Speedville uncle rescues baby by marrying nurse Barbara
Harold Varley inherits a child mistaken for a niece in Speedville. On a stranded train, he wrestles a crying baby and, after farcical mishaps, brings the infant to Barbara Smith, who agrees to marry him. A week later their union is sealed as the baby’s antics spark a domestic reunion.
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Mary A. Saddler
Mary A. Smith
Jamestown
R. Phillips
Warren and
Old Exchange
Dr. Sager
Warren
Why Tie Married
Mr. Verley, a cautious bachelor turning thirty-nine, contemplates meeting Barbara Smith, the young niece of his deceased brother Harold. He fears unrequited love and plots to place her in a boarding school while amusing himself with doubtful plans as he travels toward Speedville station.
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Barbara
Mr. Verley
Joseph Verley
Harold
Venice
Speedville
Byron
Speedville Station
How Rain Is Formed According to Science
A summary of rain formation explains that uniform atmospheric temperature would prevent precipitation. Evaporation from seas and surfaces saturates air. cooling from cold air or descending currents lowers capacity to hold moisture, forming clouds and rain. Condensation acts like a sponge releasing water as capacity diminishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Sailor hires pew after paying for state room in church
A lakes sailor returns home to Detroit with wages and his mother urges church attendance during a revival. A fellow pew occupant questions his faith, leading Jack to insist he owns a church state-room receipt, declaring he will not enter the building again. General Parker predicts Sioux and Cheyenne trouble will end with reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jack
Parker
Prisoner Boarding Costs Shown For Potter County
In Potter county Pennsylvania no licenses issued in nineteen years yet it cost twelve dollars to board county jail prisoners in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Goose Lore From Josh Billings on Geese and Farm Life
The humorist notes geese as grass animals that do not cud chew and live long, noting a goose per acre scales and strong hatching mothers. He adds geese are good for meat and feathers, though hard to breed and sometimes curious in stance, able to tuck a leg to their body and stand all day.
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Fredonia
Nathan Cleland
Charlotte
Chautauqua County
Erie
Dunn’s
Portland
Westfield
North East
Commodore Perry
Buffalo
Cleland
Abner Williams
Richard Williams
Williams
Navy
Commodore
Colburne
Canada
Mayville
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Conewango
Chautauqua Lake
Onondaga
Stanish Road
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Mr. C
Alriving
Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburg
Plainfield
Mass
Samuel
James
Nathan
Josh Billings
Sharp exchanges frame Kentucky quarrel in Congress letter
A public feud between Governor Stevenson and others in Kentucky yields pointed correspondence. Congressman Jones writes a blistering letter accusing Stevenson of cowardice and slander. He warns that blood may flow before the strife ends and that Stevenson will bear Cain’s mark at death.
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Stevenson
Kentucky
Congressman Jones
Cain
Notable Visitor Sings to Violent At Utica Lunatic Asylum
Ax Miss Kellogg visited Utica State Lunatic Asylum and sang to violent patients with a guitar. Inmates examined her, spun her about, and the women pressed to kiss her, with the singer consenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ax Miss Kellogg
Utica State Lunatic Asylum
Witty misreadings and street wit in old tales
A catalog of humorous exchanges reveals mistaken interpretations of simple actions as benevolent or clever. A salt misused as kindness, a servant noting a snow shoveled, and a boy misreading adult questions showcase literal mindsets. Other vignettes include a student asking for Dover Street and a lake boat scene where a child simply answers fishing. The anecdotes end with a shopkeeper’s cleaner shirt quip, reflecting the era’s fondness for wordplay.
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Robinson
Dover Street
Lake George
Flora
Patrick O'Flynn
Chatham Street
New York
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J. H. Douglass
Shafer Block
Carver House
Brown & Schnur
Liberty Street
G. W. Scofield
Warren, Pa
Brown
WM. Schnur
C. ©. Thompson
Second St
Beecher & Copeland’s
J. A. Partridge
Warren, Penna
Rufus B. Smith
Smith & Thompson
Warren Pa
DR. R. Fuller
Sheffield Depot
Sheffield
Russel
Kulyts J. Loomis
Allen & Reeves
Water Street
Hunter
H. Aten
F.D. Reeves
G. W. Allen
J. N. Schnur
Russell House
J. A. Neill
Watson & Davis
Water Streets
W. C. Coburn
M. D
J. W. Potter
Tidioute
White’s Hotel
N. B
Venango
Forest Counties
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Youngsville, Warren Co
J. A. Culperrson
D. C. Bowman
G. R. Woon
George Reig, JR
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J. B. Brown
W. Martin
Cortland Street
Greenwich
Washington Sts
Peter Martin
WM. Martin
George Ball
J. H. Mitchell & CO
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J. WU. Mitchell
H. A. Jamieson
Brown & Stone
Johnson’s Exchange
Penna. Ri
Wiihy
C. W. Stone
Wetmore & Clark
Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Wetmore
J. RK. Clare
Kirberger
Greenland Brothers
Keystone Block
Charles Dinsmoor
Justice O the Peace
Hickory and
Wilbur
Allen
Johnson's Exchange
First National Bank
W. W. Wincur
T. Allen
Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road
Philadelphia
Wergene
I Corry
Wheal Vy
Tern
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Pelt
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New Jersey Railroad
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Tne
Erie Railway Company
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Evie Railway
Pak Ak Osa OP
Westland Souls West
L. D. Rucker
Gen
Isupt. A
G. W. Div
WM. R. Barr
Geil Pass
Ag.t
Fl Creek
Titusville
Petroleum Centre
Oil City
Irvington
Irvineton
White Oaks
Tionesta
Cleopolis
Oleopolis
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Harrisburg
Evie
Philadelphia and Erie Railway
John Pitcairn, Jr
Gen’l
A. J. Hepburn
MY Playmate
Ramoth Hill
Follymill
Ramoth Wood
Orioles
Thee
John G. Whittier
Verley
Harold Varley
Weie
Winfield
Joseph
Barbara Smith
Chatauqua County
Gen. Grant
Arbela
Thermople
Leonidas
Austerlitz
Valley Forge
Washington
the Wilderness
United States
Lee
Schofield
Meade
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Sickles
Howard
Grant
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Baffaio
Franklin
Pittsburgh
Silver Palace
J. J. Lawrence
Tuos
M. Kine
Tie
Niagara River
Alexander H. Stephens
Springfield
Whittemore
Congress
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