Grandmother Recounts a Twin Dream Prophecy
Nanny and her grandmother discuss dreams as warnings and recall a singular prophetic dream from the grandmother about her twin sister Bessie. The tale shifts to the narrator Katie’s own dream of a perilous separation, prompting a fateful trip home that reveals the dream’s outcome and the twins’ divergent lives and legacies.
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Nanny Wilton
Nanny
Gandmothr
Cannon
Rose Cannon
the Inquirer
Mamma
Sally
Oak Grove
Mitchell's Creek
Norb Cannon
Roe
Lilly
Bessie
Basie
Kats
Father
Pittsburg
Rees
Philadelphia
Mother
Kate
Cousin
Fie Howe
Stillhill
Lucay
Katie
Averé
Peson
Couin
Susan
John
Bess
Papa
Ame
Fathr
Delaware
Relay of Civil War engine escape and battle memory
Cornet Bob Lecch recounts a Confederate scouting engine escape under fire. Faced with wreckage and gunfire, he throttled the locomotive to outrun obstacles, dropped to safety, and witnessed enemy bullets showering the track as they fled.
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Cornet
Bob Lecch
The
Arkanna Traveler
Ans
Wass
Muc
Barometer of kisses hints at romance and fate
A playful old style quip warns that signs of the times lie in romantic scenes. It jokes that a beau’s sweet talk, onion breath, or awkward kiss foreshadow outcomes, with humorous lines about lips, hair, and desert life ending in a cheeky punchline about women’s lips testing men.
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Chicago
Lelger
Farm and Garden: rocky hills yield trees and vines
The article argues steep land can be productive and ornamental by planting nut bearing trees, evergreens, and hardy fruit varieties. A rocky hill covered with trees becomes a pleasant, admired feature and a source of delight for farm occupants and travelers alike.
Caring for Foals and Young Horses During Growth
Advice from the New York Herald on foal rearing emphasizes: support the dam to maximize milk, provide ample nutrition, and allow early pasture access. Growth must be steady, with April to May foalings preferred, avoid flies, and train gradually without harshness or shouting.
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New York Herald
Dairy Farming Tips for Crops and Cows in Dry Weather
Guidelines on feeding dairy cows with ground feeds and alternatives, pruning and managing dwarf pears, currant care, clover and meadow practices, weed mulching, timing of hay harvest for orchard grass and clover, and best practices for tethering cows to maximize milk production in heat and night grazing.
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Solomon
Red Top
Instructive Farming Notes On Horticulture And Pruning
The article covers tent caterpillar control by pruning rose bushes and shortening shoots, pruning hybrid perpetual roses, weed and hoe garden rows, replanting corn, and harrowing potatoes. It discusses ox yoke fit, bean trellising methods, lettuce varieties for heat, a sulphur salt ash treatment for borers, and timing for turnip seeds with notes from farmers and a remark on rent yields profits.
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New Hampshire
Tennessee
E. P. Roe
Oddly Addressed Letters Stir Poetical Postings
Readers note a string of oddly addressed letters passing through post offices. The examples include verses to Sir Walter Scott and a naval songwriter, and whimsically vague directions that led to surprising deliveries in London and other towns. The piece highlights creative misdirections and the charm of letter writing.
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Sir Walter Scott
London
Charles Dibdell
Hay
Reverend A B Thomas Pulpit and Social Circle Notice
Rev A B Thomas pastor announces preching services and prayer meetings with times listed. Crosby as superintendent and Cordes as assistant superintendent with librarians and staff named. Social Circle meets at church or private residences on the last Wednesday each month.
Methodist Church Services and Outreach Notes
Preaching Sunday school praise and prayer meeting led by Rev Seth Cary with services at 10 30 a m and 3 00 p m plus Warne 11 45 a m Week evening class meeting Tuesday 7 80 p m prayer Friday 7 30 Ladies Aid meets second Thursday vestry Helping Hands fortnightly All welcome St Johns Episcopal Mission services 10 30 a m All invited W C T U meets alternate Wednesdays 3 p m at Mrs Belcher Winthron Street
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Seth C. Cary
Ladies’ Church Aid Society
ST. John's Episcopal Mission
Samuel Belcher
Winthron Street
United Order Golden Cross Meeting Notice
P. P. Flood, Noble Commander, presides over the United Order Golden Cross chapters. First and third Wednesday meetings occur at the town hall with mail arrangements showing delivery and arrival times for the Grav a RaN route.
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P. P. Flood
Noble
Town Hall
Union Church Beachmont Episcopal Services and Activities
Union Church Beachmont lists Episcopal services at 10 45 a m conducted by Rev John C Hewlett Congregational Sabbath school at 2 p m Congregational service at 3 p m by Rev J P Bixby Service of Song at 7 30 p m led by Mr Marshall Rice Weekly Wednesday meetings and Ladies Sewing Society gatherings Wednesdays at 2 pm in church parlors
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John C. Hewlett
J. P. Bixby
Revere
Mr. Marshall
Rice
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Beachmont Church Notices Sunday Service Times
Rev J W Winker preaches at 10 45 A M Sunday school at 2 oclock All welcome Ladies Social Guild meets Thursday at 2 PM
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J. W. Winker
Cyclonic Tales and Theorized Storms From Tid-Bits
A poetic excerpt by Edward Willett in Tid-Bits describes cyclones as vast wild storms with supernatural birth. The verse dwells on the breadth depth and height of tornadoes and the mystique surrounding storm stories told by talesmen.
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Edward Willett
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