Evonnee Latour haunted by a fatal New Orleans past
A reader recounts a draughty boardinghouse in New Orleans where Evonnee Latour, seventeen, recalls a tragic marriage to Gilbert Westerly. A matching tale follows of a later haunting by Evonnee at the old Cathedral St. Louis and a cemetery inscription noting Evonnee’s death at seventeen.
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Evonnee
Evohnee Latour
St. Louis
Frannee Latour
Gilbert Westerly
New York
Gilbert
New Orleans
Bobby Jarby as a Phrenologist
A Brooklyn Times item recounts Lulu Jarby annoyed by a visitor. Her brother Bob sneaks to the parlor and asks Mr. Littlehead to let him feel his head to test if it would squash like a ball. The odd exchange ends with Littlehead departing.
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Bobby Jarby
Lulu Jarby
Mr. Littlehead
Bob
Lulu
Cosbu
Littlehead
Brooklyn Times
Distinct Stranger Not From Little Rock Identified
Two men in a saloon observe a distinguished stranger who does not reside in Little Rock. The bartender trusts him for a drink, suggesting his unfamiliarity with the town. The quote is from the Arkansaw Traveler.
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Little Rock
Arkansaw Traveler
Eskimo Patience With a Self-Mashioned Knife Tale
A narrator recalls an Eskimo near King William's Land who spend years shaping a knife blade from a Franklin iron fragment. He used an old ship’s file as a chisel, sharpening it for years, delaying completion. The craftsman finally receives a butcher knife in exchange.
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King William’s Land
Sir John Franklin
Liewt
Schwalka
Antelope Hair Life Preservers Tested by New York Firm
A New York company producing 1800 antelope hair bustles daily has begun making life preservers from the same material. Tests show ten pounds of buoyancy can keep a live person’s head above water. Cork and Alaska down buoys of small weight supported 33 and 64 pounds respectively, and yachts fitted with antelope hair cushions can throw overboard and support a dozen persons.
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New York
California
Alaska
Inter Ocean
A Useful Pastime: Letter Name Recall Game for Class
Students play a memory game using names beginning with each letter. The teacher lists girls names starting with A and players write as many as they recall in two minutes. Names are checked and points awarded based on how many share or miss each name. The activity extends to boys names and continues through the alphabet to reinforce spelling and memory.
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Amy
Annabel
Alice
Ann
Annie
Armenda
Amabel
Alfred
Abel
Adam
Andrew
Arthur
Bill Me and the Punist Satirizes a Boston Joke
In a light anecdote from the Boston Globe, a narrator meets a pale young man claiming Boston ties who reveals he is a junior at the State Asylum for the Insane jailed as a Punist by the Governor. The piece detours into a capitalized joke about pun lists shipped to England and ends with a proverb about barefooted steps.
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New Orleans
Jore
Jacob
Boston
Hub
State Asylum For
Queen Anne
England
Boston Globe
Proposed Ohio Constitution Amendments Election Text
The General Assembly of Ohio proposes amendments to articles II III and X of the state constitution. Provisions cover biennial elections for senators and representatives, executive department officers all elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and county officers with terms not exceeding three years. Adopted March 23 195.
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General Assembly
State of
Ohio
A. D. Marsh
House of Representatives
John G. Warwick
Senate
United States OF America
I. James 8. RoBiNson
State of Ohio
Columbus
James S. Robinson
Genegal Assembly
Lmer White
James, S. Robinson
Aken
A. D
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Wayne Go
Herald
Wooster, Ohio
Herald Printing
Hiram Hayes
John J. Astor
Warwick
Stratford
Hiram
Avon
Atlantic Monthly
Lilly Curry
Marie Duverne
Marie
Madame Duverne
Evonnee Jatour
Jeanne Agathe Latour
Riga
Russia
Garden ‘City
Long Island
A F. Stewart
Chapel
Tower Division
New York Times
Sheik Kemal Eden Bemiri
Olila
Red Sea
Allah
Alfred E. Brehm
Popular Science Monthly
House
Mackinac
Palace Steamers
Detroit
Cleveland
Detroit & Cleveland Steam Nav. Co. Co
D. Whitco
B.C. Howe & CO
North 6Th &T
Phila
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