When Cupid Was On Time In West Springbrook Kan
Miss Marjorie Ballard receives a startling letter and a five thousand dollar check from Ezra Hochkins with a condition that she marry before noon on the Fourth. The note asserts a prior wager with her uncle and pressures a ceremony at the donor’s home to claim the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ballard
Albert Garvin
Mofford
Ezra C. Hochkins
West Springbrook
Kan
Marjorie
Lum
Dudley Maybrit
Dudley
Misa Bullard
Albert
Mefford
Marjorie Winifred Ballard
Dudley Arthur Maybrit
Mises Ballard
Four Affectionate Uncles and a Wagered Wedding
Marjorie Ballard and Albert Mefford accept two wedding bribes from Dudley Maybrit and a secret bet with Ezra Hockins across Springbrooks. A noon deadline passes as the couple marries under a cottonwood after time zone tricks. The ruse yields a humorous victory as both checks are honored and the old men learn of the swapped clocks.
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Ezra
Dudley
Mefford
Marie
Springbrook
Surrey
Mr. Stone
Marfle
Mr. Maybrit
Albert
Old
Marjorie Winifred Ballard
Dudley Maybril
Maybrit
West Springbrook
Kansas Prairies
Springbrooks
M. Stone
Ezra C. Hockins
Dad
Amit
Marsie
Trunk Was His Cupid The Editor Tells How It Won Him His Wife
A group of Western weekly editors mocked a shabby trunk during a New York ferry stop. The trunk’s prankster owner explains how, despite poverty, his love Mary backed by her father’s humorous trust, led to marriage. The rival suitors’ plan backfired when the trunk arrived at Mary’s home, sealing his romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trunk
Talla
Western Weekly
New York
Jolliers
County Weekly
Holt
Aultora
Mary
Eweetheart
A Modern Convenience in a Humorous Naval Tale
A British lord of the admiralty tours a ship and notes oddities aboard. He speaks wryly of the crew and their tasks, praising the vessel and the sailors while joking about unfamiliar terms and roles. The excerpt preserves period voice and humorous tone.
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Admiralty
Nantes
Laurper
Best Work at Fifty in Industrial World and Intellectual Shift
In 19th century discourse a weekly notes the idea that top work shifts past age 36. It questions readiness of men over 40 or 36 for peak roles and asks how the intellectual world should adapt. The piece cites Mr Tine ani’s conclusion and suggests an average master mark of fifty for great men.
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Tineani
T. P
Attack on cow by eight bloodsuckers on Hanover farm
On the H A Sell farm near Hanover Pennsylvania a cow in a meadow jumped and bellowed alarmingly. Investigators found eight weavers had attacked the animal. After a hard struggle the farmers killed several assailants and dispersed the rest.
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Cins
H. A. Sell
Hanover
Adonis In Hard Luck
A man once asked Thackeray to lend five shillings, claiming he could turn it into £20,000 by persuading a young lady with £20,000 to marry him. He said he had pawned his teeth and needed the five shillings to redeem them before proposing.
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Adonis
Thackeray
T. Pos Weekly
Child Comments On Transit Draws Horse-Trolley Wonder
A five year old girl visiting from New Jersey marvels at New York City streetcars, astonished to learn they are pulled by horses. The moment prompts her father to draw attention to the unusual sight observed from Went street transit service as reported by the New York Press.
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Cortlandt Street
New York
Jersey City
New Jersey
N. Y
Tin Detected in Star Alpha Scorpii Atmosphere
Observations of Alpha Scorpii at the Cape of Good Hope reveal a spectral line possibly due to tin. If confirmed by the English astronomer, this would mark the first tin discovery in a stellar atmosphere.
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Cape of Good Hope
Altar
Vitality in Brain Work and Youth Conservation
The text asserts vitality in brain work as essential to physical youthfulness. It links mental activity to faster blood circulation, healthier vital organs, sharper vision, and preserved suppleness. It claims such activity delays distance aging and death, framing mental effort as a fountain of vigor.
