The New Year Toll and A Joyful Dawn
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03 Jan 1874
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Weekly Bulletin in Troy, Illinois
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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1874
Page
1
Mrs Watkins ghost and the speckled hen tale
A long family tale centers on Aunt Polly and a haunting story about Mrs Watkins ghost in a new house. The father narrates the move from the old haunted home to a snug farm, the mysterious bell that rang at all hours, and the eventual reveal that the supposed ghost was a speckled hen pecking the bell wire.
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John
Uttle Joe
Mother
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Olly
Aunt Polly
Uls
Polly
Mary Ann Jones
Ben Smithers
Joe
Springfield
Ben Smithera
Ben
Mary Ann
Mark
Mrs Watkins
Greene
Mrss Watkins
Mr. Greene
Deacon Hadley
Ayn
Hard Lessons From A Country Boy's Summer
In St Nicholas, Charles Dudley Warner recalls two country boys, Solomon and John. Solomon dies from not eating green apples while dutiful at home, contrasted with John who dreams of adventure. John meets a carriage asking for sweet flag, misreads kindness as bribery, and later endures a cruel prank from a wagon with laughing girls, shaping his view of the world.
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Goshen
Zoah
Solomon
John
Jim Gates
Jim
Mar
Charles Dudley Warner
St. Nicholas
Gun Safety Rules From an Old But Practical Manual
A historical safety piece stresses never handling a gun without know how and under control. It warns to keep a gun at half cock, never point at living beings, and to test load status without dangerous experiments. The article also recounts a sensational anecdote of a man seeking laudanum poisoning and a shattered mining romance fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schimme
Remarkable Fragments From A Packed Page Of 19th Century News
A disparate roundup of quirky incidents from Indiana to Massachusetts includes a Fara Iowa rule on Sunday barbers, a pole climbing feat by Joan ZeaGLER of Pulaski County Virginia, and a widow in Indiana seeking 100000 from a fiancé who failed to marry. Other items note a burning wheel mill in Springfield Illinois, James Laura walking 100 miles in 22 hours 33 minutes, a Green Bay creosote mishap, and sensational summaries on editors and divorces.
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Joan Zeagler
Pulaski County
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James Laura
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Peck Roberts
Troy
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