Negro Chickens and a Funny Confederate Era Tale
A frayed Civil War era vignette from Youth's Companion recounts Mose and Zeke on a plantation in the South. The squire jokes about Mose’s hat while a theft accusation uncovers sly wit and comic mischief. Zeke defends himself in arithmetic fashion before artillery forces force a retreat as a costumed narrator ends with a light moral.
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Nashville
Mose
Bin
Zekrel
Zeke
Marie Johnson
Zekiel
Dare
Memphis
Rave
Turbulent World Fair Glove Box Bargain Tale
A Toledo man recalls an amusing booth scene at a Turkish village display at the World’s Fair. A vendor offers a glove box for $2.50 after a back and forth on pricing. Bystander comments reveal other shoppers paying various sums, including $1.75 for a larger box. Outside a midway, a campstool rental yields a tiny fee as the scene shifts to a lighthearted courtroom couple moment.
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Toledo
Midway
Ant
Detroit Free Press
Fragmentary note on a Venter Rol and Cheyer incident
Readable fragments describe a Venter Rol and a Cheyer incident in a canty scene. The text lacks clear dates places or names beyond these terms and hints at a mishap or event without full details.
Misread Exchanges Spark Banter and Railway Gaffe
A humorous exchange ends with Tom severing ties over a word from Miss Coupon while a yardmaster scolds a crew for leaving a switch unchanged. An old anecdote recalls William IV with a humorous blunder at table involving an empty bottle and a marine guard.
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William IV
England
Marines
Are You Going East Utah Rail Way Brochure Ad
Travel with Rio Grande Western Railway offers speed safety and comfort with three routes and renowned scenic views. Send 25 cents to J H Bennett Salt Lake City for the illustrated book Utah a Peep Into the Mountain Walled Treasury of the Gods.
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Great Rio Grande Western Railway
J. H. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Utah
Beatty's Pianos and Organs Exceeds Past Milestones
Hon Daniel F Beatty, famed Washington New Jersey organ and piano man, built Beatty's Pianos and Organs since 1870. Despite obstacles his business grows with nationwide use of instruments. Advertisements claim sales near 109 dollars per unit, totaling large sums and asserting major industry leadership.
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Ts Pi
Beatty
Cat'le Fror
Daniel F. Tioatty
Washington, New Jersey
Daniel F Beatty
Washington
New Jersey
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N.J
Alrens
A Man Refuses Food, Chooses Death Over Safe Eating
A quoted man in this piece laments the belief that boiled water and milk destroy nutrition and describes his fear of dangerous microbes in bread butter and other foods. He asserts no safe edible option exists and accepts impending death rather than eat suspected poison. The dialogue titled Earlem Life ends with the grim conclusion.
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Howe
Europe
Way of Putting to Mr Furiblyan in New York Herald
Fragmentary OCR text shows a dialogue about seeking a wife and giving up avoidance. Names Mr Furiblyan and Mr Verifair appear, with a narrator noting an old New York Herald source fragment.
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W. T. Golding
Main Street
Wadpsworthie
Nevada
Wm. Pierson
Free
Dan'l B. Beatty
T. V. Julien
Reno, Nevada
Dinitel F
Beatty, New Jersey
Wadsworth Saloon
Wai
W.N. Liniment
Manor Beast
W.simmone
Boston
THE
Fowler, Acuwr
I Organs
Beatty’s Pianos Organs
Washington, N
Huon Ao
Rego Wit
Jack
Coupon
Tom
Puck
Bill
Brooklyn
J. IL. Horsnyper
Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz
Cal
Reading
Ohio
O. Friewla
Ayer
Mra
Sidney Carr
Regina St
Harrisburg
Ager
C. T. Arnett
Maromoth Spring
Ark
J.C. Ayer
Orrositelly
Orrict
Davelip
York Herald
William Donaldson
Teopriotor
Wadsworth
Mar
STAGE
Stillwater, Churchill Co
Agency of Insurance Companies OF
America
Express
Fire Association OF
Philadelphia
A. S
J. M. McCormack
Reno
Otto Swanson
Wadsworth, Nevada
Swanson
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