The Sympathy of Friendship Amid Silent Bonds
A reflection on intimate connection, stating that true friendship endures without direct contact or dialogue. The speaker trusts a friend as themselves, believing mutual actions and memory sustain the bond beyond meeting, speaking, or writing. The text implies a sublime, self-reinforcing loyalty.
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Emertou
The Fresh Air Crusade Joins the Family Tale
The exasperated father repeats his daughter’s single tune on the plane and declares his plan to join a fresh air crusade, highlighting a remain safe outside and seek cleaner air stance in a domestic scene.
The Girl and the Woman Exchange Observation
The quote contrasts a girl who knows nothing and tells all with a woman who knows everything and tells nothing, highlighting a maturation shift in knowledge and restraint.
New Jersey Mosquitoes Halt Trains, Says Puck Report
A brief quip from Puck notes that in New Jersey the mosquitoes are so thick that a herd crossing a railroad track will often stop a train, illustrating exaggerated colonial sentiment about American pestilence.
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America
New Jersey
Puck
Midair Peril or Play Run With Flying Machines
A fragment from Metropolitan Magazine notes dangers for children as a mother bird urges caution while playing near aircraft. It references Jonson and a claim that strength of empire lies in religion, reflecting period concerns about progress and piety.
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Mother Bird
Notice of Foreclosure Sale in Bottineau County North Dakota
The North Dakota district court in Bottineau County forecloses the mortgage on Lots 1 2 3 and 4 in Block 8 of Cole's First Addition Omemee. Great Northern Implement Company and others are named plaintiffs. The sale by public auction at the county courthouse will occur with a judgment balance of 318.05 plus expenses. August 17, N H McKinnon clerk. See Middaugh and Guakbert counsel. Aug 21-28 Sept 11-18.
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Charles D. Millon
Bobtiness
Tome
Mean
Bottinesa
North Dakota
Royale
Veil
Ighont
Bottineau
Cole
Omemee
N. H. McKinnon
Middaugh
Guakbert
Ooansel
Wledth Adi
Hottinenn
North
Dae Kotr
Wald
Hedon
Huithio Lil Coun Eorportie
Hon
Ts Plant
James A. Patton
A. Patton
J. J. Hlephots
Georea Schloser
J. Fo
Trusla A. Patton
McKinnon
Harelnatter Duserbad
Mtbile
Ouse
Couty
Abate
North Dakar
Allock P
Antisiy
Te Witt
Raii
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Weener & Walleth
Law General Law Practice
Allenvian
Borringau
Bowen & Adams
United States Land Office
Weeks
Murray & Moum
BotrinEau
Norte Dakota
G. W. Baker
Lawyer Lands
Palm Loans
Westropt
V. Ormsbyy Soule
Westhope, North Dakota
Martin Vetleson
Norsk Advokat
Insurance
Overty
A. Berthiaume
Willery Sales
County
Stone Hotel
A. R. MacKay
J.8.mackay & Company
Bortineau
J. A. Johnson
T. F. Woods
Borrineau, North Dakota
C. A. Leonard
Hrtresvang Bldg
Borrineau
Albert Brsancon
Masonic Block
Borringeava, North Dakota
B.gleason
Paainterr & Gleason
Sitlea
Bottineau, North Dakota
V.B. Nonnm
Adamhom
Nasir, Bloop & Adamson
Attorneys At Law
Borringau, North Dakota
Bottineau County
Real Batataiatel Property & Commercerc
Dale
Mller
Cupid
Shortstory Pub. Co
Mira C. Hochkins
Jonson
Raligion
Ben Jonson
State OF
Great Northern Implement Company
J. H. Weaver
Philadelphia College of Embalmers
Calla
Lettingall
Edmund White
Offce
Sottineau, North Dakota
D.g.piatt
North Dakot
Fitzhug
Mau Geo, Lescault
Red
Turner & Wright
Pininum
Jaro
Wottoe
Livingstone & Stuwrt
Fogeibe Te
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