Bear and Bridegroom Behind the Bear in a Story Told at Christmas
An old couple hosts a Christmas Eve gathering as Uncle Ben recounts a tale of Peggy White and her guardian Josh Spreckle. In a frontier oddity, Peggy’s suitor Benjamin Hunter helps byfighting a bear to win consent, leading to a rapid, improvised nuptial with Peggy. The bear, once charmed, retreats and the wedding proceeds with resolve, aided by a moral about loyalty and debt.
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Aunt Peggy
Ben [Unter
Uncle Ben
Peggy
Poway
Spreckle
Josh Spreckle
Peggsy
Josh
Benjamin
Squire
Peggy White
Jossy
Old Scratch
Josh’way
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Hunter
Darin
Bear
Lanst
Weill
Peesy
A Wonderful Dwellling of Ohio Giants Amazes Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer reports Captain Martin Van Buren Bates and wife near Seville Ohio stand seven to eight feet tall and weigh 478 and 413 pounds. Their house built in 1876 features ten foot doors and oversized furniture including a piano on blocks and a couch ten feet long. Boots cost thirty dollars a pair for the couple, horses pull wagons reaching the second story, and locals must yield to the gigantic procession on country roads.
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Martin van Buren Bates
Au Farm
Seville
Bates Giants
Captain Bates
Some Vulgarities of Good Society Explored
A Queen essay critiques private questions loud public displays and ego driven behavior as vulgar. It condemns self centered talk and petty sins of egotism as the core of vulgarity, contrasting manners with inner refinement.
Fragmentary Moral Maxims From a 19th Century Text
A fragmented selection presents admonitions on courtesy to all and kindness in daily conduct. It touchingly recalls asking pardons, honoring truth, and refraining from listening to a tale bearer, though the source text is incomplete and irregular.
Father of locomotives on show at Newcastle centenary
A foreign reporter describes sixteen locomotives in Newcastle Ear sheds for the Miephenson Centenary display. He spots an 1825 Locomotion built by George Stephenson, the ancestor of modern engines, sharing the scene with gleaming Midland Railway locomotives and a crowd of mechanics. The contrast of aged relic and pristine engines symbolizes Newcastle and Gateshead’s memory. Then a separate anecdote recounts Rev. Aminadab Bledsoe and Sam Webster discussing firewood in dialect.
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Newcastley
Ear
Eatterne
Siateen
Enelines
Orpan Les
Midland Railway Company
Messrs
G. R. Stephenson
Newcastle
George Stephenson
Stockton and Oslington
Gateshead
Turning points in life and witty adages in a humorous panorama
A collage of aphorisms and social quips on debts, crime, aging women, and relationships. It pairs lines like Never give up with pointed observations on men, women, and manners, including jokes about age, seating, and drinking.
Endorsement and Advertisements Mixed in 1870 Column
An enthusiastic letter from Gorman N H dated July 14 1870 praises a compound for consumption like Dr King New Discovery claiming it cures coughs bronchitis and lung ailments. It also includes a quip about a milkman and notes on Dr Bull’s cough syrup and piano advertisements with local names and locations.
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Gorman
N. H
Tim Burca
Evi
Dr. King
Vlae
A.W. Merck
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Providence
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Parker
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Sovaly Dearens
Hiscox & Co
N.Y. Lance
Bugine
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Irwin Station
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Pourer & Son
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Carver House
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A. Hertzel
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Charles Martin
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N. Martin
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Sherif
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