What Came of Answering an Advertisement for a Wife
The piece recounts a tale from a modest American town where a wife-seeking ad led to a risky marriage attempt. It covers a humorous misfire in Saugerties with a drunken suitor, and notes on social methods of correspondence and mistaken expectations.
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Saugerties
New York
Rey
Cincinnati
Buckeye
Ows
Collins
Odst Steel
Pitabare
Hall & Oe
Hillsiness & Co
Bode & Bie A
C. Miller & Gow
Harrow
Congressional Dispatch on Railroads and Bills in Senate House
The Senate and House debated railroad subsidies and land grants. Key items included Virginia and Minnesota members raising agricultural and military issues, a bounty amendment, the Piedmont and Potomac stock subscription, and a postponed decision on the Great Salt Lake Colorado River railroad. The day ended with adjournment after a long steamboat liability debate.
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R. Ramsey
Minn
Morris
James
Agricul Wan
Wilson
Mass
Committee On Military Affairs
House
Stewart
Név
Committee On the Pacific Railroad
iInear
Wright
Ome
Lewis
Congress
District of Columbia
Piedmont & Potomac Railroad Company
Slater
Oregon
Salt Lake City
Portland
Great Oregon
Ketcham
N. Y
Poe
Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad
al & Tennessee
Alabama
Ell
Committee On Lands
Great Salt Lake & Colorado River Railroad Company
The Fate of Gold in World Trade Itself
In ancient times gold moved through empires from Daarius 50M to Plato to Julius Caesar, ending its transit in the East. The passage notes most gold is absorbed by Eastern nations and used in manufacturing, with four fifths exported to India. Western buyers accumulate, while the Orient consumes little.
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Utke
Bourke
Major Burne
Mount Arriett
Stewart
Glasgow
Bsip
India
O’connor
God
Daarius
Plato
Julius Cesar
Rogen Cane
Bert Nares
Sean
West Indies
Brmens Bay
Europe
Morocco
Pliny
Snow Drift Arch Stirs Utica Evening Tale
From all sections of the country reports tell of heavy snow and a remarkable arch dug by men and women. In Tennessee two men argued over baptism, a bowie knife appeared, and a priest was struck. in Bradford a father and son each brought home a new wife, a curious household sensation.
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London
Arthur
America
Fin
Ioenis Scussion
Moore
Hill
Bradford
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