War veteran confession and misheard court ruling
A war veteran in a feustoma service era recalls a 1864 Fort Wadeworth case involving stolen horse blankets. The accused asserts the blankets belong to him claiming the U S marks stand for his name while a touching anecdote about a boy’s fascination with English history and Westminster Abbey closes the piece.
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Keele
Feustoma
Telly
Fort Wadeworth
United States
Michael An
Farthy
Rheumatism Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills, Middlesex
Mrs. Betsey A. Clawson, long disabled by inflammatory rheumatism, says she was cured after taking two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She recounts five years of illness, including gout, and notes she could manage herself, dig potatoes, and gather a garden after treatment.
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Middlesex
Betsey A. Clawson
Dodd
Rewards for Churchgoing at Holsworthy Devon
A Victorian note recounts Rev Thomas Meyrick’s will rewarding Holsworthy’s prettiest attending churchgoer with annual income from a trust. It also cites a sociological truism on love and obstacles, arguing that hardship enhances desire and value.
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Holsworthy
Devonshire
England
Thomas Meyrick
Power of Love Across Human Capacity and Faith
A reflective meditation on how love expands with a person’s capacity and depth of thought. The text suggests that divinity touches broader areas of the mind and heart as love grows, revealing the wonder of loving as a personal miracle.
Postum Coffee Change Reverses Longstanding Health Troubles
An enthusiastic letter from Cartersville describes relief from indigestion and nervous trouble after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. The writer notes improved sleep, reduced drug effect, and sustained health benefits with Postum over several years.
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Pontum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Renunciation and Excellence in English Letters
The piece argues that true literary greatness requires renunciation of popular praise and easy success. It stresses that poets like Browning and Tennyson emerge only after long, costly commitment and self publishing, denying cheap methods and chasing lasting, solitary work. It likens genuine art to a carved eagle rather than a flashy frog in a swamp.
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Browning
Nose blowing as modern physical culture in London
An American in London mocked English nose blowing in public, while a paper argued the practice is a trend in physical culture. It cited adenoids as a modern nursery illness linked to insufficient blowing and praised Fraulein Wilke’s classes at the Southwestern Polytechnic for showy nasal drills by many women.
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London
Fraulein Wilke
Southwestern Polytechnic
Chelsea
Lyrical Fragment: Father and Child Memory Ode
A tender verse sketches a father and child scene with dainty details and wistful imagery. The speaker speaks of a daughter in childhood, a stable home, and enduring affection that spans time and daily moments. The text reads like a nostalgic, imperfect manuscript of a personal lullaby.
Jane's Quiet Temper To A Children's Party
A humorous anecdote from The Sunday Magazine about eight year old Jane who misbehaved then apologized. She attends a children's party saying she had a pain in her temper but it is all right now.
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Jane
Mistress Jane
Papa
The
Sunday Magazine
Fortune from Small Beginning at Baileyville Oilcloth Maker
Charlies M Bailey of Baileyville Maine built a vast business from a $5 000 000 to $10 000 000 oilcloth operation. He started in 1847 in a Hite barn and now runs a factory covering twenty four acres. At 86 he still works daily and often sits at the bench with his workers. One man has served him for over fifty years.
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Charlies M. Bailey
Baileyville
Bailey
Gift to Bible Society From Local Hospital Story
A reader writes of a $200 donation to a Bible society, recalling a hospital stay in Vicksburg forty years ago. The note connects the gift to faith and healing efforts associated with a past injury and finds meaning in charitable support.
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Bible Society
Vicksbury
The Wild Orangutan of New York Zoo Tales
An old observation debunks myths about orang outangs being ferocious and untameable. Young specimens can be trained to sit at table and use utensils, while full grown individuals show strength yet occasional docility. They craft sleeping nests from branches and travel swiftly among trees, making capture challenging for hunters seeking to send them to gardens abroad.
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Borneo
Drumcunne
Zoological Garden
New York
Europe
America
Romany Doctor and Heirloom Threat in Tent Tale
Anita, a Romany girl, stands by her ailing grandfather Toni as Dr Graves tends him. Sandor Costello, a lazy musician, schemes for power over Anita while the doctor vies for her hand. A tense night unfolds with a sudden confrontation and a possible rescue.
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Toni
Anita
Font
Lie Old Gipsy
Ton
Sandor Costello
Sandor
Goysy
Graves
Abe
Dr Graves
Garni Brown
Wiene
Ring Recovered After 35 Years From Garden
Haken Hanson found a small gold baby ring engraved Kittie Wagner while digging in the yard behind Myron Willard’s house. The ring, lost by a Pleasant Grove schoolgirl 35 years ago, remains in nearly mint condition according to a St Paul Dispatch report.
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Haken Hanson
Myron G Willard
Kittie Wagner
Pleasant Grove
Manukto Correspondence
St Paul
Graven Ear and Theater Talk Prompt Odd Almanac Notes
Fragmentary OCR knits names and phrases across a theater scene. Mentions Antia and Everett with vague prompts about a meet and a cake. The text blends character dialogue with stray references and lacks coherent narrative.
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Rene
Ailer
Locomotive in the Game Falls Into Historic Baseball Tale
A chaotic baseball tale from Maryland recounted with a train scene where a ball is struck near a railroad, the engine nearly hits a track, and a dramatic double play preserves the side as the crowd reflects on the strange play and the tradition of the game.
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Maryland
Willy
Texas
Peru
Baltimore Sun
Legal Spotlight as Defense Questions Witness
A defense attorney questions the complainant on oath about arrest reasons and threats. He faces the witness, pressing whether the defendant hounded him and if a weapon found at arrest could have fired. The tense courtroom exchange centers on credibility and weapon specifics.
Rivalry and confusion amid a troubled exchange
Fragmented text shows a strained rivalry with unclear characters and garbled phrases. The snippet mentions a rival, various names, places, and possible events, but coherence is missing and key details are unreadable.
Fragmented OCR Note From an Ambiguous Evening
Fragmented text appears to reference Japan and a night event, with garbled phrases and scattered proper nouns. No clear people, dates, or concrete events emerge from the readable portions.
Teventy Four Caries MH Hater ot Alupsmehinaveim The Pattier
Fragmentary OCR mentions a theater run and a date reference, with unclear names and places. The text appears garbled, offering no clear event, person, organization, or location to summarize into a coherent news item.
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Teventy
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