First Love Revealed as Mother in Secret Heart
A dramatic tale of love and deception unfolds as Paul confesses his first and truest love is his mother while Lelia fights to keep or share his heart. The exchange reveals enduring bonds and the depths of filial devotion amid jealous heartbreak. In a separate report from Lexington a mob executes Baker after a murder arrest, while Beard’s family receive community support funds.
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Lelia
Paul
Venus
Helen
Illinois
Hebron
New Cave Discovery in Indiana Reported
A letter from Millgrove Owen County Indiana describes a spacious cave found while digging a well two miles from the village on Jeremiah Devore’s farm. A ten foot square chamber led to a larger cave with a deep water filled abyss and a further apartment twenty five feet deeper, where running water was audible. The narrators’ identities are unknown but their tale seems plainly told and honest.
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New Cave
Indiana
Millgrove
Owen County
Ind
Jeremiah Devore
Tragic hotel accident ends in Evansville death
Thomas M. Krees from Yazoo County Mississippi, staying at a Evansville hotel, awoke from a dream of fire and leaped from a third story window. He struck an iron railing and was mortally injured, dying hours later while en route to Bloomin where his mother and education-seeking brother reside.
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Thomas M. Krees
Yazoo County
Mise
Evansville
Bloomin
Univesity
Live Within Your Means Rally From Frugal Fable
A speaker urges working men to adopt strict economy and live within their means to gain independence and happiness. The piece contrasts debt, poverty, and restraint with the social mockery of frugality, then humorously threads through a talking fruit scene to illustrate prudence.
Humorous Contrast in Household Skills Between Nations
A writer suggests American young ladies should adopt more kitchen work and frankness while criticizing English girls for fashion restraint. The piece mocks domestic roles and cites a flirtatious youth who laments his love while smoking a cigar.
Pride and pride flattery in annual tax assessment
The piece mocks the yearly assessor visit, noting people puff up their chests and claim finances are “about the same as last year” when asked about money in banks and public funds. It satirizes the ritual of declaring wealth to officials.
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Eorrors
Prairie Farmers Plow Wheat While Planting Corn
Farmers around Terre Haute cultivate both wheat cutting and corn planting in a single season activity.
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Terre Haute
Bran Mes For Cow Feed Promises High Returns
A stray, garbled line notes bran mes mixed into cow fodder yielding tenfold cost in rich yields. The fragment hints at agricultural feed claims without clear specifics on place or date.
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Spear Ucu Alon
Fipton
Tipton County
Russell’s
Ertising
Business Directory
Joseph A. Lewis
Public Square
John Green
Ofice
Tipton
B. Giltner
Russell
A. M. Vickery
Itf
A. Reeves
Jefferson and
Independence Streets
Lipton
J. M. Groves
Dickson
Lef
L. Kinsell
Geo, L. Fisher
Yim
Tech
J. Kessler
North Side Public Square
Jef
WM. Dixon
Main and
Jefferson Streets
North West Corner
J. R. Cassler
Sional Iat
Jefferson
Rumsey & Bro. Deollars
C. Bishop
Stephen Lowley
Merchant Taylor
Yoy
H. Jezms
Barber
Jefferson Street
Thomas Boyd
Peooten
Jaffercallasianantiy
Okafalonail House
WM. B. Young
M. Prilliman
Shop
M. B. Church
Independence
D. Surry
Anderson
Iso, Kang
Erson Street
Dence
WM. H. Car&ol
Shep South End
Maix Street
OSS & Evans
Indlan A
Tate and the United
Ai—Ly
Lexington
Lexia
James Bonn
Baker
Beard
Court House
Jouxson Ox
Lemon
Lem
Comemons
Jem
Running-Vine
Onion
Lemson
Plum
Johnson
Pear
Rasperry
Bush
Venison
Fulton Market
Lemo Santis
Ras
Mrs. Tree
Gettleggen
Aden
Aspen
Schuylkill
Hickory
Lemom
Lemm
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