My Aunts Waterfall Snowball Fashion Tale
Jerusha Gilpin recalls a quirky fashion fad waterfall made from stockings and hair. A flirtation with Captain Fitz Smith ends in comic disaster when the waterfall is chewed by a horse, leaving her embarrassed but undaunted.
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Weathersfield
Connecticut
Bain
Jerusha Gilpin
Josiah Gilpin
Hangville
Lama
Capen Leighton
Mic
Judge Jenkins
Mr. Fitz Smith
Gongeret
Quicy
Mr. Fitz, Smith
Lo Quincy
Fitz Smith
Azariah
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Witz
Fitz
Jupiter
Power of a Little Child in a Street Dispute
A man in a heated street quarrel appeases when a nearby small child asks what causes his anger. The infant’s intercession softens the man, who nods and pats the child, then walks away, leaving the dispute unresolved. The note reflects a moral vignette from a late 19th century paper.
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Little One
San Franciscolhat
Rail and horse conveyance deaths compared in 1874
A British comparison shows railways caused 1,249 deaths in 1874 while horse conveyances caused 1,528, with rail travel far safer per mile. Despite two fatal rail accidents that year, overall railway risk looks lower than horse transport, supporting Twain's quip that travel by rail is easier than play at home.
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Great Britain
Iron Horse
Mark Twain
Vast State Debts And Winters Mentioned In 1870s Figures
The item lists state debts and tax receipts for multiple states including Maine Kansas New Orleans and St Louis with figures for populations valuations and debts. It also notes 1876 Mississippi and 1875 Ames era savings and city debts and references a long rail of historical winter anecdotes from 1172 to 1966 and a Michigan doctor tale about a child’s brain and teeth.
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New Orleans
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Texas
Brooklyn
Indiana
Virginia
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Stone
Ames
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Lawrence
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Springfield
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Debie
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New Stampshire
Illinois
Ita Lebt
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Mutual File
Connecticut Savags
Boston
North Carolina
South
Cologne
Exster
France
Germany
Paris
Seine
New London Telegram
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