Wakefield 1887 School Meeting and Local Mining Hopes
The Wakefield district No. 1 held its annual school meeting with displeasure at low turnout. A. Schindler was reappointed assessor, Walter Goodland became director, two teachers hired for eight months starting Nov. 1, and taxes set for wages and debts. Reports mention mining progress near Crown Point and Eclipse properties, a busy Lake Shore switch engine, and Wakefield’s new Mosler safe in the treasurer’s office. Local temperance sentiment against Sunday saloon openings is noted.
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Leonard’s Hall
A. Schindler
Walter Goodland
Sunday Lake
Wakefield
Crown Point
Lake Shore
Simpson
Bow
Sunday closing debate stirs a weary city mood
Fragmentary OCR recalls tension over Sunday closing, noting Simp son pushing his small group of fanatic supporters. It hints at Bes semer as a looming comparison to a city of the dead in a future year, suggesting decline or unease.
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Semer
Simpson
Bes
Something Wrong Proud Father
Dialogue recalls a father asking Tommy about his new bouncing brother. Tommy says nothing is right with the baby, claiming he dropped him on the floor yet he would not bounce. The exchange hints at comic or dark family tension in a domestic scene.
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Tommy
Paw
Writer Declares Humming Birds Are Great Racers
A summary of hummingbird behavior notes that male hummers spend free time chasing other birds, darting from flowers, and whistling during spring arrivals. The pursuit resembles tag, with males and females both enjoying the sport, while nest building and parental duties are minimized for the males.
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Robert 8. Wood
Famous Lawsuits That Lasted Over Century
The article surveys historic legal delays from the 18th to 19th centuries. It notes cases like Eugene Aram, executed in 1759 for a 1745 murder, and other long‑delayed prosecutions from 1782, 1802, and 1776. It recalls a barrister’s remark about a leaf stolen in 1803 and tried in 1863, illustrating enduring prosecutorial lags.
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Eugene Aram
Lytton
Hood
Aram
Horne
Wall
United States
Crown
London
No Escape in the Tile Cottage Night
A crowd gathers as a police officer intervenes in a distressing scene. A boy explains his brother cries because their mother is nearly blind and deaf. The officer fumbles tears, noting the boy is distressed by the mother mending trousers.
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Los Angeles Times
Check Designed to Impress Cashed at Wedding
A witty remark in Vanity Fair has an old gentleman telling his new son in law that a $50,000 wedding present check was only for effect. The groom replies that the effect was excellent as the bank cashed the check this morning without incident.
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Henry
Vanity Fair
How He Knew Train Question Riddle
A short exchange presents a playful logic riddle about predicting the neighbor's train. Gerald questions which train the man next door takes, and the dialogue reveals the answer through a clever twist about matching trains.
There Was Hope Lady Tobe Divorce Dialogue
A rough, colloquial exchange discusses divorce and separation with a northern city voice. The dialogue mentions Alabama, washing needs, and rapid speech as part of a regional scene reflected in a Cincinnati Advoce clipping.
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Tobe
Alabama
Cincinnati
Too Trusting After Breaking Into a Bank Strong Room
A burglar enters a bank and finds the strong room door with a cryptic sign promising the safe is open. He tries the knob, lights blaze, an alarm sounds, electric shock hits him, a wall panel opens and a bulldog grips him. He ends in jail confessing he trusted humans too much.
The Thinness of Terrence
Two Irishmen gossip after a year apart asking about Terence O Toole. Mike says Terence is a dying man, noting he is getting thinner than both men, with Tim and Mike each already thin.
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Terrence
Terence O'Toole
Tim
Mike
Terences
Terence
Everybody’s Magazine
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