A Drunk Plea Turns Court Elegy in Old Time Story
In a rural court tale from earlier days a judge and crowd witness a drinking spree that derails proceedings. A gambler-like culprit, caught stealing from a Columbus Hotel, pleads guilty but drunk, prompting a moral mix of laughter and sympathy as spouses endure and endure a quiet, stubborn trial of character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuaitt
Hman
Steritt
Brown
Lim
Tulge
Fie
Columbus
Sturitt
Steria
Manin
Womans Veneration and the Idol of Love
A fragment essay discusses female veneration for powerful men and divine-like heroes. It compares women’s tendency to idolize successful divines and noble minds, and warns that upbringing shapes moral outcomes for children, urging proper education to prevent societal decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nubuchadnegann
Paula
Jerome
Sulf-Saecigel
Richard Baxter
Monkeys in New York and a Boston Post fragment
An unclear, fragmentary clipping mentions a large stock in New York related to a monkey topic and a Boston Post note about a newborn in Standishfield Massachusetts. It includes stray remarks on race and social topics tied to a mirror vignette and civic civility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steritt
Ivan
Draasa
Asa Ongins
Tealian
New York
Inon HK
Hanel Orwans
Untitled Essay on Virtue and Sacrifice and Love
Fragmented prose extols private sacrifice over romantic desire, praising heroes who renounce passion to care for parents or siblings and noting a rare stoic female ideal. The speaker likens such figures to Charles Lamb and laments the cost of noble cheerfulness amid faded smiles and inner trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenobia
Isa Lero
Charles Lamb
Hans Py
Bray
Corruptions of Language and a Comic Tale
A reader laments fancy words such as commence and endorse replacing plain English forms. The missives discuss pronunciation en route and ex route, the word artiste, and other newspaper dialects, followed by a comic anecdote about a young man recounting a sea voyage to his uncle with playful mispronunciations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddy
Chureh
Trueney
Congress
Washington
Tun Mavok
William
Josiah
Philadelphia
Unee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jeffersonian
Jefferson
Jefferson County
Wis
WATT
Milwaukee
Second Streets
Jefferson House
Parms
Gilbe County
Jefferson Pany
W.reed
J. 0. Bentley
WEY Mouse & Plig
Counse
Jefferson, Jefferson Co
Holmes
Lou ' Ainsney
Notary Kostkonong
Dederson Counstor
Corp Ateineon
Gilda
Tortowit
Cow
W &Pr
Greer
Jiram Banbler
Jun
Ana Land
Fe Caves
Masta
Dettercon
Wittawater Ractiange
AP. Xaight
Deapvietar
Whitewoer
Wisconsin
Willie Ostrich
Wahlic
Fay
Mia Sin
Dia Y Woare
Steve Pipe
Voleens,sant Cttwood
Maske Ily
LONE
Mer
Was
Tanne
DALY
Louis & Kadish
Hans
Bank OF Jefferson
TIS Banz
Main Street
I Toy
Bank
Memation
Howe Inserance Company
WorLan
Oasie Capital
Avemcay Express
W.D. Hillyer
Mwar Rode
Edaisnebe
Deflerien
Sy. O. Ngrlel
Jefferson Scunty Home Mutual Insurance Company
HPP Etn Son
Weston
Perovisione
Gants
Bya Chen
Sos Eee Aou
Vane Suns
B. Nathah
Lake Mills
HOVE
Ype
s.Diable
Pye Mareri
Alectry
Babor
Georgesslon
Vies
Lin Ras
Niles
Sanday
Dudge Brown
Wiena Fe Deeston
Grace Greenwood
Rabbeth School
Didteina
Hunt Physiownonay
Asia
Boston Post
Amate
Standisfield
Orion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!