Skating, Jealousy and Rescue on the River Ice
A saga on a moonlit river recounts Kate Clinton and Frank Hill skating amid a crowd as Lansing abducts Kate with intent to harm. Hill pursues, defeats the madman at the cataract edge, saves Kate, and the assailant falls to the rocks below. The ending confirms Kate and Frank’s escape and Lansing’s defeat.
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Winter
Kate Clinton
Frank Hill
Wate
Frank
Kate
Miss Clinton
Charles Lansing
Hill
Lansing
Ife
Goop Farmer Promotes Family Farm Record Keeping
A Goop Farmer recounts how a boy kept farm accounts from school training, tracking labor costs, field work times, crop quantities, and sale prices. He urges fathers to involve sons in farm bookkeeping to foster order and success. A Quaker uses a humane tale about using a greaseboard with fish hooks and cheese to trap rats, catching thirty on the first night.
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Lechange
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The text reports on an emotional insanity plea among Native Americans and cites an incident where a man claimed to be “heap crazy” after being arrested for killing and scalping white men. It notes Brigham Young claiming sixty eight children.
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Utica Herald
Campaign Notes From a Broken Hearted Democrat
A fragmented potshot of a voter voice laments party allegiance and personal turmoil. The speaker questions their identity and status as a Democrat, conveying distress and confusion in a clipped, uneasy tone.
Grand Masonic Temple Planned for Philadelphia
A plan to build a grand Masonic temple in Philadelphia costing a million dollars is advancing. The dedication is set for June 24 1873 the feast of St John the Baptist. An Irish ice cutter joked about fair play with a cross cut saw and a copper cent during work.
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Philadelphia
St. John the Baptist
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Wysbician
Purmort & Springer’s Grocery
van Wert
Ohio
Longsworth & Pennell’s Drug Store
J.L. Reid
Metodeon Hall
Melsheimer
W. W. Depuy
Orvice
First National Bank
B. Stemen
M. D
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Overeist & Co
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G. E. Wells
Ttorney
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Heist
J.B. Brodnix
N. Alexander
GM. Saltzgaber
Alexander & Saltzgaber
Art AT Law
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James M. Barr
Noble & Baker’s
Sueerr
J. L. Price
Price & Shissler
McCurdy’s
Ww.j. Beers
Arcade Block
Brumback
Alonzo Gleason
Andrew J. Gleason
J. A. Gleason
BRO
Spoke and Bending Factory
Les
NEW Tailor Srop
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P.p.bacon
Dentily
Purmort & Springer
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Oranse
Ambrosia
Main St
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Angle Ned
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Yosemite
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4 Hat and Cap Store
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Moran
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Horace E. Wells
G. A. Sahleuist
W,. G. Edwards
Nain
van Weert
Swineford & Sons
BLOCH
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Aseror ® & Sons
United States
Geo
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Pere Seer
Hersak
McGuffy
M.H. Tuttle
van Wert County Bank
van Wert, Ohio
John F.J. Bonewitz
M. Heat Casto
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C. A. Melsheimer
James Webster
D. A. Johns
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