minister’s sore point with a sermon on racing. He refuses to change his message for one listener. That evening the man meets him and says the sermon touched his weakness, though the preacher was unaware. The man shrugs it off saying a poor sermon hits someone somewhere.
Danger In the House Fly
The Philadelphia Times laments the common house fly as a grave threat to public health. It explains flies feed on sewerage and putrid matter carrying disease germs, then contaminate food and bite people spreading illness.
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Philadelphia Times
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MR. Nicklepod
Eleanor. Kirk
Papa Somerton
Elessie
Mamma
Prissie
Misa Florence
Floasie
Walt
Florence
Fliess
Baltimore & Olio
Keyser
Cumabarland
Woodruff
Martinsburg, En
Fremman, Miller
Camterand
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