Bathhouse wager ends in accident and prank
In a bathhouse nite room John Stith and James Brown bet on who could endure hotter water. Brown manipulated the tap letting water escape through the plug hole, Smith burned and fled, finding Brown calmly smoking in the other bath. The episode ends with Smith promising to pay for supper after cooling off. Also included are brief vignettes on pension woes, a catty Brooklynhorse-car incident, farmer readership, and progress on the Portland and Ogdenburg railroad with the Lousac tunnel completed.
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John Stith
James Brown
Smith
Drown
Crown
Ixinga
Brown
Switch
Llousac
New England
Portlint
Og- Meneburyg
White Mountains
Frankenstein Chut
Crawford Louse
Nutch
Portland
New Haven Girls Break Engagements for Heathen Husbands
The New Haven girls end engagements with theological students and seek heathen husbands. The era’s strong religious zeal is described as leavened with imprudent worldliness, and the shift reflects a trend among local youths in seeking outside creeds.
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New Haven
Ostrich mischief and a vanished medium tale
A showman’s ostrich wreaks havoc near New Hope, devouring hooped skirts, croquet balls, a baby drum, glassware, and tools, then dies by swallowing the gun Leech planned to use. A separate tale follows a spiritualist trance that ends with stolen silverware and napkins, leaving a judge skeptical and curious about spirits.
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Hufangle
Leech
New Hope
Patrich
Sails Pitman
Flemeth
Ane
Pullman
Ife
Maxr Adeler
Livery keeper names horses in odd phrases and assigns speakers
A horse stable keeper uses peculiar names and assigns each horse a speaking role amid references to Susan B Anthony Olive Logan Archimedes Moulton J Mary Walker Anna Dickinson Beecher and a spelling school tonight. the bizarre stump speech style implies a satirical or coded communication without clear narrative.
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Anya
Nero
Susan B. Anthony
Olive Logan
Moulton
J. Mary Walker
Anna Dickinson
Beecher
Gigi
Remarkable Train Gossip and Crumbling Newsroom Tales
A Whitehall man stumbles into a tense talk on intimacy with editor Wilkins aboard a Troy line train, ending with a chaotic card request and a money exchange. The piece blends gossip with a humorously failing Venezuela history spoof and odd local anecdotes including a precocious marriage at eleven in Georgia and a lifelong endurance of personal strife.
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Wilkins
Mie
Truttand
Globe
Whitehall
Troy
Saratoga
Rutland
Whitehalter
Wilkine
the Times
le Wilking
Whiteshod Ténes
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Michigan
Col. D.C. Cox
Nabors
Brooklyn
Inn
Lonuville Ledger
Davidson College
Daily Argus
Selfridge
Venezuela
Selfriga
Don Maria Ferdinand
Juan Gonzalez
Senor Ruy
Manuel Alfonso San Miguel de Los Itosa
Senor Ruy Manuel Alfonso San Miguel
Gonzalez
Ceeinane County
Qherife
Taylor Uottle
David K
McOlay
Aml - Hay
Poti
Pete
Matthews
Althin T
Ekrentt
Lincett County
Minsuri
Lincoln County
Mienward
Poul Entate
B. B. Cottle
Adelade Pallarel
Recorder
Missouri
Brown's Lake
Soule
Ueno Tert
Lee Greva
Mnold
Cottle
Lans
Tom Wtake
Atake
Devrees
Ehali Tea
Elaine Toom
Doggens
Chalin
Chile
Culver River
Brown'’s Lake
Marrint'Cottle
Cireals
Litcamn
Aioe
T. M. Carter
Ieee Sale Vntion
Rhodda Ke.trall
Thomas Fh. Trall
Cynthia A.dameon
Jameson
Edward Gillon
Egilueon
Maggie Gihenth
Ty Win
S. Gilson
Mn Eurater
Kvlchagel Gibson
Wealey Gilson
Maggie Gibson
Court House
Cor Lincoln County
Jim Labi Coln Eetys
Misaouri
Townelily
Range
Ehavree
Falmouth
Wale
Jesse Phompson
Rustee
Woutheast
Aire
Win
Bydnor
Tereby
Ald
Trey
Lincoln
Nissouri
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