The Gaunt Ferryman Across the River
A Texan party struggles two hours to cross a swift river to hire a ferryman who is absent. They seize the ferried boat, reach midstream as water floods the craft, horses panic, and the ambulance nearly sinks. The ferryman, stern and calm, demands full fare, and each traveler pays on a chip, with Col Wash vowing revenge and the group enduring cold and fear.
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Armill
Colonel Wash
Johnson
Col. Wash
Washraved
Sam
Health Firsts and Folly From Halls Journal Text
A long excerpt from Halls Journal of Health critiques common beliefs about health and behavior, warns against procrastination, and cites life insurance as prudent planning. It covers dietary excess, study intensity, exercise, sleep, cleanliness, and temperance, plus a satirical essay on kissing and a Turkish bath scene.
Eex President Pierce Well Again And Other News
Report notes Eex President Pierce is well. Mrs Lincoln to spend winter at Nice. Santa Anna has a son in bandit trade. Punch artist is a young woman. New Hampshire boy coughs up a water snake. Mr Weed's health improved. Florence Nightingale confined to her room eleven years. Philadelphia Ledger publisher George W Childs sails for Europe. wedding in New York with twenty four bridesmaids and groomsmen. Gen Tooker infirm. a man unable to move without assistance. Mr Gough warns against bad habits and their lasting impact. folly of hearty suppers. letters by Martin Luther recently discovered at Marburg.
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Halls Journal of Health
Ponrth
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Drayman
New York
National Life Insurance Company
Josh Billings
Kant
Paradise
Enny Boy
Adam
Earth
Garden of Eden
Ennyboddy
Penn Square
Punch
New Hampshire
Gen. Tooker
Army Rules for a Happy Home and Other Miscellany
A varied 1860s miscellany mixing domestic guidance on courtship and marriage with military and civic notes. It includes a marital etiquette nugget urging respectful pursuit, faithful partnership, and home life over nightlife, alongside brief items about the U S Army structure, Brigham Young retirement rumors, a presidential monument contract, a quip on quiet workers, a potato metaphor, and a Schenectady merchant incident.
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Water Street
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G. W. Allen
H. L. Bartholomew
Irvine
J. N. Schnur
Lyssell
J. A. Neill
L Watson & Davis
W. C. Coburn
M. D
J. W. Potter
Tidioute
White’s Hotel
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Venango
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R. O. O. Trantumn, Brack
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Williiams & CO
Bay and Saginaw Sault Co
East Public Dock
Erie
Waughitt
Atlantic Hotel
J. M. Havens
Jamestown House
Depot
Jamestown
N. Yy
Court House
John Thomas
Culbertson, Bowman & Wood
Youngsville
Warren Co
J. A. Culperrson
D.C. Bowman
G. R. Woon
Sdec'boly
George Reig, JR
Second Street
J. B. Brown
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Cortland Street
Greenwich
Washington Sts
Peter Martin
WM. Martin
George Ball
J. A. Mitchell & CO
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H. A. Jamieson
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Johnson’s Exchange
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C. W. Stone
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Carver
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Warren County
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Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
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Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Wetmore
J. R. Clark
P. J. Trushel & CO
Front Street
Warren Pa
Randall’s Drug Store
A. Kirberger
Greenland Brothers
Charles Dinsmoor
Gsly
Wilbur & Allen
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First National Bank
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J.H. Mitchelie& CO
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Variety Hall
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Great Oil
Pennsylvania
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Angel Alphed L. Pyle
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Bitters
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Hoofland's
Santa Cruz
C. M. Jackson
Philadelphia, PA
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New York Gas
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William Sarra
America
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Supreme Court of
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James Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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Coates St
F. D. Fendalli
Christian Chronicle
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Hopfland
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German Medicine Store
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M. Jackson
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