Thanksgiving Tragedy amid Inglenook Firelight
In a Salem household at Thanksgiving pained memory and harsh family tension unfold as Sammy Hantz, a motherless boy, endures hard chores under his stepmother while longing for a promised visit to his grandfather. Snow and frost mark a sorrowful end as he cries for his mother and passes away before the holiday.
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Dimal
Sammy Haniz
Inglenook
Mrs. Hants
Sammy
Fler
Mr. Hantz
Lee
Goa
Matthew Gedile
Chih
Tibet
Mr. Lee
Color man George Young dies at 108 in Kansas Territory
Col A G Ege of Doniphan County Kansas reports the death of George Young aged 108 at the colonel’s rancho. He served as body servant to the family’s father in law during the Revolutionary War and recalled meeting General Washington. He died Sunday last with memories of the era and Washington’s appearance.
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General Washington
St Joseph Journal
Let There Be Light Astonishing Creation Poem Recited
Fragment from a school pupil’s composition titled Let There Be Light. The piece rails against darkness and extols the Creator’s command Let there be light with vivid imagery of color and creation and ends with a vision of heaven and eternal light.
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Sf Eéuip
Republican
ABC
Gaying
Nise
Lroud
Practical Joking in Court Square
An attorney describes a humorous client tale where a Kyr ary stable man named D Wiggins overcharged a client. The client hired a horse and wagon to Dedbad for a dollar and a half, then paid an extra and claimed the horse was later used to Salem, returning by rail. The man insisted the horse remained at Salem after paying five dollars.
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Brother D
Court’ Square
Squire D . Wiggins
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Dedbad
Salem
Wiggins
Client
Christian Cheerfulness and Glory in Hard Times
Essay extols Christian cheerfulness as godly and influential, citing figures like Jeremiah, John, Bunyan, Luther, and Elbak to illustrate joy in confinement and faith. It then notes a gigantic Indian on display in Lafayette, Indiana, aged 19, seven feet seven inches tall, weighing 486 pounds.
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Jeremiah
John
New Jerusalem
Patmos
Bunyan
Lu‘ther
Babel
Elabak
Layfayette
Indiana
Private quarrel overheard in domestic exchange
In a brief exchange one spouse urges the other to keep temper while both sides urge personal reform in a terse domestic moment. The dialogue highlights a marital disagreement and calls for self control without further context.
Verdant Musings Question Old Sayings On Death
A gossipy aside argues health writers note alcohol and vice harm. The quip claims “many people dig their graves with their teeth” alongside a jab at drunkenness and mortality. The tone mirrors a relic of cautionary wisdom.
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Bar
English Lawyer Fleeing to Australia After Large Fraud
A London lawyer Davie Hughes fled to Australia amid alleged frauds totaling about 750 000 dollars. He used funds for risky building schemes prioritizing female investors and left behind a wife and eight children at Cantonbury Park. A detective pursues him from Melbourne while reports describe a farewell party and retirement plans.
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London
Davie Hughes
Australia
Cantonbury Park
Ramsgate
Hughes
Liverpool
Melbourne
Ned
Dialog on fate and life in dialect speech
A fragment presents a conversation where a “good man” tells his enslaved servant the wicked do not live long, prompting Cuffey to quip about dying before noon. The piece uses stylized dialect to hint at social dynamics and mortality.
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Aurora
Voilet
Cuffey
Lebben
Coroner's Jury Verdict on Death in Iowa County
A coroner's jury verdict states the deceased died by designation of God rather than violence. The body bore a pocketbook with $2 a Fletcher Bank check for 440 two horses a Pagott and some batter and fouthers.
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Iowa
Fletchers’s Bank
Whiskey Fever Epidemic Warned As Dreadful Curse
A dramatic warning describes whiskey fever as a spreading plague. It portrays the epidemic as a volcanic blaze, counting victims in the millions and urging vigilance and caution against its deadly reach.
Bar Kentuckian Quips On Corn And Whiskey Output
A Kentuckian jokes about his harvest saying he raised about ten barrels of whiskey and wastes some for bread, indicating a rural measure of output and humor about surplus alcohol.
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