The Sheriff’s 1 Deputy and the Mountain Outlaw
In Putnaw Creek Deputy Farley schemes to capture Big Pete the outlaw with a child’s safety as bargaining chip. Farley lures Pete into a boat pursuit, uses the girl as shield, and forces a river escape ending with Pete’s flight and Farley’s wary plan to return, not as deputy.
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Putnaw Creek
Jack Farley
Kart
Big Pete
Farley
Jim
Facley
Snow River
Farlex
Hart
Enelishman
Pete
Jay
Pig Pete
Ferley
Big Péte
Nance
Overland
Social Life in Rome and its Cosmopolitan Circles
Maude Howe notes Rome as a social hub where locals and travelers mingle. She cites a Greek woman, Dutchman, Swede, Dane, Turk, Irish priest, French Protestant pastor, and Paul Loyson amid American Protestant visitors. Tea with Radcliffe president and Groton master showcases diverse, cultivated circles and cosmopolitan neighborhoods.
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Rome
Goddess
Paul Loyson
Pere Hyacinthe
Where the Guard Was
A Birmingham paper recounts a volunteer encampment incident where a guard sentry saluted an officer but refused to call out the guard. The officer exclaimed in disbelief and learned the sentry was a prisoner asked to guard during a nap break for an hour or two.
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Birmingham
Lecce
London
Christmas Gifts and the Burden of Appearances
A woman frets over spending and appearances during Christmas shopping. Another narrator explains budgeting, gifts for Frances and a washerwoman, and the tension between generosity and social display. The piece contrasts frugality with status, ending in a humorous note about gift choices.
Calfskin Pillows Set Trend in Domestic Decor
The piece describes a fad of making pillows from a pet calf skin and chamois, with options including a square cushion with calf ears and a hearth scene with kittens on chamois. It notes Yale lettering on a black and white calf skin pillow and mentions animal skins used in men’s dens for decorative touches.
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Washington Star
Yale
A Bedstead Settle for Lawn or Porch
Orange Judd Farmer describes a simple bedstead settle built from an old bed. The headboard and posts form the back, foot posts form the legs, and cleats support the seat. Width ranges 12 to 16 inches and older bedsteads require no finish.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Advice to Start a Venture in the Air Tonic Trade
The aged adviser urges the youth to hustle and seek opportunity at the top. He proposes trying the air tonic trade as a viable business path, arguing there is always room at the top. The judge’s quip frames a practical starting point for entrepreneurial effort.
Household Etiquette Notes For Table Linens And Baking
The guide covers allowable napery colors for different meals, minimal starch for white linens, and a single white monogram as ornament. It also shares a tip to revive doughnuts or biscuits by heating in a paper bag with water drops in a hot oven.
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Chinchilla
Why They Are Not Covered Books Say Covers Hurt Readership
A New York Times interview with a public library librarian argues that uncovered books invite more reading and better reading. Covered volumes, the librarian claims, look dull, hide individuality, and incur extra costs and wear.
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New York Times
The Smokers Preserve on the Rear Trolley Platform
A Broadway conductor recalls smokers on the rear trolley platform tolerating crowding and smoking. Non-smokers who stand there violate customs and trigger glare and pressure to move inside. Smokers defend the space as their preserve while conductors urge accommodation.
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Broadway
New York Times
Penetration Test Details for Rifle Bullets at Varying Distances
Tests on rifle bullet penetration in sand loam and steel show at 50 feet bullets flatten in the first six inches due to sand resistance. At 600 yards penetration reaches 1342 inches and at 1,000 yards 164% inches, indicating significant windage and deformation effects.
Names in Congress and a nonbiter mosquito tale
The piece catalogs common given names among Fifty-eighth Congress members, noting Williams and Johns dominate, with minor counts for others, and adds a light note on a non biting Maine mosquito discovered by Dr William Underwood. It mentions lawmakers from Pennsylvania Indiana New York and other states.
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Solomon
House
Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Indiana
Washington Post
George
Alabama
Reuben
William
Williams
New York
Georgia
Ilinois
Missouri
Senate
Charles
Henry
Joseph
Robert
Thomas
Edward
Frank
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Ben
Benjamin
Franklin
David
Frederick
Martin
Timothy
Oscar
Arthur
Walter
Michael
Patrick
Jack
Sam
Joe
Arkansas
William L. Underwood
Maine Woods
New England
Underwoods
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the Gazette
F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Lucy Baker Jerome
Social Life In
Frances
Cincinnati Enquirer
Stringers
Edyth
Mayme
Peo
Chicago Daily News
James
Johns
House of Representatives
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