Blackford tale of Kitty and Willie amid village feuds
In the Northumbrian village of Blackford half a century ago, Kitty resists her uncle Adam Black’s control over her fortune while Willie Allan and Aleck scheme to elope. A planned theft, a dramatic chase, and a ruse with two boxes lead to two weddings and a rebuilt Red Lion, with lasting village changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Waa
Aleck
Adam
Kitty
Ana
Willie
Gambae
Firesbara
Blackford
Coal
Lima Carters
Wedgers
Ditchers
Dreiners
Vane
Adan
Jack
Martinet
Bet
Kiity
Freeney
Mi Sandy
Adis Black
Willie Allan
Adam Black
Noeb's Ark
The
Hinds
Ieck
Ciorray
Ap & Tian
Amlans
Canaries
Red Lion
Meg
Hick
Lusk
Kit
Turtle
Woicher
Scotland
Wren
Allan
Willis Tead
Ford
Northumberland
Id Willis
Jess
Keat
Kitt
George
Willis
Old Adam
Longman's Magazine
The Thrilling Broadway Car Ride of a Young Man
A compact account details a young man’s tense journey aboard a Broadway car, filled with rapid turns and peril. The narrative emphasizes the dangers and the quick thinking required to survive the ordeal.
Last Appeal of a Dying Man and Other Silly Snapshots
A dying Dakotan pleads to hold out as friends urge endurance while doctors near. The tale notes a bay horse trade as a possible motive to keep living. Also included are quips about Arctic climes and a long married man’s search for a pin, reflecting light local humor.
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Dakota
Aly
Katelline
D. T.) Bell
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Connecticut
Harper’s Bazar
N. F. Mail
Norristown Herald
Woman's Memory Exposes Husband’s Subtle Discomfort
A San Francisco Chronicle item recounts a wife reading her husband’s past letters from a New York hotel stay. She visits the top floor cubby, discovers the misleadingly grand room, then tears up his two year old letter and tells him to burn his opera tickets.
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New York
Tam
Sancisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Humorous Domestic Scenes and Dallas Doctor Run
A garbled Texas Siftings snippet depicts a comic quarrel over dinner manners with a New York man and a misfired insult. In Dallas a servant cries for help as Mr Smith suffers a medical crisis and a plan to stir up his illness involves his wife’s relative.
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Pecinta
New York
Mrs. B
Mr. B
Dallas
Texas
Smith
Ekec
Burning snow as fuel boosts iron works praise in Omaha
In Omaha a bar discussion centers on burning snow to heat homes during deep winter. A speaker argues snow blocks burned blocks of snow can substitute coal, cutting smoke and easing poverty, praising iron works for aiding this practice.
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Omaha
Heey
Ind
Various Light Verse Anecdotes and Humorous Skits
A collage of short comic pieces and jokes from sources like the Merchant Traveler Drake's Travel ers Magazine Chicago Herald and Texas Siftings. The items feature a bright child with a star metaphor a cremation joke a draughtsman who cannot draw a sober breath a political joke about Arkansas and Arkansaw a masquerade miscue a teacher and a chaotic astronomy lesson and quips about modern life and social etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Queen Victoria to Build Cannes Church Memorial
The article notes Queen Victoria will establish a church at Cannes as a memorial to her late son, the Duke of Albany. It also cites historical anecdotes about university names, church memberships in Richmond, and a variety of 19th century educational and religious notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Cannes
Duke of Albany
Yale
Richmond
Chicago Standard
Lyman Beecher
Monarch
Ace
Bromley
Darringer
Boston Post
East Tennessee Wesleyan University
Athens, Tenn
Grant Memorial University
Brownlow
Horace Maynard
J. P. Je
Chicago
N. F. Tribune
Quips and Quarrels in a Fragmented Column
A collage of witty anecdotes and pointed remarks from various papers, including jokes about kilns, manners, and social foibles. Notable bits touch on a prodigal, a humorous exchange about shoes for fire engines, and a Connecticut horse trade tale, all framed as brief humor snippets.
Sermon notes on Heaven and the sewing machine analogy
An excerpt presents a Sunday sermon by Sam Small. a Cincinnati writer recounts his address at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. The lesson uses a sewing machine allegory to urge moral self adjustment by biblical guidance, calling for personal reform and obedience to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Hla
David Street
Cincinnati
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Sam Small
God
Gems of Thought and Faith in Pembroke Sermon
Jonathan Reynolds of Pembroke Maine, aged and known as an infidel, had a declaration read at a Methodist pulpit urging belief in the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in the Scriptures. The piece discusses living holy over merely talking about virtue and the path to true religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trac
Lord Bacon
Ghartes Bowe
Jonathan Reynolds
Pembroke
Creibes
Mme Salomon Speech Backed Hayti Leader in Port au Prince
The French wife of Hayti's black president spoke to the Hautien crowd, declaring her loyalty to Hayti and union with the Black race. Prof Langstone notes her ten minute address silenced opposition cabals and strengthened the President. She emphasized identity with Hayti and commitment to the nation.
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Mme
Salomon
Mme. Salomon
Hayti
John M Langstone
United States
Paris
Port Au Prince
Musti
Hautien
Mme. Salomelt
Haytien
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Clever Kitty
C. C. Abbott
Trenyton
N. J
J. Abbott
France
Germany
Johnny Gunwad
Johnny
Greenland
Weill
Peck
Tohnny
Travelers’ Magazine
Arkansas
Union
Snes
Arkansaw
Arkansaw Traveler
Clamwhopper
Rocket
Maria
Mistah Smit
N. Y
Benedick
Puck
Philaphia Coll
Fort Wrangel
Alaska
Chicago Times
Brown University
Aes
Hosto Journal
Law Exchange
New Haven
Chicago Ledger
Mamama
Prairie Farmer
Boston
N. Y. Sun
Philadelphia
Independent
Massachusetts
Massaachusetts
Portsmouth Harbor
Lee
Gies International
Mateo Soke
Jesus Ton Riess
Jesus the Christ
Mr. Jones
Taos
Seattle
Ieee
Hinta
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