A Broad Gauge Business Man and His Golden Rule
A portrait of Edgar Jones who rejected hoarding wealth and merged labor with love to aid the poor. He valued deeds over gold, investing in need and charity while critics mocked him. His life blended generosity with prudence, earning praise from angels despite worldly scorn. He dies content, leaving a legacy of compassionate finance.
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Golden City
Lear
Finwaeder
Edgar Jones
Treaa
Stolen cotton and night ride escape on a Texas wagon
Cape and I hide in a cotton loaded wagon when thieves steal our father's cotton. The wagon moves of its own accord. two horse thieves pursue. We reach a gin where the thief is arrested and the cotton is loaded again. The fugitive thief flees, horses are seized, and the owner later vanishes. The family jokes about the near capture for years.
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Jemy Vita Willis
Cape
Vnn
Texas
Tost
Two Ways
Chethy Warder
Clesan
Straits Pape
Dape Agian
Gin-Yard
Nugaway 27
Otur Q
Nape
Father
Pape
The Austrian Empress and the Hair Talisman Tale
An amused anecdote from the Chicago Inter Ocean recounts the Austrian empress's pride in her crystal tresses and a maid’s risk of hair loss. A dresser narrowly avoids pulling hair, and a clever servant explains a locket keeps a sovereign’s strand as a talisman for his daughter. The empress later gifts a diamond jewel and a nod to a daughter’s talisman.
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Austria
Ems
Cipdo
Arifield
Andy
Dale
Kas
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Witty ammites in Dublin life and quips about abstention
A garbled Dublin quip collection discusses a caroon asking about a shilling after a fare increase, an army officer insult, and jokes on whisky abstention. A remark by Maj. O Gorman and assorted Irish life anecdotes appear, including a boatman complaint about a foreman who shifts rocks rather than his own finger.
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Dublin
Oliewr
Kildare Street
Sarre
Biek
Maj. O'Gorman
Gibraltar
Epitaph for His Callie Reflects a Shepherd Dog
An old Chicago Times Herald clip recalls a Scots shepherd and his dog, praising the dog’s fidelity as he fetches sheep from hills. The verse notes the creature’s keen sense, obedience, and devoted search until the flock is complete, ending with a simple grave inscription about one missing sheep.
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Chicago Times: Herald
The Call of Buty in Opposite Duty
A brief Chicago Daily News item notes men who answer duty in reverse, highlighting ironic or critical views of reluctant public service and the pull of personal choice over professional obligation.
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Buty
Chicago Daily News
Two Trials of Jesus Before the High Priest
Excerpt analyzes the early Friday trials of Jesus before Annas Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin. It outlines the sequential stages, from preliminary examination to the irregular night sessions, the mockery, and Peter's denials, leading to the dawn condemnation recorded in Luke.
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Peloubet
John
Matt
Peter
Jesus
Zion
David
Oman
Vilate
Caiaphas
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Annas
Mount Zion
R. V
Sam
New Kingdom
Rome
Sanhedrin
Christ
Mora Inc
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