From the badgered ring to the daring swindle at sea
A young man narrates a London to Calais voyage where a ring worth £500 vanishes and returns. A wise father reveals the ring was paste and the episode a staged lesson by hired thieves, to curb the narrator’s vanity and prove cleverness can outpace bravado.
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Harper’s Weekly
Paris
London
Ned
Dover Harbor
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
Madame
Sir Henry Fitz-Evans
England
Calais
Dover
Hotel Dessin
Zenez
Moi
Spain
Mal de Mer
Thas
Nincompoop
St. Nicholas for January as Winter’s Pilgrim Glowers
Lucy Larcom presents a prose verse vignette where a pale faced old man wanders in sleet and rain crying for unseen sisters. Winter, Autumn, and Spring are personified as sisters and pilgrims. January’s Saint Nicholas stands at the window pane foretelling the season’s limit and the waning year.
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St. Nicholas
A Comical City Trek To Catch The Train
Mr. Man and his wife race to catch a departing train, clash over preparations and clothing, scatter belongings, and end with a chaotic departure that leaves the pair separated and the crowd amused as the train vanishes. The scene blends domestic friction with a humorous portrait of haste and mishaps.
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John Shawhan
Lebanon
Ind
Andrew H. Shore
Pittston
David Garvin
Newport
George Wells
Danville
Milwaukee
Boston
Aurora
Man
Mr. Man
Eleanor
Mrs. Man
Hell Gate
Algernon
How the Indians Climb Trees From Applebo's Journal
In South America women climb smooth bark trees using vine hoops as support. West African coast workers use a larger rope hoop to haul themselves up inch by inch. Tahitian boys bind feet and use palm bark to ascend cocoa palms. Australian women climb gum trees by chopping holes and using a rope to haul themselves up quickly.
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Applebo
South America
Africa
Australia
What has become of the singers in Burlington Hawkeye
The Montreal Gazelle asks about the singers and the Bulington Hawkeye invites readers to come closer and inspect the church choir. The soprano gestures, the tenor, alto, baritone, and basso are described with humorous details about their appearance and behavior during a service.
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United States
John Rogers
Salt Lake Tribune
Montreal Gazelle
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Lan Wert Bulletin
J. H. Foster
Opera House Block
E. L. Wilkinson
Mi. D
Union Block
Newcomer's Grocery Store
Georgiana O. Glenn
van Wert
H. G. Davis
No. 10
Kepler St
J.K. Woods
D. Gts Egg and Surgeon
Washington Street
Bridge
W. Depuy
LePuy House
C. M’gavren
William Smith
A. L. Teubner & Co
Main
Jackson Sts
J. M. Stutsman
M.D
Attorneys AT Law
G. E. Wells
LAW
Notary Public
Itergy
E Courts of
Ohio
Co. Glenn
A. J. Porter
Gleen & Porter
Ofice
Yeardy’s
John Darnell
R. WN
Alexander
G. M. Saltzgaber
Alexander & Saltzgaber
James M. Barr
Orney
O. E
Ira P. Shissler
L. Price
Price & Shissler
MecCurdy’s Block
First National Bank
W. J. Beers
van ‘Ert
Jas. Clark & Son
J. B. Brodnix
C. P. Edson
Edson & Brodnix
Jas. W. Evans
A. P. Linn
van Jert
Weekly Bulletin
van Wert, Ohio
S100
D. A. Johns, Peter Swartwou
Jacob Fox
I. N. Alexander
Jas. C. Casto
A. B. Gleason
F. J. Bonewitz, LE
Ww. Wilson
Rice Melsheimer Vanes Webster
M. F. Richey
Isaac N. Alexander
A. Melsheimer
C. D.swartolt
C. P. Bonewitz
Cashier
Old Country
Pasange
A.P. McConahay
Grentlemen
Mr. Beecher
Crook
Vermont
Tunica County
Ark
Leesburg
Esquimaux
Hall
Joe
Hannah
Groton
J. C. Flood
The
Californian
Man of Gold and Silver
San Francisco
Moody
Pittsfield
Brooklyn
Ashtabula
Folsom
Paragoonah
Utah
Methodist Episcopal
Hamstead
Homerton
Stockwell
Honeston
Fullham
Deptford
P. P. Bliss
Major Whittle
Whittle
Sankey
Virginia City
Missouri River
Oregon
Pacific
Rocky Mountain
New Britian
New Ireland
New Guinea
George Brown
A. P. McConahay
East Main Street
Constance
TEL
William Winter
Atlanta
Freedmen’s Bank
Benedicta
Maine
Brady
Indianapolis
King Lonesome
Lucy Larcom
She
Orson Hyde
Burlington
Gov. Lippitt
Westminister Street
Providence
Connecticut
New York
I. Ww
PENN
Phb Court House
T. van Wert
Joseph Cassel
Swineford & Sons
Grocers
Coce
H. Weible
Prest
R. C. GiBson, Sup't
Delphos
G.C. Graham
South Washington St
Madison St
Toledo
Chrstmas Toys
A. Lynch
McGuffy
M. H. Tuttle
Clark
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